Have you ever complained that life is so tiring or that there is too much homework? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you look at the world with a warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles at you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you do a good job?
If one day it is fine, but just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. Dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? Also with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible. The terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident of ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of the success.”
Attitude decides everything, with an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile at whatever we meet and the whole world will smiles at us.
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【小题1】Students sometimes complain _____________.

A．life is interesting	B．the sky seems bright
C．their studies are successful.	D．there is too much homework.

【小题2】When we face failure,  we _____________________.

A．mustn’t be confident	B．should be afraid of everything
C．shouldn’t give up hope	D．must lose heart

【小题3】The Chinese for the world “optimistic” in the last paragraph is “____________”.

A．悲观的

B．乐观的

C．开放的

D．保守的

【小题4】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Complaining about life.

B．It is very hard to succeed.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Smile at the world even when you are in trouble.

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it. Believe in yourself; Catch the chance when it comes up; Find the system that works for your style; People will love you for being yourself; Stay humble (谦逊).

【小题1】Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A．the title of Nick's speech	B．Nick's company
C．an international organization	D．a machine that can speak

【小题2】Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A．Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B．He says people can learn from their failures

C．He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D．He has never traveled around the world so far

【小题3】Facebook is _______.

A．a world-wide network

B．Zuck's workmate

C．a popular book

D．Zuck's boss

【小题4】From what Zuck wrote, We can learn  _______.

A．Facebook doesn't build services

B．Facebook doesn't make money

C．offering better services is more important than making money

D．building services doesn't make money

【小题5】From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A．one must have self-confidence	B．catching the chance is the most important
C．one should try his best to follow others	D．one must keep the rules all the time

Yao Ming is a popular basketball player ____ the Chinese

people.

A．between

B．for

C．among

D．with

 

Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is just between Leicester Square and Shaftsbury Avenue. Gerrard Street is at the center and is the most important street in the area. There is a large Chinese community(社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops in this street.
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousand of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British people like Chinese food, and the restaurants were popular.
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Wives came and joined their husbands and children came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic(经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Gerrard Street become a street only for visitors and was soon a popular place for tourists.
Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. They best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.
【小题1】Is this Chinatown in the middle of London?
【小题2】 Ws the area rich or poor in the 1950s?
【小题3】 Why did the restaurant workers have not time to learn English?
【小题4】 When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
【小题5】 What are the main points about Chinatown in this passage?

—Dad, could you buy me a computer like this?

—Of course, we can buy_________one than this, but_________it.

A. a better, better than             B. a popular, as good as

C. a more popular, not as good as    D. a cheaper, as good as