四、信息还原
阅读短文，从方框中选出能填入空格处的最佳选项，有一个多余选项。
Why are some people successful while others aren’t? What’s the secret of success?
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Many of Gladwell’s ideas appear in his bestseller Outliers. 2 But Gladwell thinks that this is just an excuse for not trying. “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good,” Gladwell writes. “It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
3 It means that if you want to be among the best in the world, you need to practise something for 10,000 hours. For example, if you want to be a good pianist, it would be necessary to practise the piano three hours a day for about 10 years.
The interesting thing is that success is not decided only by intelligence (智力).
4 He’s got an IQ of between 195 and 210. As a boy at school, Langan was seen by many as a genius. However, he never graduated from university, and worked in labour-intensive (劳动密集型) jobs his whole life. This proves that intelligence alone will not lead to success. 5
A. The key to success is hard work.
B. Central to the book is the idea of “10,000 hours”.
C. You need hard work, support and opportunities (机会).
D. Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell thinks he knows.
E. Let’s take the example of Langan, who is mentioned in the book.
F. The popular view is that some of us are born talented and others aren’t.
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五、词汇运用
根据句意、中文释义、首字母和音标提示，写出句中所缺单词。
1. It’s widely agreed that (青少年的) children are aged between 13 and 19.
2. He is under a lot of (压力) because he has too much work to do.
3. She is so (注意力集中的) when she is writing.
4. The two boys (争论) about the Maths problem yesterday.
5. You must be m to swim in the river in such cold weather!
6. With the internet, I can c with my child whenever I want.
7. Don’t w too much time on online chats.
8. He is suffering great p in his neck and back.
9. Facing three paths in the forest, he made a (/dɪˈsɪʒn/) to take the left one.
10. (/juːθ/) was a time when we spent our finest moments with friends.

六、短文填空
阅读短文，在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
Most students had 10-minute breaks between classes in the past. However, (1) (keep) their students safe, some schools didn’t let them leave the classroom during breaks, (2) they needed to go to the toilet.
To give students a real rest, primary and middle schools began to add five (3) (many) minutes to break time between classes. According to a new rule, many schools have (4) 30-minute long break in the morning and another in the afternoon. Students now (5) (have) more time to relax and play outside. This helps them keep (6) (health) and avoid myopia (近视).
To help students use (7) (they) break time better, many schools in Beijing are working hard. One primary school sets up a (8) (climb) wall for its students. Another school holds an art show in the hallway. Students can enjoy great (9) (paint) during the break. What do you think of such (10) (activity)? Do you have more great ideas for break time?