It sounds easy to write a poem,but when one gets down to it ,it becomes difficult. Here is a list of things to make it easier for you.

The subject

The subject(主題）is the important start of your poem. What are you trying to tell through your poem? Is it a story or an experience? An interesting way is writing down the words, phrases or sentences when you are thinking about the subject of your poem.

The feeling

A poem is not to be used to tell the ordinary things. We all know that the grass is green,for example. What do you need to tell in your poem? Your feeling. You have to tell your feeling when you see the green grass. A poem is about the feelings of the poet. You can take ordinary things from your daily life and write down all the words about your feelings when you see them.

The readers

Who are you writing for? The readers of the poem can help you choose the language, the style and the words. Read out your poem to a few of your friends, relatives, and neighbors. Ask how they feel about the poem. Try and try till you get it just right. Don’t be afraid to keep working at your poem.

1.When it comes to finding the subject,what does the writer tell us?

A. We should find an interesting subject at first.

B. We should keep writing the poem until it is perfect.

C. We should write down the words when we think about the subject.

D. We should turn to our friends, relatives and neighbors for advice.

2.How many aspects(方面）about poems does the writer tell us ?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

3.Why does the writer talk about the green grass in the third paragraph?

A. To tell readers that a poem in very easy to understand.

B. To tell readers that scenery is a good subject n poems.

C. To tell us a poem is to tell feelings about ordinary things.

D. To tell readers that grass often makes people remember some things.

4.What does the underlined sentence want to tell us ?

A. We should teach the readers to understand our poem.

B. We should work at our poem again and again.

C. We should make our poem tell people right things.

D. We should find more and more clever readers.

5.What does the passage talk about?

A. Some advice on how to write a poem.

B. Some advice on how to read a poem.

C. Some advice on how to find a poem.

D. Some advice on how to know about a poem.

Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder and CEO of the most famous and popular social networking website—Facebook. He is one of the youngest billionaires in the world!

Mark was born in May 1984 in New York. He is the youngest and has three elder sisters. Mark did very well in school. He won many prizes in Science, Maths and Astronomy. He was also a language expert and could read and write in a French, Hebrew, Latin and ancient Greek.

He began using computers and writing softwares when he was in middle school. His father taught him basic programming and hired a tutor to teach him. The tutor considered Mark as a computer genius in programming.

Mark studied Psychology and Computer Science at Harvard University. But he always wanted to make a program that could connect people. So he created Course Match, a program that helped students at Harvard connect with each other, form study groups and pick courses that suited their needs.

This soon became a hit and students wanted to connect with each other more. Then Mark thought why he only limited this to a university? He started working on new softwares. On February 4,2004, Mark from his dormitory room, launched the Facebook.

Overnight the social networking website became famous and attracted people from all over the world. This started the career of Mark Xuckerberg as the owner of a billion-dollar website.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have given 99 per cent of the shares of Facebook for various charitable purposes. They regularly contribute to social causes and make donations to different organizations.

The magazine times named Mark Zuckerberg the “Person of the Year”in 2010.

1.What languages can Mark read and write in ?

A. French, Spanish, Latin and ancient Greek.

B. Chinese, Hebrew, Latin and ancient Greek.

C. French, Hebrew,Latin and ancient Greek.

D. French, Hebrew,Latin and ltallian.

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Mark learnt basic programming from his tutor.

B. Mark is one of the youngest billionaires in the world.

C. Course Match was a program that helped students at Harvard.

D. There are four children in Mark’s family.

3.In what order did the following events take place according to the passage?

a.Mark began using computers and writing softwares

b.Mark studied Psychology and Computer Science.

c.Mark won many prizes in Science, Maths and Astronomy at school.

d.Mark launched the Facebook

e.Course Match became a hit.

A. a-c-b-d-e B. c-a-b-e-d

C. c-a-d-e-b D. a-b-e-c-d

4.How old was Mark when he was named the “Person of the Year”by Times?

A. 36 B. 30 C. 26 D. 24

5.Which of the following words cannot be use to describe Mark Zuckerberg according to the passage?

A. Smart B. Kind C. Rich D. Stubborn.

What do you think of your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think you are good at Chinese, you can take the competition named the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition(漢字聽寫大賽)。 The competition became popular 1.the teenagers. Let’s know something about it.

More and more computers and smart phones are used by 2. (teenager). They spend too much time on the Internet in playing or chatting. They are used to 3. (send) messages by computers and smart phones. Some of them forget to write Chinese Characters by hand. The teachers and parents are very very worried about it. What can they do?

Not long ago, they 4.find)an interesting game called the Chinese characters Dictation. The program modeled5.it )after the American show “National Spelling Bee”, where middle school students stand on the stage to write down Chinese via(通過)dictation. Over two hundred competitiors are from forty-six schools. The audience are 6.interest) in this new kind of competition, too. They would like to write down the characters 7. the competitors were writing them. But they found it was also difficult for them 8. (write) down all the characters.

Is it 9.interesting competition? Can you be the 10. (win)?

We should eat ______ food.

A. unhealth B. healthy C. health D. unhealthy

I like _______ , but my sister likes _______ .

A. milk; chickens B. milks; chicken C. milk; chicken D. milks; chickens

—Is the man your teacher?

—Yes. You’re _______ .

A. right B. wrong C. real D. boring

A running _______ always has a good eating _______ .

A. star; habit B. stars; habits

C. star; habits D. stars; habit

It’s sunny today. How about _______ to the park?

A. go B. going C. to go D. goes

Do you eat _______ at school?

A. well B. good C. nice D. fun

I like carrots, and I eat _______ for breakfast.

A. it B. they C. them D. us