Teeth are important. Strong, healthy teeth help you chew foods that help you grow. They help you speak clearly. And, they help you look your best. Here are some advice for you to take care of your teeth.

  ● Brush your teeth the right way.

Brush your teeth at least twice a day after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush after lunch or after sweet snacks（快餐）, too.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Brush all your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend time brushing teeth along the sides and back of your mouth. Brush away from your gums（齿龈）, too.

Spend at least three minutes each time you brush. Play a song you like to help pass the time.

Get a new toothbrush every three months. When you buy your tooth brush, be sure it has soft bristles（鬃毛）.

● Learn how to floss your teeth.

Flossing is a very important way to keep your teeth healthy. Food may hide in places where a toothbrush cannot get to, like the space between the teeth. Flossing can help get rid of it. Carefully move the floss between two teeth, up and down. You need to floss your teeth at least once a day.

● Have good eating habits.

You need to be careful about what you eat and drink. Eating sugar is a major cause of tooth decay（腐朽）. Eating sugar before you go to bed can make things even worse. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables and drink water instead of soda.

1.            is helpful to your teeth.

A. Eating fruit and vegetables       B. Eating sweet snacks      

C. Eating sugar                    D. Drinking soda

2. Which is the right way of brushing the teeth?

A. We should brush our teeth once a day.         

B. We should keep our toothbrush away from our gums.

C. When we brush our teeth, at least three minutes is needed.

D. Brush our teeth before breakfast.

3. From the passage, do you know how to floss the teeth?

A. Go to see a dentist.               B. Fix a floss on the teeth.

C. Move the floss between two teeth.   D. Chew the floss in the mouth.

4.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. Flossing can help get ride of the food that hides between two teeth.

B. Healthy teeth can help you look more beautiful.

C. We don’t have to brush our teeth if we eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.

D. Your toothbrush should be changed every three months.

5. The best title for the passage is          .

A. How to floss your teeth.            

B. How to have good eating habits.

C. How to brush your teeth.            

D. How to take care of your teeth.

 

 

Have you ever complained that life is so tiring or that there is too much homework? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you look at the world with a warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles at you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you do a good job?
If one day it is fine, but just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. Dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? Also with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible. The terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident of ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of the success.”
Attitude decides everything, with an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile at whatever we meet and the whole world will smiles at us.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】Students sometimes complain _____________.

A．life is interesting	B．the sky seems bright
C．their studies are successful.	D．there is too much homework.

【小题2】When we face failure,  we _____________________.

A．mustn’t be confident	B．should be afraid of everything
C．shouldn’t give up hope	D．must lose heart

【小题3】The Chinese for the world “optimistic” in the last paragraph is “____________”.

A．悲观的

B．乐观的

C．开放的

D．保守的

【小题4】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Complaining about life.

B．It is very hard to succeed.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Smile at the world even when you are in trouble.

Learn a second language

There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. “Cheese!” the mouse said happily to himself. “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast.”

But then he remembered his parents’ words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”

So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”

The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat noises. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof.”

“It’s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.

When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”

 

1.Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese?

A. The cat.                                 B. The dog.    

C. The cat’s parents.                       D. The mouse’s parents.

2.How did the young mouse know the cat was there?

A. He heard the cat.                        B. He saw the cat.

C. He smelt the cat.                        D. He knew the cat.

3.What was the cat’s meal?

A. The mouse’s parents.                     B. The cheese.

C. The young mouse.                         D. The fish.

4. Which language did the cat learn as a second language?

A. English.               B. Chinese.      C. Dog language.    D. Mouse language.

5.Which of the following sentences is Not True according to the passage?

A. The young mouse lived in a hole in a wall.

B. The next day the mouse didn’t hear any cat noises.

C. The cat pretended to be a dog by making the noise “woof”.

D. The mouse’s parents told their daughter to wait before going for a piece of cheese. 

 

Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station,
they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.
【小题1】It is ______ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

A．not useful

B．not helpful

C．very helpful

D．very bad

【小题2】English people usually shake hands when they ______.

A．meet every time	B．meet for the first time
C．say goodbye to each other	D．say hello to each other

【小题3】Usually English people don’t shake hands ______.

A．when they will be away for a long time	B．when they say “How do you do?”
C．when they just meet or say goodbye	D．after they haven’t met for a long time

【小题4】Which of the statements is RIGHT?

A．German people shake hands as often as possible.

B．English people shake hands as often as possible

C．German people hardly shake hands

D．Neither English people nor Germans shaking hands.

【小题5】The story is about ______.

A．shaking hands	B．languages
C．customs	D．languages and customs

Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.

Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious.

Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty—sometimes you are just thirsty, you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full.

Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You will be smarter after eating breakfast.

Eat healthy snacks like fruits, yogurt or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals This doesn’t mean that you can eat  a bag of chips instead of a meal.

Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last minute. Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest most of the food before you rest for the next 8—10 hours.

1.The writer gives us        pieces of advice on healthy eating.

A. 4                           B. 5                         C. 6                  D. 7

2.Which snack is Not mentioned in the passage?

A. Fruits          B. Yogurt            C. Chips         D. Ice cream

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Snacks are bad for our health.

B. We should keep eating until we are full.

C. Dinner is the most important meal of the day.

D. We should have dinner at least 3 hours before going to bed.

4.The underlined(画线)word “digest” means “       ” in Chinese.

A. 消化                       B. 享用                  C.储存           D. 循环

5. The passage mainly tells us        .

A. where to eat      B. how to eat      C. why to eat      D. when to eat