1、They urged the government stick to the planned procedure.
A.would B.should C.could D.might
2、Please don't ________ these details to anyone else. Just keep them to yourself.
A.give out B.let out C.point out D.put out
3、The _____ of the harmful chemicals on the world’s lakes and oceans has raised awareness of the public.
A. effect B. effort
C. donation D. distribution
4、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?
—The headmaster, of course.
A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on
5、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.
A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation
6、With the boy______ the way, we had no difficulty ______the village.
A.to lead; to find
B.leading; to find
C.leading; finding
D.to lead; finding
7、I’d appreciate ___ if you could come and help me once more and I always appreciate _____ me with my English in the past.
A. this; you to help B. it; your helping
C. it; you to help D. that; you helping
8、I am ________ the government as well as to the general public for just treatment ________ peasant-workers,who have made great contributions to the improvement of city life.
A.asking;on behalf of
B.applying;in the name of
C.demanding;in the name of
D.appealing to;on behalf of
9、Once _______ in the forest, we should remain ________ we are and wait for help.
A.losing; there
B.losing; where
C.lost; there
D.lost; where
10、____ many interruptions, he continued to finish his homework.
A. In case of B. Despite of
C. Regardless of D. On account of
11、It’s no use _________ without thinking.
A.learn B.to learn C.having learned D.learning
12、________ to speak, I’ll start making preparations tomorrow.
A.To have been invited
B.To be invited
C.Having been invited
D.Having invited
13、There is no doubt ______ the fact ______ it is not suitable to grow cash crops here .
A. whether, that B. that, why C. if, which D. about, that
14、Some teachers recommended that more books to satisfy the students’ needs.
A.are purchased B.have been purchased
C.were purchased D.be purchased
15、They planned to hold a grand party to ________ their parents’ diamond wedding anniversary as a reward for bringing them up.
A.congratulate B.memorize C.observe D.guarantee
16、My good performance in the job interview left me about my future and what I can do here.
A.puzzled
B.sensitive
C.optimistic
D.pessimistic
17、The reason for________ he failed in the exam was that he was too careless.
A.which
B.why
C.that
D.it
18、______ surprised me most was ______ such a little boy of seven could play the violin so well.
A.That...what
B.What...that
C.That...which
D.What...which
19、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person’s characters however, they are not always_________.
A.practical
B.avoidable
C.permanent
D.beneficial
20、---Was it under the tree _______ you were away talking to a friend?
--- Sure. But when I get back there, the car was gone.
A. that B. where
C. which D. while
21、Every boy and every girl _________ to attend the evening party.
A.wish B.wishes C.hope D.are hoping
22、________ that the small village ________ him. He knows almost everything about it.
A.There is no doubt; is familiar with
B.There is no doubt; is familiar to
C.It is no doubt; is familiar with
D.It is no doubt; is familiar to
23、Being a good listener is a kind a quality and that's ________ it takes to keep friendship.
A.which
B.what
C.how
D.where
24、I think ___ just now.
A.it was important what he said B.that important what he said
C.that was important what he said D.it important what he said
25、After the dinner party, most guests left, with only two of them _______ in the host family, ______ him clear up.
A. remaining; helped B. remaining; helping
C. remained; helped D. remained; helping
26、 If the lady in the Mona Lisa painting could talk, she could tell us why she was smiling for the pose, isn’t it? But, of course, that is not possible because she is just a painting.
However, recently, Samsung Labs in Moscow demonstrated an Al program that could create a video of a person talking just from one single profile picture. The result? A talking Mona Lisa, thanks to a technology, known as deepfake!
The word “deepfake” is a combination of the words “deep learning” and “fake”. Deep learning refers to the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to create images of human faces. The word was used first in 2017 when an anonymous person using the name “deepfake” began to post images of celebrities’ faces on other people’s bodies.
To start with, video recordings of a person are broken down into the smallest levels of detail that capture how their mouth and facial features move when they pronounce a sound like “oo” or “ah”. These, along with the 3-D model of the lower face, are then put together and the person can be made to say words he (or she) never did.
Deepfakes use a technology called generative adversarial networks (GAN). This system uses two separate artificial intelligence systems that are trained such that one generates the images and the other attempts to tell if they are fake. The machines continue to teach each other over and over again until one produces a video that the other cannot tell it is fake!
Fake news would easily go out of hand if people believed the fake videos as real and it could have political and social effect. There is a lesson here for each of us to be careful about what we post on the Internet. In the future, you might see a picture or video of yourself and may not be able to tell that it is fake! It all just goes to show that seeing is not always believing.
【1】How does the writer develop the third paragraph?
A.By defining a concept. B.By introducing an app.
C.By testing a scientific method. D.By providing different examples.
【2】What can we infer about GAN from the passage?
A.It needs to be trained. B.It can learn all by itself.
C.It produces perfect pictures. D.It is used to identify fake images.
【3】What is implied in the last paragraph?
A.People can use deepfakes to become famous.
B.The public aren’t easily cheated by deepfakes.
C.All of us may become a victim of deepfakes.
D.Deepfakes make what you have done known to all.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.Mona Lisa:a Talking Picture
B.Fake Videos:Recording of a Person
C.AI Program:Creating a Video
D.Deepfakes:Believing or Not
27、Sooner or later, many families will face the situation of moving. The experience can be very bad for kids, who may not be a part of the decision to move and may not understand it. You can take steps to make the whole process (过程) easier for everyone.
Many kids like to stay in familiar places. So as you consider a move, weigh the benefits of that change against the comfort that neighborhood, school, and social life give your kids. If your family has recently dealt with a big life change, such as death, you may want to put off a move to give your children time to accept the fact.
The decision to move may be out of your hands, perhaps because of a new job or money problems. Even if you're not happy about the move, try to keep a positive attitude to it. During the move, parents' attitude can greatly influence kids.
No matter what the results are, the most important way to prepare kids to move is to talk about it. Try to give your children as much information about the move as possible. You can ask kids to join in the planning such as house hunting or the search for a new school. This can make the change feel less like it's being forced on them. If you're moving across town, try to take your children to visit the new house and the new neighborhood.
A move can have many problems, but good things also come from this kind of change. Your family might grow closer and you may learn more about each other by going through it together.
【1】According to the passage kids may feel a move is a bad experience because ________.
A.they don't like the moving process
B.they may feel they're forced to do so
C.they think their parents don't care about them
D.they often feel lonely in a new school
【2】In which situation does the writer advise to put off a move?
A.The new neighborhood isn't safe.
B.The parents have money problems.
C.A family member has just died.
D.The kid's birthday is coming.
【3】When making the move easier for kids, ________is most important.
A.letting them choose a school
B.trying not to show them the bad parts of a move
C.telling them as much information as possible
D.promising to choose a new house with them
【4】The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us ________.
A.why parents should talk with kids often
B.how to prepare children for a move
C.how a move can change the family
D.what we should do before a move
28、 A week ago at Compton Elementary School, Georgia, something wonderful happened. Band students from Hillgrove High School arrived to hang out with and talk to the little guys. They wanted to make sure the school's youngest had food in their homes that week.
The thing that thrilled people was that this generous idea came from 17-year-old Nathan Jones, not an adult. Jones is a good trumpet (小号)player with the Hillgrove Hawks band. The idea, he said, came to him two years ago during a discussion about community service in a freshman leadership class. Serving the community was nothing new to Jones. For years, he and his family, who recently moved from Orlando, Florida, had been active community volunteers.
Last year, Jones thought it was a good idea to get the school band involved in community service, only for the young kids in the schooL Band director Patrick
Erwin agreed but decided they had neither the time nor the resources to do it. "It got put on the back burner," Jones said. “This year, I decided to try again. ” This time, Erwin encouraged Jones to take charge and he did.
Back in August, Jones challenged the band to raise $ 5,000 to help with the cost of packing the meals. Within two weeks, they'd collected $6,000 in donations, enough to provide 2,500 family meals, including bags of rice, soy protein, vitamins and vegetables. By the end of the month, when poor families are struggling, a bag of food can mean the difference between a full stomach and an empty one for many of those students.
But HiHgrove's effort isn't just about feeding the body. It's about feeding souls, too.
Early on, the band's goal was to direct students' focus from getting "likes" on social media to building relationships with the people around them. So the band decided on the message, "What the world needs now is love, not likes” for its half-time show.
That means actually going into the community and actually showing love,” Jones said. “ We're going out and doing what weVe telling people to do. ”
【1】Why did the band students go to Compton Elementary School?
A. To share their music with the kids.
B. To provide food for poor young kids.
C. To give students advice on healthy eating.
D. To help children who had trouble making friends.
【2】Where did Jones get his idea?
A. A news report about Compton.
B. A discussion in a leadership class.
C. His volunteer experience in Orlando.
D. His parents who loved community service.
【3】The underlined part “put on the back burner” in Paragraph 3 probably means
A. put aside B. started C. changed over D. occupied
【4】What can we learn about the Hillgrove band?
A. They couldn’t raise enough money.
B. They were going to help more schools.
C. Their work meant a lot to the young kids.
D. They had been helping Compton for two years.
29、The importance of self-improvement often goes unnoticed. Truth is — you can’t run away from yourself. The idea should be to focus on continuous self-development at every stage of life.【1】
Increase self-awareness
The first step of self-improvement asks you to become more self-aware. Self-awareness is an ongoing journey. As life goes on, you meet with different experiences and challenges. 【2】. To be on the path of self-improvement, it’s important to never lose touch with yourself.
Improve strengths (优点)
Self-improvement lets you identify your personal strengths. 【3】. It gives you a better understanding of what you are seeking and where you are likely to thrive (繁荣兴旺). It helps you set life goals and make them happen.
Step out of the comfort zone
Choosing to work on improving yourself requires you to step out of your comfort zone. It lets you face your fears, try new things, and challenge yourself. There will be times when you’ll discover a new side of your personality. 【4】. Don’t let failures get you frustrated. And never get too comfortable in familiar spaces because life begins outside your comfort zone.
【5】
People who’re invested in their continuous self-improvement come with an extremely positive attitude towards learning. Instead of being ignorant and escaping from their problems, they make it a point to learn from their mistakes to grow and succeed. This is a wonderful quality to have as having a learning attitude is instrumental in achieving success.
A.Improve mental health
B.Develop a learning attitude
C.And knowing your strengths is important
D.However, there will also be times when you’ll fail
E.They make you more aware of your personality, thoughts and feelings
F.After all, you can only achieve what you want when you know what you want
G.Here are some reasons why self-improvement is important regardless of your age
30、 With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He____played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always ___his head without a word.
One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). ___of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever____his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift.____seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he____an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never___ it.
Several days later, he was ___to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew so many fresh____. Compared with those of his brothers’ and sisters’, his appeared greener. His father kept his __ , bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding ___after growing up.
From then on, the boy slowly became____and confident. One evening, he suddenly ___his biology teacher once said that plants ___grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?
When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he____: Father had been secretly____his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.
Decades passed. The boy didn’t become a botanist. ___, he became the U.S. __. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
__ is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life.___ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!
【1】A.seldom B.ever C.still D.often
【2】A.held B.lowered C.raised D.covered
【3】A.Both B.None C.Each D.One
【4】A.likes B.grows C.protects D.watches
【5】A.And B.But C.Or D.So
【6】A.came up with B.got rid of C.put forward D.cared for
【7】A.contributed to B.turned to C.got used to D.attended to
【8】A.disappointed B.frightened C.surprised D.amused
【9】A.roots B.seeds C.branches D.leaves
【10】A.balance B.word C.agreement D.opinion
【11】A.botanist B.gardener C.president D.teacher
【12】A.satisfied B.optimistic C.independent D.upset
【13】A.believed B.remembered C.repeated D.knew
【14】A.probably B.hardly C.recently D.generally
【15】A.understood B.doubted C.wondered D.admitted
【16】A.cutting B.watering C.decorating D.fertilizing
【17】A.Therefore B.Besides C.Instead D.Moreover
【18】A.president B.doctor C.lawyer D.teacher
【19】A.Water B.Love C.Disability D.Father
【20】A.So long as B.If only C.Even though D.Now that
31、 All my life, I have been overweight and never imagined I will start running. One night, surfing through Facebook, I _________ a picture of an old school friend. Obesity (肥胖) was no _________ to him back in the day. So imagine my _________ when I saw that he had shrunk to half the size I remembered.
I started my process of _________ myself the next day. I started _________ and began with walks, circling the shortest blocks I could find. In a while, my body burned and _________, and nothing excited me more than the thought of quitting. _________, I didn't give up and my walks expanded to several blocks’ worth.
On the fifth day, I thought I probably could run. I _________ “far” down the road, about a tenth of a mile in length. “Way too far to run, my aching body told me. _________, another voice spoke, “I can do this. ” My feet____________ without a second thought. Right away, familiar ____________ pulsed through them, all the way up my legs. Soon, I was breathless, and desperate for ____________ .I wanted to quit. "I can do this, the ____________ spoke again.
In the end, I came up a little short. Thirty feet or so ____________ me from my goal. But when I looked back, I couldn't believe my eyes. The ____________ seemed farther then, after almost crossing it all. ____________ the thirty feet, I had almost achieved my desire to be better in less than a ____________ .
The next morning, I was ready to take on the ____________ again. While I haven't completely ____________ thoughts of giving up, they're quieter now. Quieter than the voice that ____________ me forward —“I can do this.”
A.searched
B.found
C.figured
D.realized
A.stranger
B.wonder
C.need
D.good
A.sorrow
B.excitement
C.surprise
D.delight
A.believing
B.denying
C.comforting
D.bettering
A.slow
B.fast
C.right
D.normal
A.waked
B.moved
C.ached
D.trembled
A.Gradually
B.Immediately
C.Fortunately
D.Abruptly
A.measured
B.sensed
C.walked
D.stared
A.However
B.Therefore
C.Besides
D.Otherwise
A.came out
B.took off
C.paid off
D.fell out
A.burning
B.breaking
C.emotion
D.passion
A.help
B.water
C.food
D.air
A.coach
B.voice
C.mind
D.body
A.threw
B.interrupted
C.connected
D.kept
A.target
B.dream
C.distance
D.task
A.Ignoring
B.Considering
C.Achieving
D.Adding
A.month
B.day
C.week
D.second
A.game
B.challenge
C.adventure
D.duty
A.formed
B.escaped
C.accepted
D.trapped
A.informed
B.persuaded
C.forced
D.encouraged
32、 Sitting at a table in my school cafeteria, I looked around,slowly taking in everything. Student after student passed my____carrying that day’s lunch, but if you looked deeper,there was more to___.There was more than just theuniform they were wearing, or the way they had styled theirhair that day. There was a lot more hidden under the_______.
Catching the eye of a girl in my grade sitting at a nearbytable, I waved politely. She smiled___and then continuedto pick at the spaghetti in front of her. If I hadn't___recently that her mother was dying of leukemia, I would havenever___anything was wrong and I may not have been as_____and sympathetic, either. It suddenly____me thatwe judge others too quickly without knowing the whole story.
I have an incurable lung disease. No one at our schoolknows --- I don't show any noticeable____except for a fewcoughs here and there. I go about my day like any other kid,___with the realization that I have a___and terrifyingfuture.
Before that day when I decided to___the world witha new perspective, I__myself almost every day. Ithought only about myself and my heavy__.But I've now realized no one is______---- we just need to accept thewaywe are.
【1】A.order B.room C.table D.cafeteria
【2】A.imagine B.compare C.observe D.exchange
【3】A.uniform B.rules C.circumstances D.surface
【4】A.weakly B.casually C.happily D.impatiently
【5】A.found B.noticed C.heard D.decided
【6】A.remembered B.suspected C.predicted D.regretted
【7】A.willing B.outstanding C.understanding D.demanding
【8】A.escaped B.satisfied C.hit D.attracted
【9】A.diseases B.symptoms C.complaints D.weaknesses
【10】A.but B.and C.or D.so
【11】A.bright B.real C.serious D.dark
【12】A.tolerate B.create C.change D.view
【13】A.forgave B.pitied C.challenged D.encouraged
【14】A.debt B.reward C.burden D.workload
【15】A.changeable B.perfect C.unique D.different
33、 Don and his 11-year-old son, Allen,love basketball very much. On Allen’s birthday,Don_______to drive him to Chicago,more than two hours’ distance,for the first game of the World Championships. They had no_______but hoped to buy two from other people.
After arriving,they_______in the streets for two hours carrying a_______which said,“We need two tickets._______the cheapest ticket was175 and they could not_______it. They were about to leave when a man_______ them. He pulled_______two tickets and handed them to Don.“How much do you want?” “_______! No money is needed!” said the man.
When asked,the man________,“I am working for Joe,who hasn’t________a World Championships for 16 years. But he is ill and can’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only________he set is to give the tickets to people who I think will be deserving. A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and________them right away. Then I saw you. You seemed very________and you make me________ my dad and myself when I was a child. I________wanted to go to see a World Championships game with my father at that time. But I never got the________.”
How important and________the game was to Don and his son! Here is________Don said,“It’s the most worth ________thing that happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other 30 times during the game. I can’t forget that night.”
【1】A.decided B.refused C.ordered D.happened
【2】A.cards B.tickets C.passes D.money
【3】A.rode B.ran C.walked D.cried
【4】A.book B.photo C.magazine D.sign
【5】A.But B.And C.Or D.So
【6】A.offer B.afford C.keep D.hold
【7】A.invited B.asked C.stopped D.beat
【8】A.out B.in C.through D.over
【9】A.Cheap B.Expensive C.Free D.Terrible
【10】A.explained B.agreed C.examined D.appeared
【11】A.delayed B.won C.lost D.missed
【12】A.record B.time C.rule D.point
【13】A.lend B.sell C.tear D.make
【14】A.boring B.interesting C.smart D.anxious
【15】A.think of B.care for C.give up D.belong to
【16】A.really B.very C.well D.nearly
【17】A.ability B.right C.chance D.dream
【18】A.unpleasant B.funny C.disappointing D.unforgettable
【19】A.what B.which C.that D.how
【20】A.hating B.discussing C.playing D.remembering
34、按照课文内容填空
At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?
35、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
36、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.
Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.
The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.
The fingerprint scanners 【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.
Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving 【10】 (extreme) fast.
37、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.
The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.
It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.
Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often 【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.
Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.
38、假如你是李华,在网上看到一则你校招募“英语夏令营”志愿者的广告,请你根据以下写作要点和写作要求写一封求职信。内容包括:
1. 表明写信意图;
2. 介绍个人情况及个人优势;
3. 表达期望。
注意:1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 书信格式已经给出,不计入总词数;
3. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/ Madam,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
39、假定你是李华,你的新西兰朋友Terry没有进入学校唱歌比赛的决赛,感到非常伤心。请你给他写一封email,内容包括:
1.表示安慰;2.给予鼓励;3.提出希望。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Terry,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你的英国笔友Jim发邮件询问你这学期居家学习的状况。请给Jim回一封邮件,内容包括:1.你居家期间的主要学习活动;2.你对居家学习的感受。
注意:1.词数不少于50;2.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。提示词:居家期间the quarantine period
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文,续写词数应为150左右
Last Saturday,David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them,he heard the woman yell,“How stupid you are! You're good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there,looking upset.
David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs Brown in middle school. After he entered middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing,which David believed. But one day it all changed.
One day,in an English writing class,Mrs Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading the book. A few days later,David handed in his story. He didn't give it much thought. But the next day to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Mrs Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written.
When David read that,he almost burst into tears. He never expected to be praised one day. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.
That day after he returned home,he wrote a short story and gave it to Mrs Brown the next morning. And again he was praised.
David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short stories and asked Mrs Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs Brown always correct them for him. Mrs Brown always corrected the mistakes he had made and gave him good advice to improve them. One year later,David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He was no longer that boy who lacked self-confidence. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.
He succeeded in entering college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college,he had his first book published. With some more books coming out,he became famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs Brown's encouragement. Without her encouragement,his life might be very different now.
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Inspired by his own life story,David decided to do something for that boy.
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The mother was ashamed when she heard that.
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