Teenagers would rather ________ phone calls while businessmen prefer ________ emails to communicate with each other.

A. make; to write B. making; writing

C. to make; to write D. make; writing

Can you imagine __________ on the earth in the future?

A. how will life be

B. what will life be like

C. how life will be like

D. what life will be like

A new underground ________ Wuxi ________ Shanghai will be built soon.

A. connected; and B. connects; with

C. connected; to D. connecting; to

___________ he was poor, __________ he donated money to help the people in need.

A. /; so B. Although; but

C. Although; / D. Though; but

--- Do you want to eat here?

--- No. Just fish and chips to , please.

A. take up B. take away C. take off D. take down

---What’s the most important morning news on CCTV today?

---The Chinese government warned Japan do harm to China’s territorial sovereignty (領(lǐng)土主權(quán)) o.

A. to not B. didn’t C. not to D. do not

--- _________do you write a letter to your father?

--- I seldom or never do that now. Instead, I call or e-mail him almost every day.

A. How soon B. How long

C. How much D. How often

There are no guests in the hotel. It _________ offer the friendliest service.

A. needn’t B. must C. may D. can’t

--- We failed in the singing competition.

--- _________. Better times are waiting for you.

A. No way B. Best wishes

C. Cheer up D. Good job

We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare (比較)us to . By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望). There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at . Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have us the very things that we want. These things make us others. When we are growing up, sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. , it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

1.A. Again B. Next C. Otherwise D. However

2.A. other B. others C. another D. the others

3.A. believe B. work C. mean D. show

4.A. to B. on C. by D. in

5.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

6.A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. important

7.A. inside B. among C. around D. for

8.A. worse than B. better than C. different from D. the same as

9.A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors

10.A. Also B. Anyway C. Although D. After all