Nearly everyone wants to be successful. It can be very hard to succeed, though. Here is some advice to help you:
●Plan for successWanting success is not enough. You have to plan for it. Ask yourself: How am I going to be successful? What do I have to learn to achieve the success I want? And how long will it take me to get it? These questions will help you plan for your success.
●Form good habitsIf you study the lives of successful people, you’ll find that they have excellent work habits. Edison, for example, had a habit of always coming up with new ideas, and this helped him become one of the greatest inventors. Forming such habits can be boring, but useful.
●Never stop learningSuccessful people never stop learning. They never say “I’ve learned enough. There is nothing more I need to know.” You have to understand that the moment you stop learning is the moment you stop progressing. We live in an ever-changing (不断变化的) world, and need to be able to keep up with it.
●Let failure motivate (提升) youIt’s okay to fail, it happens to everyone. Michael Jordan, one of the most successful basketball player ever, used to say that his failure was what drove him to succeed. Learning from your mistake is what will put you on the road to the success you want.
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| Plan for success | Ask yourself some questions to get |
| Form good habits | That is |
| Never stop | The thought that I’ve learned enough is wrong. |
| Let failure motivate you | If you can learn something from your |
根据材料内容完成下列任务。
任务一、判断正（T）误（F）。
1. Four people(人) are in Dave’s family.
2. Jack is Kate’s big brother.
任务二、回答下列问题。
3. What’s Gina’s favorite color?
4. Who does Kate like going to the library with?
任务三、将划线部分的句子翻译成汉语。
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3 . Many kinds of birds live in the United States, but the number of the birds is becoming smaller every year. One of the leading reasons is the growing number of pet cats. By keeping your pet cats in your home, you can help give birds a better possible chance to live.
Of the 90 million pet cats in this country, about two-thirds are allowed to go outside. It is said that these cats kill hundreds of millions of birds each year, as well as billions of small animals such as rabbits and field mice.
They can also bring illness to the animals that live in people’s yard(院子), further weakening the health of the natural populations.
Allowing pet cats to go outside is not just bad for birds and wildlife, it’s also bad for the cats themselves. Outdoor cats can get sick very easily. They are in danger from traffic and attacks(攻击) from other animals. In fact, outdoor cats usually don’t live past the age of five, while indoor cats often live to be 17 or older.
Keep your pet cat inside! If you raise a young cat, it’s your duty to let it play inside.
| Problem | The number of birds is becoming |
| Reason for the problem | Pet cats are |
| What to do | People who |
Customs on Eating
Food in China and western countries is different. China has about 5,000 years’ history. They may spend half of their time on food. Chinese people choose food very carefully. They only use fresh materials（新鲜的材料）to make food. For example, they only eat fresh fish. Chinese have a lot of ideas for cooking. They can cook a chicken in over ten ways. That’s why Chinese food is so popular around the world. Western countries, like England or America, don’t have fresh food because they buy their food from supermarkets which only sell stored materials (储存的材料). Western people also prefer fast food like hamburgers and chips. They are unhealthy for man’s body. Western people do not have many skills for cooking, mostly they only boil, steam (蒸) and bake the food. By the way, western people are very good at making desserts and chocolate. They can make very good cakes and chocolate. These food are very sweet and they can make you become fat quickly.
In China, the person who invites other people for meal would pay for the meal, but it’s not the same way in western countries. In western countries, people will think you only invite them but don’t need to pay for them. They can afford it. They won’t be happy if you pay for them. In western countries like America or England, people will always give tips (小费) to the waiter after they finish the meal in a restaurant. If you don’t, the waiter will not be happy. In China this only happens in some top restaurants and hotels in large cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Another difference in eating is that: Chinese people use chopsticks and western people use knives and forks.
Chinese people only have three meals during a day. But western people may have more. They usually have afternoon tea when they would have fruit, cakes or biscuits with cheese (奶酪饼干).
根据短文内容, 回答问题。
1. Do Chinese people use fresh materials or stored materials to make food?
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2. Why is Chinese food so popular in the world?
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3. What kinds of foods are western people good at making?
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4. Will western people be happy if you pay for them?
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5. How many meals do Chinese people have during a day?
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5 . Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to take control of your feelings. Getting angry with others can （71） （引起）you to lose friends.
My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen.
The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. 1 The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.
●Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.
●Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
●Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.
1. 根据括号里所给的汉语意思, 在（71） 处填入一个适当的词，使句意通顺。2. Every time you get angry, wrire down why you are angry. (请写出此句的同义句)
Every time you get angry, wrire down
3. List(列举) two tips the book gives on how to control your anger.
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4. Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry.（将此句子翻译成汉语。）
5. It tells teens how they should stay cool when bad things happen.(请在文中画线的句子中找出一个可以替换上句中“cool”的词。)
