任务三 选词填空
阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺,意思完整,每词或短语限用一次。

A letter to my younger self
Dear past me,
I know you are going through (1) days right now. Your grades keep falling, and your friends seem strangely distant. Late at night, you often write in your (2) , filling the pages with worries and fears. (3) , let me tell you something I’ve learnt the hard way.
Many people, even your parents, may not (4) your hard work at first. They only see the results, not the struggle. But your (5) is stronger than any temporary failure. Please don’t let fear or doubt (6) . Believe me, I understand how hard it feels. I (7) those dark months—the sleepless nights, the tears, the loneliness—and I promise you will too. Sometimes you might (8) a teacher or two. That’s fine. What matters is that you keep moving forward. Every small step, every tiny effort, is already a (9) . Don’t underestimate yourself because every step forward matters. I (10) encourage you to hold on, just one more day.
One day, you will look back and smile. Never give up.
Yours,
Your future self

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
Thomas Edison was a man who became world famous for his inventions. However, he had a difficult start in life and, even when he was successful, he had to work very hard.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. He was the seventh and last child—the fourth surviving—of Samuel Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. As a child, he was often sick and had trouble hearing. Despite his health issues, he was a curious and bright boy. He loved to read and experiment, often spending hours in his mother’s library.
Edison had a difficult time in school because he couldn’t hear well, but he loved to learn on his own. He built a laboratory in the basement of his parents’ house when he was just 10 or 11, and started his own business selling newspapers, snacks, and candy on trains a year or two later.
In some ways, Edison is remembered as much for his attitude to achievements as for the achievements themselves. He is well known as the person who made a light bulb that worked well, but before he succeeded in 1879, he had tried over 1,000 different materials to put the electricity through in the bulb. When people asked him about failing so many times, he said, “I didn’t fail. I just found 1,000 ways that didn’t work.”
Edison’s light bulb changed the world by bringing bright light into homes and streets in a very convenient way. But he didn’t stop there. Before he died in 1931, he registered more than 1,000 inventions, including the phonograph which played music, and an early camera which was used to make the very first movies, although they were only a few minutes long.
() 1. The word “bright” in paragraph 2 is OPPOSITE in meaning to “”.
A. intelligent B. impressive C. anxious D. stupid
() 2. What was Edison’s main problem at school?
A. He was often sick and weak. B. He couldn’t hear the teachers.
C. He had no friends there. D. He disliked reading books.
() 3. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A. Edison invented the light bulb. B. Edison had a hard childhood.
C. Edison never gave up easily. D. Edison changed the world a lot.