Mrs. Smith is an unusual teacher. Once she told each student to bring along a few potatoes in plastic bag. On each potato the students had to write a name of a person that they hated And the next day, every child brought some potatoes. Some had two potatoes；some three；some up to five.
Mrs. Smith then told the children to carry the bags everywhere they went, even to the toilet, for two weeks. As day after day passed, the children started to complain(抱怨)about the awful smell of the rotten（腐烂的）potatoes.
Those children who brought five potatoes began to feel the weight trouble of the bags. After two weeks, the children were happy to hear that the game was finally ended. Mrs. Smith asked,“How did you feel while carrying the potatoes for two weeks?” The children started complaining about the trouble loudly．
Then Mrs. Smith told them why she asked them to play the game. She said,“This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred（仇恨）for somebody inside your heart. The terrible smell of the hatred will pollute your heart and you will carry something unnecessary with you all the time. If you cannot stand the smell of the rotten potatoes for just two weeks, can you imagine how heavy it would be to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime? So throw away any hatred from your heart, and you’ll be really happy．
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Mrs．Smith asked her students to write _____on the potatoes.
| A．numbers | B．names | C．time | D．places |
How did the students feel while carrying the potatoes for two weeks?
A. Unhappy． B. Happy． C. Hungry． .D Emb arrassed
The children complained about_______besides the weight trouble.
| A．their classmates | B．the plastic bag |
| C．the smell | D．their parents |
Which of the following is True according to the passage?
| A．The teacher just wanted to play a game with her students. |
| B．If a kid hated four people,he or she had to carry four potatoes. |
| C．The kids ate all the rotten potatoes. |
| D．The game went on for two months. |
We can learn from the passage that we should＿＿＿＿．
| A．forget the names of those we hate |
| B．complain about the names of those we hate |
| C．throw away the rotten potatoes |
| D．throw away the hatred inside |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have just opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant, which said: “Meals on the house for three days.”
A foreign student who didn’t know much English passed by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I’m going to have something to eat,” he said.
He saw the notice when he walked towards the restaurant. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on the house! But how can I get onto the top of the house?” he asked himself.
He looked around and found a ladder（梯子）against a tree nearby. He was very glad. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him: “Hey, what are you doing up there?” Mr Smith was looking at him angrily. Beside him was a policeman.
“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the house for three days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.
On hearing this, both Mr Smith and the policeman burst into laughter(开怀大笑). “Do you know what On The House means?”
Do you know the meaning of On The House?The Smiths have ____________.
| A．opened a restaurant | B．built a house |
| C．climbed onto the top | D．been policemen |
The student walked past the restaurant ___________.
| A．when the Smiths started their business |
| B．when the Smiths put on the notice |
| C．when the policeman came to the restaurant |
| D．when it was time to have lunch |
The student ____________ so Mr Smith shouted at him.
| A．was very hungry |
| B．knew little about English |
| C．climbed onto the top of the house |
| D．took away the ladder |
“On the house” may mean that the meal _____________.
| A．is had on the house | B．is paid on the house |
| C．is made on the house | D．is free for the customers |
Good writing starts with good ideas. If you write about things that you care about, you will write better. If you write about things that you don’t care about, you’ll be bored and your paper will not have many good ideas.
Once you have a good idea, the next step is organization (组织). Think through your paper before you start. Write an outline. You need to know what your main points are before you start your first paragraph. Use 2-4 main points, one paragraph each.
In your central paragraphs, be concise and specific（简洁具体）. Give examples with details, not just general ideas. If you can say the same thing with fewer words, do it! Don’t use big words.
When you finish writing, look at your outline again. Did you really follow it or did it change as you wrote? Many times you find different ideas as you write. Look at your central paragraphs. What are their main ideas now? Are theses ideas in the introduction? I often write the introduction again to fit the paper after I finish writing.What is the 1st step for a good writing?
| A．Think through your paper before you start. |
| B．Write a good 1st paragraph. |
| C．Have a good idea. |
| D．Look for many examples. |
What does the word “outline” mean in the 2nd paragraph?
| A．外形 | B．提纲 | C．中心 | D．总结 |
What should you do in the central paragraph?
A. Don’t use big words.
B. Give examples with details.
C. Say the same thing with fewer words.
D. A, Band C.What should you do after finishing writing?
A. Look at your outline again.
B. Check the mistakes.
C. Look at your central paragraph again.
D. Both A and C.
Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress or not? Could you give your answers to the following questions?
Stress Test
| Do you... |
Yes |
No |
| Easily get angry? |
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| Often sleep badly? |
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| Get headaches a lot? |
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| Take medicine to help sleep? |
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| Find it difficult to relax? |
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| Usually hide your feeling? |
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| Smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet? |
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| Find it difficult to put your heart into something? |
If your answer "Yes" to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways-people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should Xmore often, because crying is a natural way of relieving stress.Which of the following is NOT the reason of the stress?
| A．Taking exams. | B．Changing jobs. |
| C．Taking medicine to help sleep. | D．Making money. |
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
| A．Women and young people never have stress. |
| B．Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. |
| C．People who answer "No" to all of the questions have great stress. |
| D．People who answer "Yes "to more than two of the questions have no stress. |
"X" in the passage should be the word "".
| A．cry | B．laugh | C．smile | D．smoke |
The main idea of the passage is.
| A．about stress and how to relieve your stress |
| B．that there are many reasons for having stress. |
| C．that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress. |
| D．that doing the Stress Test is a good way to help you live a better life. |
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. you remember the following information，your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside late at night. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens，you can find them easily.
●Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back。When a bus is full of people，it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
●If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next，don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
●If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. On the bus，don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or other people. Don’t sleep.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
| A．Go home alone late at night. |
| B．Make sure where the public phones are. |
| C．Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body. |
| D．Always notice the environment around you. |
When you are followed by someone on your way home，you should ____ to make yourself safe.
| A．run home |
| B．find a lift and go in |
| C．turn back and walk towards him or her at once |
| D．cross the street and go to the other way. |
When you take a bus alone，it’s safe for you______
| A．to sit behind the driver or with other people，but not to sleep |
| B．to talk with the driver |
| C．to call your friends |
| D．to get off the bus at once |
Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn (燃烧) things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire (起火). If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country every year.
Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May, 2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out (扑灭) the fire at last.
Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with fire.The main idea of the passage is that _________.
| A．fire is dangerous and harmful |
| B．forest fire can be easily put out |
| C．who started a fire the first time |
| D．every month there is a forest fire in Yunnan Province |
Matches can be dangerous because _________.
| A．they always burn a house |
| B．they can make things catch fire |
| C．they can burn a piece of paper |
| D．they kill many animals every year |
The word “destroy” in the passage means ________in Chinese.
| A．破灭 | B．炸毁 | C．毁灭 | D．粉碎 |
The writer of the passage wants to tell us that ________.
| A．we know when man began to make a fire |
| B．people should use fire carefully |
| C．fire can burn down all things in the world |
| D．all children like to play with matches |