You may have heard of the popular saying, “Practice makes perfect.” But have you ever wondered whether it's really true? Does practice always make perfect?
Sometimes practice does make perfect. Take a math test for example. If you know you're going to have a math test in a week, you can keep doing math exercises before the test. If you get a full mark on your test, that's perfect and you can say the practice helped get you there.
However, in some other fields of life, practice doesn't always make perfect. It doesn't mean that practice is useless. Sometimes it just means that there's no such thing as "perfect in a certain field. For example, if you play sports or a musical instrument, there are no perfect games or perfect shows. It all depends on what you consider to be perfect."
Even if practice doesn't always make perfect, it almost always makes you better than you were before practicing. The more you practice something, the better you are at it.
1.The writer takes a math test for example to ________.
A.explain what is perfect B.encourage us to practice less
C.show practice can help us a lot D.make us believe nothing is perfect
2.Why doesn't practice make perfect sometimes?
A.Because practice is useless. B.Because there isn't a certain standard.
C.Because life is difficult for us. D.Because we can never get a full mark.
3.What does the writer talk about in the text?
A.Practice never makes perfect. B.It's easy and fun to be perfect.
C.How to practice for perfection? D.Does practice always make perfect?
根据对话内容。从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两个为多余选项。
A: It’s time to go home. I really don’t want to leave. 1.
B: I’m glad that you enjoyed your stay here. 2.
A: Good idea. 3. It’s much faster.
B: Yes. Then we can have more time to see some other things around here.
A: 4.
B: So am I.
A: The train is leaving. I must go now.
B: All right. I hope you’ll have a safe trip back. 5.
A: OK, I will. Thanks again. Bye!
A.Give me a call when you get home.
B.I’m really looking forward to that.
C.Would you like to have a drink with me?
D.Then I will fly here.
E.Why don’t you come back again next year?
F.When do you plan to come here?
G.I’ve had such fun here with you.
The first time I saw Kai, she was sitting in my front yard, hugging my ______ Harley. I think she was drawn to Harley's friendly personality. From the second time I talked to her, I knew Kai would be a good ______. Her smile and good cheer made me feel better just being around her. Her voice was always full of _______. Very soon, we became good friends.
It didn't take long before Kai was _______ by everyone in our neighborhood. Children and adults visited her home often. Although Kai already had four cats, she also kept a homeless dog. It looked like Harley and they often played together. When we visited Kai, she would ______ listen to all of our troubles. And then she would say something so wise that we would leave her _______ with our hearts singing. Sometimes I would read her my stories and she would always encourage me to keep _______.
All of this time, though, Kai was slowly dying from a serious illness. When she told me she was terminal(晚期), she was not as sad as I thought. _______, she lived each day with such cheer that I often forgot just how ill she was. Still, she died on a cold _______ day with heavy snow falling down.
During the short time we had together, I learned so much from Kai about how to truly _______. She taught us so many lessons about kindness, happiness, hope and cheer.
1.A.dog B.son C.rabbit D.daughter
2.A.writer B.teacher C.friend D.guest
3.A.shame B.happiness C.surprise D.fear
4.A.reported B.saved C.refused D.liked
5.A.quietly B.hardly C.angrily D.carelessly
6.A.home B.store C.class D.office
7.A.cooking B.writing C.singing D.thinking
8.A.Besides B.Unluckily C.Instead D.Generally
9.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
10.A.discuss B.respect C.live D.trust
Long ago, there was a queen who lived in a palace. She felt _________ and said to her advisor, "All the things around me are too boring. I need a different kind of beauty. Let everyone know that I will _______ a competition for the most beautiful thing in the world. And the _______ will be the crown（王冠）. "
Several days later, lots of people came to the competition and _______ their things. The queen was not satisfied with what she saw. The advisor suggested, "What you are looking for cannot be brought to you, you must _______ it yourself. What about a journey?"
The queen liked the idea, so she started the _______. As she was on top of the hill near her palace, she looked down and suddenly something cried in her heart. "Why have I never found my _________ so beautiful?"
The queen spent one year _________. She saw beauty on the farm, in the forest and even in the_______ shining at night on the sky in different seasons. But what was the most beautiful thing?She thought it over. Suddenly, she understood __________ was everywhere. She should learn to enjoy the world. She left the pieces of her crown at different places that she had seen. As time went by, the queen's crown got smaller and smaller until nothing was left.
She realized the most beautiful thing！She finally found the answer.
1.A.tired B.bored C.excited D.well
2.A.cancel B.attend C.accept D.hold
3.A.prize B.price C.praise D.pride
4.A.changed B.found C.showed D.missed
5.A.look into B.look through C.look after D.look for
6.A.journey B.survey C.holiday D.research
7.A.office B.palace C.forest D.garden
8.A.reading B.writing C.travelling D.thinking
9.A.sun B.stars C.gold D.lights
10.A.wealth B.happiness C.danger D.beauty
— Please mind your head, sir.
— .
A.With pleasure B.It doesn’t matter C.Don’t mention it D.Thank you
— Betty, can you tell me ________ it is from here to the City Library?
— About only ten- minutes' walk.
A.how long B.how far C.how soon D.how often
