Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a popular kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.
First, why do you want to be popular? Ask yourself if your desire(渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.
Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize that everyone is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible( 可见的) to the school population.
Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in right way.
Volunteer to help with classroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression (印象）on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality.
Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as someone who makes a difference at your school .What does the underlined word “ weird ” in Paragraph 3 mean?
| A．Strange. | B．Popular. | C．Exciting . | D．Common. |
What does the writer probably think is important to do according to the last paragraph?
| A．Not losing a sense of self. |
| B．Creating a club of our own. |
| C．Making a difference to our school. |
| D．Following other students’ example. |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer?
| A．Be nice to other people at school. |
| B．Find something that you are good at. |
| C．Make your teachers know you’re a good student. |
| D．Make friends with some students who are popular. |
The writer writes the passage to tell us________.
| A．what to do in high school |
| B．how to get along well with others |
| C．how to become popular in middle school |
| D．what kinds of students are popular at school |
Peter is a sixth-grader at Woodland Primary School. He is only 12 years old but has been smoking for three years. John, 15, is a Junior 2 student at Woodland Secondary School. He began smoking four years ago. “Smoking is part of my life,” John said. Peter and John are not those boys’ real names. But their problem, smoking, is a very real problem. In many countries, smoking is becoming a bigger problem for young people. Most smokers start in their teens or earlier.
A study of 8,000 London students shows that smoking is a problem for many British kids. More than 21% of middle school students and 6% of primary school pupils said they smoked.
“If young people start smoking early, it will be very hard for them to give up later on,” said a professor.
Every year, about four million people die because of smoking. And if people keep smoking that number will go up to about ten million a year by 2030 the World Health Organization (WTO) says. So we have to learn and tell others about dangers of smoking.
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| A．I don’t smoke very often. |
| B．Smoking is very important to me. |
| C．I don’t smoke at all. |
| D．I’m going to give up smoking. |
| A．He will surely die early. |
| B．He cannot stop smoking. |
| C．It will be difficult for him to give up smoking. |
| D．He will become lazy soon. |
| A．smoking is a serious problem among British students |
| B．there more and more smokers in England |
| C．some student smokers are having fun smoking |
| D．most of smokers are young students |
| A．smoking is becoming a bigger problem for young people |
| B．more and more people die because of smoking every year |
| C．who asks young people to give up smoking |
| D．we needn’t worry about the student smokers |
| A．We should start smoking after middle school. |
| B．We should start others to smoke outside. |
| C．We should laugh at smokers. |
| D．We should say no to smoking. |
When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things(生物). But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on .The trees feed the forest “people” by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings(人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks(售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.
We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else. You know, being a volunteer is so great!
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| A．the leaves of the trees | B．water and minerals |
| C．the soil and air | D．each other |
| A．By using sunlight |
| B．By making food |
| C．By the deep network of roots |
| D．By working together |
| A．doctors | B．truck driver |
| C．farmers | D．all of the above |
| A．sad | B．happy |
| C．nervous | D．excited |
| A．friends | B．fruit |
| C．vegetables | D．food |
Dear Ralph,
I am a student of Grade Nine. I consider myself a beautiful and friendly girl. Male students say I am easy to get along with, so they are always after me. They call me and send messages from time to time. But I am fed up with them. I just want to learn as much as I can in this golden time. The problem is that I do not know how to refuse or say "no" to them. After all, they are my friends. What should I do? Please give me some helpful suggestions.
Aries
Dear Aries,
Don' t answer any call or message. When you want to study, simply turn off your mobile phone. That way you won't be bothered. When boys call, they will get a power-off (关机) message. After you finish studying, turn the phone back on and reply to people who have sent messages while you were studying. Accept calls only if you feel ready for them. A good friend can understand if you miss his too many calls or text messages, limit the number of people to whom you give your phone number. If you're not sure how well you like someone, first leave just your dormitory (宿舍) phone. Then that person can't bother you all the time. You are right that you need friends, so you shouldn't completely escape from them. I believe you can deal with this problem well and be happy every day.
Ralph
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| A．Letters. | B．News. |
| C．Advertisements. | D．Notice. |
| A．She is friendly and beautiful. |
| B．She is easy to get along with. |
| C．She likes studying very much. |
| D．She often has problems with her friends. |
| A．improve her learning |
| B．give her friends suggestions |
| C．refuse her friends |
| D．answer her friends' messages |
| A．满意 | B．厌烦 | C．担心 | D．感激 |
| A．She shouldn't answer every call or message. |
| B．She should turn off her phone while studying. |
| C．She shouldn't tell everybody her phone number. |
| D．She should keep away from her friends completely. |
Long long ago, there was a swan(天鹅) with gold feathers. She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough money to buy food.
The swan was sad to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on , the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much better than before.
But day after day, the woman became greedy(贪婪的). She said to her daughters, “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time.”
“Oh no, Mom!” cried the daughters. “This will hurt the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers changed into chicken feathers.
Then, the golden swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.
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| A．In a lake. | B．In a big house. |
| C．Near a lake. | D．Near a river. |
| A．She gave an gold egg to the family every day. |
| B．She gave a golden feather to them every day. |
| C．She gave the family a chicken feather every day. |
| D．She gave them some food every day. |
| A．Thankful. | B．Greedy. |
| C．Friendly. | D．Loving. |
| A．The swan lived far from the woman. |
| B．The woman was greedy at the beginning. |
| C．The woman and her daughters were all greedy at last. |
| D．The swan would never come back to help the family. |
| A．A beautiful swan. | B．Never be greedy. |
| C．A poor woman. | D．Don’t miss the chance. |
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| A．The City Stadium | B．The City Art Museum |
| C．Grandview Mall | D．The Country Club |
| A．Women. | B．Old men. |
| C．Adults. | D．Children. |
| A．Go shopping. |
| B．Go to see the photo show. |
| C．Go to dance with your friends. |
| D．Go to watch the horse race. |
| A．At 3 p.m this Saturday. | B．At 3 p.m. this Sunday. |
| C．At 3 p.m. this Friday. | D．At 3 p.m. every Saturday. |
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