You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. I believe it is a normal thought in today’s society to just let life happen to us. I also believe that we sometimes destroy（毁灭） our well-planned thoughts about success because it’s easier to just continue as usual rather than “try” with the possible failure in mind.
Most people never get moving because they don’t know what they want. Without a certain result already set in your mind, it’s really difficult to get going, and even if you do, your attention may soon disappear and you give up before long.
Why not consider what’s really important in your life? Write down what excites you, what would truly make you happy and what problems you have. At the end of the week, take a careful look at the notes you’ve taken .You’ll soon begin to see a clearer picture of what direction you should be going towards.
Knowledge is useless without action. You read many books but your life will stay the same if you don’t use the knowledge. Knowledge is fantastic but it will not change your life until it is used. I love to read personal development material to keep a positive attitude(积极的态度) towards my life , but I also realize that if I don’t set goals to achieve, then I will always be a talk the talk person who is great at giving advice but useless at realizing it .If you have no plans of practicing what you say, then it may be best to keep your mouth closed.
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask, Act! Action will explain you. Whatever excuses we have for not living up to our talent, the fact is that time will always move forward. Be whatever you want to be and whatever you can be. Always remember the only limits(限制）we have are the ones we create for ourselves. Life is not what we think. It is what we experience when we behave according to the thoughts we have.
1. What will happen if you have the possible failure in your mind?
A．You will destroy your well-planned thoughts about success.
B．You’ll have great pressure and try not to make any mistakes.
C．You will try your best and come up with a much better plan,
D．You’ll put all the opportunities to good use to try your plan.
2. In Paragraph Two, the writer wants to .
A．tell us what people need to get success
B．show us what people set in their mind
C．talk about why people should practice
D．explain why people stop going ahead
3. Which of the following is NOT true of the passage?
A. Knowledge is fantastic when it’s used, or it’s useless.
B. Knowledge is useless without action.
C. Success always stop us from succeeding but ourselves.
D. Action will tell you who you are.
4.What is the best title (标题) for the passage?
A．See a Clear Picture of Life
B．Taking Actions Leads to Success
C．Set Your Goals to Achieve
D．Actions Speak Louder than Words
Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as“yes”and“no”.
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks? ”The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows(眉毛), which in Micronesia means” yes”.
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today? ”He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means” no”.
Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean“yes”or“no”.
1. These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______ .
A. should go abroad for vacations
B. needed to learn foreign languages
C. should often discuss their experiences
D. had problems with communications
2.People in Micronesia show“yes”by ______ .
A. nodding heads B. raising eyebrows
C. shaking heads D. saying “no”
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to(根据)this passage?
A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no.
B. Jan taught English on a Pacific island.
C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage.
D. In India, only shaking heads means” yes”.
4.The passage is mainly about ______ .
A. body language in foreign restaurants
B. class discussion in Indian schools
C. miscommunication in different cultures
D. English teaching in other countries
If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.
There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal(信号)by shouting or whistling(吹口哨)three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help. Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gunshots(枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house—cover up the holes with branches(树枝)with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.
What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Don’t just walk away. Pick off(去除)small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is to stay in one place.
1.If you are lost in the forest, you should______.
A. stay where you are and give signals three times
B. walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear you
C. try to find your friends as soon as possible
D. try to get out of the forest and shout for help
2.When you hear two shouts, two whistles, two gunshots, ______ .
A. you should shout more loudly
B. you can whistle three times
C. it is an answer to your call for help
D. you should try to run to them
3.When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should ______ .
A. just go to the river
B. find some glasses or bottles before you go
C. make a fire so that you can have some tea
D. leave marks so that you can find your way back
4. This passage mainly tells you______.
A. when you hear a signal always three times, it is a call for help
B. what you should do if you get lost in a forest
C. any signal given twice means an answer to a call for help
D. how you can live longer in a forest
In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect (影响) on the poor，but once a person has a rich life，a lot more money doesn’t mean more happiness.
If money was everything，all millionaires (百万富翁) would have true love， true friendship，good health and a long life. However，this is not always true. Many of them are not happy, and die earlier.
Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are “I love you”. But can love be bought？I’m afraid not. Love means to give，not to take. To every person，health and long life are probably the most precious(宝贵的) things. Well，can health and a long life be bought with money？The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world，few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought either. In a word，Where money is worshiped(崇拜)，money can cause brothers to quarrel，lovers to hate，strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have，it is still not enough to make you a happy person, if you have no one to laugh with，no one to cry for.
1. According to the passage，which of the following do you think is right？
A．Money is everything.
B．Money isn’t necessary.
C．Money is important，but not the most important.
D．With no money，with no success.
2.Which sentence of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．If you haven’t much money，you can’t get more happiness.
B．You may live a long life even if you are poor.
C．Every year many people die in the world because their family is poor.
D．If you are rich，you will have less friendship.
3.What does the sentence” Love means to give, not to take.” Mean ?
A．爱意味着给予，而不能带走。
B．爱是可以得到的，不要走开。
C．爱意味着奉献，而不是索取。
D．爱是可以索取的，而不必付出
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We kids have different ways to get in touch with each other now. And for the old, they’d like to go to the market or each other’s houses, but for the young, we kids needn’t follow the of doing so.
The easiest way for us to get in touch and make is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as www.qq.com have appeared(出现)in the last few years and offered such kinds of for free. So we can make friends through the Internet. Maybe we do not________ all these “friends” well. We add friends only ________ we seem cooler with more friends online. Then how do we kids ________in touch with friends online? We make it by sending our ________ to each other. At times , “friends” ________ “be missing” for months ________ a message. Is this the friendship in the 21st century?
Of course, using these Internet services is not just for saying “ Hi, what’s up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends ________ these websites. And at times we kill a time to go to a movie or get together. What’s more, we kids can________ our friends’ favorite music when we are on the Internet. Believe it or not, these Internet services will be ________ for a while, and it is_______ a convenient way for us to keep in touch.
1.A．visit B．enjoy C．like D．build
2.A．chances B．thoughts C．ways D．plans
3.A．quarrels B．friends C．sentences D．jokes
4.A．computers B．services C．books D．rooms
5.A．easily B．loudly C．actually D．early
6.A．learn B．know C．hear D．teach
7.A．if B．when C．because D．how
8.A. have B. tell C. want D. keep
9.A．money B．paper C．positions D．messages
10.A．must B．will C. may D. shall
11.A. with B. without C. taking D. of
12.A．through B．for C．onto D. into
13.A．enjoy B．hear from C．look at D．feel like
14.A．difficult B．popular C．dangerous D．polite
15.A. very B. real C. really D. much
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你的英语非常优秀, 学校请你和七年级的同学做一次英语学习经验交流。请根据下列提示，写一份80词左右的发言稿。
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1.When did you begin to learn English?
2.Why do you like English?
3.How do you study English well?
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