Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words
选词填空：请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每个词限用一次，有两个为多余词。
clean, give, can, encourage, son, try, he, borrow, student, easy, excite, down
Last week I went to an art show. A painting caught my eyes. To my amazement, it was painted by Steven, one of my 1. . Then many things about him came into my mind.
Steven was from a poor family. His parents 2. not afford to buy him some basic things that he needed. Once our school provided gloves for poor children, I put Steven’s name on the list. He was so 3. when he received a pair. He loved to wear them and they were always 4. than anybody else’s.
Steven had a gift for painting and he could 5. understand what I described in class. But he didn’t have money to buy the paper for painting. So sometimes, I 6. him some. He practised hard. And I often showed his paintings to the class. He was greatly 7. .
One day just before the summer vacation, he came to 8. some art books. When the new term began, he showed some of 9. paintings to me. I felt surprised. They were very good. Then we talked a lot. He said he would keep on.
Later he was admitted（录取）to a famous art university. After graduation, he had many difficulties, but he never gave up. He was always 10. his best to improve himself. His hard work and strong mind led to his success.

1.students 2.could 3.excited 4.cleaner 5.easily 6.gave 7.encouraged 8.borrow 9.his 10.trying

Ⅱ. Reading for fun
Today it is found that most middle school students pay little attention to sports. Is it because they have no interest in sports? It may not be the fact.
They often say they have other more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams! They usually spend over ten hours a day revising for exams. In the summer holidays they could hardly do anything they like. Books ①them from going out for sports. ②因为来自父母和老师的压力，他们不得不更加努力学习。
As for the students themselves, they want to get good results so that they can go further for their studies. ③ They don’t have to put all their effort into studying and give up all the sports and hobbies. In fact, education cannot go without physical exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body.
All students should remember: If you don’t have a strong body, it will be difficult for you to achieve great success in life.
1. 在①句的空白处填入适当的词，使句意完整，上下文通顺。
2. 将②句译成英文。

3. 将③句译成中文。

4. 写出与下列句子意思相近的句子：
It usually takes them more than ten hours to revise for exams.

5. 找出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子，并抄在下方横线上。

1. stop/keep/prevent
2. Because of the stress from their parents and teachers, they have to work harder.
3. 他们不必全身心投入学习而放弃所有的运动和爱好。
4. They usually spend over ten hours a day revising for exams.
5. If you don’t have a strong body, it will be difficult for you to achieve great success in life.