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Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. You shouldn’t waste this wonderful opportunity to learn. Here is our advice for you to have a happy school-life.Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school-life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up. Go round the school with a big smile.
School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play some sports to keep your body strong.
Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.
Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things. Don’t let small problems seem very big and important.
阅读上面5段语言材料， 从中找出与它们相对应的标题， 并将其标号填入语段前的括号内。其中有两个选项是多余的。
| A. Plan your holiday. B. Don’t be too disappointed if things sometimes go badly. C. Do today’s work today. D. Be active in school！ E. Expect to work！ F. Talk about problems. G. Keep fit. |
Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a popular kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.
First, why do you want to be popular? Ask yourself if your desire(渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.
Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize that everyone is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible( 可见的) to the school population.
Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in right way.
Volunteer to help with classroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression (印象）on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality.
Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as someone who makes a difference at your school .What does the underlined word “ weird ” in Paragraph 3 mean?
| A．Strange. | B．Popular. | C．Exciting . | D．Common. |
What does the writer probably think is important to do according to the last paragraph?
| A．Not losing a sense of self. | B．Creating a club of our own. |
| C．Making a difference to our school. | D．Following other students’ example. |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer?
| A．Be nice to other people at school. |
| B．Find something that you are good at. |
| C．Make your teachers know you’re a good student. |
| D．Make friends with some students who are popular. |
The writer writes the passage to tell us________.
| A．what to do in high school |
| B．how to get along well with others |
| C．how to become popular in middle school |
| D．what kinds of students are popular at school |
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Tommy is a 9-year-old boy. He wants to visit The City Flower Show with parents. How much will they pay?
| A．＄25. | B．＄100. | C．＄125. | D．＄150. |
If you want to get more information about English Summer Camp, you can_______.
| A．go to 1100 Chestnut St. New York |
| B．write to 112 Kendal Way Chesterton Cambridge C B4 |
| C．call (010) 1106—2107 |
| D．send an e-mail to University of Toronto |
Phillip, twenty years old, is NOT allowed to go to ______.
| A．The City Flower Show | B．English Summer Camp |
| C．New York Museum | D．Pop Music Week |
Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure, teachers, parents or others often say to us or perhaps we say to ourselves, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging words and words of determination(决心). A person who believes in himself will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.
One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt（尝试） at something new, so we should not feel disappointed （失望）and should try again. Besides(此外，而且), if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow.
Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes so that we can not make the same ones. If we do not try again, the lesson （教训）that we learned is wasted.
Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us improve our lives. If we never challenge （挑战）ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.
In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident. Further more, if we give up, we have no chance of achieving our goals any more , but if we keep making great efforts, there is always a chance that we will succeed in the future.
Topic: Never Give Up
Possible meanings and the author’s opinions |
♣The words “ Never give up” can♣ A person who wants to be |
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♣If we give up too easily, maybe we will achieve ♣Always giving up means that we will not be able to ♣ Never giving up will make us learn from the ♣ To reach our goals and develop the confidence which can help us |
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Barack and Michelle Obama have two daughters: Malia, born in 1998, and Sasha, born in 2001. Before his inauguration, President Obama published an open letter to his daughters in Parade magazine, describing what he wants them and every child in America “to grow up in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach, and to grow into compassionate, committed women who will help build that world.”
While living in Chicago, they kept busy schedules. Soccer, dance and drama for Malia, gymnastics and tap for Sasha, piano and tennis for both. Malia and Sasha attended the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. The Obama girls began classes there on January 5, 2009. In his victory speech on the night of his election, President Obama repeated his promise to Sasha and Malia to get a dog to take with them to the White House. On April 12, 2009, it was reported that the Obamas had adopted a six-month-old Portuguese water dog given to them as a gift. The dog was named Bo by Malia and Sasha.
Though Malia and Sasha Obama are the president's kids, it doesn't mean they'll be catered to. The girls are still required to do their chores. Besides bed-making, Malia and Sasha must clean up their rooms and keep on top of their homework. The Obamas want their girls to grow up in a “normal” way.
| A．Sasha is two years older than Malia. |
| B．Sasha is three years older than Malia. |
| C．Sasha is two years younger than Malia. |
| D．Sasha is three years younger than Malia. |
| A．a cat | B．a dog | C．a horse | D．a doll |
| A．soccer and dance | B．gymnastics and tap |
| C．piano and tennis | D．dance and piano |
| A．To do some housework. | B．To grow up in a different way |
| C．To do their homework well. | D．To achieve their dreams. |
| A．Obama wants every child in America happy. |
| B．Bo was six months old when it was taken into the White House. |
| C．Malia and Sasha are the students of Sidwell Friends School. |
| D．Obama published an open letter to his daughters in the newspaper. |
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.
Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in(存在于)our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle(循环)of the seasons. Trees bud(发芽)in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter comes, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
| A．changes exist in our life |
| B．we should move others’ things |
| C．we should use books to share our life experiences |
| D．there are difficulties in our life |
| A．we should wear warm clothes in winter |
| B．we should accept the changes in our life |
| C．we should prepare for the weather |
| D．leaves turn yellow in autumn |
| A．I have no chance to pass the test. |
| B．Exams are hard for me. |
| C．I have bad luck. |
| D．It’s good for me because I know there are more to learn. |
| A．Weather changes in different seasons. |
| B．Who Moved My Cheese? is a good book. |
| C．We should change ourselves when life changes. |
| D．We should not lose heart when we meet with difficulties. |