完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）

Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, wanted to show   1 at a party but the song you’d practised so many times suddenly   2  more difficult?

I've had both these  3 . As a Senior 3 student, I have to   4  many exams. Each time, I enter one, thinking “I   5  fail this time.”

But don't be surprised --- it's not   6  we don't try, or don’t do enough preparation,  7don’t take it seriously. On the contrary, it is because we put ourselves under too much   8 . It is thinking: “I must…” that makes us taste the terrible flavor of  9．

We often   10  to our friends: “Don't be too hard   11  yourself!” But when we   12  our own goals, we may not listen to our own advice．

In doing so, we are making our path to success increasingly difficult．

So why not   13 this crazy pursuit(追求)to get the best? Just face the problem   14  before you with a calm mind, enjoy the hard work and you will succeed．

In my opinion,  15 a calm state of mind is a skill for life. For people who want to succeed,16  this is a very important lesson．

So   17   time when you're trying to draw a straight line or   18 a performance, tell yourself: “If I can just do it better than last time, it's a   19 ．”

Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy   20  you succeed or fail．

Don’t be too hard ________ David; he is only five years old.

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Sometimes people recall past events differently from how they happened. Have you ever confused dates and events from your life, or people’s names? Don’t be too hard on yourself if this is the case; it happens to almost everyone. Every day, our brain processes an amazing amount of information. In fact, all our experiences are based on the way our brain interprets the information it receives from our senses. It is impossible to store all of this information, so some of it gets lost. The parts that remain make up our memories. All our thoughts and memories depend on the way our senses work, and we cannot always trust everything our senses tell us.

If you have ever tried to make your own short film on a digital camera, you will have noticed that the images you record are often blurry(模糊不清). To stop the same thing from happening when we see things with our own eyes, our brain is always filling in the blanks. Before our eyes can even focus on an object, our brain has created its own picture of it so that we can move smoothly from looking at one thing to another without the world looking strange. If we are moving quickly or are not focusing properly, our brain may not correctly guess what is around us.

Memory is the way we store the information that our senses have experienced. As we have discussed above, our senses do not always see things accurately, so our memory is just how we store our interpretations of these experiences. When our brain takes in new experiences, it uses the information we retrieve from our memory as a reference. This means that we often do not remember the details of things but just the important parts. When we look at something, we often do not really look closely at it, but we merely look at the different hints that help us indentify it.

This also happens with our hearing and speaking. It is natural for students of English to confuse the word “kitchen”, with the familiar word “chicken”. As the sounds are similar, the mind mistakenly identifies the new word with the one that is familiar. This is perhaps the most common reason why people make mistakes when they learn a new language. 

72. Sometimes things people remember are quite different from how they really happened because ______.

A. not all people are smart enough                            B. the main part of the information gets lost

C. people are too strict with themselves            D. information was processed incompletely

73. Taking the short film on a digital camera for an example, the author means _____.

A. images recorded by cameras could not be accurate

B. brain may form an imagery picture without reference

C. blurry pictures are caused by too fast camera movements

D. the process of vision is an interpretive construct by the brain

74. The underlined word “retrieve” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.

A. recall                    B. change            C. borrow                 D. differ

75. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in terms of memory?

A. Memory is exactly what senses have experienced.

B. Memories are made up of the information remaining in minds.

C. Memory is the way to store information experienced by senses.

D. Memories sometimes can be obstacles to learning something new.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
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Your school days should be some of the best and happiest days of your life．How can you gain the most from them，and ensure that you do not waste this wonderful opportunity to learn?
Be positive about school! Don’t say things which are difficult or boring. Be interested in school life and your school subjects. Join in lots of activities．Be quick to put your hand up．Go round the school with a big smile．
Expect to work． 62 If you arc not working，you are not learning．you are wasting your time at school．Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
Keep fit. If you do not eat a good breakfast , you will be thinking about food in class．If you go Io bed late and do not have enough sleep，you will be sleepy in class．Play some sports to keep your body strong．
63  !Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today．Do not say you will do things tomorrow．If you get behind the class，it is very difficult to get back in front．You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time．
Don’t be too disappointed if things sometimes go bad.  64  . Friends are not always perfect，and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things．Don’t let small problems seem very big and important．
Talk about problems---sometimes they are only the result of misunderstanding . Don’t be too embarrassed to ask for help. You are young．No one thinks you can do everything!
Plan your time．Don’t waste life lying in bed on Saturday mornings．Go and play a sport，learn the piano，work on a project，read a book，practise English，or help someone with problems．There are always a lot of things to do．
Set targets. If your last grade was a D，work for a C. Try to make progress bit by bit。
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A. Everyone fails some tests，loses some matches and has bad days．
B．Ways to have a happy school life．
C．Do today’s work today．
D· Follow my advice, and have a happy school life!
E．Because it means that you are enjoying school and learning more.
F．School is not a holiday camp．
G．You are making your time of little use unless you are learning hard

1. 教室里太乱了，我无法集中精力学习。

It’s so noisy in the classroom that I can’t ______ ______ my study.

2. 为了减肥，她目前正在尽力节食。

In order to lose weight，she is trying to go on ______ ______at the moment.

3. 不要对学生们太苛求，他们毕竟还是孩子。

Don’t be too ______ ______the students. After all, they are still children.

4. 他还告诉我们赢得尊重的最佳途径就是专心学习并取得好成绩。

He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to ______ ______ to study and get high grades.

5. 我发现这里布置的家庭作业不像我以前在原来学校时那么繁重。

I found that the homework here was not so heavy ______ ______I used to get in my old school.

6. 很多青少年感到孤独，好像没有人理解他们以及他们正在经历的变化。

Many teenagers feel lonely, as if no one understands them and the changes they are ______ ______.

7. 男孩和女孩在这方面往往有所不同。

Boys and girls______ ______ be different in this regard.

8. 你应该充分利用每分每秒来实现目标。

Every minute and every second should be made the most of ______ ______ your goal.

9. 这个问题值得在课上再次讨论。

This problem ______ ______ be discussed again in class.

10. 如果你能遵循以上建议，你的气色和感觉很快就会好得多。

If you ______ the suggestions above，you will look and feel much better _____no time.