Wonder why you can get angry so easily while your friend smiles all the time? It’s probably because you both have different personalities(个性).
Personality is also about how people think, behave, and react (反应) to everything around them from day to day.
So what makes people think and behave in certain ways?
Part of the reason is that people are born like this. A baby gets its blood type, genes (基因) and other physical things when it’s still inside its mother. These things may help decide what the baby will be like.
But one’s personality doesn’t stop here. Family life, school learning and life experiences can also make you the person you are. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible to change your personality. You can always try to make yourself better. Don’t get too worried about your shortcomings (缺点). Just accept them. This is a good way to start making changes.
If you don’t know how to make friends, find out why. Is it because you’re too shy? Tell yourself to smile at people. Start talking to people using warm greetings.
Don’t give yourself a hard time about it all. It’s not easy to change lifelong habits in one night. Keep working at it. One day you’ll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new you!Personality is about the following except .
| A．how you behave |
| B．what you look like |
| C．how you react to something |
| D．how you think about something |
We know that from the passage.
| A．people are born the way they’ll always be |
| B．a person can try to change his/her personality |
| C．personality decides what a person looks like |
| D．blood type decides what a person will be like |
From the last two paragraphs, we learn that .
| A．a shy person can’t make many friends |
| B．you can work hard to improve yourself |
| C．everyone can change him- or herself in life |
| D．there is no way to change your lifelong habits |
There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯) for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone(石头) or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flower did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing had been useful. He had been to report to the headmaster, but this bad not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones. He had even picked up all the stones around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr Flowers had no further trouble: The boys were much more attempted to throw stoned at the notice than at the glass-houses.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ____
| A．build glass-houses in his spare time |
| B．grow the rose in a glass-house |
| C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color |
| D．grow a rose with the longest name |
Boys were often tempted to ____
| A．throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses |
| B．throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school |
| C．be in or close by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses |
| D．play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses |
Mr Flowers stayed in or close by his glass-houses ____
| A．at times when school-boys were walking near them |
| B．all the school day when there were no boys around |
| C．where he could not be seen by the boya passing |
| D．in his spare time at the beginning and end of the school day |
Mr. Flowers had tried to ____ to protect his glass.
| A．be on watch in his spare time |
| B．ask the headmaster for help |
| C．pick up all the stones around his garden |
| D．do all the above |
Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ____
| A．write some words on the glass |
| B．put up a larger notice to cover his glasshouses |
| C．give the boys something else to throw stones at |
| D．send for policemen |
I am Li Lei. I am a student in No. 8 Middle School. My school is big and nice. On weekdays all the students live in the school. Some of our teachers live with us. They are like our parents. We are very happy in the school.
We usually get up at six o’clock in the morning. First，we do morning exercises for half an hour on the playground(操场).Then all the students and teachers have breakfast in the dining hall(食堂).After breakfast, I usually read English with my classmates in the classroom．
Of all the weekday，I like Thursday best，because I have a music lesson on Thursday. Music is my favorite subject. I usually have four lessons in the morning and three lessons in the aftermoon. But on Thursday aftemoon we only have two 1essons.
I like my classmates and teachers. My school life is very good.LiLei’s school is __________.
A. big and nice B. big and old C. old and smallLi Lei has breakfast at aboutin the morning
A. 6：00 B. 6：30 C. 7：00Li Lei usually after breakfast.
A. does morning exercises B. has a music lesson C. reads Englishwhich of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All the students and teachers live in school from Monday to Friday.
B. Of all subjects, Li Lei likes English best.
C. Thursday is Li Lei’s favorite day.LiLei haslessons on Thursday.
A. five B. six C. seven
根据短文内容选择正确答案．
If Jet goes from Beijing to Kunming，he can take the train_____.
A. D31l B.T6l C．K9018From the table(表格)we know there are two trains from_____to other places.
A．Beijing B．Shenzhen C．ChangshaIf Li Lei buys two tickets of K9018,he should pay_____yuan.
A．333 B．297 C 594 It iskilometers from Shanghai to Xi’an．
A. 1,463 B. 1,509 C. 854Which of the following is TRUE according to the table?
A. Z92 is very crowded.
B. The train D311 is from Beiiing to Xi’an.
C. Lots of people take the train T61.
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂A，错误的涂B．
Jobs Wanted
Help for school trip
Are you good with kids(小孩子)? We need help for our school trip. Can you help with music? Then call Henry at 897-4592.
Help for sports in English
Are you busy after school?Are you good at speaking English?We need help with sports for English. Please come to the Sports Center or call Mr Smith at 670-3482.
Teachers wanted for swimming club
Do you want to teach in a swimming club? You need to work in the evenings. Please call Mike at 670-3452.
Help for old people
We need help at the old people’s home. Are you good with old people? Do you have time on weekends?You can talk to them or play games with them. They can tell you their stories .Please call Mr Brown at 483-0319.Alicia can help kids with music. She may call Henry at 784—3204．
Melisa can sing and dance well. She can work for sports center.
Swimming club needs teachers to work in the morning.
Jill likes making friends with old people. He can call MrBrown at 483—0319.
Old people’s home needs help on Saturday and Sunday.
Today is Tom’s birthday. His friends give him some birthday presents. They are very nice. There is a desk and a chair in his room. He puts(放) presents on them. A white watch and a black pencil box are on the desk. In the pencil box, there are pencils and pens. And a ruler is in the pencil box, too. Mary gives him a computer game for a present. He likes it very much.The underlined word (画线单词) means ________.
| A．蛋糕 | B．礼物 | C．面包 | D．贺卡 |
There _______ in his room.
A. is a desk and some chairs
B. are some desks and a chair
C. is a desk and a chair.What are in the pencil box?
A. Computer games
B. An eraser
C. Pencils, pens and a rulerWhat color is his watch ?
A. White B. Black C. white and blackWho gives Tom a computer game ?
A. Mary B. Mary’s friend C. Tom’s sister