We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete(竞争) with others in their office, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges, and we compete with our classmates in school. (41) Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful. Why can’t we do better than others? One important reason is that we have no self-confidence.
In fact, everyone is born equal. You can do what others do. (42)尽管你的同学可能在某些方面比你优秀，但你也可能在其它功课上比他们好。So everyone has his own advantages(优点). Don’t look at things from a single (单个的)point of view. Try to discover your own advantages, and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.
Competition is not so terrible. Don’t be afraid of it. And don’t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you. Remember that self-confidence is the first step to(43) ______. Believe in yourselves, and you will be successful one day.
1. 请将黑体字翻译成汉语：_____________________________________________________
2. 请将画线部分翻译成英语：____________________________________________________
3. 在空白处填上适当的词：_________
4. 请找出此句的同义句 “All of us are living in a world which is filled with competition.”
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5. 找出本段文章的中心句：_______________________________________________________

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     26      each other’s houses, but for the young, we kids needn’t follow the     27     of doing so.
The easiest way for us to get in touch and make    28     is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as www.qq.com have     29    in the last few years and offered such kinds of     30     for free. So we can make friends    31     through the Internet. Maybe we do not    32    all these “friend” well. We add friends only    33    we seem cooler with more friends online.
Then how do we kids keep in touch with friends online? We make it by posting our     34      to each other. At times , “friends”     35     “be missing” for months without a message. Is this the friendship in the 21^st century?
Of course, using these Internet services is not     36    for saying “ Hi, what’s up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends     37    these websites. And at times we     38  a time to go to a movie or get together. What’s more, we kids can      39     our friends’ favourite music when we are on the Internet.
Believe it or not, these Internet services will be    40     for a while, and it is really a convenient way for us to keep in touch.

【小题1】

A．visit B．enjoy C．like D．build

【小题2】

A．chances B．thoughts C．ways D．plans

【小题3】

A．quarrels B．friends C．sentences D．jokes

【小题4】

A．gone B．had C．turned D．appeared

【小题5】

A．computers B．services C．books D．rooms

【小题6】

A．easily B．loudly C．actually D．early

【小题7】

A．learn B．know C．hear D．teach

【小题8】

A．if B．when C．because D．how

【小题9】

A．money B．paper C．positions D．messages

【小题10】

A．must B．will C．may D．shall

【小题11】

A．already B．also C．just D．yet

【小题12】

A．through B．for C．onto D．into

【小题13】

A．spend B．kill C．fix D．last

【小题14】

A．listen to B．hear from C．look at D．feel like

【小题15】

A．difficult B．popular C．dangerous D．polite

We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe （可能）he can not speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.
So, you see, you can learn English only by using it. You listen to your teacher in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your classmates and you must write in English，too. Then one day, you may find your English very good.
(     ) 12. You know a lot about English but maybe you ______.
A. can’t speak it                    B. can write it     
C. can’t study it                   D. can use it
(     ) 13. You must get into the river ______.
A. to learn how to swim            B. to play with water     
C. to go boating                  D. to catch a fish
(     ) 14. Do you want to be a football player? Please ______.
A. put your football away        B. buy a good football    
C. play football                 D. watch others play football
(     ) 15. How can we learn English well?
A.We must have a good English book.
B.We must have a good English teacher.
C.We must see more English films.
D. We must use it often.

We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete (竞争) with others in their offices, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges, and we compete with our classmates in school. Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful. ①can’t, others, why, we, do, better, than One important reason is that we have no self-confidence (自信).
In fact, everyone is born equal. You can do what others do. Although your classmates may be better than you in some ways, you may be better than them in other subjects. So everyone has his or her own advantages. Don’t look at things from a single (单个的) point of view. Try to discover your own advantages, and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.
Competition is not so terrible. Don’t be afraid of it. And don’t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you. ②Remember that self-confidence is the first step to success. Believe in yourselves, and you will be successful one day.
任务一:【小题1】 Are we living in a world full of competition?
任务二: 【小题2】 How can you improve your self-confidence according to the passage?
任务三: 【小题3】 将①处画线部分单词连成一个完整的特殊疑问句。
任务四: 【小题4】 将②处画线部分译成中文。
任务五: 【小题5】 What’s the main idea of this passage?

We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five. Before we moved, we took him to spend half a day at his new school. There he saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the almost 150-kilometre drive home, he told us that he had told some of the students the dace when we would move there. And he had also invited them to visit us.
The moving day, a Saturday, was a busy day. We arrived at our new house at noon. About an hour later, kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon.
By the time he returned, he knew where most of the kids lived and the histories of their families.
On Monday morning, the doorbell rang just before the time he would leave for school. Then it rang again and again.
By the time he was ready, we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day. They all live near us.
I asked them if their parents had sent them. The answers surprised and pleased me, "No, we just came so that he would have someone to walk with." and "It is the right thing to do."
The friendships were formed(形成) from that day. We have lived here for nearly six years and the same group of kids still play together, go to parties on weekends together, and surfing the Internet together.
I am still thinking how welcoming and kind those kids are. And how lucky my son is to have them as friends.
【小题1】Before the family moved to the new area, the son was taken to his new school to ______.

A．invite the teachers to visit them	B．get to know it
C．see if the school was far	D．play with his classmates

【小题2】 Why did the doorbell ring again and again on Monday morning?

A．Because no one answered it.	B．Because it was time for school.
C．Because kids were coming one by one.	D．Because there was something wrong with it.

【小题3】Which of the following is true?

A．The family moved to the new house on Saturday afternoon.

B．The kids visited the house before the family arrived.

C．The son knew the kids well before he got there.

D．The son was invited to play in a kid's house later that afternoon.

【小题4】 The passage shows us that ______.

A．it's easy to move to a new place	B．it's kind of people to help a new comer
C．it's good to make new friends	D．it's better to live in the same place