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Are you the first or the last child in your family? Or are you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters about the birth order in the family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children are smart and strong-willed. They are very likely to succeed. The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for the same reason. What happens   (1)   the other children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, so they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets   (2)    (lose) in the crowd. The youngest child, however, often gets special attention. Often this child grows up to be happy.

    But a recent study saw things quite    (3)   _ (difference). The study found that the first children believed in family rules. They didn't take many chances in their life. They usually   (4)    (follow) orders. But rules didn't mean as much to the other children in the family. They took chances and they often did    (5)    (well) in life.

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The life of Mao Dun

This year marks the 120th anniversary of Mao Dun’s birth. He is one of the most famous novelists of modern China.

Mao Dun was born in 1896. He began his career as a   (1)    in 1916. In 1920, he translated The Constitution of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(《苏联共产党党章》) into Chinese. One year   (2)    in Shanghai, Mao Dun became the   (3)    writer to join the Communist Party of China. He was Chinaˈs first minister of culture and was elected chairman of the Chinese Writersˈ Association(中国作家协会)in1978. On March 27, 1981, he   (4)    of illness in Beijing.

During the period from 1974   (5)    his death, Mao Dun lived and worked in Beijing, and finished writing his reminiscences(回忆录).

During his last years, Mao Dun had difficulty   (6)    around and did most of his reading and writing in his bedroom. A single bed, a pillow, sheet and quilt remain positioned    (7)    they were before his death .Some books that he often read during his last   (8)    are piled on a bedside table. Mao kept pens and paper beside him at night so that he could write down   (9)     thoughts as he woke up at midnight for reading. On his deathbed, he donated royalties (版税) of 250, 000 yuan to the Chinese Writersˈ Association as a fund to establish the Mao Dun Literature Prize(茅盾文学奖) as a way to encourage   (10)     Chinese novelists

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I arrived in London at last. The railway s________(81) was big, black and dark. I did not k________(82) the way to my hotel, so I asked an Englishman. I did not o_____(83) spoke English very carefully, but also clearly as well. The Englishman, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several t________(84) and at last he understood. He a________(85)me, but he spoke neither slowly n________(86) clearly. “I am a foreigner,” I said. Then he spoke s________(87), but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English l________(88) that.

The Englishman and I looked at each o________(89) and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. “You’ll soon learn English!” he said. To my surprise, in England each person speaks a d________(90) language. The Englishman understand the English, but I don’t understand them! Do they speak English?

    Two years ago,I traveled to Brazil.I rented a car to____  (1)  ____around the country.To tell the____  (2)  ____,my summer travel started terribly.The rules are very different from those in my

hometown,London.So I had to drive carefully.____  (3)  ____,I had an accident and____  (4)  ____another car.My left leg was hurt and I needed to stay in a hospital for at____  (5)  ____two weeks.I called my parents,____  (6)  ____I did not tell them what had happened,I knew that they would be worried____  (7)  ____me because I was so far away, and that my mother would not sleep____  (8)  ____she knew.

    Therefore,I told them interesting____  (9)  ____and how I was enjoying Brazil.As a result,____  (10)  ____knew the truth.I still think that it was the right thing to do.

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    There are five people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy trying to ____  (1)  ____ money. In order to pay the high tuition(学费) for my. bother, my sister and me they hardly send flowers to each other. Besides, my father ____  (2)  ____ a bad temper.

    It's ____  (3)  ____ for him to lose his temper for the hard work. I didn't know whether there was love ____  (4)  ____ them until one spring. At that time, my father suddenly got ____  (5)  ____ ill.

    My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for months. When they returned from the hospital, they looked weak as if both of them had a serious ____  (6)  ____.

     After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning. However, after two months my father still couldn't walk by ____  (7)  ____ All of us were worried about him.

    "Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day.

    "Susan, don't worry about me," he said in a low voice. "I just like ____  (8)  ____ with your mom. I like this kind ____  (9)  ____ love."

Hearing this, I know he loves my mother very much.

    Once I thought love meant ____  (10)  ____, presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is inside. It makes life strong and warm.

Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you (a)___

when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don’t know how to take notes.

If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that’s great. You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class. Different teachers do things differently. For example, some teachers may focus on lots of dates and facts in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may repeat them.

Don’t try to write down every word in class, or you might (b)___ some important points. Some students really learn better with the help of these notes.

Don’t be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you’re missed. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can’t follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class.

Comparing your notes with your classmates’ can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct some mistakes.

Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one place, so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.

Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you’ll surely have less time to watch TV. But you’ll save time in the coming test.

A. confident     B. excited        C. frustrated         D. anxious

Different teachers do things differently. Some of them like to write important points on the blackboard; others may repeat them instead of____.