阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。
Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude (态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. Here are some suggestions about how to be more confident.
Speak loud When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak _______(1) enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can _______(1) you become more confident.
Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.(2)
Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done.
Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
Get rid of (消除) fear Fear comes along with failure (失败). But it’s easy to overcome (克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.在(1)处横线上填入适当的词。___________ ___________
将（2）处划线部分翻译成中文。______________________________________________
回答问题How many suggestions can help you to be more confident?______________
找出并写出所给句子的同义句。
If singing is your favourite, you can sing as often as possible.__________________________找出并写出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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My dear friends, what do you often do at the weekends or on holidays? Do you like going hiking? Most people enjoy hiking, especially in spring or autumn.
Hiking is a healthy activity. But do you know why many people like going hiking? The reason why people go hiking is different from each other. Here are some of the most important reasons for people to hike.
First, hiking is a kind of good _______, and it is good for your _______ and not hurt your body. You can relax(放松) yourself during the hiking. And you can get fresh air, too.
(1)Second, hiking is easy and cheap. All you need to do is to wear a pair of hiking shoes to start.
(2)At last, hiking is the best way to get away from your everyday life. You could hike alone or go with your family or your good friends. And you can have a picnic together during hiking.
So why not plan your hiking day right now? Let’s go hiking together!在（1）句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。
________ _______将（2）句译成中文。
____________________________________________________________回答问题：How many reasons for hiking are there in the passage?
_________________________________________________________________________________在文中找出与You just need to wear a pair of trainers to start your hiking. 意思相近的句子。
___________________________________________________________________在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passages.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.People read newspapers in order to _____________.
| A．learn the latest (最新的) news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspaper become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.
| A．in English | B．in Chinese |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
According the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from ___.
| A．magazines | B．advertisements |
| C．e-mail | D．Internet |
The Young Pop King
He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing."He is true to himself. He never follows others, "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.From this passage, we know that Jay Chou_________.
| A．is very handsome | B．has a bright smile |
| C．often makes too much noise | D．is a pop music star |
His fans are so excited because_________.
| A．he is quiet and shy. |
| B．he will sing new songs in Wuhu. |
| C．he can play the piano very well |
| D．Many famous stars will come to Wuhu. |
When he was a little child, he_________.
| A．talked a lot every day |
| B．did well in his study at school |
| C．started to like music |
| D．had a lot of fans |
According to one of his fans, Jay_________.
| A．is a good student |
| B．has long and beautiful hair |
| C．is a well-known pianist |
| D．is very attractive to them |
The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means_________.
| A．he always has his own style. |
| B．he likes to walk alone |
| C．he doesn't like other people's songs at all |
| D．no one can catch up with him |
American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools.
High school students study only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment(课外作业) for every class. After class they have many activities.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育). But there are scholarships (奖学金) for good students, and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.How long do American students study in school every year?
| A．8 months | B．9 months | C．10 months | D．11 months |
High school students take ______ subjects at a time.
| A．all | B．four | C．five | D．B or C |
______ can get scholarships.
| A．Many college students | B．All the students |
| C．Good high school students | D．Good college students |
Many college students work part time because ______ .
| A．they have many activities |
| B．they have a lot of free time |
| C．they like doing things |
| D．they have to pay a lot of money for their education |
According to the passage, which sentence is Not true?
A. American schools have long summer holidays.
B. There are two terms in the USA.
C. American students don’t do exercises after class.
D. They do part time job to get money to pay for their education.
My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). My bothers, my sisters and I would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows. Now we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. It’s surprising! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from .In those days, how many television sets did people have?
| A．more than one | B．one | C．3 or 4 | D．more than 4 |
What kind of TV channels do we have now?
| A．Channels with cooking | B．Channels with old films |
| C．Channels with fish | D．A, B&C |
Now how many channels can we get on TV?
| A．3 or 4 different channels. | B．Only one channel. |
| C．Hundreds of channels. | D．Less than 10 channels. |
When my mum was a teenager, her brothers, sisters and she usually enjoyed______.
| A．different channels | B．the same shows |
| C．different shows | D．all the shows |
Which of the following in NOT true?
| A．My mum’s brothers and sisters would fight about which channel to watch when she was a child. |
| B．These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing. |
| C．People have many channels to choose from now. |
| D．Family members will not fight for the television set. |