·Basic Study Manual Hardcover: $37
Future success depends on the ability to learn. Here are the answers to the questions most often asked by parents, teachers, business trainers and by students themselves. Read this book and learn:
▲ What the three barriers to study are — and what to do about them.
▲ What to do if you get tired of a subject you are studying.
▲ Twenty-six simple drills to help you to learn how to study easily, rapidly and with full understanding.
▲ Buy and read the Basic Study Manual and use it to dramatically improve your ability to study.
·Study Skills for Life Hardcover: $32
L. Ron Hubbard’s study technology for teenagers opens the door to their future success by giving them the ability to study and learn. Fully illustrated （插图）for easy comprehension.
·Learning how to learn Hardcover: $25
The basics of effective study for 8 to 12-year-olds, fully illustrated. Children who read and apply the materials in this book regain their liking for study and their ability to apply this knowledge in life. Get this book for a child you want to see win at his studies!
·How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children Hardcover: $36
In spite of billions of dollars spent on “educational research”, children are not taught the most basic skills of learning, even the most basic of these: how to use a dictionary. In fact, a search of educational books for children found not one that told them how to use a dictionary — or that one should. Written for children 8 to 12-year-olds, this fully illustrated book will teach your child:
▲ How to find words in a dictionary.
▲ The different ways that words are used.
▲ What the different marks and symbols that are used in a dictionary mean.
▲ How to use a dictionary to correctly pronounce words.
It includes a section for parents and teachers showing you how to use this book with children. Buy this book and give it to your children to unlock their education. What’s more, you’ll just pay 50% for it before May 1, 2011.According to the advertisements, the four books are all intended for ______.
| A．teachers | B．adults | C．children | D．women |
Some of the four books were illustrated in order to_________
| A．make them suitable to different readers | B．persuade readers to buy them |
| C．reduce the cost of them | D．help readers understand them |
If you buy the four books on April 30, 2011, your will have to pay_______ for the four books.
| A．$130 | B．$65 | C．$112 | D．$18 |
The purpose of the passage is to _______.
| A．introduce some cheap books to readers | B．sell the four books to readers |
| C．enrich students’ knowledge about nature | D．help children to learn English |
“Pictogram” is a compound word made from “picture” and “telegram”. Pictograms are usually simple , and they are often made with letters and words. A pictogram is a symbol which represents an idea
an object through an image(图像). Also, it is a kind of communication system which must be learned but is very useful in our lives. The used must learn to see,
and remember the different pictogram symbols. There are 1.400 different symbols
the present time. A Canadian named Subhas Maharaj came up with the idea for pictograms in the beginning of the 1980s. at first, pictograms were introduced to help people
had disabilities in speaking ,reading, or writing. Pictograms are images of objects that are
to see and create. Today, pictograms are used In many different ways. For example, there are traffic ,recycling and
signs, even animal symbols and so on.
Pictograms are in white against a black background.
The combination of white against a black background creates extremely contrast(对比), and this makes pictograms friendlier to users. A good example of a pictogram is the public symbols for “Men” and “Women”, just like the one on the left. Pictograms are a useful method of communication, and people can have fun as they
each pictogram.
用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。
（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）Trust me. I (keep) it between you and me, I promise. Talk now.
I'm so sorry that I(not understand) you, but I do now.
Sally loves chocolate. -That(explain) why it's hard for her to lose weight.
If you have any trouble(use) the website,just click on this icon for help.
—Why didn't you answer my call?
—I (take) a shower. But I called you back as soon as I got out.A big parade was held on Red Square(remember) the dead in World War II.
Cleverness is a gift; kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they (give) after all. Choices can be hard.
—Is the little baby in this photo me, Dad?
—It is. And now you(grow) into a young man. Where does the time go, huh?
词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
(A)根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。Life is like a （赛跑）.You either take the lead or fall behind.
I thought about what she had said and stayed （醒着的）all night.
Hey! Relax! No one will（强迫）you to do that if you're not willing to.
Many countries speak （高度地）of China's high-speed railway technologies.
(B)根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。Don't look at me like that! I'm telling you the （true).
It is not polite to ask a stranger questions about his （person) life.
Red lanterns are often （hang) along the streets before Spring Festival.
The new system is now （wide) used by IT companies all over the world.
短文综合填空（本大题满分11分，每空1分）
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在短文空白处填入一个恰当的词，使短文内容完整、通顺。将所填单词填写在答题卡上相应的题号后。
If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.
Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn’t see a train u he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every day to milk the cows in his family.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother ehim: “Why not try to be better in other things i____________
of just dress and good looks?”
Carnegie tried to be more a in college. He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was d
in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures(失败).
But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good results at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech c and became widely known.
The young man made his own words come true: “Bthat you will succeed, and you will.” In order to s
his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers(畅销书) i
How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 l____________
. They are still helping people on the road to success.
I want to buy a pair of sports shoes for a long time.I had spend months saving up the money to buy them and I finally had e . Last Saturday my friend Jake wanted to buy a new CD,so we decided to go shopping together.
We took the bus into town and it was very c,so we had to stand all the way.Jake and I were talking when I suddenly n
that my bag was open and my purse had gone! The bus had just stopped and there was a boy near me who was going quickly towards the door. We thought he had stolen my money so we got off the bus and f
him. The boy started running and then Jake ran after him shouting “Stop! T
!” It was like a scene out of a film! A policeman saw what was going on and managed to get the boy.
The embarrassing thing was that when the policeman s the boy, he didn’t have my purse! He probably thrown it away before he was caught. The boy said we had made a mistake and we shouldn’t blame（指责）him for the stolen purse. He explained that he had o
started running because he was late for a meeting with friends. The policeman a
him to go and I felt really stupid. I don’t know whether he stole my purse or not as there was no proof（证据）. I wish I hadn’t been so careless and had kept an e
on my bag!
I’ve lost my front door key and 60 pounds. I’m really fed up. Jake offered to lend me the money to buy the sports shoes, but I don’t think it’s f to take it. It isn’t his fault（过失）that I had my purse stolen!