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these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama"s "back to school" speech. Here is
an excerpt (摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work-
that your ticket to success is through rapping (饶舌音乐) or basketball or being a TV star, when chances
are, you"re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won"t love every subject you study. Not all the homework
will seem completely important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first
time you try.
That"s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who"ve had the most failures.
JK Rowling"s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan
was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots
(投篮) during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is
why I succeed."
These people succeeded because they understand that you can"t let your failures beat you-you have to let
them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one"s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
Don"t be afraid to ask questions. Don"t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day.
Asking for help isn"t a sign of weakness; it"s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit (承
认) when you don"t know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you"re struggling, even when you"re discouraged (泄气), and you feel like other people
have given up on you-don"t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on
your country.
B. To explain that writing and sports are difficult skills.
C. To show that the two persons were treated unfairly.
D. To prove that failure is the mother of success.
B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.
C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn"t ask others for help.
D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.
B. One should believe in himself no matter what difficulty he is faced with.
C. One doesn"t have to work hard when he has failed several times.
D. One doesn"t have to take others" advice when they get away from him.
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St Patrick"s Day (圣帕特里克节) is one of the most important festivals in Ireland. It is 1 March 17.
It is not only an important holiday in Ireland 2 a day when everyone wants to be Irish. It became a 3 holiday
in 1903. The first St Patrick"s Day celebration took place not in Ireland, 4 in the United States. The first
American celebration of St Patrick"s Day 5 in Boston in 1737. St Patrick"s Day is a time to wear green and
hold parties.
People will usually 6 the color of green when they talk about St Patrick"s Day in modern times. Green is
the color of 7 and Ireland. People wear green and carry little green leaves. They believe that these can bring
themselves good 8 . Some people even color their hair green for the celebration. And they look really funny.
It"s a 9 for families to go to church in the morning and celebrate the festival in the afternoon. Today, people
10 St Patrick"s Day in America, Canada, Australia and some other countries.
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| Birthdays are celebrated (庆祝) all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see _____ outside the window. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. flowers B. presents C. a flag D. a chair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. In _____ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Japan B. Denmark C. India D. Holland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. In _____, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. India B. Holland C. Denmark D. Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. 15 B. 7 C. 5 D. 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. The passage is mainly about _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries B. different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries C. children"s birthdays in western countries D. the importance of children"s birthdays | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| There are a lot of holidays for Chinese people, such as National Day, May Day, etc. However, Chinese people look on Spring Festival 1 their most important one of all. Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China. It"s a festival for families to get 2 . And it"s also my favorite festival, especially 3 I was a child. Because in those days my life was very 4 . When the Spring Festival came, I could have plenty of delicious food to eat. Also I could 5 a very long holiday and have a good rest. On that day I could 6 beautiful clothes. And the most important thing is that I could receive much New Year"s gift 7 . So every year, I expected the Spring Festival would come soon. When I 8 up, it"s no longer as important 9 me as before. For our country has developed a lot. Our life is 10 than before. It"s like that I"m having spring festival every day! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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