仔细阅读课本Self Check 3的对话，然后回答下列问题。

(1)Who wants to join the art club?

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(2)How old is she?

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(3)What's her e-mail address?

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(4)Can she draw?

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(5)Why does she want to join the art club?

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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 and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument(乐器) or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head 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 are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children are short of self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that 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 learn to work hard and finish his job successfully step by step. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots 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 and arouse(激发) his 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.
【小题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

【小题2】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Fixing old machines is very important.	B．Interest is necessary for everything.
C．Broken things are useful for children.	D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability.

【小题3】The writer's attitude（看法） to children's education is that

A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B．children today should learn different skills

C．practical skills are useful to children's growth

D．school education can't meet parents' expectation.

We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete(竞争) with others in their office, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges, and we compete with our classmates in school. (41) Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful. Why can’t we do better than others? One important reason is that we have no self-confidence.

  In fact, everyone is born equal. You can do what others do. (42)尽管你的同学可能在某些方面比你优秀，但你也可能在其它功课上比他们好。So everyone has his own advantages(优点). Don’t look at things from a single (单个的)point of view. Try to discover your own advantages, and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.

  Competition is not so terrible. Don’t be afraid of it. And don’t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you. Remember that self-confidence is the first step to(43) ______. Believe in yourselves, and you will be successful one day.

1. 请将黑体字翻译成汉语：_____________________________________________________

2. 请将画线部分翻译成英语：____________________________________________________

3. 在空白处填上适当的词：_________

4. 请找出此句的同义句 “All of us are living in a world which is filled with competition.”

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5. 找出本段文章的中心句：_______________________________________________________

 

April 27 is a special day in Britain. It’s called Take Our Daughter to Work Day. It was brought to Britain in 1994 from America. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can teach girls more about the society where they live.
Now the girls can have a close look at what their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a job. Mary experienced a day of work at her mother’s office. This helped her understand her mother’s work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future.
Schools and many companies support the activity, too. Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.
Experts think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely(可能的)to be successful than common girls. If parents can set good examples both at work and at home for them, they will do better than others. Take Our Daughter to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.
【小题1】Where was Take Our Daughter to Work Day brought?

A．From America.	B．From China.
C．From Canada.	D．From Australia.

【小题2】On Take Our Daughter to Work Day, thousands of girls_______.

A．go on a journey with their parents

B．have a party with their friends at home

C．go to the work places of one of their parents

D．take part in a school activity freely

【小题3】What’s the advantage by doing such an activity?

A．It can help girls understand their parents’work better.

B．It can teach girls more about the society.

C．It can make girls feel more confident about their future.

D．All of the above.

【小题4】 Which of the following is NOT true about Take Our Daughter to Work Day?

A．It is a special activity on April 27 in Britain.

B．Schools and many companies support this activity

C．Many girls like this day because they won’t go to school.

D．Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.

【小题5】According to the experts, being______ is the most important to girls in their future.

A．smart and careful	B．confident
C．hard-working	D．friendly

Good writing starts with good ideas. If you write about things that you care about, you will write better. If you write about things that you don’t care about, you’ll be bored and your paper will not have many good ideas.

Once you have a good idea, the next step is organization. Think through your paper before you start. Write an outline. You need to know what your main points are before you start your first paragraph (段落). Use 2-4 main points, one paragraph each.

In your central paragraphs, be concise (简短的) and specific （具体的）. Give examples with details（细节）, not just general ideas. If you can say the same thing with fewer words, do it! Don’t use big words.

When you finish writing, look at your outline again. Did you really follow it or did it change as you wrote? Many times you find different ideas as you write. Look at your central paragraphs. What are their main ideas now? Are these ideas in the introduction? I often write the introduction again to fit the paper after I finish writing.

1. What is the 1st step for a good writing?

A. Think through your paper before you start. 

B. Write a good 1st paragraph.

C. Have a good idea.                                               

D. Look for many examples.

2. What is the 2nd step?

A. Have a good idea.                                                B. Write an outline.

C. Write the 1st paragraph.                                    D. Give examples with details.

3. What does the word “outline” mean in the 2nd paragraph?

A. 提纲                    B. 外形                              C. 中心                    D. 总结

4. What should you do in the central paragraph?

A. Don’t use big words.                                          

B. Give examples with details.   

C. Say the same thing with fewer words.            

D. A, B and C.

5.What should you do after finishing writing?

A. Look at your outline again.                               

B. Check the mistakes.

C. Look at your central paragraph again.            

D. Both A and C.