请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Whether summer or winter, holiday time can mean travel. A few years ago, some people moved from California to Maryland with their birds. Traveling with birds is a very unusual experience. But everything can go well with a little planning. There are some good tips for you.
★ The first thing you have to decide is what cage your birds will use. You should make sure that the cage is neither too small nor too big, and can be put into the car easily. If you find that you need a travel cage, get it a few weeks before the trip, so you can give your birds time to get used to it.
★ If your car has the airbag, do not put the cage in the front seat. The force of the airbag even in a little accident could easily damage any cage and even injure or kill the bird inside. The cage should be held in the car with seatbelts.
★ If your trip takes several days, you need to make some stops at pet-friendly hotels. When you stop at hotels during the trip, you must put lots of newspapers under the cage to help control the rubbish.
★ If your travel or moving plans bring you to areas with hot weather, remember that the car will become very hot in a short time in the sun. Never leave your birds in the car alone.
Traveling with birds can be stress-free, and a little planning can make it a pleasant experience.
【小题1】What is the first thing you have to decide?
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【小题2】 How should the cage be held in the car?
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【小题3】Why must we put lots of newspapers under the cage at hotels?
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【小题4】What is the passage mainly about?
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【小题5】What do you think of traveling with birds? (请自拟一句话作答)
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Nobody likes making mistakes. But, no one is perfect. If you can learn from mistakes correctly, they can move you forward. Therefore, we should analyse how you can learn from them.

If you have made mistakes that harm other people, it is important to offer a sincere apology (道歉)in person. A good apology will likely make the other person forgive you. If you refuse to apologize, the person hurt by you will hold it against you.

If you go through life afraid to make a mistake, you will spend most of you life doing nothing. There is no harm in making mistakes; it is an essential part of going forward. The more duties you take, the more likely you will make mistakes.

Unluckily, it is our natural instinct（本能） to justify（为……辩解） our actions. When you make a mistake, you will first blame someone else. When mistakes are made, the boss is unlikely to be interested in justifications. Sometimes it is best to say, very simply--yes, I made a mistake.

Mistakes happen for various reasons. To avoid（避免）repeating them, you need to understand the main reason. For example, you may have made a mistake by saying some unkind words. If you make mistakes because you are tired, try to get more sleep; if you are stressed, look at ways to relax and keep away from the stress of work.

You should avoid feeling guilty about making mistakes, but at the same time, you should make a decision to learn from them. If you repeat the same mistakes, it shows you aren’t making progress and they cause repeating suffering. Often mistakes are caused by bad habits. To avoid making the same mistakes you need to break these bad habits. The sooner, the better.

How to earn from mistakes
Advice	Contexts
Say sorry___1.__	A sincere face-to-face apology helps him___2.___ you.
Don’t be a perfectionist(完美主义者).	It is __3.___that people make mistakes. A person who takes more duties will make ___4.___ mistakes.
Don’t ___5.___ time trying to justify mistakes.	When a mistake is ___6.___, you’d better admit it rather than blame it on someone else.
Understand___7.___the mistake happened.	You may say some unkind words to other people. Find the right ___8.___ and try to avoid the same mistake.
Avoid ___9.___ the same mistakes.	__10.___ your bad habits as soon as possible.

 

 

根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

nine   surprise   direct   different   decide

1.Mr. Black is one of the most famous ____________ in the world. Many young people like the films directed by him.

2.His family live on the ____________floor of the highest building in our town.

3.There is no time left, you should make a ____________ at once.

4.The films with ____________ endings can always make people excited.

5.He is strange and hates to be like others, he always tries to do everything ____________.

 

Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don’t need to change your character; you just need to improve your personality (人格). In fact, people trust and love the most popular people because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice about becoming the most popular person in the class.
◆If you want others to like and respect (尊重) you, you have to start by liking and accepting yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please others.
◆Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, because by being nice you make others happy.
◆Be active and have a positive view towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.
◆Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.
◆Big words and power cannot bring you respect. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.
【小题1】If you want to become the most popular person, you should __________.

A．improve your personality	B．trust and please others
C．change your character	D．make yourself different from others

【小题2】According to the article, __________ can bring you respect.

A．following fashion	B．using big words
C．being honest and helpful	D．saying hello to others every day

【小题3】The underlined sentence shows that __________.

A．you should be polite when you help others	B．you should make yourself happy[
C．we can help others only by being happy	D．you should always be nice to others

短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）

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。

It is important for you to set goals. However, you   1  feel it difficult to do. I hope the following things can help you.

◆Have a strong wish for your goal（目标）

You should remember: the starting point of all success is a strong wish. Strong   2  make good results. So, the first step to   3  a goal is to have a strong wish.

◆Picture yourself reaching a goal

You can change your life by changing your mind. You should   4  stop thinking that you can reach your goal. For example, you can draw a picture   5  something that you want and put it up on the wall. Then you can see it every day and  6  seems that you have already got it. This will encourage you to make it come true.

◆Make a plan to reach your goal

To make a plan to reach your goal is the most important step. You should make sure that you think through everything in the plan first. Each day you should follow the plan so that you are  7   to reach your goal.

◆Check your progress

 8  you are trying to reach your goal, you need to check how much progress you have made and how many things you have missed. Write these things down and find out how to do them better.