The high school years are a key period. The things we learn during this time really shape our lives. Liu Changming, principal of Beijing No. 4 High School made 18 suggestions for students just starting high school on how to get the best out of high school. Here are ten of them.
1) Read 50 books. But choose them from ten different fields.
2) Help a person. Look for a classmate, an elderly person, in fact anyone who could benefit（获益）from your help. You’ll find you benefit too!
3) Research. Research a particular area, such as science, history or art.
4) Make a foreign friend. Try to befriend someone from a foreign country. It’s an ideal way to learn about a foreign country.
5) Publish（出版）an article. Whether it appears in a newspaper, your school magazine or in your own blog, an article will be something to look back on in pride in later years.
6) Take up a new sport.
Choose one you’ve never played before. If you find you like it, you’ll have a hobby for life
7) Join a club. Work
ing hard in a club or other activities will give you a life outside of your studies.
8) Find a part-time job. Try and do the job for at least a month.
9) Find a person to learn from. Choose someone with unusual experience or special talent. Try to learn all you can from him or her.
10) Learn to cook four Chinese dishes. Learning how to cook is not only a practical skill but a way of building a bridge to other people. According to the passage, by making a foreign friend you can ______.
| A．learn about another culture | B．practice spoken English |
| C．discuss the international situation | D．share your happiness and sadness |
Beside learning a practical skill, another purpose of learning to cook is ______.
| A．to help your parents with housework | B．to kill time |
| C．to have communication with others | D．to make friends |
Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
| A．You should read fifty books of the same field. |
| B．Do a part-time job for less than a month. |
| C．Try to publish an article to make you famous. |
| D．You can benefit a lot by helping others. |
The principal made the suggestions in order for the students to ______.
| A．make contributions to society | B．achieve greet progress in high school |
| C．love high school life | D．finish high school |
Are you a TV lover? Can you imagine living without TV? Well, you could give it a try.
A group of Americans, TV-Turnoff Networks(网络), have an idea. From April 19 to 25, they are asking children all over the world to turn off their TVs for one week. They hope children will find more interesting things to do. Maybe they can read some books, or learn to swim, or paint a picture. Since 1995, about 24 million people in America have taken part in TV-Turnoff Week.
TV-Turnoff Network says watching TV too much can bring children big problems; with school, health and family. They want kids to watch less TV. What do you think?
Bad for your studies
American scientists did a study of 1300 children .They watched the children for four years .They say that if children watch lots of TV, they don’t do well in school.
Bad for your health
Studies show that when children watch lots of TV , they eat more unhealthy food . Most children are getting overweight (超重的) .overweight children become ill more easily .Watching too much TV is also bad for their eyes .
Bad for family life
About 40%of America families watch TV at dinner time .That means that they don’t talk very much when they eat together .
Also ,too many violent (暴力的) things
An American study says that before a child turns 18 years old ,the child will see 20 000 violent things on TV .Some kids become violent in real life .
If you want to learn more about this unusual week ,you can go to this Website, www.tvturnoff. org .
根据短文内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。When is TV-Turnoff week?
| A．Any week in April. | B．It doesn’t tell us. |
| C．The first week in April. | D．From April 19 to 25. |
What do children do during that week?
A. They watch TV much less.
B. They go to this Website, www.tvturnoff.org.
C. They read some books, or learn to swim, or paint a picture.
D. Both A and C.The passage tells people if children watch too much TV, they may______________.
①be overweight ②know more about the world
③be weak in study④become violent in real life.
| A．①②④ | B．①②③ |
| C．①③④ | D．①②③④ |
A group of Americans have the idea about TV-Turnoff Week because they____________.
| A．think watching TV too much is bad. |
| B．think watching TV is a waste of time. |
| C．think the children should study harder. |
| D．want to know what else children will do if they don’t watch TV. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
| A．Millions of people have taken part in TV-Turnoff Week since 1995. |
| B．The Website www.tvturnoff.org can tell you more about TV-Turnoff Week. |
| C．Children in American aren’t allowed to see violent things on TV until they are 18. |
| D．About three fifths of American families don’t watch TV when they have dinner. |
A story tells about an elder villager who led other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to buy food for the winter. One night they camped in an open air with a starry sky above. The elder villager, following the tradition passed down from ancestors, took out three blocks(块) of salt and threw them into the campfire to tell the change of weather in the mountains.
All people waited for the old man's "weather report": if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound(爆裂声), they would have good weather; if no sound was produced, it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.
The elder villager looked serious. The salt in the campfire made no sound at all. He urged the whole team to set out immediately. A young man in the group thought it absurdly(荒谬地)superstitious(迷信的) to "forecast the weather by using salt".
It was not until the next afternoon, the weather suddenly changed, with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm coming. In fact, the method used by the elder man could be well explained by modern science: whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends on air humidity(湿度).That is to say, when a snowstorm approaches, lead to high humidity, the salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire.
Young people often don’t mind the philosophy(哲学) of the old, regarding their ideas as out date and useless. To be honest, however, some beliefs in life are just like salt blocks that are distilled(蒸馏) from the sea: old as they are, they remain crystals(结晶), and carry with them deep memories of the sea.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。Why did the villagers go to the town?
| A．They wanted to buy some salt and food |
| B．They wanted to sell the salt and buy some food. |
| C．They wanted to check the old belief. |
| D．They wanted to forecast the weather by using salt |
What will happen if it rains recently?
| A．The salt in the fire will produce crackling sound. |
| B．The salt in the fire will produce no sound. |
| C．The salt will remain crystals. |
| D．The elder people will give us the weather report. |
Why didn’t the young man think the “weather report” absurdly superstitious?
| A．The villagers were always superstitious, especially the old man. |
| B．He didn’t believe the god and only believe the modern science. |
| C．He didn’t believe the traditional way could forecast the weather by using salt. |
| D．He thought the salt could tell us the weather. |
What’s the meaning of the word “approach”?
| A．到达 | B．远离 | C．追逐 | D．消失 |
What’s the meaning of the last paragraph?
| A．Young people shouldn’t believe the philosophy of the old. They are superstitious. |
| B．Salt blocks can carry the memories of the deep sea, so it can forest the weather. |
| C．All the belief in life are useful and can give us suggestions in our lives. |
| D．Young people should learn from the old because they are knowledgeable and have much experience. |
Here are some programs that kids would like to watch on BBC Kids Channel.
| Time |
Programs |
| 8:30am |
Tom’s World Do you know that different kinds of dogs live in different places? It’s true! And there’s a lot more for you to learn as Tom and his friends tell about the dogs! |
| 9:20am |
Play School Join the play school to learn English while singing songs, listening to stories, and learn to make things with Big Ted, Jame on the children’s show |
| 12:00pm |
BBC News News from all over the world |
| 2:10pm |
A Cartoon Movie The movie about a little fish called Nemo. He is caught by a fisherman and later his father travels through the sea to look for him |
| 4:00pm |
Around the World Do you want to know how people live in different countries? Do you want to make friends with foreign kids? Come to join in Buzy’s trip. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。________ will take you to see how people live in different countries.
| A．Tom | B．Nemo | C．Buzy | D．Jame |
BBC News begins at _______.
| A．8:30am | B．2:10pm |
| C．12:00pm | D．9:20am |
Kids can NOT _______ by joining the play school.
| A．sing songs | B．draw pictures |
| C．listen to stories | D．learn to make things |
Peter should watch the program _____if he wants to know more about dogs.
| A．Tom’s World | B．Play School |
| C．BBC News | D．around the World |
The cartoon movie is about a ________.
| A．boy | B．girl | C．fish | D．toy |
Now people who are in different parts of the world communicate easier than before. But it is a little hard to understand each other well. Some of them may not understand others’ words, so it’s easy to make a few mistakes.
For example, an important question about eating out, is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours suggests you have lunch with him, you might simply say something like this, “I’m afraid it will have to be some place inexpensive, as I have very little money.” The other person might say, “OK. I will meet you at McDonald’s.” This means it is agreed that the two will go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He might also say, “Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson’s”, or “ I want you to try the steak(牛排) there. It is great.” This means that the person intends to pay the bill for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, there is no reason why you shouldn’t accept this invitation. You might simply say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。By reading the text, how do you feel about the communication of the world today?
| A．People who are in different parts can understand each other easier. |
| B．People who are in different parts can understand each other harder. |
| C．It gets harder . |
| D．It gets easier. |
According to the article, who will pay for the meal in western countries?
| A．All the people who have the meal will pay the bill together. |
| B．One of the people who have the meal will pay the bill. |
| C．Sometimes each person pays for himself. |
| D．In the western countries people never pay the bill for other people. |
If you get along well with this person, _____________ refuse the person’s invitation.
| A．you’ll have no reason to |
| B．you’ll have a few reasons to |
| C．you can take it load off to |
| D．you can’t go to |
If you accept your friend’s invitation , you should ____________.
| A．say nothing about it. | B．thank him/her greatly |
| C．say “ thank you” simply | D．invite him/her next time |
What’s the best title of the article?
| A．What to Eat in the western countries |
| B．The manners of eating in the western countries |
| C．Who pays for A Date |
| D．The relationship of the persons |
There was a man playing the piano in a bar. He was a good piano player. People came out just to hear him play. But one night, a customer told him he didn’t want to hear him just play anymore. He wanted him to sing a song.
The man said, “I don’t sing.”
But the customer was persistent(执著的). He told the bartender, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the man to sing!”
The bartender shouted. “ Hi! If you want to get paid, sing a song. The customers are asking you to sing!”
So he did. He sang a song. A piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And nobody believed that he sang so well.
He has talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but because he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in America. There was a man playing the piano in a bar, _________ likes his music.
| A．everyone | B．someone | C．no one | D．anyone |
Why did the customer ask him to sing a song ?
| A．Because he was not good at the piano. |
| B．Because the customer didn’t like him. |
| C．Because the customer was tired of listening to the music. |
| D．No reason. |
What’s the meaning of the phrase “ sit on” in the article?
| A．为...的一员 | B．开会讨论 |
| C．疏忽，忽视 | D．扣押 |
What did the piano player play the piano for?
| A．For everybody liked him. |
| B．For he could make a living. |
| C．For someone could realized he was a talent. |
| D．We don’t know. |
Why the man became famous in the end?
| A．Because he was good at the piano |
| B．Because he never sang a song in public. |
| C．Because he was a talent. |
| D．Because he had to sing. |