“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”
“Well, if you can 1 do it, …”
“Of course I can,” I replied, trying to convince 2 .
In fact, all this started from my 3 of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy. He said that he had 4 one year without TV for a hundred dollars, 5 me with mocking eyes. It seemed he was saying, “I did it, 6 you can’t!”. I glared at the boy’s face.
That year I did a lot of things. For example, my father taught me to 7 , which became my favorite sport. 8 winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbors offered daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and swam as much as a fish.
It was unbelievable how much 9 I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the 10 thing I learnt, though, was self-motivation(上进心).
I started to do my homework. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of 11 .
I used to 12 reading if there were no 13 , but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could arrange off all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little TV, right 14 my head!
I’m surprised what I did. I got a lot more from the 15 than just the 100 dollars!
| 【小题1】 | | A．really | B．finally | C．quickly | D．clearly |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．herself | B．myself | C．himself | D．ourselves |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．belief | B．love | C．joy | D．anger |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．become | B．gone | C．arrived | D．reached |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．picking up | B．laughing at | C．talking with | D．looking after |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．Few | B．Any | C．Several | D．Many |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．difficulty | B．trouble | C．fun | D．knowledge |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．smallest | B．biggest | C．first | D．last |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．years | B．days | C．weeks | D．hours |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．hate | B．enjoy | C．interest | D．prefer |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．stories | B．words | C．pictures | D．plots |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．on | B．with | C．inside | D．outside |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．TV | B．reading | C．trip | D．experience |
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