People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it’s not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.

   At first , mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to new things, because when you are trying new things your are growing. If you never try new things , how can you improve ? How can you create? The simple answer is, “ You can’t .” Look around you, everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.

   Another good thing about mistakes is this : when your are making mistakes, you are learning. Consider this： Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. When he was asked how he felt to fail that many times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.

   Finally , when you make a mistake, you are that much closer to success. Why? Because you have said what you should say, and you have done what you should do. Every time you make a mistake, you are closer to success. But it doesn’t mean that you can make mistakes without thinking. Instead, when you try new things you have to think them over, so that you can keep away from some unnecessary mistakes.

We shouldn’t spend all our time and money on the only one way , but use them correctly. Because our time and money are limited. (有限的)

There is an old saying, “ If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.” So go bravely and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed.

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1.If you are making a mistake, that means____.

A. you’re careful               B. you’re kind  

C. you’re growing              D. you know nothing.

2.If you never try new things, you can’t ____.

A. improve        B. create        C. spend         D. A and B

3.After Edison failed 10,000 times, he _____.

A. gave up                   B. invented the light bulb  

C. invented the computer        D. invented 10,000 new things

4.When you make a mistake, you are closer to ____.

A. time       B. money       C. success      D. everything

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Never make mistakes.     

B. You can make mistakes without thinking  

C. Sometimes it’s good to make mistakes.  

D. Making mistakes is terrible

 

If we want to deal with the association (交往) between boys and girls properly, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow.

   Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. It is very natural for the boys and girls to make friends with each other . We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep in touch with the other sex(性别) in public instead of in secret.

   Don’t be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have lunch in common , you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you can express yourself freely as others.

   Don’t fall into the mire of puppy love. The boys and girls at adolescence(青春期) are rich in feelings. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion , puppy love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is fully ripe (成熟的). Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of puppy love.

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1.The main idea of the passage is to _____.

A. tell students to keep away from early love

B. give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls

C. tell students how to make friends.

D. teach boys how to talk with girls

2.We should keep in touch with the other sex in the following ways EXCEPT________.

A. with a good state of mind      B. in a real friendship

C. in public                   D. in secret

3.If you are a shy person, you can __________.

A. find friends with the same interest and hobby first

B. only have a few friends of the same sex

C. not make friends with the other sex

D. not fall in love with other students easily

4.What does the underlined word “mire” mean?

A. 波浪       B. 泥潭        C.圈套       D. 迷惑

5.A person at adolescence is _____.

A. easy to be nervous     

B. good at making friends with each other  

C. old enough to fall in love 

D. easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love

 

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Learning in class is a way for students to study. Students sit in the classroom and   【小题1】to the teacher. Is this the   【小题2】 way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn, that is, students can teach   【小题3】.
How do you teach yourself ? The   【小题4】 thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in,   【小题5】 what you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself 【小题6】. You can write down the questions. A clever student is usually good at   【小题7】 questions. The third is to answer the questions yourself   【小题8】 thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do all these by yourself. If you keep  【小题9】 like this for a long time, you are sure to   【小题10】 in your study.

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Learning in class is a way for students to study. Students sit in the classroom and   1.to the teacher. Is this the   2. way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn, that is, students can teach   3..

How do you teach yourself ? The   4. thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in,   5. what you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself 6.. You can write down the questions. A clever student is usually good at   7. questions. The third is to answer the questions yourself   8. thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do all these by yourself. If you keep  9. like this for a long time, you are sure to   10. in your study.

 

Mr Brown is one of my friends. He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run.

One day, a thief（小偷）got into his house, took some of his things and ran out of the house fast.  Mr Brown found it and ran after him, and shouted, “Hey! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me.”

But the thief ran much faster, Mr Brown got angry and ran faster, too. He was soon a few kilometers away from his house, he was running hard when he met me. “Why are you running so fast?” I asked. “I want to catch a thief,” said Mr Brown. “But where is the thief?” I asked. “Kilometers and kilometers behind,” said Mr Brown proudly, “He thought he could run faster than me, but you see he is wrong.”

根据短文内容,选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

1   Did the thief steal（偷）anything from Brown’s house?

       A. Yes, he has.         B. No, he wasn’t. 

C. Yes, he did.             D. No, he didn’t.

2   Who ran faster, Mr Brown or the thief?

      A. No one.             B. The writer.              C. Mr Brown.             D. The thief.

3   Did Mr Brown catch the thief?

      A. Yes, he did.                      B. No, he didn’t.        

      C. Yes, but he let him go away.                   D. No, but his friend did.

4   What did Mr Brown do when he found the thief?

        A. He ran after him.                        B. He was angry with him.

        C. He caught him.                              D. He stayed far behind him.

5  What does the word “proudly” mean? It means __________.

      A. 自豪地            B. 难过地           C. 兴奋地          D. 不慌不忙地