For years, it was the same old “one, two, three, four” during group exercises for students at Zhenguang High School in Guangzhou.

Students used to think their exercises were boring. But now, the school’s 700 juniors have a fun, new way to do them.

To get students more interested in exercise, the school asked students to create a set of group exercises for themselves.

Can you guess what kinds of moves the students chose for their new group exercises? Some are like aerobics (健美操), and others are like the Para Para dance.

“The old moves aren’t as relaxing as the new one. The new moves are livelier than the old ones. They are better for juniors.” said li Yanbin, a teacher at Zhenguang.

  During breaks or after class, students sometimes talk with their P.E. teachers about their exercise moves. If the students have good ideas, teachers might even make changes to the moves. If the students think one move is too difficult, teachers might practice the move with them together.

Students don’t just get to choose their moves now, they also decide what music to use during exercises. In the past, the music they used was always the same kind. Now, each exercise uses a different song. Students can take their favorite music to school and ask their teachers to use it for exercise. “The music is so strong, you just can’t help but dance to it.” said Xiao Xiao, a 13-year old girl in Junior 1.

1. This article mainly talks about ____________________________.

          A. how to do group exercises                          

          B. what kind of music is good for group exercises                             

          C. students making new exercise moves themselves                           

          D. how to create new moves for group exercises

2. The new way of doing exercises is different from the old way is in that __________.

          A. the new way is boring and out of date          

B. the old way is too difficult

          C. the new way is more relaxing and livelier     

          D. the new way always uses the same kind of music

3. From the article we know the students care most about __________when they do group exercises.

             A. teachers and music        B. time and places

C. clothes and moves             D. moves and music

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A

  Billy and Sam were twins. They were in the same class. They were both very happy. One day their teacher asked the class to write a composition(作文)“My Mother”. Sam wrote one, but Billy was lazy. He just copied his brother’s.  The next day, the teacher asked Billy why his composition was the same as Sam’s. “We have the same mother, don’t we?”answered Billy.

根据短文内容判断句子正误，正确的填A，错误的填B。

1 Sam was older than Billy.

2 Sam and Billy were in different classes

3 The name of the composition was”My Mother”

4 Billy’s composition was the same as Sam’s

5 Billy was not lazy. He was very clever

B

6 You want to know something about Japan, you can watch________

A．Weather report        B．China’s 2004        

C．Around the world      D．Animal world

7 You are a football fan. You may watch TV at___________.

A．19:00 on Channel 2       B．19:40Channel 1      

C．20:20Channel 2   D．21:15Channel

8 How long does the TV play“sisters”last(持续)？

A．30 minutes       B．50 minutes       C．90 minutes        D．120 minutes

9 You can watch _______if you want to learn English.

A．English news        B．English classroom     

 C．English for today     D．A、B and C

10 Children often like to watch_________.

A．Cartoon network        B．News        C．Weather report          D．Sports

C

Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr Brown , a worker, the other is Mr Black. Mr Brown is going to a chair. It is beside the road. Mr Black is after him. Mr Brown finds Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster(更快). Because he wants to get to the chair before Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster because he also wants to get to the chair first. Then they both run .Mr Black runs faster than (比) Mr Brown. So he gets to the chair forst and sits down on it. Mr Brown runs after Mr Black. When he gets to the chair. He sees Mr Black sitting on it. He is sorry to show a notice(通知)with the words“Wet Paint(油漆未干)”to Mr Black . Now Mr Black knows why Mr Brown is going to the chair.

11 Where are Mr Brown and Mr Black?

A．In the garden         B． On the chair         C． In the park        D．Beside the road

12 What are they doing? They are________

A． talking      B．walking to the chair      C．holding a notice   D．sitting on a chair

13_________is after_________at first

A．Mr Black ,Mr Brown  B．The worker, Mr Brown 

C．Mr Brown ,Mr Black  D．Mr Brown The worker

14________get to chair first.

A．The worker       B．Mr Brown    C．Mr Black        D．A strange(陌生人)

15 Mr Brown goes to the chair because__________.

A．he wants to sit there                             B．it is his chair        

C．he wants to talk to Mr Black on the chair            D．he wants to tell people ”Wet Paint”

When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, at the same time they usually talk about a lot of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen---they can’t do both---and they don’t understand that women can. Besides(此外), women think that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships--not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring (盯着) at the screen.
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot(the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.) and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the small body language signals that show how the characters are feeling emotionally(情绪上). Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully because they want to keep relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to connect to the facts.
Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a way of keeping relationship. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.
There is no convincing(令人信服的)evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Lewis, author of Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents reply to the brain differences of their children. Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we talk to them more. As a result, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short complaints in reply.
【小题1】While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they ___________.