Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn: students can teach themselves. For example, if you can’t remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.
How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in. or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don’t understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the passage or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study.
【小题1】Listening to the teacher is ______for students to learn something.

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Books are out best friends. They give us both knowledge and pleasure. With books, our life is interesting.1.Books are sogreat friends of ours that we can turn to them for help whenever we meet with difficulty.

However, we should make use of books. As there are bond of different kinds, we should read them in different ways.2.In my opinion, some books are to be read carefully and we must think over and learn something from them. Some should be just looked through. There are a few books that we should never read, for they are not good for us.3.The most important thing that wemust try to put what we learn from books to practice.

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.

I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.

That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.

No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.

And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

1.Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?

A. To compare these two famous persons.

B. To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is.

C. If you want to be successful, you should fail first.

D. To show that failure is the mother of success.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. No one can be successful without working hard.

B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.

C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help.

D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.

3.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength.

B. One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty.

C. One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times.

D. One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness.

根据对话内容，在空白处填写适当的话语（话语可能是一个句子，也可能是一个短语或一个词），使对话完整。(5分)
A: Hi. Bill! You’re reading the novel again.
B: Yes, Tom. I’ll never be tired of it.
A: (1) ______________ have you read it?
B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.
A: Really? (2) _________________________
B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer.
A: He is also my (3)________ foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.
B: OK, here you are! … What do you think of it?
A: I think(4)__________________. I haven’t seen such a good novel for long. Where did you buy it?
B: In the Rose Bookshop.
A: I don’t know where it is. (5) _________________
B: No. Only ten minutes’ walk from here, next to the People’s Cinema.

根据对话内容，在空白处填写适当的话语（话语可能是一个句子，也可能是一个短语或一个词），使对话完整。(5分)

A: Hi. Bill! You’re reading the novel again.

B: Yes, Tom. I’ll never be tired of it.

A: (1) ______________ have you read it?

B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.

A: Really? (2) _________________________

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer.

A: He is also my (3)________ foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.

B: OK, here you are! … What do you think of it?

A: I think(4)__________________. I haven’t seen such a good novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don't know where it is. (5) _________________

B: No. Only ten minutes’ walk from here, next to the People’s Cinema.