A good way to pass an examination is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the
examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the
examination. If you are taking an English examination, don't learn only rules of grammar.
     Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before
examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things.
Before you start the examination, read carefully over the examination paper. Try to understand the
exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished
your examination, read your answers, correct any mistakes that you see and make sure that you have
not missed anything out.

1. How do you know to pass an examination?

A. Work hard every day in a year.
B. Work hard many days in a year.?
C. Work hard most of time in a year.?
D. Work hard only a few days before the examination.

2. If you are going to take examination, ______.

A. study hard and sleep less
B. get up early and do a lot of reading
C. go to bed early and have a good rest
D. go to bed late and get up late

3. What should you do when you are taking the examination?

A. Pick up your pen and write at once.
B. After you finish the examination, hand in at once.
C. Try to understand every word while you are reading.
D. Go over your paper before you hand it in.

4. What should you do if you want to learn English well according to the passage??

A. Speak more, listen less, never write.
B. Speak less, write more, never listen.
C. Read more, listen more, speak less.
D. read and speak as much as possible.

5. What does "missed...out" mean according to the passage??

A. 遗漏
B. 增补
C. 缺乏
D. 丰富

      A good way to pass an examination is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination
if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are
taking an English examination, don't learn only rules of grammar.
     Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you
should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the
examination, read carefully over the examination paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question
before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read your answers,
correct any mistakes that you see and make sure that you have not missed anything out.

1. How do you know to pass an examination?

[     ]

A. Work hard every day in a year.
B. Work hard many days in a year.?
C. Work hard most of time in a year.?
D. Work hard only a few days before the examination.

2. If you are going to take examination, ______.

[     ]

A. study hard and sleep less
B. get up early and do a lot of reading
C. go to bed early and have a good rest
D. go to bed late and get up late

3. What should you do when you are taking the examination?

[     ]

A. Pick up your pen and write at once.
B. After you finish the examination, hand in at once.
C. Try to understand every word while you are reading.
D. Go over your paper before you hand it in.

4. What should you do if you want to learn English well according to the passage??

[     ]

A. Speak more, listen less, never write.
B. Speak less, write more, never listen.
C. Read more, listen more, speak less.
D. read and speak as much as possible.

5. What does "missed...out" mean according to the passage??

[     ]

A. 遗漏
B. 增补
C. 缺乏
D. 丰富

     What are your clothes made of? Are they made of cotton or wool? Some students in Shandong
wear different things. Their clothes are made of discs (光盘) or old clothes!
     On October 7th, 36 students in Linyi, Shandong Province, wore beautiful clothes in a show. Their
clothes were made of all kinds of things.
     The show gave the students a chance to make things with their own hands. It also helped them learn
to make good use of waste and not to throw everything away.
      Students had lots of good ideas. Some found used things, like old clothes, to make new dresses.
      "We hope to save energy. Our world is short of energy. So I don't want to just throw old things
away," said Xie Jing at Linyi Art School.
      Xie had more than 20 discs on her nice blue dress. She got them from her family and friends.
      "Though the discs are old, I look very cool in them!" she said.
      Song Dandan, a student from the school, looked like a farmer in her straw (稻草) coat and hat. She
picked the straw from the fields and put them all together.
       "I want to show what people wore in the past." she said.
       Du Yue made clothes for astronauts (宇航员)! She had white cloth all over her. When she walked,
she tried to be slow. It looked like she was walking on the moon.
      "I hope to wear it in space (太空) some day. I wish that I could walk on the moon!" she said.

1. The passage mainly talks about ____. 

A. how to make clothes
B. energy saving
C. how to look cool
D. a special fashion show

2. The students' clothes were made of ____. 

A. silk
B. cotton
C. waste paper
D. all kinds of things

3. The underlined (画线) word "short" in the sentence "Our world is short of energy. " has 
    the same meaning as "short" in the sentence "____"

A. It's only a short way from here. 
B. The man is short. 
C. I'm short of money. Can you lend me some?
D. She was here a short time ago.  The show tells people ____.
A. we should save energyB. they are clever
C. how to make use of old thingsD. A, B and C

4. The three students used all these things except ____ to made clothes. 

A. discs
B. straw
C. old paper
D. cloth

5. The show tells people ____. 

A. we should save energy
B. they are clever
C. how to make use of old things
D. A, B and C

　　American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There
are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and
the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to
school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen or eighteen
years old when they finish high school. High school students study only four or
five subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day, and they
have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
　　High school students take only five or six subjects each term. They usually
go to the same class every day,and they have homework for every class.After
class,they do a lot of interesting things.
　　After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one
or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college
students work after class to get the money for their studies.

1. Most American children go to school at the age of _____.

A. eight    
B. seven    
C. six      
D. five

2. High school students _____ after class.

A. do a lot of homework  
B. do some housework for their parents
C. do many interesting things    
D. do some shopping

3. After high school, many students go to_____.

A. work in a college    
B. college  
C. make more money    
D. cities or towns

4. In order to _____, many college students work after school.

A. get the money for their studies      
B. help other people
C. help their parents  
D. learn some new things

5. From this passage we can know in American, a summer holiday begins in
_____.

A. July              
B. January
C. September          
D. February

　　Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided
into twenty-four zones(时区),one hour apart(一个时区相差一个小时). You can
have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or
fewer than seven days. 
　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), your ship
enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes
one hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back, travelling east, you set it
ahead (向前). Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours. 
　　If you travel by ship across the Pacific. You cross the international date line
(国际日期变更线). By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins.
When you cross the line, you change your calender one full day, backward or
forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday. Travelling west, it is
tomorrow.

1. Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______.  

A. no day really has twenty-four hours 
B. no one knows where time zones begin 
C. the earth is divided into time zones

2. The difference in time between zones is ______.    

A. one hour
B. more than seven days
C. seven days

3. If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock ______.

A. one hour ahead in each time zone 
B. one hour ahead for the whole trip
C. one full day back for each time zone

4. From this selection, it seems true that the Atlantic ______.

A. is in one time zone
B. is divided into twenty-four zones
C. is divided into five time zones

5. The international date line is the name for ______.

 A. the beginning of any new time zone
B. any point where time changes by one hour
C. the point where a new day begins

     An old scientist recently made several tests with different animals to find out which was cleverer than
other animals.
     In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room where there were several boxes. Some boxes
wereinside other boxes. One small box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey
and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited
a few minutes outside the door. Then he got down on his knees (膝盖) and put his eyes to the keyhole.
What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was
on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.

1. The scientist did the test to see _____.
    A. if the monkey would steal (偷) the food
    B. if the monkey would look for the food
    C. if the monkey was cleverer than other animals
    D. if some boxes were inside other boxes
2. In one test the scientist put a monkey _____.
    A. into a small box
    B. into several small boxes
    C. into a box where there was some food
    D. in a room
3. After the scientist left the room, the monkey _____.
    A. began to eat food
    B. began to look for food
    C. looked at the scientist through the keyhole
    D. came into the boxes one after another
4. The scientist _____.
    A. got down on his knees and waited outside the door
    B. got down on his knees and heard with his ears
    C. left the room for a long time
    D. looked at the monkey through the keyhole with his eyes
5. To the scientist's surprise _____.
    A. the monkey got down on its knees
    B. the monkey came out of the room
    C. the monkey looked at the scientist through the window
    D. the monkey put its eye to the keyhole

     Many children act in TV shows. They work several hours every day, so they can not go to regular (正规)
school. How do they get an education(教育)?
     In Hollywood many TV shows are made. About forty teachers give lessons for the children in the shows.
They teach wherever their pupils are working. The teachers' job is very important. They are responsible for
(负责) making sure that the children work only the permitted (限制) hours each week. They are also
responsible for making sure that children learn the required (需要) subjects. They make sure, too, that the
children get enough rest and play, along with their education.
     Child actors are required to attend classes twenty hours each week. California law(法律) says they must
be taught from September to June. If they do not make much progress in school, they are not permitted to
continue (继续) working in TV shows. TV children are usually good pupils, and most of their teachers like this
special kind of work. Their classes are held in some wonderful places. Sometimes the"classroom" is a
Mississippi riverboat. Sometimes it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become famous stars.

1. The child actors do not go to regular school because ________.

A. they do not get good marks
B. there is no school nearby
C. they have to act several hours a day
D. they have to work all day long

2. The teachers usually hold classes in ________.

A. a classroom building
B. some interesting places
C. a Mississippi riverboat
D. a spaceship

3. The teachers' duty is to make sure that the child actors______.

A. do not overwork
B. learn what they must learn
C. have enough sleep and play
D. all the above

4. The pupils are not allowed to continue working if they _____.

A. do not act well
B. go to regular school
C. do not get good marks
D. cannot become famous stars

5. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. California law does not allow children to act in TV shows.
B. Many of the child actors must become famous stars.
C. The lessons are given by forty teachers.
D. The teachers must teach them from September to June.