Unit 2 Growing pains and gains 核心单词,词性转换,短语,语法,句型精练-2025-2026学年八年级英语下册单元练习（外研版）

班级 姓名 学号 分数 Unit 2 Growing pains and gains 单元重点单词变形短语语法句型精练 （时间：60分钟，满分：100分） 单元知识点默写 一、词性转换 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. promise v. 许诺 → n. promise（承诺；诺言） 2. interrupt v. 打断 → n. interruption（打扰；中断） 3. pale adj. 苍白的 → v. pale（变苍白） 4. attach v. 系；贴 → n. attachment（附件；连接物） 5. elder adj. 年长的 → adj. elderly（年老的；衰老的） 6. point n. 要点 → v. point（指向；表明） 7. lazy adj. 懒惰的 → adv. lazily（懒惰地） 8. agree v. 同意 → n. disagreement（不同意；分歧） 9. child n. 孩子 → n. childhood（童年；儿童时代） 10. press v. 按压 → n. pressure（压力） 11. disappoint v. 使失望 → adj. disappointed（失望的；沮丧的） 12. fail v. 失败 → n. failure（失败；不及格） 13. heart n. 心 → adj. heartbroken（心碎的） 14. complete adj. 完整的 → adv. completely（完全地；彻底地） 15. clear adj. 清楚的 → adv. clearly（清楚地；明白地） 二、单词默写 1. pm n. 下午（用于表示钟点的数字之后） 2. tonight adv. / n. (在)今晚；(在)今夜 3. lamp n. 灯 4. blouse n. 女士宽松衬衫；女衬衫 5. wrist n. 腕（关节） 6. policewoman n. 女警察 7. plot n. 情节 8. point n. / v. 要点；重点 / 指向；表明 9. lazy adj. 懒洋洋的；慵懒的 10. sofa n. 长沙发 11. term n. 学期 12. speed v. / n. 花（时间） / 速度 13. conversation n. 谈话；交谈；会话 14. disagreement n. 不合；意见不合；分歧；争论 15. attitude n. 看法；态度 16. peer n. 同龄人 17. pressure n. (工作或生活中的) 压力 18. disappointed adj. 失望的；沮丧的 19. fail v. 失败；未做到 20. heartbroken adj. 使人心碎的 21. skiing n. 滑雪运动 22. completely adv. 完全地；全部地；彻底地 23. upon prep. 在……上面 24. fall prep. 落在（某人）身上 25. clearly adv. 清楚地；明白地 单元知识点习题训练 1、 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 1．She tried her best, but still ________ (fail) the exam. 【答案】failed 【详解】句意：她尽了最大努力，但考试还是不及格。句中tried提示句子时态为一般过去时，fail的过去式是failed，故填failed。 2．I ________ (complete) forgot to call my friend yesterday. 【答案】completely 【详解】句意：我昨天完全忘记给我的朋友打电话了。句中动词forgot需要副词来修饰，需将形容词complete变为副词形式completely，意为“完全地，彻底地”。 3．He felt ________ (disappoint) because he didn’t get into the school football team. 【答案】disappointed 【详解】句意：他感到很失望，因为他没有进入学校足球队。根据“He felt...”可知，此处描述人的感受，应用-ed结尾的形容词disappointed“失望的”作表语。 4．Failure is a part of life, but it ________ (last) just a moment. 【答案】lasts 【详解】句意：失败是生活的一部分，但它只持续一瞬间。句子描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语it是第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，last的第三人称单数是lasts。 5．The ________ (fail) in the competition taught him a good lesson. 【答案】failure 【详解】句意：比赛中的失败给了他一个很好的教训。句中“The”后需要接名词作主语，fail是动词，意为“失败”，其名词形式是在词尾加-ure，变为failure，意为“失败”。 6．I can’t help ________ (laugh) at his jokes. 【答案】laughing 【详解】句意：我忍不住对他的笑话发笑。固定搭配can’t help doing sth.表示“忍不住做某事”，故用laughing。 7．It’s fun to go ________ (ski) with friends. 【答案】skiing 【详解】句意：和朋友去滑雪很有趣。go skiing“去滑雪”，此处填ski“滑雪”的动名词形式skiing。 8．It was ________ (heartbreak) to see the little girl cry when her pet cat died. 【答案】heartbreaking 【详解】句意：看到小女孩在她的宠物猫去世时哭泣，令人心碎。空格前“was”后接形容词作表语，heartbreak的形容词形式是heartbreaking，表示“令人心碎的”。 9．The old man ________ (take) to the hospital by the police. 【答案】was taken 【详解】句意：老人被警察送去医院。句子主语“The old man”与动词“take”是被动关系，因此要用被动语态，结构为“be + 过去分词”。“送医院”是已发生的动作，用一般过去时。主语“The old man”是单数，所以be动词用“was”，“take”的过去分词是“taken”。故填was taken。 10．These toys ________ (make) in China last year. 【答案】were made 【详解】句意：这些玩具去年是在中国制造的。句中时间状语“last year”提示动作发生在过去，应用一般过去时；且主语“These toys”与动词make之间为被动关系，需用被动语态。一般过去时的被动语态was/were + 过去分词，由于主语为复数形式，be动词用were，动词make的过去分词为made。 11．I ________ (remind) by my parents to finish my homework before playing computer games yesterday. 【答案】was reminded 【详解】句意：昨天我被父母提醒，在玩电脑游戏之前要完成作业。remind“提醒”，是动词，yesterday表示过去，主语I是被提醒，要用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是第一人称单数，谓语用单数形式。故填was reminded。 12．My new book ________ (lend) to my best friend yesterday. 【答案】was lent 【详解】句意：我的新书昨天借给了我最好的朋友。此处需一个谓语动词，考查一般过去时的被动语态。根据时间状语“yesterday”确定动作发生在过去，且主语“My new book”是动作“借给”的承受者，需用“was/were + 过去分词”结构，主语为单数，be动词用was，动词lend的过去分词为lent。 13．Tom ________ (take) to the hospital after he broke his leg. 【答案】was taken 【详解】句意：汤姆摔断腿后，被送往了医院。take“带走，拿”，根据“after he broke his leg”可知本句时态是一般过去时，主语Tom与谓语动词take之间是被动关系，要用被动语态“was/were+过去分词”，主语是Tom，要用was；take的过去分词是taken。故填was taken。 14．These ________ (lamp) were made in China and sold well all over the world last year. 【答案】lamps 【详解】句意：这些灯是中国制造的，去年在全世界都很畅销。These后接可数名词复数形式，lamp的复数形式为lamps。 15．She is old enough ________ (look) after herself when her parents are out. 【答案】to look 【详解】句意：她已经足够大了，父母外出时可以照顾自己。“形容词/副词+enough to do sth.”是固定结构，表示“足够……去做某事”，其中to do为动词不定式作结果状语，此处填to look。 16．His ________ (confident) makes him popular. 【答案】confidence 【详解】句意：他的自信使他受欢迎。形容词性物主代词His后应接名词，confidence“自信”，不可数名词。 17．We should learn to solve our problems by ________ (we). 【答案】ourselves 【详解】句意：我们应该学会自己解决问题。根据“We should learn to solve our problems by...”可知，此处表达的是“我们自己解决问题”，by oneself表示“独自，靠自己”，we的反身代词是ourselves。 18．I can see my ________ (pain) with fresh eyes now and learn from them. 【答案】pains 【详解】句意：我现在能以新的眼光看待自己的痛苦，并从中吸取教训。后面有代词them，说明前面必须是复数名词，pain表示 “身体疼痛” 时常不可数；表示 “艰辛、困苦、心酸” 时，常用复数pains。 19．Growing up ________ (be) never an easy thing for teenagers. 【答案】is 【详解】句意：成长对于青少年来说从来都不是一件容易的事。动名词短语“Growing up”作主语，谓语动词用单数形式，句子描述客观事实用一般现在时，be动词对应的单数形式为is。 20．I have ________ (experience) many terrible moments, but I never give up. 【答案】experienced 【详解】句意：我已经经历过很多糟糕的时刻，但我从未放弃。根据“I have...many terrible moments”可知此处表达的是“经历”，用动词experience；结合“have”可知，句子是现在完成时，其结构是“have+过去分词”，experience的过去分词是experienced。 二、根据汉语提示完成单词(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 21．The ________ (奇怪的) hobby made him feel like he didn’t fit in. 【答案】strange 【详解】句意：这个奇怪的爱好让他觉得自己不合群。空格处需用形容词修饰名词“hobby”，strange“奇怪的”，作定语。 22．He spoke ________ (清楚地) so that everyone could hear him. 【答案】clearly 【详解】 句意：他说得很清楚，以便每个人都能听到他。句中“spoke”为动词，需用副词修饰，“清楚地”对应单词clearly，符合“so that everyone could hear him”的语境，故填clearly。 23．I finally ________ (意识到) my mistake. 【答案】realised/realized 【详解】句意：我最终意识到了我的错误。句中“finally”提示动作已完成，应用一般过去时；“意识到”对应单词realise（英式）/realize（美式），其过去式为realised/realized，故填realised/realized。 24．There is a book ________ (在……之上) the desk. 【答案】upon 【详解】句意：桌子上有一本书。upon“在……之上”，介词，表示书与桌子的位置关系。 25．He likes going ________ (滑雪). 【答案】skiing 【详解】句意：他喜欢滑雪。“滑雪”对应的英文是ski，“go+动词ing（动名词）”是固定搭配，表示“去做某事（通常指娱乐或运动）”，ski的动名词形式为skiing。 26．I bought a red ________ (女衬衫) for my school concert last weekend. 【答案】blouse 【详解】句意：上周末我为我的学校音乐会买了一件红色的女式衬衫。根据所给汉语提示可知，此处对应单词为blouse。此处位于不定冠词a和形容词red之后，需填入可数名词单数形式作动词bought的宾语。 27．When did the story ________ (发生)? 【答案】happen 【详解】句意：这个故事是什么时候发生的？根据汉语提示“发生”，对应的英文单词是“happen”。句中有助动词“did”，后面动词要用原形，故填happen。 28．Our teacher suggested that we look at ________ (挑战) in the right way. 【答案】challenges 【详解】句意：我们的老师建议我们以正确的方式看待挑战。challenge“挑战”，此处表示泛指，用名词复数形式challenges。 29．We must try to ________ (克服) difficulties. 【答案】overcome 【详解】句意：我们必须努力克服困难。overcome“克服”，是动词，try to do sth.是固定结构，意为“努力做某事”，to后接动词原形。故填overcome。 30．Teenagers may face heavy ________ (压力) from peers. 【答案】pressure 【详解】句意：青少年可能会面临来自同伴的巨大压力。pressure“压力”，是不可数名词，在句中作动词face的宾语，符合语境。 三、完成句子(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分) 31．他考试又没及格，这让他父母很失望。 He ________ ________ ________ again, which made his parents very disappointed. 【答案】 failed the exam 【详解】“fail”意为“不及格”，根据“made”可知，应该使用一般过去时，其过去式为“failed”；“the exam”意为“考试”。故填failed the exam。 32．我看到一条黄色的手环系在她的手腕上。 I saw that a yellow band ________ ________ ________ her wrist. 【答案】 was attached to 【详解】原句中“系在……上”是关键词，表示“被系在……上”的被动结构是be attached to。主句谓语saw是一般过去时，宾语从句描述过去的状态，也用过去时态；黄色手环是“被系”，需要用被动语态，主语a yellow band是单数，因此be动词用was。 33．我逐渐意识到我错了。 I ________ ________ ________ that I was wrong. 【答案】 came to realise/realize 【详解】“逐渐意识到”意为“came to realise/realize”。根据“was”可知，应该使用一般过去时；“come to do”意为“逐渐做某事”，根据时态，应该把“come”改为“came”；“realise/realize”意为“意识到”。 34．他承诺会保守这个秘密。 He ________ ________ ________ the secret. 【答案】 promised to keep 【详解】原句中“承诺”和“保守”是关键词，表示“承诺”的短语是promise to do sth.，表示“保守”的单词是keep，此处为固定搭配keep the secret，表示“保守秘密”。句子为一般过去时，用promise的过去式，应填promised；to；keep。 35．成长总是伴随着烦恼和收获。 Growing up always ________ with both ________ and gains. 【答案】 comes pains 【详解】第一空：原句中“伴随”是关键词，在英文中表示“伴随发生”的短语是come with，此处动名词作主语，句子是一般现在时，所以用comes；第二空：“烦恼”是关键词，与后文gains“收获”对应，在英文中表示“烦恼、痛苦”的名词是pain，此处应用复数形式。 36．起初，我只是为了转移注意力才游泳的。 At first, I swam just to ________ ________ ________ ________ things. 【答案】 take my mind off 【详解】原句中“转移注意力”是关键词，指让自己暂时不去想某些事情或摆脱困扰。英语中表达“使某人暂时忘记、不再想某事”的短语是take one’s mind off something。本句为动词不定式结构，to后需接动词原形，take为动词原形，my mind为宾语，off为介词，后接宾语things，构成完整短语。故填take；my；mind；off。 37． 2050年的生活将与今天的生活完全不同。 Life in 2050 will ________ completely ________ ________ the life today. 【答案】 be different from 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“与……不同”。be different from“与……不同”，will后接动词原形。故填be；different；from。 38． 很久以前，像丝绸和香料这样的许多珍宝都在那里交易。 Many treasures ________ ________ silk and spices were traded there long ago. 【答案】 such as 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“像……这样的”。空格后“silk and spices”是名词短语，应用such as连接，用于列举事物，意为“像……这样的，例如”。故填such；as。 39．许多人直到生病了才意识到健康的重要性。 Many people do not realise ________ ________ ________ health until they get ill. 【答案】 the importance of 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“……的重要性”。importance“重要性”，名词；the importance of“……的重要性”，固定短语。故填the；importance；of。 40．不要让同伴的压力影响你。 Don’t let the ________ from your ________ influence you. 【答案】 pressure peers 【详解】原句中“同伴的压力”是关键词，“压力”pressure，不可数名词；“同伴”peer，此处表示泛指，应用复数形式peers。故填pressure；peers。 四、短文填空(本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分) I had a really bad day. I 41 (try) out for the basketball team, but the coach said I wasn’t tall enough. This 42 (be) my dream since I was a little girl! I 43 (practise) so much, and it all ended today. I felt very bad. My best friend was worried about me. “Why not try something else, like swimming or skiing?” she 44 (suggest). At first, I didn’t want to take my mind 45 things. But soon, I fell completely 46 love with swimming. I won several competitions and made a lot of friends. My life has taken a different 47 (turn). Now I understand that failure is a part of life. It may fall 48 us at any stage. I have experienced many terrible moments, but I have never felt so bad again. I know clearly that failure lasts just 49 moment. When one door closes, another opens. Life is waiting for us 50 many other surprises. 【答案】 41．tried 42．had been 43．had practised 44．suggested 45．off 46．in 47．turn 48．upon 49．a 50．with 【导语】本文讲述了作者梦想加入篮球队却因身高被拒，在朋友建议下转向游泳并取得成功，最终领悟到失败只是暂时的，当一扇门关闭时，另一扇门会打开。 41．句意：我尝试加入篮球队，但教练说我身高不够。描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去时，try的过去式为tried。 42．句意：这是我从小到大的梦想！根据“since I was a little girl”可知，表示从过去一直持续到过去的梦想，用过去完成时，主语this为第三人称单数，故填had been。 43．句意：我（之前）练习了那么多，但今天一切都结束了。“练习”发生在“结束”之前，表示过去的过去，需用过去完成时，故填had practised。 44．句意：她建议道。描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去时，suggest的过去式为suggested。 45．句意：起初，我并不想转移注意力。“take one’s mind off sth.”为固定短语，意为“把注意力从……上移开”，故填介词off。 46．句意：但很快，我完全爱上了游泳。“fall in love with”为固定短语，意为“爱上”，故填介词in。 47．句意：我的人生发生了不同的转变。“take a turn”为固定短语，意为“发生转变”，故填名词turn。 48．句意：它可能在任何阶段降临到我们身上。“fall upon”为固定短语，意为“降临；落在……身上”，故填介词upon。 49．句意：我清楚地知道，失败只持续一瞬间。泛指“一个”瞬间，moment为可数名词单数，故填不定冠词a。 50．句意：生活正等着我们，还有许多其他的惊喜。表示“伴随”用介词with。 Strawberries look nice, but light pressure (压力) can make them out of shape. Nowadays, there are many young people just 51 strawberries. They are easy to break down (崩溃) when they face 52 (problem). They don’t know what to do when they are in trouble. Why are many students so easy to break down? Parents and schools are 53 main reasons. Parents do almost everything for 54 (they) in their everyday life, while schools care more about their grades. Liu Yue, 13, is from Fujian. His mum seldom criticizes (批评) him and he is always confident about 55 (he). One day, when a teacher criticized him, he felt surprised and sad. He began to stop 56 (believe) in himself. Then he asked his favourite teacher Mr Wang for help. Mr Wang said to him, “You should do something to make yourself strong. 57 you have problems, don’t ask for help too quickly. You should try to solve the problems first by yourself. I also advise you 58 (take) an active part in sports. That can make you strong.” 59 (grow) up is not just a happy process. Pains also go along with it. The most important thing is to face the pains 60 (brave) and learn from them. 【答案】 51．like 52．problems 53．the 54．them 55．himself 56．believing 57．When 58．to take 59．Growing 60．bravely 【导语】本文讨论了年轻人像草莓一样容易崩溃的原因和解决方法，通过具体事例告诉我们成长需要勇敢面对痛苦。 51．句意：现在有很多年轻人就像草莓一样。此处指“像草莓一样”，应用介词like表示“像……一样”。故填like。 52．句意：当他们面对问题时很容易崩溃。problem“问题”，是可数名词，此处泛指“各类问题”，应用复数形式problems。故填problems。 53．句意：家长和学校是主要原因。此处特指导致学生容易崩溃的“主要原因”，应用定冠词the。故填the。 54．句意：在日常生活中，父母几乎为他们做了一切。此处作介词for的宾语，应用人称代词宾格them。故填them。 55．句意：他的妈妈很少批评他，他对自己总是很自信。此处表示“对他自己自信”，应用反身代词himself。故填himself。 56．句意：他开始不再相信自己。stop doing sth.“停止做某事”，是固定搭配，此处应用动名词believing。故填believing。 57．句意：当你遇到问题时，不要太快求助。此处引导时间状语从句，表示“当……时”，应用连词When，位于句首首字母需大写。故填When。 58．句意：我也建议你积极参加体育运动。advise sb. to do sth.“建议某人做某事”，是固定搭配，此处应用动词不定式to take。故填to take。 59．句意：成长不仅仅是一个快乐的过程。此处作句子主语，应用动名词形式Growing，位于句首首字母需大写。故填Growing。 60．句意：最重要的事情是勇敢地面对痛苦并从中学习。此处修饰动词face，应用副词bravely。故填bravely。 $ 班级 姓名 学号 分数 Unit 2 Growing pains and gains 单元重点单词变形短语语法句型精练 （时间：60分钟，满分：100分） 单元知识点默写 一、词性转换 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. promise v. 许诺 → n. ________（承诺；诺言） 2. interrupt v. 打断 → n. ________（打扰；中断） 3. pale adj. 苍白的 → v. ________（变苍白） 4. attach v. 系；贴 → n. ________（附件；连接物） 5. elder adj. 年长的 → adj. ________（年老的；衰老的） 6. point n. 要点 → v. ________（指向；表明） 7. lazy adj. 懒惰的 → adv. ________（懒惰地） 8. agree v. 同意 → n. ________（不同意；分歧） 9. child n. 孩子 → n. ________（童年；儿童时代） 10. press v. 按压 → n. ________（压力） 11. disappoint v. 使失望 → adj. ________（失望的；沮丧的） 12. fail v. 失败 → n. ________（失败；不及格） 13. heart n. 心 → adj. ________（心碎的） 14. complete adj. 完整的 → adv. ________（完全地；彻底地） 15. clear adj. 清楚的 → adv. ________（清楚地；明白地） 二、单词默写 1. ________ n. 下午（用于表示钟点的数字之后） 2. ________ adv. / n. (在)今晚；(在)今夜 3. ________ n. 灯 4. ________ n. 女士宽松衬衫；女衬衫 5. ________ n. 腕（关节） 6. ________ n. 女警察 7. ________ n. 情节 8. ________ n. / v. 要点；重点 / 指向；表明 9. ________ adj. 懒洋洋的；慵懒的 10. ________ n. 长沙发 11. ________ n. 学期 12. ________ v. / n. 花（时间） / 速度 13. ________ n. 谈话；交谈；会话 14. ________ n. 不合；意见不合；分歧；争论 15. ________ n. 看法；态度 16. ________ n. 同龄人 17. ________ n. (工作或生活中的) 压力 18. ________ adj. 失望的；沮丧的 19. ________ v. 失败；未做到 20. ________ adj. 使人心碎的 21. ________ n. 滑雪运动 22. ________ adv. 完全地；全部地；彻底地 23. ________ prep. 在……上面 24. ________ prep. 落在（某人）身上 25. ________ adv. 清楚地；明白地 单元知识点习题训练 1、 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 1．She tried her best, but still ________ (fail) the exam. 2．I ________ (complete) forgot to call my friend yesterday. 3．He felt ________ (disappoint) because he didn’t get into the school football team. 4．Failure is a part of life, but it ________ (last) just a moment. 5．The ________ (fail) in the competition taught him a good lesson. 6．I can’t help ________ (laugh) at his jokes. 7．It’s fun to go ________ (ski) with friends. 8．It was ________ (heartbreak) to see the little girl cry when her pet cat died. 9．The old man ________ (take) to the hospital by the police. 10．These toys ________ (make) in China last year. 11．I ________ (remind) by my parents to finish my homework before playing computer games yesterday. 12．My new book ________ (lend) to my best friend yesterday. 13．Tom ________ (take) to the hospital after he broke his leg. 14．These ________ (lamp) were made in China and sold well all over the world last year. 15．She is old enough ________ (look) after herself when her parents are out. 16．His ________ (confident) makes him popular. 17．We should learn to solve our problems by ________ (we). 18．I can see my ________ (pain) with fresh eyes now and learn from them. 19．Growing up ________ (be) never an easy thing for teenagers. 20．I have ________ (experience) many terrible moments, but I never give up. 二、根据汉语提示完成单词(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 21．The ________ (奇怪的) hobby made him feel like he didn’t fit in. 22．He spoke ________ (清楚地) so that everyone could hear him. 23．I finally ________ (意识到) my mistake. 24．There is a book ________ (在……之上) the desk. 25．He likes going ________ (滑雪). 26．I bought a red ________ (女衬衫) for my school concert last weekend. 27．When did the story ________ (发生)? 28．Our teacher suggested that we look at ________ (挑战) in the right way. 29．We must try to ________ (克服) difficulties. 30．Teenagers may face heavy ________ (压力) from peers. 三、完成句子(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分) 31．他考试又没及格，这让他父母很失望。 He ________ ________ ________ again, which made his parents very disappointed. 32．我看到一条黄色的手环系在她的手腕上。 I saw that a yellow band ________ ________ ________ her wrist. 33．我逐渐意识到我错了。 I ________ ________ ________ that I was wrong. 34．他承诺会保守这个秘密。 He ________ ________ ________ the secret. 35．成长总是伴随着烦恼和收获。 Growing up always ________ with both ________ and gains. 36．起初，我只是为了转移注意力才游泳的。 At first, I swam just to ________ ________ ________ ________ things. 37． 2050年的生活将与今天的生活完全不同。 Life in 2050 will ________ completely ________ ________ the life today. 38． 很久以前，像丝绸和香料这样的许多珍宝都在那里交易。 Many treasures ________ ________ silk and spices were traded there long ago. 39．许多人直到生病了才意识到健康的重要性。 Many people do not realise ________ ________ ________ health until they get ill. 40．不要让同伴的压力影响你。 Don’t let the ________ from your ________ influence you. 四、短文填空(本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分) I had a really bad day. I 41 (try) out for the basketball team, but the coach said I wasn’t tall enough. This 42 (be) my dream since I was a little girl! I 43 (practise) so much, and it all ended today. I felt very bad. My best friend was worried about me. “Why not try something else, like swimming or skiing?” she 44 (suggest). At first, I didn’t want to take my mind 45 things. But soon, I fell completely 46 love with swimming. I won several competitions and made a lot of friends. My life has taken a different 47 (turn). Now I understand that failure is a part of life. It may fall 48 us at any stage. I have experienced many terrible moments, but I have never felt so bad again. I know clearly that failure lasts just 49 moment. When one door closes, another opens. Life is waiting for us 50 many other surprises. Strawberries look nice, but light pressure (压力) can make them out of shape. Nowadays, there are many young people just 51 strawberries. They are easy to break down (崩溃) when they face 52 (problem). They don’t know what to do when they are in trouble. Why are many students so easy to break down? Parents and schools are 53 main reasons. Parents do almost everything for 54 (they) in their everyday life, while schools care more about their grades. Liu Yue, 13, is from Fujian. His mum seldom criticizes (批评) him and he is always confident about 55 (he). One day, when a teacher criticized him, he felt surprised and sad. He began to stop 56 (believe) in himself. Then he asked his favourite teacher Mr Wang for help. Mr Wang said to him, “You should do something to make yourself strong. 57 you have problems, don’t ask for help too quickly. You should try to solve the problems first by yourself. I also advise you 58 (take) an active part in sports. That can make you strong.” 59 (grow) up is not just a happy process. Pains also go along with it. The most important thing is to face the pains 60 (brave) and learn from them. $