Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiles to you.

While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is what we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”

Attitude decided everything. With an optimistic(乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

26. People sometimes complain_______.

A. the sky is always dark

B. their studies are successful

C. they see the world with their heart

D. life is tiring

27. If there is a timely rain, ______.

A. you want to go out

B. you can listen to the concert

C. crops in the fields will grow better

D. farmers can’t have a good harvest

28. When we face failure, we _________.

A. must be confident in ourselves

B. shouldn’t be afraid of it

C. shouldn’t give up hope

D. All of the above

Time is very important in our life. However, I had never realized it until I received a beautiful gold watch from my father one day when I was 19 years old. This __11__ always tells me the importance of time in my life.

It was a cold rainy day. My father asked me to go to the __12__ to pick up my uncle and take him home. I should have arrived there __13__ 4:30 p.m. We had a basketball match at school that afternoon __14__ the match was too exciting. When the match was nearly over, I suddenly remembered my uncle and __15__ to the airport. It was too late. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to our house.

I was very worried that my father would be __16__ with me. As soon as I entered the living room, I saw my uncle in the sofa looking very tired. I dared not ­­__17__ my uncle and father. I said hello to them in a very low voice. My father didn’t say __18__. Instead, he asked me to sit next to him. “Peter, did you have a good time today?” He __19__ very disappointed, but his voice was still calm. I felt so sorry and answered in an even __20__ voice. “Yes, Dad, but I’m really sorry about not __21__ my uncle. This will __22__ happen again. I promise.” My father handed me a box with a beautiful gold watch inside. It was a gift my uncle bought for him. He gave it to __23__ and said, “I hope you have learned something important today, and this watch will help you remember the importance of him.”

The watch has been with me for 12 years. I wear it not because of its price, but because of __24__ I learned from it. It tells me to respect __25__ and never be late to do what I have promised to.

11.   A. watch       B. clock                C. bell             D. time

12.  A. hotel          B. station               C. bus stop         D. airport

13.  A. before         B. from          C. after             D. to

14.   A. though        B. because              C. and               D. so

15.  A. moved         B. turned               C. hurried           D. flew

16.  A. happy         B. angry                C. sorry           D. lucky

17.  A. look up         B. look for         C. look at     D. look after

18.  A. anything               B. something         C. nothing             D. everything

19.  A. is                  B. was                       C. does               D. did

20. A. funnier             B. louder                    C. happier            D. lower

21. A. waking up                B. giving up          C. picking up   D. putting up

22. A. always                     B. never                     C. often               D. usually

23. A. you                        B. him                C. them     D. me

24. A. what                 B. that                       C. which    D. who

25. A. culture                     B. friendship               C. time                D. family

 There are many people downstairs. What do you think _____?

A. to happen   B. happening   C. is happened    D. has happened

 The young man was often seen _____ by the lake.

A. to draw    B. to drawing    C. draw    D. drew

 Remember to spend some time _____ your loved ones, because they’re not going to be around forever.

A. from     B. with    C. in   D. on

 I think ____ of the materials I listened to at the beginning of the exam ____ easy.

A. three fourths; is    B. third four; are  

C. three fourths; are   D. three fourth; are

 A little boy wrote _____ “u” and _____“n” on the wall.

A. a; an   B. an; a   C. an; an    D. a; a

--- Why do you often take exercise?　

--- _____ me keep fit.

A. Help　　 B. Helping　　 C. To help　　 D. helped

--- We went to see the man who was in hospital yesterday.　

--- __________.

A. So did we　 B. So we did　 C. We did so　 D. Did so we

 I am thirsty, Could you let me have _____ coke?

A. little    B. any    C. some    D. other