What is this?
| A．A notice. | B．An advertisement. |
| C．An application. | D．An interview. |
Who is this most probably written for?
| A．Parents. | B．Children. |
| C．Pupils. | D．Guides. |
What is NOT mentioned about the trip?
| A．Days of the trip. | B．Places to visit. |
| C．Price of the trip. | D．Meals during the trip. |
If you think you are too shy and want to be a little outgoing, try the following. You can make it.
Tell people you are shy. Just let people know that you are a shy kid. When they know that, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more at home when talking with others.
Try to smile more. People think you are friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that most of us would like to talk to friendly people and we will stay away from an angry-looking face.
Talk to others first. If you find it hard to do, 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 those people?
Turn your attention to somewhere else. Think more about ways to enjoy the party or the game. Don’t worry about your looks or care if people like you.
Reward(奖励) yourself. Each time after you say “hi” or smile at someone for the first time , say to yourself “You did it!” or buy yourself an ice cream.
Keep trying and one day you won’t be shy any more when you talk to others.How many suggestions does the writer give us in the passage?
| A．Three | B．Four. | C．Five | D．Six. |
How can you make people think you are friendly and easy to talk to?
| A．By telling them you are shy. | B．By trying to smile more. |
| C．By talking to them first. | D．By rewarding yourself. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．People can understand you better when they know you are shy. |
| B．Most people don’t like to talk to those people with angry faces. |
| C．Don’t care what you look like at the party or the game. |
| D．Each time after you smile at someone for the first time, you should buy yourself an ice cream. |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．How to be outgoing? |
| B．When to be friendly? |
| C．Why to be shy? |
| D．Where to say something nice about people around you? |
Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now.
Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he . At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tale Change stomach for Mice.
Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”How many books has Dou Kou written?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
Thanks to his , Dou Kou could write his books.
| A．mother | B．father | C．school life | D．life in different cities |
What does the underlined word “they” refer to(指代)？
| A． Dou Kou’s parents. | B．Mice. | C．Cows. | D．Grass. |
When did Dou Kou begin to use a dictionary?
| A．When he wrote fairy tales. |
| B．Before his father taught him how to learn something. |
| C．After he went to school. |
| D．After his mother taught him how to learn something. |
What do you think of singing? If you love it, you will like the TV show Don’t Forget the Lyrics. It is a popular singing show in America. This program started from July 11th, 2007.
So how does this new singing show work? The contestants need to have much knowledge(知识) of lyrics. In the show, the contestants have to sing the songs with right lyrics. When he finishes a song with wrong lyrics, he can’t sing again. If he finishes all ten songs with right lyrics, he is the winner and he can get a very good prize.
You may say, “I can’t sing well, but I remember many lyrics of beautiful songs. Can I join it?”
Don’t worry!
The show says, “You don’t have to sing it well. You just have to sing it right.” Every music lover can join it.What is Don’t Forget the Lyrics?
| A．A popular singing show. | B．A popular story |
| C．A popular movie | D．A popular song. |
When did Don’t Forget the Lyrics come out?
| A．In the year 2000. | B．In the year 2005. |
| C．In the year 2007. | D．In the year 2010. |
What does the underlined word“contestants” mean?
| A．Famous singers or actors. |
| B．The best performers. |
| C．Participants (参与者) in the singing competition. |
| D．The successful musicians. |
How many songs should you finish singing right if you want to win the good prize?
| A．Five. | B．Seven. | C． Eight . | D．Ten. |
If you want to learn dancing, you can call .
| A．271-1399 | B．301-2768 | C．488-6888 | D．231-2769 |
You can enjoy Jay Chou’s music at in the music hall.
| A．8:00p.m. on July 20 | B．9:00p.m. on July 23 |
| C．7:30p.m. every day | D．8:00a.m. on July 21 |
If Mr. Zhong wants to go to the museum with his wife and ten-year-old daughter, how much should he pay for it?
| A．￥75. | B．￥100. | C．￥125 | D．￥25. |
Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!
Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!
Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!
Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.
From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.
| A．catching toys | B．counting toys | C．finding toys | D．putting toys in order |
At first researchers asked Rico to ______.
| A．bring a certain toy out of a room | B．choose a toy that he liked best |
| C．name toys and put them away | D．put his toys into his room |
Rico went into the room _______ times to find a new toy he did not know.
| A．seven | B．thirty-seven | C．ten | D．forty |
The best title for the passage is ________.
| A．German dogs are the smartest | B．An unusual dog |
| C．How dogs use language | D．The best toys for Rico |