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首字母专项练习1Are only clever and good-looking students happy in the school? Best-selling Writer Xiao Nizi (Nini) doesnt t_1_ so.“E_2_ has his own place in the sky. she said. Were all s_3_ in our own ways.”Nini, from Hunan, writes stories about young people in the school. Her books, such as Devils Kiss and Love on Midsummers Night, are very p_4_ with students.In her stories, the m_5_ characters are usually common girls who are neither pretty n_6_ smart. But they always win the love of a Prince Charming(白马王子)，o_7_ become successful stars.Its not b_8_ of luck. said Nini. They are only honest and they dont lie. They know what they are good at and work h_9_ to realize their dreams. Nini herself is like one of the characters in her stories. She was a shy girl at school. But she thought a lot and liked languages, and that made her decide to be a writer. She hopes her stories can m_10_ more kids happy.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ Jiang Wen is at the top of the world - the world of Chinese cinema. His Let the Bullets Fly has just broken the box-office record for a Chinese film with some 700 million yuan ($107 million). It is s 1 a big success that wherever you go, you can hear p 2 talking about Bullets.This time, he is not o 3 the leading actor in the film, but also the director himself. Young people believe he was playing himself because to them, he h 4 is a true man. And experts(专家) also think highly of his way of t 5 stories. It seems that he does not need others to tell him h 6 great he is not any more. That does not mean he is not p 7 of Bullets. Its just that Bullets, for him, is fun. He has heard of all the political interpretations（政治隐喻的解读）of his story that have appeared across the Internet. The m 8 wonderful scenes in his movies all seem to have something to do with reality (现实), for example, in Bullets it opens with a train pulled by white horses. “I did not i 9 this set-up. For 30 years in the early 20th century, there was a part of rail line in Northeast China that was powered by h 10 ,” he explains, “You may come up with the most unlikely scenes, and youll find that fact is stranger than fiction.” 1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._3Once there was a young man c 1 Terry Fox in Canada, who was sporty. But unluckily, he got cancer in 1977 and one of his l 2 had to be cut. At that time he was only 18 years old. As he knew he would leave the w 3 soon, he decided to help others, e 4 the people who have cancer. He decided to run a 5 the country with a man-made leg to r 6 money for cancer research. He began his Marathon of Hope Run on April 12, 1980. He ran forty-two kilometres each day. Soon t 7 of people heard about it and started to s 8 him. However, he had to stop after he had completed a total of 5,373 kms after more than 143 days because of his i 9 . He passed away in June 1981. But what he did has inspired(鼓舞) millions of Canadian people. He will be r 10 as one of the greatest heroes in Canada.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._4British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams. They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, s 1 they have to work pretty hard! Todays teens spend more time doing their homework than any teenagers in the past, s 2 for 2.5-3 hours every evening.Free TimeIts not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have f 3 ? They love watching TV, going out, meeting friends in Internet cafes and listening to music.CommunicationsIn addition to the Internet, teenagers in Britain use their computers to play games and do their homework. They a 4 love their mobile phones, and spend hours texting(发短信) their friends and chatting. Today, phones are getting smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more w 5 them than just talk. Text messaging has b 6 the coolest and most popular way to communicate. More than 90% of 12 to 16-year-olds have a mobile phone and experts say that this stops t 7 from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes. FashionAt school, almost all British teenagers have to w 8 school uniforms. However, in their free t 9 they can wear whatever they like and what they like most is the designers names such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith. In fact 40% of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion. Looking good doesnt mean c 10 , but many teenagers think it usual or easy to spend more than 100 on one item of clothing.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._5Are you almost crazy by the acne(青春痘) on your face ?Are you worried to death b1 you never know when it will disappear?Dont worry about it any more. Because worrying will only make it even w2. A recent study has found that worry plays an important r3 in your skin disorders. Some British scientists found that the stress caused from worrying slows the healing process in your skin disorder like acne. Students often find their acne worse b4 and during the exam. In fact, acne is quite common in teenagers.But dont worry. Acne always d5 at last. It lasts u6 the age of 20 or even 25.And dont worry about scarring (疤痕)on your face，either. Its rare for acne to leave any sign of its presence. Theres no m7 to cure. But good skin care can keep it under c8. For example, wash your skin t9 a day after exercise. The most important t10 to wash is bedtime. Shampoo your hair daily. Dirt on long hair can make acne worse by rubbing against your skin.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._6Thousands of years ago, the ancient people of Babylon and Egypt studied the stars in the sky and created the zodiac(黄道带). At first, it was u 1 to count time. L 2 , many used the stars to d 3 a persons characterand to say what will happen in the f 4 . A persons zodiac is connected to his or her birth d 5 . Some believe this sign can t 6 us about a persons character. For example, some think that a person b 7 under the sign of Aries (between March 21and April 20) is adventurous. A person born under Cancer (between June 22 and July 23) is k 8 and home-loving.Not everyone b 9 that your birth describes your character, but reading your horoscope can still be a lot of f 10 .1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._7People sometimes like to r 86 stories about dogs very much. They think that dogs are much cleverer than cats, sheep, cows or other animals in their homes.One of my close friends, Mike, has a very large police dog n 87 Bob. Every Sunday afternoon, Mike and Bob h 88 a walk in the park nearby. Bob likes these walks very much.One Sunday afternoon, I paid a v 89 to my friend. I stayed there for a long time and my friend and I had much more t 90 with each other than ever before. Soon it was time for them to take a walk in the p 91 .We forgot that. Bob became worried about it. He walked a 92 the room several times and then sat down in front of me and l 93 at me. But I still paid no attention(注意) to him. 1 went on t 94 with my friend.At last, Bob could not wait any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down in front of me a 95 .But this time, he held my hat in his mouth.Suddenly, I understood what Bob meant and so did my friend. 1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._8Once a young officer(军官) was at a railway station. He was going to 1 his mother in another town，and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the 2 of his train so that she could 3 him up at the station in her carHe looked in all his pockets， 4 found that he did not have the right money for the telephone，so he went outside and looked around for 5 to help him. At last an old soldier came by，and the young officer stopped him and said，“Have you got change 6 ten pence(便士)?” “Wait a moment，the old soldier answered，beginning to put his hand in his pocket，“Ill see 7 I can help you or not. ” “Dont you know 8 to speak to an officer，soldier ? the young man said 9 ， Now, lets start our talk once againHave you got change for ten pence，soldier?” “Nosir.” the old soldier answered quickly in a 10 voice9 What do they do after school？ American children spend nearly a full work week outside of school38 hours over seven days w_1_ TV, movies and videos, playing on the computer, or reading. The study by the Kaiser Family Foundation s_2_ that children between the age of two and eighteen spend about 5.5 hours a day doing those things, i_3_ two hours and 45 minutes watching TV. “Watching TV, playing video games, listening to music and s_4_ the Internet have become a full-time job for many American children.” said Drew Altman. The study shows that many parents do not c_5_ how much their children do those things. Kids who are eight and older say their parents dont have rules for watching TV. Two-thirds of them say they have a TV in their bedrooms and that the TV is usually on during meals. P_6_ watch TV with these kids just 5 percent of the time. Even the youngest kids are b_7_ doing these things. Kids between the ages of two and seven spend about three and a h_8_ hours a day using media. One in three of these kids have a TV in his or her bedroom. Children between the age of eight and 13 spend more time watching TV, videos and movies,playing on the computers and reading than children in any o_9_ age group. One in four in this age group spend more than five hours a day watching TV. Surprisingly, children spend a small amount of t_10_ each day using computers. Children between the ages of two and 18 spend about half an hour using computers each day, including 13 minutes at school.10Have you e 1 planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day?Each year, many of people, both old a 2 young, plant a lot of trees.But this may not be the best w 3 to make your home a greener place.Last week, we v 4 a park in Hebei.We were s 5 to find most of the trees had been burnt(燃烧).The workers told us that the trees d 6 soon after they were planted because they were not watered well enough.So the workers burnt them and changed the trees for new trees to be planted this year.On a card found in one of the trees, a student w 7 . “I hope this tree will g 8 up with me to become the backbone(栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more important t 9 how many trees were planted.Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate（捐助） some m 10 and let professionals(专业人士)plant and take care of trees.11My younger brother is n_1_ clever. He cant r_2_ to questions right. My parents are worried about him. One day, I took him to a zoo. Then I asked him three questions. The first question was “What did you see in the zoo?”, the second question was “Who often gives you money?” and the third was “What did you have for your breakfast?”. He couldnt answer a_3_ of them. Then I told him again and again, the first answer is “elephants and bears”, the second answer is “my father and my brother” and the third answer is “bread and milk”. Then he retold(复述)the questions and answers. In the e_4_ I asked the three questions a_5_. He could give the right a_6_:1. elephants and bears, 2.my father and brother, 3.bread and milk. I was very s_7_ with him.When we g_8_ home, I told my parents that my brother could answer my questions c_9_. Then I began to ask him, “What did you see in the zoo?” “Bread and milk.” “Who often gives you money?” “Elephants and bears.” “What did you have for breakfast?” Cried I a_10_. “My father and brother”, he answered.12We often hear people say, “Never give up.” A person who believes in this will k 1 trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, i 2 you want to succeed, you mustnt give up.One reason is that it is usual for us to fail in our first try at s 3 new, so we should not feel disappointed and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to d 4 new skills. Another reason we should n 5 give up is that we can learn from our mistakes. If we do not try again, the k 6 we have learned is wasted . Finally, we should not give up because as we work to reach our goals, we have c 7 in ourselves, and it can help us succeed in other areas of our lives.In a word, it is i 8 that we do not give up when working for our goals. W 9 we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us become b 10 and more confident.13Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u 1 each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine you will hold a m_2 at four oclock, what time should you expectyour foreign business friends to come? I_3_ they are German, they will arrive 4_ time. If they are American, theyll p_5_ be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, theyll be fifteen minutes late.The British seemed to think since the English language was w_6_ used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they foundthey were completely wrong. For e 7 , the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p 8 not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to r _9_ and get to know each other, and they dont drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business before dinner; the French like to eat f_10_ and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.14Mo Yan is very popular these days. He is the f 1 native Chinese writer to win the Nobel P 2 in Literature(文学). He is c 3 as one of the greatest writers in China. CCTV reporter Dong Qian paid a v 4 to Mos hometown in Shandong and talked with the 57-year-old writer. Dong Qian said, “I always feel that a writer is l 5 a hen, and his works are like eggs. We may not always wonder w 6 the hen looks like while we eat eggs. But this time, its a golden egg. So naturally, everybody becomes curious about this hen who laid a golden egg. Thats why youve drawn so much a 7 .” Mo Yan said, “I 8 its a nice looking hen, it is worth some attention. B 9 if its only the egg that is shiny, dont waste your time looking at the hen.” Mo Yans novels have already been s 10 out in many Chinese book stores.15Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas(汽油) w 1 us.The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each others jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get b 2 . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were b 3 excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to c 4 up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing