Do you ever feel a stomachache during a test? Are you ever so worried about something that you even have a headache or can’t sleep at night? If so, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you feel when you are worried about something. You may feel angry, sad, scared, or afraid —all this can give you a stomachache or a headache.

There are different kinds of stress. Some kinds of stress are good and others are bad. Good stress may happen when someone asks you to answer questions in class or when you have to give a report. This kind of stress can help you to finish things better.

However, bad stress can happen if the stress lasts too long. You may not feel well if a family member is sick, if you’re having problems at school, or if anything else makes you upset every day. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you.

The best way to keep stress away is to have a balanced life. If you get enough sleep and food, and if you exercise and leave time for fun, you’ll feel less stress.

1.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. How can you pass a test?

B. Why do you have a stomachache?

C. What is stress?

D. Why are you worrying?

2.Good stress may happen when you’re doing the following things EXCEPT _______.

A. answering questions in class

B. having problems at school

C. helping other classmates

D. giving a report in front of school

3.The underlined word “upset” means _______ in the passage.

A. boring                 B. unhappy                          C. inexpensive                   D. successful

4.Which of the following is RIGHT, according to the passage?

A. Having a balanced life is the best way to keep stress away.

B. Different kinds of stress will help you with the study a lot.

C. You may feel angry, sad, or afraid when you’re doing something.

D. You may not feel well if your parents are talking about things.

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A. A Balanced Life                                           B. How to Do Better in a Test

C. Bad Stress and Good Stress                   D. How to Face Your Stress

短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

It is important for you to set goals. However, you   1  feel it difficult to do. I hope the following things can help you.

◆Have a strong wish for your goal（目标）

You should remember: the starting point of all success is a strong wish. Strong   2  make good results. So, the first step to   3  a goal is to have a strong wish.

◆Picture yourself reaching a goal

You can change your life by changing your mind. You should   4  stop thinking that you can reach your goal. For example, you can draw a picture   5  something that you want and put it up on the wall. Then you can see it every day and  6  seems that you have already got it. This will encourage you to make it come true.

◆Make a plan to reach your goal

To make a plan to reach your goal is the most important step. You should make sure that you think through everything in the plan first. Each day you should follow the plan so that you are  7   to reach your goal.

◆Check your progress

 8  you are trying to reach your goal, you need to check how much progress you have made and how many things you have missed. Write these things down and find out how to do them better.

先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。
M   1   friends is a skill like other skills. It improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some a   2  .
You must first go where there are many people. You won’t make friends staying at home. Join a club or a party, talking with those who like the s   3   things as you do. Or join someone in some a   4  .
It’s human nature to feel a bit u   5   about the unknown. Most of our fears come from doubts about o   6  . Don’t forget they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease（自由自在）. You’ll b   7   feel comfortable.
Try to act self-confidently t   8   you don’t feel that way. When you enter a room    f   9   of strangers, walk tall and straight, look directly at them and smile. Meeting someone new doesn’t mean that you will make friends because friendship is based on mutual liking（基于互相喜欢） and “give and take”. It takes t   10   to develop.

Do you want to be a top student in your class? Here is some advice for you to make more progress.

Plan your time carefully. When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After       this list, you should make a       of your time.

First, plan your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc; then decide a good, regular time for studying. Do not forget to set aside(留出) enough time for what you like and having fun!

Find a good place to study. You should have a quiet room and there should be no other things but study meterials on your desk. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, condertrate(集中) on your subject.

 Make good use of your time. Listen to everything the teacher says. Listening carefully in class means less work later. (2) Taking notes will help you remember what the teachers says.

  Develop a good attitude (态度) to tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learnt about a subject. Remember the world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be too worried.

1.在（1）句的空白处填入适当的词使句子完整通顺___________ , _____________

2.将（2）句译成汉语 ___________________________________________________________

3.回答问题： How many ways of making progress are there in this passage? ______________

4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子：Remember to spare some time on your hobbies and enjoy yourself.______________________________________________________________

5.找出文章中最能表达主题的句子________________________________________________

If you look at the sky one night and see something moving and shining that you have never seen before, it might be a comet (彗星).

　　A comet sometimes looks like a star. Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own. It shines from the sunlight it reflects (反射). Like the earth, a comet goes round the sun, but on a much longer path (轨道) than the earth travels.

       If a comet isn’t a star, what is it then?

　   Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock. When sunshine melts (融化) the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it. These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail.Many people perhaps have seen a comet. However no one knows how many comets there are. There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see.

　　An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky. Some comets move out of our sight and never come back. Others keep coming back at regular times. A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley because he was the one who worked out when it would come back again. Maybe you have ever seen Halley’s Comets because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986. Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it. You will probably be able to see Halley’s Comets when it comes near the earth again.

1.A comet is like ________.

A. sun      B. moon     C. sunlight    D. the earth

2.A large part of a comet is ______.

A. water and rock

B. water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron

C. ice, iron and rock dust

D. only a few big pieces of rock

3.Maybe many people _______.

A. haven’t seen any comets      B. have seen all comets

C. have seen a comet at daytime  D. have seen a comet

4.Some comets keep coming back ________.

A. at any time  B. at noon  C. at regular times  D. at daytime

5.Halley’s Comets came back _____.

A. in 1990    B. in 1980     C. in 1986      D. in 1989