Good preparation means that you will leam more and do better in the test.
1. Think about what you need to know
              What will be in the test? Make a list. How well do you know each area? Which area do you need to
review most?
2. Choose the right place
                Make yourself comtortable! bome people work best alone, some people work best with other people.
Some people prefer silence, other people like music playing. Experiment !
3. Review in different ways
               You can prepare yourself in different ways and you can help yourself to remember in different
ways. Here are some ideas. Experiment !
              . Leam things " by heart".
              . Read it aloud. . Read and then write it in your own words.
              . Tell someone else about what you have to read.
              . Test yourself. ( See 4 ).  
              .Read it aloud on to a cassette (录音带) and then listen to it.
4. Test yourself
               Don't be surprised in the examination - test yourself first. Use the Help Your- self List to make some
exercises for yourself. You can also ask someone else to test you.

1. Good preparation means that you will_____in the test.

A. leam more and do better
B. know each area well
C. make some exercises
D. learn things by heart

2. There are_____different ways for you to review.

A.5
B.6
C.7
D.8

3. From the picture, we know the man is____ .

A. working with others
B. writing a letter
C. reviewing lessons
D. dancing to the music

4. The best title for this passage is _____.

A. Have a Cood Time
B. Choose the Right Place
C. Think About Yourself
D. Prepare for Tests

      Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money,
parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia.
They also want their children to take extra- course (额外课程) activities where they will either leam music or
dance,or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an
education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor
couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
      However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually
very cheap. Parents can see that their children's skills are different, maybe skilled in some areas while poor in
others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children are in need of self-respect and
self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to
study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and
clever.
      Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
      Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires
patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking,
so he will leam to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give
him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
      Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him
curious (好奇的) and have interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might
become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather
to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1. Most Chinese parents don't realize ____.

A. how much the best education is worth
B. when children should be educated
C. what children really need in later life
D. why school tests don't satisfy children

2. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Leaming to think is very important.
B. Interest is necessary for everything.
C. Broken things are useful for children.
D. Using hands helps improve thinking ability.

3. The writer's attitude to children's education is that ____.

A. the cheaper an education is, the better it is
B. children today should leam different skills
C. practical skills are helpful to children's growth
D. school education can't meet parents' expectations

     You need 3D glasses to see some films. I think it is easy to make your own 3D glasses instead of buying
them.
      There are two ways to make 3D glasses. You can decide which way would be easier for you.
      The first way seems like the cheaper way but the things needed to make the glasses this way may not be
things laying around the house. First print out a template(模板) for the glasses at
http://paperproject. org/ PDF files/3 dglasses. pdf. 
     After you cut out the template, cut your cellophane (玻璃纸) to fit the holes in the glasses. Make sure you
place the red cellophane on the left eye and the blue on the right. You can either stick or tape the cellophane in
place. You are now ready to use your glasses.
     To leam more about why your eyes see different colors, read this article:
http:// nzphoto. tripod. com/sterea/anaglyphs. htm#redcyan.
     To learn some more cool things about your eyes, check out the games at this link:
http_://faculty. washington. edu/chudler/chvision. html.
     Another way you can make 3D glasses is to find an old pair of sunglasses. Take out the lenses(镜片).
Get a piece of clear plastic and place the lenses on it, draw a line around the lens and then cut the new
plastic lens out. Place the lens back into the sunglasses frame (框). Color the left lens red with a marker
and the right eye blue. You now are ready to watch 3D films.

1. When do we need to use 3D glasses?

A. When the sun is bright.
B. When we cook dinner.
C. When we make things.
D. When we see some films.

2. If we want to know why our eyes see different colors, we can find the information at____.

A. http://paperproject. org/PDF files/3dglasses. pdf
B. http://nzphoto. tripod. com/sterea/anaglyphs. htm#redcyan
C. http://faculty. washington. edu/chudler/chvision. html
D. http://www. xcjyyxw. cn/tresearch/XCindex/index. js

3.What does the writer think of making our own 3D glasses?

A. Easy.
B. Hard.
C. Interesting.
D. Boring.