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The best thing about going to school is learning how to read. Books are great friends. They can help you to learn about anything you want to know. They can go anywhere with you. You can read about animals, faraway places, people, and anything else.
Books are written by people called authors(作者). Authors think of things they want to write about. They make a plan for a book and start to write .Some authors write books that give us information(信息)and teach us things. Authors are very important people because they help us learn. Find a good book to read and read every day ,You will enjoy your time with a good book.What can you read about in books?
| A．Animals. | B．People | C．Places. | D．All of the above |
What is the best part about going to school?
| A．Playing. | B．Having lunch. | C．Learning to read. | D．Seeing friends. |
What are authors?
| A．They are people who drive cars. |
| B．They are people who live in big houses. |
| C．They are people who write books. |
| D．They are people who have animals. |
What do authors do before they write a book?
A. They think about what they want to write about.
B. They eat lunch.
C. They make a plan for the book.
D. Both A and C..Authors are important people because .
| A．they sing great songs | B．they help us learn |
| C．they take time to play | D．they have animals |
I was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me. Sometimes people asked me embarrassing（使人难堪的）questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the "monster". I was always imagining that everyone looked down on（瞧不起）me.
Yet mum would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that saying.
As a child, I thought mun meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.
In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mun and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance（外貌）.”
My mum's love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident（自信的） but also to have deep compassion（同情）for others.
“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.The underlined word “carefree” in the first line probably means“ ______” in Chinese.
| A．无忧无虑的 | B．无拘无束的 |
| C．小心翼翼的 | D．与众不同的 |
Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her?
| A．She felt bad about her appearance. |
| B．She found it hard to act as a monster. |
| C．Kids refused to play games with her. |
| D．People always asked her embarrassing questions. |
Why did the writer's mum say “Hold your head up high”to her?
| A．To tell her to be careful. |
| B．To help her hide the shame. |
| C．To stop her from getting hurt. |
| D．To make her more confident. |
From the story, we can know that ______.
| A．the writer understood the saying very well as a child |
| B．the writer felt like everyone else in high school. |
| C．the writer is living with a warm and brave heart now |
| D．the writer has deep compassion for others all her life |
The passage is mainly about ______.
| A．what the writer experienced when she was 15 |
| B．what the writer did to show thanks for mum's gift |
| C．how the writer changed herself with mum's love |
| D．how the writer became confident with her great efforts |
If you are like most people ,your intelligence (智力) changes with the seasons ,You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year . A famous scientist ,Ellsworth Huntington (1876—1947)，concluded (总结) from other men’s work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have an effect (作用) on your mental abilities (智力).
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative (激活) thinking than summer heat .This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however , that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer .
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected(受影响)by the same factors (因素) that bring about great changes in nature .
Fall is the next-best season ,then winter .As for summer ,it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking . Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have ______
| A．a great effect on everyone’s intelligence |
| B．some effect on most persons’ intelligence |
| C．some effect on a few persons’ intelligence |
| D．no effect on most persons’ intelligence |
Why is spring the best season for thinking ? Because _______________.
| A．all nature ,including man ,is growing then |
| B．it lasts longer than the other seasons |
| C．it is not too warm and not too cold |
| D．both B and C |
The two best seasons for thinking seem to be _____________.
| A．spring and fall | B．winter and summer |
| C．summer and spring | D．fall and winter |
According to the passage, any vacation from thinking should be taken_____________ .
| A．several times throughout the year | B．during the winter |
| C．during the summer | D．as seldom as possible |
The main idea of this passage is that ____________.
| A．most people’s intelligence changes with seasons |
| B．seasons are the reason of the changing intelligence |
| C．spring is the best season for thinking |
| D．summer is the best season for taking a long vacation |
I think the Buddy Club is great. I really enjoy talking with the older students about school life and growing up. They can tell me a lot. One student told me how he relaxed before exams. Another student told me about great websites about learning History and English.
The Buddy Club is also a good place to just forget about school altogether! One of the older students taught us origami (日本折纸). We made paper planes, birds and hats together. The table tennis tournament（锦标赛) was a great idea. I didn’t do very well, but I learnt a lot from watching the doubles tournament won by a fourteen-year-old girl and a seventeen-year-old boy.
Last year, we had the annual (每年的) Buddy Club Picnic. Everyone enjoyed the games we played. After I learnt how to fish, I caught two fish in the lake. I think it might be a good idea to change the Buddy Club Picnic to a weekend camping trip. We could learn how to put up tents and how to find our way through a forest. Many of the older students know how to do this already, and I think they would like to teach the younger students.
I want to say again how much I enjoy the club. When I’m older, I will make friends with younger students. Then, I can tell them all about school life and growing up.What does the writer enjoy doing at the club?
| A．Learning Japanese. | B．Talking to older students. |
| C．Losing at table tennis. | D．Surfing the Internet. |
Did the writer win the table tennis tournament?
| A．No, and he was very unhappy. | B．No, but came second. |
| C．Yes, he won the doubles. | D．No, but he enjoyed watching it. |
How does the writer want to change the picnic?
| A．He wants more fish to be caught. |
| B．He wants to make it shorter. |
| C．he wants to have it in a tent. |
| D．He wants to change it to a camping trip. |
What does the writer want to learn?
| A．How to put up a tent and make a fire. |
| B．How to put up a tent and find his way through a forest. |
| C．How to make clean water and find his way through a forest. |
| D．How to find his way through a forest and climb a mountain. |
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him.
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future. They talked for a long time.
"Have a look at your watch, please," said the girl. "What time is it now?"
"Sorry, something is wrong with my watch," said Jack. "Where's yours?"
"I left it at home."
Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, "It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?"Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
| A．sixteen | B．eighteen | C．twenty | D．fifteen |
The old woman is pleased with Jack because ________.
| A．he's her grandson | B．he's clever |
| C．he can keep quiet | D．he gets home on time |
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.
| A．classmate | B．colleague (同事) |
| C．aunt | D．wife |
Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order to (为了) ________.
| A．wake his grandma up |
| B．make his grandma angry |
| C．let his grandma tell him the time |
| D．let his grandma buy him a watch |
If you think you are too shy and want to be a little bit braver, just try the following things:
You can make it. Tell people you are shy. There is no need to hide it. When they get to know you are a shy kid, they will understand you better. This also helps feel more at ease in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people think you are friendly and easy to talk with. Remember that other people have feelings, too; and most people will stay away from an angry—looking face.
Learn to be a good talker. If you find it hard to start a conversation, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Get your attention elsewhere. Think more about ways to enjoy parties or games. Don’t waste time worrying about your book or whether people like you or not.
Take one small step at a time. Each time when you say: “Hi!” or smile at someone, say to yourself: “You can make it.” Keep trying and one day you’ll never feel shy when you talk to others.How many pieces of advice does the writer give?
| A．four | B．Five | C．Six | D．seven |
What does the underlined phrase “at ease” mean in Chinese?
| A．难受 | B．尴尬 | C．害羞 | D．自在 |
If you find it difficult to start a talk, you can _________.
| A．say nothing but smile |
| B．say something nice about others around you |
| C．look others up and down |
| D．tell others you are a shy person |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Don’t keep smiling too often |
| B．Never say something nice about people. |
| C．Think less about ways to enjoy parties or games |
| D．One day you’ll never feel shy when talking to others. |