用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。
Usually it is hard to find a good way to learn a language. Are you facing such kinds of in learning English? If so, maybe I can help. As a SSP reporter, I interviewed some of the students at Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School
are good at English. Here are some tips.
Learning English Online
As the technology of online learning becomes more and more popular, it is notthat many students use it as a way to learn English. “ I download English songs and English stories from the Internet. It really improved my listening. What’s more, it is
exciting to study in this way,” said Zhu Enjia, a junior two student.
Reading Helps
Reading is important. You may say it is a cliché. However, it is . If you want to improve your English, reading is a “MUST DO”. “ I didn’t think reading was interesting before, but Harry Potter
my mind,” said Chen Tianyi, a junior two student. “ The story was exciting, so I kept reading. And now I am totally in love with reading.”
Chat with Foreigners
Oral English plays an important role in English learning.
“ I have any foreign friends until I went to the English corner,” said some English volunteers. Yes,
a volunteer can also help you with your English.
Shall We Watch a Movie
“Watching English movies is, and it can help your English a lot!” said Xue Wenjia, a Junior Three student. “You can also imitate the pronunciations of the actresses and the
for most of them speak prefect English,” said Chen Meiqin.
词语运用（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
| west，right, mouth, another，dish, idea, left, own, different, popular, eat, same |
Around the world, people have differentabout what good table manners are. In India, for example, people only eat with their
hands. You take food from one dish on the table, usually a kind of bread or rice, mix it with food from
dish and then put it in your
. Your left hand stays still. Eating with your left hand is very rude!
In countries, people don’t usually share the same
. Everyone has his or her
plate of food. You eat with a knife and fork and you shouldn’t wave them around when you aren’t eating. And you should try not to be noisy when
. People think that’s bad table manners!
The way people eat food is around the world, but you can find the same kinds of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are
all over the world.
词语运用（10个小题，每小题1分，共10分）
，阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意：①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。
| destroy start language move million music except open by besides in many |
The Library of Congress is American’s national library. It has ______ of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photos, art prints, movies, and ___
___instruments. All together, it has ___
___than 100 million objects.
The Library of Congress is _______to the public Monday through Saturday, __
___for government holidays. The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It___
__with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. ___
___1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all ___
___ that year when the Capitol was burned during America’s war with Britain.
To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson’s collection included 7,000 books in seven ______.
In 1897, the library_____into its own building, across the street from the Capitol.
短文填空（10个小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意：①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。
| mother, all, laugh, smile, that, ear, my, something, who, excited, the, but |
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was a young boy, I was too shy to talk to anyone. My classmates oftenat me. I was sad
could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my
great love, I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe my
when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students.
classmates
once looked down on me, now all said “Congratulations!” to me. My mother hugged me and cried
. Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do
, I try to tell
to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
短文填空（10个小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意：①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。请选择适当的词语，将其正确的形式填入文章的空白处，每词限用一次。
| this, hero, quick, sit, be, have, go, with, again, another, when, stop |
Once, an old man told me a story of himself:
I thought I was great when I was young. At that time I decided to write a book, in order to add special points to the book and spend my vocation, I would like to look for a person among ___ poor and dawdling(虚度) people. I believed there could be such a person.
I was lucky. One day I found such a place where there ___ a small lonely farm. The most exciting I found in front of a small house was an old man __
__ a bearded face, wearing brown jeans, __
_ in a chair and cutting grass.
I turned to go home and wanted right away to sit before my typewriter. And ____ I went around the small house on the muddy(泥泞的) road when turning, and from __
_ angle(角度), looked toward the old man, I suddenly __
__. To my surprise, I found that beside the chair was a stick and an empty pant to the ground. All of a sudden, who was just now I also thought as a poor dawdling old man, became a __
__ I was always looking for. Thank God I looked back __
_.
Since then, I haven’t ___ given conclusions for those I have only seen or talked for a while.
（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
| exercise in relax medicine use club good happy for run well alone |
Do you laugh every day? Most people do. In some countries, there are hundreds of laughter. The people in these clubs get together every morning. First they put up their hands above their heads. Then they pretend to laugh. Soon everyone is laughing
. People say they feel
after laughing together.
Scientists believe that laughter is good for you. Why? one thing, laughter is good exercise. When you laugh, you
many muscles(肌肉) in your body. Scientists say that one hundred laughs equal ten minutes of
. Laughing helps you
. That's good for you, too.
Why do we laugh? That is a hard question to answer. We know that people laugh more often in a group. They don't laugh very often when they are . Many scientists believe that we use laughter to get on well with other people. Laughter helps us feel part of a group.
In England, people say that laughter is the best . Some think that laughter helps sick people get
. Do also you think so?