One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit a bottle with a slingshot(弹弓). The bottle was about 7 to 8 meters __36__. The boy tried many times but still couldn’t hit it. His mother just kept passing him small stones.

   A girl walked by. She __37__ the boy for some time and said to the mother, “Let me show him how to shoot.”

   “No, thank you,” said the __38__, “he is blind.”

   The girl was surprised and asked, “How can he hit the bottle then?” “I tell him he can do it,” said the mother, “__39__ he tries hard enough.”

   The little boy tried again and again. The mother always told him that he was doing __40__. The boy became more confident. After a long time, it __41__ dark. The girl said goodbye to the mother and son. When she turned to leave, she heard a stone hit the __42_! The little boy finally made it!

   With confidence and patience, nothing is impossible.

1.A. long            B. tall            C. away          

2.A. said            B. watched         C. wondered     

3.A. mother          B. boy             C. girl          

4.A. before          B. after             C. if             

5.A. good           B. better            C. well           

6.A. went           B. become           C. got           

7.A. bottle           B. slingshot          C. stone  

Damao can play     basketball and he can also play    violin.

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Mike was alone at home last year, because his parents were always busy working in other cities. He    1.    , so he often turned on the TV and watched different programs. However, these programs     2.    him. He had lost himself in them.    3.   , he spent little time on his study. Luckily, his mother realized his problem     4.   . She talked about it with his teacher and decided to come back to Nanjing. Mike was very glad to live with his mother. So far, he has 5.  in his study. He believes he can catch up with his classmates soon.

Mr. Smith  36  from London. Now he is in China. He is   37  .He teaches  38  a middle school. He works very hard. His students like  39  very much. He can   40  a little Chinese. His students often teaches him Chinese  41  Sundays. Mr. Smith likes playing football . He often plays football  42  his students.

Mr Smith  43  a son. His name is Jack. He is a student. He studies in a middle school. He goes to school   44  bike everyday. He gets back home at four in the afternoon. He likes  45  TV in the evening.