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Miss Wang: Hello, Helen. You look worried.1____________________________________?

Helen: It’s Li Hong. She’s so unhappy.

Miss Wang: Oh dear! 2_____________________________________. What seems to be the problem?

Helen: She is crying in the bathroom because she did badly in the English exam .She is very strict with herself. You know, Li hong is new here . She is quiet and shy. She feels very lonely because she has no friends to talk with. 3__________________.

Miss Wang: 4__________________________________. I think I should have a talk with her.

Helen: Oh, yes, Miss Wang.5_____________________________________________.

 

Open today’s newspaper. What do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More Ads! Turn on TV, still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to tell.Here are some ways ads get us to buy.
Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drink? These people may be famous. But they may not know about what they are selling.
Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use bright and white,” He says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.
Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? Not much. But ads may show their product with something nice such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts.
Ads are full of strong words, and words like “new” and “improved” have power. They can help a produce sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.
Some ads make promise. But can they keep them? No.
Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” They say, “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think.
All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.
【小题1】Some stars appear in the ads because_________.

A．they know every product well

B．they are famous

C．they are all experts

D．they all like white coats

【小题2】According to the passage, we know that “Spring Rain” is the name of ______.

A．a kind of soap	B．a kind of car
C．a kind of medicine	D．a kind flower

【小题3】The writer thinks the words and the pictures in the ads________.

A．tell us a story	B．always make us strong
C．sometimes fool us	D．keep promises

Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

"I don't sing," said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!"

The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.

A．she had paid him for this

B．she knew him very well

C．she wanted to have a change

D．she enjoyed his singing

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

A．the lady helped him a lot

B．he caught the chance

C．he continued to play in the bar

D．he stopped playing the piano

3.The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean" ___________.”

A．fail to realize	B．forget to use
C．try to develop	D．manage to show

4.From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.

A．hide it and wait

B．ask others for help

C．pay no attention to it

D．work hard to improve yourself

5.Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?

A．Sing in the Bar

B．Achieve Success in Life

C．Never Lose Heart

D．Find Your Hidden Talent

 

根据对话内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，并将答案写在右边对应题号后的横线上。

Daniel: Hello, Ed ward!  You look tired today. Edward: Yes, we're 1.b     reviewing lessons these days. This term will be 2.o   soon. Daniel: Yeah, how time f   3.   !   Summer holi­day is coming. Edward:What are you going to do

4.d    the holiday? Daniel:I want to have a good rest first. Then I'm going to Tibet to 5.e     the beautiful scenery. By the way,what's your 6.p   for the holiday? Edward:I would 7.r    stay at home than go out. I will buy some DVDs and watch my favourite films. Daniel: Only   watch   films   at   home?   It's   a   bit 8.b    ,1 think. Ed ward_: Oh, no. I'm also going to learn 9.h to make computer programmes. Daniel:I'm 10.i    in it as well. Could I learn it with you? Edward: All   right!   We  can  discuss   it   together then.