－He failed again.

－That was not surprising. The ______ of too much time to computer games left too little time for his study.

  A. use     B. cost      C. devotion      D. expense

 She ______ her younger sister in appearance but not in character.

  A. looks      B. compares      C. equals      D. resembles

 If my plan isn’t ______ of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.

  A. approved       B. consented       C. agreed      D. admitted

 I have just been in Australia for a week and I’m trying to ______ the new climate here.

  A. agree with      B. adjust to      C. fit in      D. adapt for

假定你的名字叫李华，你的美国朋友Elizabeth要来你校任教，请你帮她找一住房。请你写封信向她介绍住房情况及周围的居住环境：1单元房，两室一厅，月租金1500元，家具齐全。

要求：   1、包括以上要点

            2、适当增加细节，使行文连贯

[1]Each of our experiences has impact on us, either in a positive way or a negative way. Negative experiences can leave us troubled and disillusioned（幻想破灭的）；however, positive experiences can greatly improve our optimism and daily motivation, which is the fuel that drives us to improve our lives and achieve our goals. Here are some ways to increase your daily motivation so you can achieve more in your life:

[2]Having goals is vital. They are the key motivators that drive you to succeed. A life without goals is like a boat without a rudder drifting with no direction and no end destination. Meaningful goals motivate you to take inspiring action toward achieving what you desire and keep you focused and driven when you come across challenges and difficulties. When setting any goal, it is very important however, to take small progressive steps toward achieving it.         small steps will prevent you becoming overwhelmed（不知所措的）and help you maintain a positive attitude to keep you moving forward.

[3]A positive attitude will help keep you motivated to continually move forward toward your goal while a negative attitude will damage any chance of success. If you believe that your goal is too difficult and that you won’t achieve it, then I can say for certain that you will be right. Your mind is extremely powerful, and you’d be a fool to underestimate it. Feed it with positive thoughts and it will grant you whatever you want.

[4]We’ve all been given the greatest gift of all…and that’s the gift of life! None of us will be on this planet forever, so is there a greater motivation than living life to the full and getting the very most out of every day?

[5]Having daily inspiration to live life to the full and achieve all we can is what none of us should pass up. If you want to become what you’ve always wanted to be then you have to do whatever it takes to make it happen.

21. What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 7 words)

22. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)

23. How can you make yourself become more positive according to Paragraph 3? (no more than 9 words)

24.What does the underlined word“it”(Line3, Paragraph 5)probably refer to? (no more than 8 words)

25. List three ways that can improve your optimism and daily motivation according to this text? (no more than 17 words)

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Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

   The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history." Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

   A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand why we are and where we are without history, much less (更不必说) try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

   I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio (录音机) tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. if, in doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

16. The main purpose of this passage is to __________.

   A. instruct the parents how to teach their children history

   B. show the importance of history in politics

   C. explain the reasons why children study history

   D. introduce the writer’s own way of teaching history

17. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

   A. Many people aren't clever enough to learn well from the past.

   B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

   C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

18. Which of the following is not the reason for studying history according to the author?

   A. One can learn from history in order not to make the same mistakes.

   B. It can help us to understand the current political climate.

   C. Without history, one can be nothing but a fool in every aspect.

D. One can know the principle of doing something and not doing something.

19. Some positive historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show __________.

   A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

   B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

   C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

   D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

20. What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

   A. How to teach history effectively.

   B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

   C. How to get more people to study history.

   D. Some bad historical figures.

 His sister left home in 1998 and ________ since then.

A．had not been heard of          B．has not been heard of

C．had not heard of              D．has not heard of

 She hurried back, only ________ her mother dying in hospital.

A. finding     B. found          C. to find         D. to have found

    ______ helping the situation, you’ve just make it worse.

A. Except for      B. Along with          

C. Apart from           D. Far from