7 . 根据课文内容填空

Stephen is a famous basketball player. It was self-belief, hard work and perseverance     1    made him a success. Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by    2    (attach) a piece of plastic to a telephone pole along a narrow muddy road different from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association(NBA). The bumps and rocks caused the ball to bounce in all     3    (direct).     4    (know) where the ball would go wasn’t very easy. However, Stephen improved his skills by practicing day in and day out. Many people thought Stephen was too short, too thin and too weak to start his career. But he regarded playing basketball as his dream. He would not give up. He finally ended up    5    (play)college ball at Davidson College,     6     his creativity and perseverance made him a star player. In 2009,     7     (select)for the NBA, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors. In 2015, Stephen won his first NBA championship and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975. In addition, he received the Most Valuable Player award for two years     8     a row. Stephen shared his philosophy: be yourself, value the fact that you can work every single day to get    9     (good), and be able to put in the time and the work. His success     10     (show)that nothing is impossible.

9 . 根据情境和提示完成对话
来自英国的交换生Mike正在咨询高一新生Wang Hui有关中国春节的信息……
Mike: Nice to meet you, Wang Hui.
Wang Hui: Nice to meet you, Mike.
Mike: I’m quite interested in Chinese Spring Festival. And I know it is the most important festival for Chinese people. Could you please tell me something about it?
Wang Hui: With pleasure/I’d be glad to.
Mike: When is it celebrated?
Wang Hui:     1    (阴历年的第一天).
Mike: Do you make good preparations before it?
Wang Hui: Of course.
Mike: What do you usually do?
Wang Hui: First,     2     (彻底打扫房子). Next, we’ll buy plenty of daily goods such as fireworks, meat, fish, candies and so on. Besides, we put up couplets and the Chinese character Fu is attached upside down to the front door.
Mike: Upside down? Why?
Wang Hui: It is believed that     3    (福字倒贴的时候), happiness arrives.
Mike: I see. Very interesting. And what do you do on New Year’s Eve?
Wang Hui: Firstly, fireworks are let off, which is a lot of fun. And children usually     4     (玩灯笼). What’s more, we always     5     (家庭聚餐), eating jiaozi and watching the Spring Festival gala on TV.
Mike: I know. And my last question. What do you do on this special day?
Wang Hui: We usually get up very early. Before breakfast, the younger generation should say “Happy New Year” to the older. After breakfast we usually go to the neighbours and relatives to     6     (致以祝贺和美好的祝愿). As is often the case, children wear new clothes and can get pocket money put in an envelope or wrapped in red paper from their parents.
Mike: Thank you very much for telling me so much about Spring Festival.
Wang Hui: That’s all right.

10 . I used to get high marks in English, ________ now I'm having a lot of trouble with my listening. (用适当的词填空)