I have a clock. It has a round face, and it has three hands--a short hand, a long hand and a very long one. The short hand points(指) to the hours; the long hand points to the minutes; and the very long one points to the seconds (秒) . I can tell the time by the clock. I can tell the hours and the minutes. I can tell when a clock is slow (慢) or when it is fast (快). The school clock is at four o'clock. My clock says 3: 55. Henry's clock says 4:10. and Rose's clock says 3: 50. If the school clock is telling the right time, can you tell whose clock is fast and whose is slow?

1．a clock has a round _______ .

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2．The hour hand of my clock is the ________ of them three.

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A．longer

B．shorter 

C．shortest

D．longest

3．The minute hand is ________ than the second hand in my clock.

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4．We can ________ the time by the clock.

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5．_______ is ten minutes slow.

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    I have a clock. It has a round face, and it has three hands--a short hand, a long hand and a very long one. The short hand points(指) to the hours; the long hand points to the minutes; and the very long one points to the seconds (秒) . I can tell the time by the clock. I can tell the hours and the minutes. I can tell when a clock is slow (慢) or when it is fast (快). The school clock is at four o'clock. My clock says 3: 55. Henry's clock says 4:10. and Rose's clock says 3: 50. If the school clock is telling the right time, can you tell whose clock is fast and whose is slow?

1．a clock has a round _______ .

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2．The hour hand of my clock is the ________ of them three.

[　　]

A．longer

B．shorter 

C．shortest

D．longest

3．The minute hand is ________ than the second hand in my clock.

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4．We can ________ the time by the clock.

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5．_______ is ten minutes slow.

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My aunt bought me a bicycle on my ninth birthday. She told me to learn to ride by ___36___. But I really didn’t know___37___to ride a bike. What should I do? First, I watched the other people ride. Then I pushed out the bicycle from my house. I was ___38___ I'd fall down and hurt my knees. But I knew I had to get on it sooner or later. So I___39___ to get on just like what the other people did. But I fell off twenty___40___later. Just at that time, my aunt came out from the ___41___. She told me to practice again and again. So I got on the bike a second time, and fell off a second time. But I never gave up. I practiced a third time, a fourth time …. I could be on it ___43___every time I tried again then before, 5 minutes, ten minutes, half an hour… until I could.

Like anything in life that you want to learn how to do or to be good at, you have to practice to ___44___it happen. Diligent practice is the key to success___45___you really want to learn to do a thing. More practice helps you to improve on the skills that you learn and ingrains （使根深蒂固）them in you until you can do it.  

1.  A. herself           B. yourself            C. myself       D. himself

2.A. how             B. what             C. where          D. when

3.A. happy           B. surprised          C. interested      D. afraid

4.  A. had           B. tried                C. like          D. hate

5.A. seconds        B. minutes               C. hours        D. days

6.  A. school         B. house             C. farm          D. village

7.A. fifth           B. fourth             C. third          D. second

8.  A. shorter      B. longer            C.    safer         D. dangerous

9.A. practice        B. enjoy              C.   make         D. set

10. A. if             B. when               C. until         D. after