Question

A “clean slate” in English means having new start. It means we can forget the past and begin again. The beginning of the second term gives us a chance to have a clean slate. Some of us may have failed a subject in the first term. We may have spent Spring Festival feeling sad and (1) about the second term. But my advice is to forget about the past and think about the future. Many people have had trouble in school. Many people have failed exams. Chris, a second-year high school student remembers that clearly. In her first term she failed math. She says, “At first, I was very sad but then I studied hard and got good marks.” Penny, a high school teacher, also remembers failing math in middle school. But she improved by doing more exercises, and by asking her teacher and her classmates for (2) . After studying hard, she says, “I got almost full marks in the college entrance exams.”

Failing an exam isn’t the end of the world, we all fail sometimes. Whatever we face, it is important that we make an effort to do our best. Failing a test does not mean that we can’t go to university. It does not mean that we are stupid. It just means that we have to work harder and that we should ask for extra help from our teacher and our friends.

The first term is over, it’s history. Today，we have a clean slate，so be happy, be positive and be successful.

1.在空白處（1）和（2）處各填入一適當(dāng)?shù)脑~(每空一詞)

（1）___________ (2) ___________

2.從短文中找出恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或短語補全句子。（不超過兩個詞）

(A) If you listen to some light music, your ___________ will be soon over.

(B) I can’t hear you __________, please make yourself heard!

3.請把上文中劃線句子翻譯成漢語。

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4.In the writer’s opinion, what are you supposed to do when you fail exams in the first term?

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5.What does “failing an exam” mean according to the passage?

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Answer 1