Have you ever heard the saying "If you want a friend,be one"？

Here is a story about one new teacher making friends with the girls and boys in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang,the teacher came in smiling at each girl and boy.

Then she said in a quiet voice, "Good morning,girls and boys!How happy I am because I have all of you in my class this year. I'd like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together. I am sure that the more we get together,the happier we'll be. " Her voice was so sweet,and her looking was so friendly. Everyone believed what she said.

She told the girls and boys her name and wrote it on the blackboard. She told them some of the things she liked to do and she was hoping to do with them during the year.

Then she said to the whole class, "Now you know my name and the things I like. Next I want to know your names and the things you like. Then I will feel that I know you "

Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?

One way of getting to know girls and boys in our class is to know more about them. It is usual to be friends with those people who have the same interests with you. You can play the same games and go on journeys together.

You may find that some newcomers in your class miss their old friends and feel strange and lonely. You can invite them to take a walk or to ride bikes with you. You will find you have many things in common to talk about. It is one good way to make friends just by talking together in a friendly manner.

(   ) 11. How do you understand the saying "If you want a friend,be one"？

   A. If you want to have a friend,try to make one be your friend.

   B. You can make friends by doing what a friend do yourself.

   C. You may have a friend by doing everything for him.

   D. If you want to have friends,you should be Number One.

(   ) 12. The teacher's sweet voice and her friendly looking         .

   A. showed that she would like to be a friend of the girls and boys

   B. made every girl and boy happy

   C. told the girls and boys everything about herself

   D. meant she wanted to tell something interesting

(   ) 13. A new comer will be your friend if       .

   A. he always thinks of his old friend

   B. he knows you very well

   C. you talk with him in a friendly way

   D. he doesn't miss his old friends

(   ) 14. If you want to make friends with others,you should         

   A. know more about them

   B. talk with them in an unfriendly way

   C. have different interests with them

   D. know their friends very well

(   ) 15. This passage tells us         .

   A. good ways of making friends   B. everybody needs friends   C. how to miss old friends   D. how to find newcomers

To make sure that you enjoy your visit to Hamper Hot Springs (泉) and that you are safe during your visit,please take time to read the following ：

. Do not place your head under the hot water because it may be bad for your health.

. Do not run around because the floors may be slippery

. Do not leave your children alone.

. Do not leave your things about. Just ask one of our workers to look after your things.

. Do not eat or drink anything in the area because we want to keep here clean. There is a place for you to eat and have soft drinks when you want to have a rest.

. Do not bring into the area anything made of glass,because it may be easily broken when you fall.

· Do not bring any hard drinks into the area.

. Do not smoke in the area.

. Do not stay in the sunlight for too long.

We hope that you will enjoy your visit here.

(   ) 6. The purpose (目的) of this notice is         .

   A. to ask people to visit the springs

   B. to make visitors know the area

   C. to tell visitors what not to do

   D. to tell visitors to have a rest

(   ) 7. The notice is written for       .

   A. visitors   B. children   C. workers   D. managers

(   ) 8. People are not allowed to         .

   A. bring anything into the area

   B. have soft drinks at Hapmer Hot Springs

   C. look after children in the area

   D. sit in the sun for long in the area

(   ) 9.        is NOT mentioned in the notice.

   A. How long visitors can stay in the area

   B. What visitors cannot bring to the area

   C. Who looks after the visitors' things

   D. Whether smoking is allowed in the area

(   ) 10. The Chinese meaning for "slippery" is         .

   A. 平坦的   B. 濕滑的   C. 狹窄的   D. 冰涼的

Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey (新澤西) in the past,staying in a small inn (旅店) at the foot of a hill.

One year,however,Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business,so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.

They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry,because in that small inn in New Jersey,no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. "Are you still serving dinner?" asked Mr. Smith. "Yes,certainly,sir," answered the waiter. "We serve it until half past nine."

"What are the times of meals then?" asked Mr. Smith.  "Well,sir," answered the waiter. "We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning,lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon,tea from four to five,and dinner from six to half past nine." "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London," said Mr. Smith.

(   ) 1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in         

   A. New York   B. London   C. New Jersey   D. Washington

(   ) 2. When Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a lot of money,they decided to go to       .

A. their hometown   B. the capital ofEngland

   C. New Jersey   D. a small city inEngland

(   ) 3. They went to London by ,      

   A. sea   B. plane   C. train   D. bus

(   ) 4. From the story we know that this was the        time for Mr. and Mrs. Smith to go to London.

   A. first   B. second   C. third   D. fourth

(   ) 5. What does the sentence "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London" mean?

   A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time.

   B. We have enough time to see the sights of London.

   C. We can see more sights of London.

   D. We have little time to see the sights of London.

One morning,Sue was riding her bike to school. She was late,so she d 1       to take a short cut (捷徑) .But she m 2       a mistake and turned into a oneway street. The street was not very wide. A car was c 3       from the other direction. The driver quickly drove to one side and drove into a shop window. The shop assistant was greatly frightened!There was glass e 4       .

Sue rode into the other side of the street and hit a man,then an apple cart (車) .The apple cart t 5       over and the apples went in all directions.

A group of students were having breakfast in a small restaurant. Q 6       they ran across the street. With their help,all the apples were picked up and put back on the cart. Luckily,

n 7       Sue nor the driver of the cart was hurt. A policeman came by and saw what h  8      .

He stopped Sue from r 9       to school and asked her some questions,so Sue was e 10       later for school.

1. d       2. m       3. c          4. e         5. t         

6. Q          7. n                      8. h             9. r          10. e       

Years ago I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there,whom I had never met. Yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon,sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by,I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I said to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."

One bright night I decided to clean my flat,including washing the window.

Late in the afternoon,when I finished the cleaning,I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise!Across the way,the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean ！

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批評(píng)) her dirty window,but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart,through my own shortcomings?

Since then,whenever I wanted to judge (評(píng)判) someone,I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

(   ) 11. The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because       .

   A. the woman's window was dirty

   B. the writer's window was dirty

   C. the woman lived nearby

   D. the writer was nearsighted

(   ) 12. The writer was surprised that         .

   A. the woman was sitting by her window

   B. the woman's window was clean

   C. the woman did the cleaning in the afternoon

   D. the woman's window was still terrible

(   ) 13. "It dawned on me" probably means "        ”.

   A. I began to understand it

   B. it cheered me up

   C. I knew it grew light

   D. it began to get dark

(   ) 14. It's clear that         .

   A. the writer had never met the woman before

   B. the writer often washed the window

   C. they both worked as cleaners

   D. they lived in a small town

(   ) 15. From the passage,we can learn that         .

   A. one shouldn't criticize others very often

   B. one should often make his windows clean

   C. one must judge himself before he judges others

   D. one must look at others through his dirty window

  Stress(壓力)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? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

If you 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(減輕)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  more often ， because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.

(       )6. Which of the followings is NOT the reason of stress?

A. Taking exams.                                          B. Changing jobs.

C. Taking sleeping pills.                                D. Making money.

(       )7. According to the passage, which of the folio wings 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. 

(       )8. What's the easier way to relax your body?

           A.     Talking with friends.

B.     Listening to light music.

C.     Doing relaxing exercises.

D.     Laughing, smiling and crying.

(       )9. "_____ ” in the passage should be the "word" .

A. smile                       B. laugh                      C. cry         D. smoke

(       )10. 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

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?" "If you want to know, I make $20 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, "Daddy, could you lend me $10?"

The father was furious ， " If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish(自私的)！"

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so ， the father calmed down and started to think ， " Maybe he really needs to buy something ， and he didn't ask for money very often. ， So he went to the little boy's room.

"Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now," said the man. ^uHere's $10."

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!" the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins When the father found that the boy already had some money ， he got angry again.

"Why do you want more money since you already have some?" the father shouted angrily.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. "Daddy, I havr? $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

(       )1. How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

A.  $10.                    B.   $20.                  C.  $100.                  D. $200.

(       )2. In this passage, the underlined word "furious" means       .

A. very angry                                                 B. quite happy

C. too excited                                                 D. a little nervous

(       )3. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because       .

A.     he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

B.     he did not have enough money at that moment

C.     he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D.     the boy always borrowed money from him

(       )4. The boy wanted to buy______ with twenty dollars.

       A.     a new book for himself

B.     a nice present for his father

C.     a toy for his own birthday

D.     an hour of his father's time

(       )5. From this passage, we can infer(推斷)that the boy's father_______ .

A.     often played with his son

B.     spent little time with his son

C.     didn't love his son at all

D.     often came back home early

I was a reporter of an evening paper in London. One day I was asked to write a few articles on begging in London. It was then that all my adventures (冒險(xiǎn)) s 1       I made a d 2       that the best way of collecting facts was that I would go deep into the real life. I used to be an actor. Of course,I had learnt all the s 3       of makeup and could still make good use of them. Having finished all necessary preparation,I placed myself in one of the b 4       streets. At home that night,I was surprised to find that I had r 5       more than a pound.

Well,you can imagine how hard it was to work on the newspaper at two pounds a week,when I knew that I could make as much as that in a single day!I gave up my job a 6       a reporter. My knowledge of makeup helped me a lot and my clever answers quickly m 7       me a public character. All day and every day,the money poured into my cap and I usually received at least two p 8       in a day. In the end,I was able to buy a large bright beautiful white house in the country,and later to marry. Nobody had an i 9       where my money really came from. My dear wife o 10       knew that I had business in London ： that was all.

1. s        2. d       3. s         4. b        5. r         

6. a          7. m          8. p         9. i       10. o       

Most people work or study from Monday to Friday. The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today's Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.

According to a survey,24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours' sleep each night because of study.

And this doesn't happen only in Beijing. Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou. The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6:45a. m. on Saturday. Then she has classes all the day. On Sunday,she goes to extra (額外) classes for math and physics. But Ji doesn't complain. She says her classmates all work very hard.

(   ) 11. Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours' sleep each night because of .

   A. playing computer games   B. playing with friends

   C. watching TV   D. busy study

(   ) 12. How many students are mentioned (提及) in this passage?

   A. 2.   B. 3.

   C. 4.   D. 5.

(   ) 13. Which of the following is true according to the passage？

   A. Some middle school students can enjoy their weekend.

   B. All the students in China are busy studying at the weekend.

   C. Every student in China has to go to extra classes at the weekend.

   D. No student complains about his busy weekend.

(   ) 14. The passage mainly tells us that .

   E. students should do more homework at the weekend

   F. all the students in China must have classes at the weekend

   G. students should have more time to take a rest at the weekend

   H. no student can play with his friends out of classes

(   ) 15. The above passage may be a .

   A. story of science   B. school notice

   C. short play   D. news report

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(   ) 6. "                  " can tell you what to do if you are tired of a subject.

   A. Study Skills for Life

   B. Learning How to Learn

   C. Basic Study Guidebook

   D. How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children

(   ) 7. Many pictures in the book "Learning How to Learn" can         

   A. make children read slowly

   B. make children understand the book easily

   C. make the book boring

   D. make children draw beautifully

(   ) 8. According to the ads,the three books are for         .

   A. the old   B. parents

   C. children   D. men

(   ) 9. If you buy the three books on May 2nd,2009,you will just pay        for them.

   A. $93   B. $71

   C. $80   D. $79

(   ) 10. The purpose of the three ads is to         .

   A. sell these books to the children

   B. help children learn English

   C. help children learn about nature

   D. use a dictionary to pronounce correctly Studying Too Much?