When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you’re older. “Brave New Girls”, by American author Jean Gadeberg, will help you make such choices. It says you must be a brave new girl. A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy. A brave new girl can realize her dreams. To be brave, you need to make a decision for yourself. Other people may tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them. You must only do what you want. If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you don’t, you will not take good care of it and won’t stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.
【小题1】What quality should a brave new girl have?

A．Confident	B．Healthy
C．Happy	D．A, B and C

【小题2】“Brave New Girls” is a       .

A．film	B．story
C．book	D．newspaper

【小题3】Suppose（假如）you are a brave new girl, which answer is wrong?

A．Make a decision for yourself

B．Wear clothes like your favourite TV star

C．Like your body

D．Realize that you are as clever as boys.

【小题4】What’s the meaning of the word “grade” in this passage?

A．年级	B．成绩
C．品位	D．道路

【小题5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A．To be brave

B．A good book

C．To be a brave new girl

D．Realize dreams

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．
Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?
Mrs James：In everyday English，Mary，blue sometimes means sad，yellow afraid．A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one．
Mary：I'm afraid I don’t understand them a11．Would you give me an example for“a white lie”?
Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．
Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．
Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．
【小题1】Blue sometimes means sad in________English．

A．good

B．spoken

C．usual

D．poor

【小题2】I don’t have a green thumb，so all my plants________．

A．die off

B．grow well

C．look nice

D．are good

【小题3】David is yellow and he is________to climb the tall tree!

A．happy

B．clever

C．brave

D．afraid

【小题4】He didn’t like me to know________of the accident．He told me a white lie at last．

A．the reason

B．the true story

C．the meaning

D．the answer

【小题5】He is ________today．He is told that his father is seriously ill．

A．blue

B．yellow

C．green

D．white

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．

Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?

Mrs James：In everyday English，Mary，blue sometimes means sad，yellow afraid．A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one．

Mary：I'm afraid I don’t understand them a11．Would you give me an example for“a white lie”?

Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．

Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．

Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．

1.Blue sometimes means sad in________English．

      A．good         B．spoken       C．usual         D．poor

2.I don’t have a green thumb，so all my plants________．

     A．die off       B．grow well    C．look nice      D．are good

3.David is yellow and he is________to climb the tall tree!

     A．happy        B．clever       C．brave         D．afraid

4.He didn’t like me to know________of the accident．He told me a white lie at last．

     A．the reason     B．the true story    C．the meaning    D．the answer

5.He is ________today．He is told that his father is seriously ill．

     A．blue         B．yellow         C．green          D．white

 

When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you’re older. Brave New Girls, by American author Jean Gade-berg, will help you make such choices. It says you must be a brave new girl. A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy. A brave new girl can realize her dreams. To be brave, you need to make a decision for yourself. Other people may tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them. You must only do what you want. If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you don’t, you will not take good care of it, and it won’t stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.
【小题1】 What quality should a brave new girl have?
A. Confident.      B. Healthy.        C. Happy.      D. A, B and C.
【小题2】Brave New Girls is a ________.

A．film

B．story

C．book

D．newspaper

【小题3】What’s the best title of the passage?

A．To be brave.	B．A good book.
C．To be a brave new girl.	D．Realize dreams.

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exercise    care for    weight    but    needs    For instance  burn     more     should     keep healthy

How much exercise is enough? Studies show that everyone 1.._____ 30-60 minutes of exercise every day and kids need at least 60 minutes.

    Unluckily, many people have trouble in getting enough 2..______. There are many reasons such as lack (缺乏) of time, energy, and places to do it. At the same time, too many people are putting 3.. ______ food into their bodies than they burn. If you eat more than you need, you will put on 4.. ______. If you take in fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight.

You can regularly 5.. ______ a small number of calories with everyday activities such as doing housework, climbing stairs, and washing dishes. To 6.. ______, that’s not enough. Running 5 miles can burn about 500-600 calories, 7.. ______ it’s hard for most people. In fact, you don’t need to run 5 miles a day to stay fit. There are easy ways to get enough daily exercise. 8.. ______, walking burns 8 calories per minute, and jogging (慢跑) burns 20 calories per minute.