Have you ever wanted to achieve a goal and ended up doing lots of research on how to achieve it？ As you learned more and more． it seemed you knew less and less． That is because when you learned a new concept （ 概念）， you found that there was a lot more to know about it．
Usually， people think they need to get more and more information before trying a new idea． There is nothing wrong with learning a lot， but when you let learning get in the way of doing，you will never get going．
One of the best ways to learn is to take action and learn from the results that you get from those actions． Don't be afraid of not being perfect and just take the first step． You will go further than those who are still in preparation． It's good to be prepared， but over﹣preparation in trying to reach a goal won't get you results． The knowledge and skills that you will need will be picked along the way．
If a baby wants to learn how to walk， it doesn't do it by just sitting there and thinking about how to walk． The best way for a baby to walk is to actually get up and start walking． Sure it may fall， but with every fall， it learns what is working and what is not and adjusts（ 153 to it． By doing this over and over， it will finally learn to walk． This is the method you should use when you want to achieve your goals as well．It works．
Learning more is great but if all you're doing is learning and not taking action， it's time to
change that， Just take the first step．
（1）When you learned something new， you found there was to know about it．
| A． |
less |
| B． |
nothing |
| C． |
everything |
| D． |
more |
（2）Which is NOT true according to the passage？
| A． |
A People need to learn a lot before trying a new idea． |
| B． |
One of the best ways to learn is to take action． |
| C． |
C Learning has nothing to do with doing． |
| D． |
Over﹣preparation is not good for reaching a goal |
（3）A baby should when it wants to learn how to walk．
| A． |
get up and start walking |
| B． |
sit there and think about how to walk |
| C． |
learn from its parents |
| D． |
read books about how to walk |
（4）We can usually read the passage in ．
| A． |
a storybook |
| B． |
a newspaper |
| C． |
an advertisement |
| D． |
a guidebook |
（5）The purpose of the passage is ．
| A． |
to tell us how to learn more |
| B． |
to tell us how to be successful |
| C． |
to talk about the importance of doing |
| D． |
to talk about the importance of learning |
根据表格内容选择正确答案。
| Name |
Telephone number |
Car number |
ID card number |
| Jim Green |
523-4564 |
AK1688 |
41012919690101 |
| Jack Smith |
13657047321 |
YNA222 |
12103419771202 |
| Linda White |
13550295437 |
WTS168 |
34110019870904 |
| Zhang Liangyin |
028-82740403 |
川A·DE456 |
51012419811213 |
| Han Huahua |
010-57432128 |
京B·AB388 |
01010019890807 |
| Bob Smith |
238-4508 |
EL5656 |
01731219771209 |
There are（这里有）________people（人）.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Smith is________family name.
| A．Jack’s | B．Bob and Jack’s | C．Bob’s | D．Jim’s |
YNA222 is a ________number.
| A．telephone | B．car | C．ID card | D．room |
34110019870904 is ________ID card number.
| A．Linda’s | B．Huahua’s | C．Liangyin’s | D．Bob’s |
Going to the zoo is very popular. Every year over 134 million visitors go to zoos to enjoy watching and learning about the animals. Zoos are the only places that most people will ever meet an elephant, a tiger or other animals that are in danger. ______. They help us to enjoy different kinds of animals as well as make us think more about nature(自然).
Zoos are also important to animals. In order to make more space(空间), food, and other things for ourselves, we leave less and less room for animals. _____. If there were no zoos, more animals in the world would have gone extinct(濒临灭绝). ____
__. Some people think that animals should not be kept by people for any reason(原因). If they become extinct, then that’s the way it should be. ___
_. We should do everything we can to protect them(保护它们).
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．The importance of the zoos. |
| B．Why do we keep animals? |
| C．Zoos or not? |
| D．How to protect animals. |
Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though（虽然） some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do --- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present --- not for her father but for her husband, even if（即使） he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
阅读短文，判断正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”：Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.
Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案： In America, summer vacation lasts ____.
| A．one month | B．two months |
| C．three months | D．more than three months |
Students only stay at school for about ____ years before they go to college.
| A．five | B．six | C．twelve | D．fourteen |
The underline word “vacation” means _________ in Chinese.
| A．休闲 | B．假期 | C．时光 | D．生活 |
Many American students work after class, because they _____.
| A．want to see interesting things |
| B．have to help the other people |
| C．want to make more friends |
| D．have to get money for their studies |
The article is mainly about ___________.
| A．the differences between schools in China and in America. |
| B．schools in China. |
| C．schools in America. |
| D．American students’ school life. |
Mike is a middle school student. He is 16. He had a bad cold last night. He felt bad and couldn’t eat anything. So he went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him a bottle of medicine. These are the instructions(用法说明):
阅读短文以及表格内容，选择最佳答案：Mike should take ______a day.
| A．6 teaspoonfuls | B．4 teaspoonfuls |
| C．2 teaspoonfuls | D．1 teaspoonful |
Mike can keep the medicine in _______.
| A．any place | B．hot water |
| C．a cool place | D．the sun |
Mike should _________ before he takes the medicine.
| A．shake the medicine | B．eat nothing |
| C．do more exercise | D．drink a cup of tea |
Which child can’t take this medicine?
| A．Tom, 6 years old. | B．Jack, 10 years old. |
| C．Lucy, 15 years old. | D．Joe, 2 years old. |
Mike should ______ after December 1st, 2011.
| A．take the medicine |
| B．not take the medicine |
| C．take the medicine twice a day |
| D．take the medicine four times a day. |