短文填空。（每空2分，共20分）

根据短文内容，在后面空格处填入一个正确的单词（含缩写词）。

I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one class was the most important.

It happened last term just after I had got a  1.   grade in an exam. I was sad, but I didn’t want to give up. So I decided to go to a class which could tell me how to be successful.

    The speaker walked into the room. She didn’t begin talking like a teacher.    2. , she held up a 20 yuan note!

    “Who wants this?” She asked. There was no wonder that everyone in the class put up their  3.  .

The teacher smiled. Then she stuck (贴) the note on the blackboard and asked               the  4.  question. Again, we all put up our hands. The teacher smiled again, but didn’t say   5. . Suddenly, she threw the note onto the floor! Then she asked the question a third time.

    I didn’t understand   6.   she was doing. Why was she asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. But I wanted the note, so I put my hand   7.  once again. Suddenly, the teacher started to laugh. Then she picked up the note. “You have all just told me how to become successful,” she said.

    “The note is worth（值） 20 yuan. It is still worth 20 yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are just   8.  the note. No matter what happens to you, you still have your worth(价值). If you realize that, and believe in   9., you will be successful!”

When I   10.  those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I realized I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t mean I can’t do it well in the future.

－How often do I need to feed the bird?

－They 　　 food every day, or they will be hungry.

　 A. must give　 B. mustn’t give　 C. must be given　 D. mustn’t be give

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

I dreamed of going to the USA when I was a middle school student. When I was in high school, I made up my 　1 to go to America.

　　　 I wanted to study English and American culture. And I didn’t want to study in college in Japan at all. In Japan, it is very 　2 to enter a famous college or university but easy to graduate, so students don’t study hard after they enter the college or university. This was one of the reasons why I came to America.

　　　 I came to America last September. I have been here for eight months. When I first came here, I was very surprised. There are many differences 　3 Japan and America. I felt it was very strange and interesting.

　　　 I was also very upset because I heard English 　4 . Whenever I watched TV, went shopping, or even 　5 a walk, I heard only English. Everything was very hard for me because I could hardly understand English. Now I am used to hearing English and I can talk with Americans more easily, 　6 things are getting better.

　　　 After I came here, I realized how much I love my family, how difficult it is to live by 　7 , how exciting it is to live in another country, and how important it is to do 　8 I want to do. If I didn’t come here, maybe I didn’t realize these things. This is the most important experience in my life. I’m going to stay here for about three years. I’ll never forget the life in the USA.