Last night Molly watched a basketball game. Her little brother, Sam, played in it. Sam did his best in the game, but his team   41   the game. Sam was very sad. Molly tried to make him   42  , but he was still unhappy with the result.

Molly thought for a long time and finally she came up with a good   43  . She decided to make his favorite cake for him though she was not good at it. She just wanted him to know that every loss has its own   44   and we can improve our performances next time. She thought it was enough if we had tried our best.

After Molly finished making the cake, she gave Sam a piece. When Sam tried a piece of it, he smiled, “No matter what others   45   the cake, I like it very much,” Sam continued, “because I know you have made it with your   46   and you have tried your best. ” Hearing this, Molly said, “This is just   47   I want to say to you.   48   your team didn’t win the game, you had tried your best. You are the greatest in my heart all the time!”

From then on, every time Sam   49   to do something, he thinks of Molly’s words. He is no longer   50   failing. Instead he becomes stronger to face all his troubles in his life.

1.A. won               B. beat             C. lost           D. missed

2.A. play              B. smile            C. come           D. cry

3.A. idea              B. manner           C. game           D. ball

4.A. lesson            B. school           C. time           D. term

5.A. point at          B. think of         C. stick to       D. take away

6.A. money             B. love             C. material       D. time

7.A. why               B. what             C. who            D. how

8.A. Since             B. So               C. Though         D. Because

9.A. helps             B. wants            C. forgets        D. fails

10.A. crazy about   B. good at  C. afraid of    D. interested in

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Body language is the message behind our voice. Facial expressions , gestures，changes of posture(姿势) and other behavior can show your thoughts and feelings. Here are some gestures you may use every day. They are useful when you communicate with others. Remember them and they can help you understand others better.

Muscles Clenching (收紧) : That might show your aggression (攻击性) and anger. When you see someone clenching his or her muscles, that means that he or she may be angry. He or she may attack you. Be careful.

Point with fingers: The person with that behavior might mean he or she is telling something important. He or she tries to explain the matter more clearly.

The moving of arms: That might show that he or she wants to continue the discussion or hopes to moderate (使缓和) an argument.

Opening eyes: A guy has eyes wide opened. That might mean he or she is accepting a new idea, but with great difficulty. When you see someone with opening eyes, you should explain the matter to him or her again.

1.Your body language can show your _________ and ________.

2.Muscles clenching might show your _________and __________.

3.You should be_________ when you see someone ________muscles.

4.If you are telling something________, you can use your _________ to point at it.

5.If you want to continue the__________, you can _________ your arms.

 Earthquakes are common, and thousands of them happen each day.  But most are too weak to feel. During a   earthquake, there is often a great noise first.  Then the earth   terribly and many houses    down.  Railway tracks break and trains go off lines. A great many factories are destroyed. Thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes.  Besides the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake   ,other accidents such as fires often     . More buildings are destroyed and more deaths caused. It is well-known of the   of an earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2,000 years ago,  ,a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng invented a machine which could     from which direction the seismic waves（地动波）had come, and this machine is still    by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and   they happen, but we still can't tell exactly when and where earthquake will happen,  and cannot stop it from happening.

1.A. real            B. weak              C. big               D. small

2.A. moves              B. shakes        C. jumps         D. breaks

3.A. get                    B. put              C. set    D. fall

4.A. lonely    B. later           C. themselves   D. itself

5.A. follow    B. copy           C. come          D. enter

6.A. information       B. questions     C. dangers       D. troubles

7.A. as a result         B. in fact         C. for example  D. as well

8.A. find out           B. think up        C. point at        D. look for

9.A. improved B. repaired      C. protected     D. used

10.A. where           B. why              C. what           D. when