What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Let's see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time?
Mess around（消遣逗乐） with Dress-up Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you can get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school，you can play dress-up. See if you can make yourself into a doctor, or a cowboy, or even a spaceman! If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family! Let your imagination run wild!
Start a Club Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren't in your class? You can get both of them in clubs. In other countries’ schools，there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join. There is a French club，a student government, a theatre，a choir（合唱队）and a photography club.
Take a photography club as an example. One may learn all the skills about taking photos. For example，you will learn how to choose a camera，how to use the light and how to develop pictures.
One can also make a lot of friends in clubs. It's always good to enjoy your free time with friends, isn't it?How do kids in foreign countries spend their free time? .
| A．Playing football |
| B．Playing dress-up |
| C．Watching TV |
| D．Having a party in clubs |
For foreign kids, what do they collect clothes and shoes for? .
| A．having them in future |
| B．changing with their friends |
| C．making themselves into other person |
| D．preparing for parties |
What do kids mainly want to do when they start a club? .
| A．Put on a show | B．Learn new things |
| C．Talk with friends | D．Take photos |
In a photography club, kids can learn .
| A．how to use cameras |
| B．how to collect cameras |
| C．how to repair cameras |
| D．how to make a lot of friends |
What will you learn from the passage? .
| A．Foreign kids like to put on a show in their school |
| B．Foreign kids usually play dress-up in clubs |
| C．Foreign kids spend their free time taking photos |
| D．Foreign kids usually join all kinds of clubs |
Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（乐意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity.
Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile.
If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?
| A．Join a club or group. |
| B．Talk with those who like the same things. |
| C．Join someone in some activity. |
| D．All of the above(上面) |
In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.
| A．without somebody knowing |
| B．without somebody liking |
| C．unfriendly |
| D．unpleasant |
How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?
| A．Shake hands with others |
| B．Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease |
| C．Don’t talk with those who don’t like. |
| D．Walk tall and straight. |
If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?
| A．You should wait until the person says something. |
| B．You should stay home alone. |
| C．You should cough until the person notices you. |
| D．You should say something at first. |
Friendship is based on______
| A．meeting for the first time |
| B．each other’s liking and “give and take” |
| C．keeping self-confident |
| D．facing the unknown |
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If John pays 10 dollars for a full-price movie ticket on Tuesdays, he can buy a second ticket for only____________.
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Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence—it will also make them get ready for learning in the classroom environment.
are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their life in or outside school. Students who improve their reading and writing skills will increase their vocabulary and their ability（能力）to use the English language correctly. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children’s literacy（读写能力）. You can make a difference by listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your children outside school hours.
Here are 8 tips on how to help your children to read and write:
²having everyday conversations with your children
²trying to ask more “wh-” questions instead of easy “yes” or “no” questions
²encouraging your children to talk about events you don’t know
²reading to your children each night
²listening to your children read
²teaching your children how to use dictionaries
²talking about your children’s writings
²practicing filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or emails
You can also encourage your children to join the Reading Challenge Club and discuss the books they are reading together. In the club, children must read 15 books from the Challenge book list and 5 more books chosen by themselves. There are over 1,000 books on the list. The reading must be done in one year. What’s more, it is a wonderful way to help your children to write. For example, you can encourage them to write diaries or book reviews. Remember to make positive comments as much as possible.This passage is mainly written for __________.
| A．children | B．teachers | C．parents | D．doctors |
__________ is the best for the missing part in Paragraph 2.
| A．“Listening and speaking skills” | B．“Reading and writing skills” |
| C．“Listening and writing skills” | D．“Reading and listening skills” |
__________ is NOT mentioned in the 8 tips above.
| A．“Listening to the radio every day ” |
| B．“Listening to your children read” |
| C．“Reading to your children each night” |
| D．“Talking about your children’s writings” |
In the Reading Challenge Club, children have to read __________ in one year.
| A．5 books | B．10 books | C．15 books | D．20 books |
Parents can help children to write by encouraging them to__________.
| A．draw pictures or take photos | B．listen to pop music |
| C．write diaries or book reviews | D．play computer games |
As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrews tells us that making our dream real is life’s bigger challenge. You may think you’re not good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dreams, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, While saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.Follow Your Heart is ___.
| A．the first thing you must do to make your dream real |
| B．the most important dream to have for teenagers |
| C．the name of a famous Australian writer |
| D．the name of a book by Andrews |
If you want to make your dream real, you should ______.
| A．remember what your dream is first |
| B．keep telling yourself what you want |
| C．never be afraid of the big difficulties |
| D．try to start with all the things above |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “challenge”?
| A．变化 | B．挑战 | C．决定 | D．态度 |
What shouldn’t be done to make your dream come true?
| A．Always remember what your dream is |
| B．Watch TV instead of studying |
| C．Do what you should do step by step |
| D．Read more books, learn more skills and find new interests |
What is the best title for the text?
| A．Keep your dream in your mind | B．How to find your real dream |
| C．Never stop dreaming of success | D．Teenagers have many dreams |
阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
Each year, many Chinese people go abroad because of all kinds of reasons. They are becoming younger and younger year by year. Even some Chinese parents send their children to foreign countries when they are only in a middle school. They think their children can get a wider view, less academic(学业) competition or family honor. But life can be hard for young people there. At first, they have to face the culture differences and language problems. However, these are not always the most difficult things to overcome(克服). To most children, controlling(管理) themselves well is a big challenge when studying alone in a strange country.
Yu Yang, a 15-year-old student from Guangdong Province studies in a high school in Toronto, Canada. 小题3To his surprise, his teachers there seldom push students to study hard. And usually there isn’t too much homework. Students have lots of free time to do some activities. Some of his friends spend their whole year’s money in the first two months of the new term. So they have to ask their parents for some more money.
On the one hand, studying abroad can help students learn foreign languages quickly and open up their eyes, but on the other hand, some children may feel lonely, become bad, lose themselves, etc. Many provlems may happen to them. These are different from their original thoughts. 小题4So parents should think them over before their children go abroad.
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。Why do Chinese parents send their children abroad?
What do the students have to face in foreign countries at first?
（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。