---Can Bill play ping-pong?

---_____. He can play it very well．

A. Yes，he can    B．Yes, he can’t    C．No, he can’t

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When you f___1__ high school or university, is learning done? The answer is “No”. In many countries, people continue l ___2___ all their lives. Why is lifelong(终身) learning important? How can it h___3____ you? Let’s look at one example of lifelong learning in Japan.

You go to school and learn. You study. You take tests. But learning doesn’t happen in school. Learning doesn’t s__4__ when you graduate (毕业) from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can h__5____ when you go to a museum. It can a___6____ happen when you get a job. You learn when you p___7__sport or when you take a trip. Learning is life! We n___8___ stop learning. Every day you can improve y___9___ by learning something new.

In Japan, lifelong learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning activities. Music, calligraphy(书法) and f__10____ languages are some of their favorite classes. The Japanese take classes to improve their skills and learn new things.

When we graduate from school, we can continue to learn. Make lifelong learning one of your goals!

“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of my life. It has brought me   16  . I learned the law from my father’s   17  story.
My father was  18  in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then   19  in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework   20  midnight. Life was hard, because they had no   21  !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where   22  people can become rich.
“   23   don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.
So , my father came to America. “ I had thought it was easy to   24  money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇佣） me because I spoke   25  English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,  26  dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was   27  for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t  28   the schooling(学费).
My father   29  working hard, and reached his goal.
“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come   30  in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

---Can Bill play ping-pong?
---_____. He can play it very well．
A. Yes，he can    B．Yes, he can’t    C．No, he can’t

“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of my life. It has brought me   16  . I learned the law from my father’s   17  story.

My father was  18  in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then   19  in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework   20  midnight. Life was hard, because they had no   21  !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where   22  people can become rich.

“   23   don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

So , my father came to America. “ I had thought it was easy to   24  money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇佣） me because I spoke   25  English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,  26  dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was   27  for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t  28   the schooling(学费).

My father   29  working hard, and reached his goal.

“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come   30  in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.                A．disaster        B．loss            C．success   D．pity

2.                A．life            B．fashion         C．danger   D．history

3.                A．famous         B．lucky           C．rich  D．born

4.                A．taught          B．worked         C．studied   D．slept

5.                A．until           B．towards         C．for D．during

6.                A．experience      B．energy         C．time D．money

7.                A．kind           B．poor           C．strong    D．lazy

8.                A．What          B．How           C．Why D．When

9.                A．discover        B．make           C．collect   D．spend

10.               A．little           B．good           C．much D．excellent

11.               A．giving          B．running        C．washing   D．receiving

12.               A．comfortable     B．cheerful        C．nice  D．hard

13.               A．borrow         B．need          C．afford D．pay

14.               A．kept           B．finished        C．minded   D．stopped

15.               A．really          B．easily          C．quietly    D．slowly