Do you want to be the most popular, person in your class? You don't want to change your character; you just need to improve your personality. In fact, the most popular people are trusted（信任）and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice about becoming the most popular person in the class.
If you want others to like and respect（尊重）you, you have to start by liking and accepting（接受）yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please others.
Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them because by being nice you make others happy.
Be active and have a positive view towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.
Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do no try to follow fashion to please others
Respect cannot be brought with big words and power（权力）. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect. What can we know from the first paragraph?
| A．We should improve our personality to be trusted and loved. |
| B．We should change our character. |
| C．We shouldn't improve our personality. |
| D．We should please others. |
How can you be respected by your classmates according the article?
| A．By following fashion. | B．By using big words. |
| C．By being honest and helpful | D．By changing yourself. |
The underlined sentence shows that .
| A．you should be polite when you help others |
| B．you should always be nice to others |
| C．we can help others only by being happy |
| D．we should always think of others |
The writer thinks a person who is liked by the whole class must be .
①confident ②positive
③good-looking ④helpful ⑤fashionable
| A．①②③ | B．③④⑤ | C．①②④ | D．①②⑤ |
语法填空。（10分，共10小题，每小题1分）
Are there any activities on ____(protect) the Earth in your school? Well,
in our school, we have such an activity_______ (one) a month. For example, we want
________(plant) trees in the forest this month. We all know trees are very important
________ our daily lives. They provide lots of things
________ us. The forest is about two
. ___________(kilometre) away, so we will walk there. There
________ five groups of students and each group needs to plant thirty
________ (tree). After that, we will take some
_______(photo) there. I’m sure we will have
______ nice day.
We live on Earth. It's our home. But how much do you know about it? Let me tell you something about our Earth.
The Earth is like a huge ball. Like the other seven planets, the Earth is running around the sun. It's the third nearest one to the sun. It takes the Earth about 365 days to run around the sun. At the same time, the Earth is going around itself. If you are in space, you can see lots of white clouds over the surface of the Earth. Through the clouds, you can see the blue colour of the oceans, and the brown colour of the land. About 70% of the Earth is covered with water.
Why do we have day and night? When the half of the Earth is facing the sun, it's daytime. As the Earth turns, and this half is away from the sun, night is coming. And it's daytime for the other half.
| A．Seven. | B．Eight. | C．Nine. | D．Ten. |
| A．70% | B．30% |
| C．About 70% | D．About 30% |
| A．All the planets and stars are running around the sun. |
| B．The Earth is the nearest planet to the sun. |
| C．It takes the Earth about 365 days to run around the sun. |
| D．The Earth only runs around the sun. |
| A．the Earth is running around the sun |
| B．the Earth is away from the sun |
| C．the half of the Earth is away from the sun |
| D．the half of the Earth is facing the sun |
| A．Storybooks. | B．cook books. |
| C．Cartoon books. | D．Science books. |
It was on April 10th, 1912, the Titanic sailed for New York. She was carrying more than 2,200 people.
At that time, she was the biggest and finest of all the ships, for she had sixteen compartments（密封仓）. When four of them were broken she would still be able to stay on the water.
Four days later, while the Titanic was sailing across the sea, the watcher suddenly saw a very large iceberg, 100 feet tall. After a few minutes there was a sudden sound from below. The noise was so low that no one knew what happened. But soon it was clear that the Titanic was sinking(沉没). The captain sent a SOS to any ships near them, but the nearest one was too far away to help in time. The Titanic was going down fast.
The captain gave the order to give up(放弃) the ship and hundreds of people jumped out into the water. At last over 1,500 people lost their lives because there were not enough lifeboats.
| A．woman | B．ship |
| C．captain | D．sea |
| A．six | B．sixty |
| C．sixteen | D．twenty-six |
| A．the Titanic was too heavy. |
| B．a lot of people jumped into the water. |
| C．the icebergs were not far away. |
| D．no one came to help them. |
| A．no one |
| B．about seven hundred |
| C．more than 1,500 |
| D．about 2,200 |
| A．The Titanic was the biggest ship at that time. |
| B．The Titanic was the finest ship at that time. |
| C．The story happened on April 10th, 1922. |
| D．The Titanic carried over 2,200 people. |
Many people think American schools are different, but some American schools are similar to Chinese schools. They have two terms and also two vacations.
American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation(假期).There are two terms in a school year: the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools(公办学校).High school students take only four or five subjects at a time .They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment for every class. After class they have many activities. After high school, many students go to college.
| A．September | B．February |
| C．June | D．January |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．four or five |
| A．In July students don’t need to go to school because of vacation. |
| B．Students have the same classes every day. |
| C．Students don’t have homework for every class. |
| D．Most American children go to public schools. |
| A．do homework | B．go back home |
| C．have many activities | D．go to college |
Somebody says that it is raining cats and dogs. We know it means it is raining heavily. Here you can know why people say like this.
There are many large rats (老鼠) in a country. People need cats. But there are many mountains in the country. It's hard for a plane to land. So the cats come down by parachutes (降落伞). In another country, the people need dogs to help people to find the people in the snow. Where can they get them? You can guess. The dogs come down by parachutes. Both cats and dogs are coming down by parachutes, just like the raindrops coming from the sky. So there is the saying "It is raining cats and dogs."
These cats and dogs help the people. And the people often say it rains cats and dogs. This kind of old saying is very interesting.
| A．We put the cats and dogs in the sky. |
| B．People like cats and dogs. |
| C．It is raining hard. |
| D．Cats and dogs help the people. |
| A．Because it is safe to carry cats by parachutes. |
| B．Because it is hard for a plane to land in a country with many mountains. |
| C．Because people don't want to get cats by other ways. |
| D．Because people need to get cats quickly. |
| A．Dogs can help the blind people walk. |
| B．Dogs may find the people in the snow. |
| C．Dogs kind and can live with the people. |
| D．Dogs are cheap and they are very happy. |
| A．Only dogs | B．Only cats |
| C．Both cats and dogs | D．People |
| A．bad | B．helpful |
| C．funny | D．harmful |