阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations in our life. Here and there, now and then, everyone needs courage to do something well. Courage may make you confident of your success. If you have courage, you will not show fear in face of anything difficult or dangerous. With courage, you may look at someone in the eye who you have wronged (冤枉) and say “I am sorry”, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill and know you are at the end of your life.

How can we build up our courage?

·Believe you will be successful.	Take chances and know that you have your own talents. Besides, your family and friends are always there for you.
·Exercise your courage.	It can be compared to a muscle (肌肉). The more we use courage, the greater it gets.
·Know that giving up is not a choice.	It’s much easier to give up. But it takes courage to say or do what you think is right, even when other people think you are wrong.
·Read inspiring stories of brave people.	Abraham Lincoln is one of the people who you may think of.

阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的短文，每空一词。

Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations. It is important to everyone. With courage, you will feel confident of your success; with courage, you won’t be 1. of anything difficult or dangerous; with courage, you may look at someone you have wronged in the eye and say sorry to him or her; with courage, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill.

Here are some useful 2. to build up our courage.

First, believe that you’ll 3.. Take chances and know that you have your own talents.

Second, exercise your courage. It’s just like the muscle. The more we use courage, the 4.

we will get.

Third, don’t 5. to give up although it’s much easier to do so, and you need courage to say or do what you think is right, even when others think you are wrong.

Finally, read inspiring stories of brave people. Abraham Lincoln is such a kind of person.

1.afraid 2.ways/suggestions/tips 3.succeed 4.braver 5.choose 【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了在困难面前，我们应该勇敢的去面对。 1.根据文中If you have courage, you will not show fear in face of anything difficult or dangero...

Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in California. When she was a little girl, she often stayed with her grandparents who lived in Union City, Michigan. One summer day, a meteorite (流星) 1. (fall) from the sky, right into her grandparents’ backyard! Before that, her grandparents had lived a 2. ['kwa?t] life on their farm. Now things were 3. from before. They had so much to do. People came to see the meteorite. The professors from the 4. [ju?n?'v??s?t?] came to study it and analyze (分析) it. Her grandparents had never talked to so many people in 5. (they) lives! Everything changed.

As you can guess, no one in the town had ever 6. (see) a meteorite before! They were confused (困惑) and didn’t know 7. to do. Some people thought it would bring them good 8. (lucky) if they touched it.

Patricia loves to tell the story about her meteorite and even today, she carries a piece of the meteorite with her 9. [we?r'ev?] she goes. When I met her, she let all of us touch it and make a 10.. What might you wish for if you could meet Patricia and see her meteorite?

1.fell 2.quiet 3.different 4.university 5.their 6.seen 7.what 8.luck 9.wherever 10.wish 【解析】文章主要讲述了一个夏天的晚上，一个流星从天上直接掉到了Patricia祖父母的院子里，而在那之前，她的祖父母一直在他们的农场过着安宁的生活，现在事情已经和原...

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在过去的三年初中生活中，你肯定有很多难忘的事。英语学习俱乐部特邀你写一篇文章介绍你初中三年最难忘的一件事。请你以“An unforgettable thing in middle school ”为题,写一篇英语小短文。

写作要点：1. 这件难忘的事是什么；

2. 当时和谁在一起；

3. 你对这件事的感想。

写作要求：1. 词数80词左右；

2. 必须包括写作要点，可适当拓展细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 不得出现真实人名和校名，否则不得分。

An unforgettable thing in middle school

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An unforgettable thing in middle school How time flies! My middle school life is coming to the end. I have many wonderful memories and there is one thing impressing me very much. My best friend ...

—Can you ________ us？

—Yes， I can.

A. join B. join in

C. take part D. take part in

A 【解析】句意：-----你能加入我们吗？------是的，我可以。A. join：及物动词，意思是“加入(团体，组织，参军)、同……一起干或玩、连接”，例句：I joined the Party in 1975. (我1975年入党。)；B. join in：参加 (某些活动)，例句： May I join in your discussion? (我可以参加你们的讨论吗?)；C. ta...

—Can you play ________ guitar?

—Sure. It’s a piece of cake for me.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

C 【解析】 试题分析：句意：——你会弹吉他吗？-当然了。对我来说这只是小菜一碟。a/an是不定冠词，表示泛指一个……；the 表示特指，是定冠词。这里play the guitar是一个固定的短语，在表示乐器的名词前必须用定冠词。故选C。

Which would you like， tea ________ milk？ (常德)

A. and B. or C. but

B 【解析】句意：你想要哪一个，茶还是牛奶？A. and和，表示并列；B. or或者，表示并列和选择；C. but但是，表示转折。根据句意可知表示选择，故选 B 。

—Mike， what club do you want to join？

—Well， I want to join the ________ club. I love painting.(济南)

A. chess B. sports

C. art D. English

C 【解析】句意：----迈克，你想参加什么俱乐部？-----嗯，我想加入艺术俱乐部。我爱画画。A. chess象棋，国际象棋；B. sports运动，体育活动；C. art艺术，美术；D. English英语。结合句意可知选C。

He is_________ at Chinese. He can speak Chinese very________.

A. good; good B. well; well

C. good; well D. well; good

C 【解析】他擅长语文。他说汉语非常好。be good at擅长；good形容词，well副词，修饰动词。结合句意及结构，故选C。

—What about ________ to our English teacher？

—Sounds good.

A. talk B. talks

C. talking D. to talk

C 【解析】句意：----和我们的英语老师谈谈怎么样？-----听起来不错。What about…?：…怎么样，表示建议，about是介词，后面跟动词名词；结合句意可知选C。

—Why not go to Lao She Teahouse tonight?

—________．

A. It doesn’t matter

B. Thank you

C. Sorry to hear that

D. Sounds great

D 【解析】考查日常交际用语。Why not do…?句型的肯定回答有：Great!／Good idea!／Sounds great!等；否定回答有：I’d like／love to，but…等。故答案选D。A“没关系”；B“谢谢你”；C“很遗憾听到那件事”；D“听起来好极了”。