( )4. —Why was Jim so happy yesterday?
—Because he ______ the school basketball team.
A. tried on
B. tried out for
C. tried out of
D. tried up

B

( )5. The boy ______ "Prince of basketball" after his ______ in the match.
A. named; success
B. was named; succeeded
C. was named; success
D. named; succeed

C

( )6. —A great person once said, “If you can follow your heart and never ______, your dream will come true.”
—I think so. I believe I will enter a good high school this year if I try hard.
A. give away
B. give back
C. give out
D. give up

D

四、根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. 对他来说，这份工作比其他什么都重要。
The job ________________________ than anything else.
2. 这个新来的女生发现没有人注意她，所以她一整天都闷闷不乐的。
The new girl found that no one ________________________ her, so she was unhappy ________________________.
3. 结果，他成功地得到了那个职位。
As a result, he ________________________ getting the position.
4. 当我们考试不及格时，我们的老师总是告诉我们不要丧失信心。
When we ________________________, our teacher always tells us ________________________.
5. 你为什么不去参加篮球队的选拔？
Why don't you ________________________ the basketball team?

matters more to him
; took notice of
; the whole day
; succeeded in
; fail in the exam
; not to lose heart
; try out for

五、根据短文内容及首字母提示完成单词。
What's the most amazing thing in the world? I think it's a s 1 , which can start a true friendship, prevent an unhappy argument, and make us feel warm.
Last term when Neil e 2 a new school and began his junior high, he had no friends and felt l 3 . One day, Neil was running in the playground. Suddenly, he tripped(绊倒) over a stone and fell onto the ground. He tried to stand up but he couldn't, because one of his feet was badly h 4 . Just at that time, a hand came into his sight. As he looked up, he saw a big smile from his new classmate, Leo. He grabbed the hand without thinking and stood up. The smile started the friendship b 5 him and Leo.
Even best friends quarrel(吵架) sometimes. Leo and Neil are no exception. Last week, they had a big quarrel. After c 6 down, Neil regretted his bad temper(脾气). But he felt t 7 embarrassed(难为情的) to say sorry to Leo face to face. After sending an emoji(表情) of a smile to Leo t 8 WeChat, Neil waited and was worried that Leo would never talk to him. Then he heard the ring of a video chat and when he answered the chat, he saw a face with a big smile on the screen of his smartphone. He was really moved. That's the m 9 of a smile.
You can see h 10 powerful a smile is. Try to give other people a smile, and you will improve the world a little bit.
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______
8. ______
9. ______
10. ______

smile
; entered
; lonely
; hurt
; between
; calming
; too
; through
; magic
; how