Are you good at　　　　　 popular songs?

A. sing B. singing C. to sing D. sing

Are you good at       popular songs?

A. sing         B. singing       C. to sing       D. sing

Are you angry when your classmates sing loudly while you are trying to study or your best friend does not wait for you after school ?

If your answer is “Yes”, you need to learn how to control your feelings . Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends .

Gary Egeberg , an American high school teacher , has written My Feelings Are like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings . It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen . The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse . It can never make them better .

“Getting angry is not a natural way to act ,” the book says . It is just a bad habit , like smoking .

The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry .

The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily . Here are the top three:

※Keep a record . Every time you get angry , write down why you are angry . Look at it later when you are calm and you will see you get angry too easily .

※Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry . This will teach you not to be angry .

※Do something different . When you get angry , walk away from the problem and go somewhere else . Try to laugh .

6. If you often get angry , _________________ .

A. you will do worse in your study　　　 B. you will have fewer friends

C. smoking can be a good help　　　　 D. nobody will wait for you after school

7. Gary Egeberg is someone who ___________ .

A. knows how to control your feeling　　 B. gets angry easily with his students

C. likes to keeping wild animals　　　　 D. teaches in a secondary school

8. According to Gary’s book , you can control your anger by _________ .

A. never talking with friends　　 B. singing loudly to calm down

C. staying away from others　　 D. reminding yourself not to get angry

9. From the first tip we can draw the conclusion(得出结论) that __________ .

A. Writing helps to control one’s feelings B. one’s anger is built upon one’s experience

C. people think better when they are calm　 D. a good habit helps to take away a bad one

10. From this passage we know that ___________ .

A. there are more than three tips in Gary’s book　

B. Gary never gets angry in his life

C. getting angry easily can’t be changed easily　　

D. school kids often get angry with each other

Good morning! I      Jim from Australia. Do you know Ayers Rock(艾尔斯巨石)? The rock is      ! I love this color very much.

Now I live      China. My father is in       ,too. My family loves China very much. I think China is a very      place. And I love      dumplings for dinner. I am 14 years old and my      is in November. My parents have      children. I have a brother and      name is Paul. Sarah is my      .She is an 11-year-old girl. I      e-mails in the evening. I like 3D movies,      I often go to the cinema on Saturday.

I play basketball at school      my friends. My telephone number is 685-3539. Please          me. Let’s      good friends!

1.A. is                     B. am                            C. are                             D. an

2.A. big                  B. red                             C. nice                           D. new

3.A. with          B.in                               C. on                              D. under

4.A. China          B. Australia                           C. England                     D. Canada

5.A. well          B. boring                      C. nice                           D. fun

6.A. seeing                           B. doing                             C. eating               D. reading

7.A. house                  B. friend                       C. family               D. birthday

8.A. one                     B. two                                   C. three                         D. four

9.A. her              B. his                                C. your                           D. my

10.A. sister                 B. brother                    C. mother                      D. father

11.A. play          B. sing                                    C. have                          D. write

12.A. so                B. but                             C. if                       D. because

13.A. to                  B. for                              C. with                           D. from

14.A. tell                B. call                             C. help                           D. know

15.A. play B. be                C. go                             D. have

Everyone is good at something, but some people are truly1.___________(talent). It’s always interesting to watch other people show2.__________ (they) talents. Talent shows are 3.___________ (get) more and more popular. All these shows try to look for the best singers, the most 4._________ (excited) magicians, the funniest singers and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best or sing the most5.__________ (beautiful)? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually paly a role in6.__________ (decide) the 7._________ (win). However, not everybody enjoys8._______ (watch) these shows. Some think that the lives of the perforners are 9._______(make) up. For example, some people say they are poor farmers, but in fact they are just actors. However, if you don’t take these shows too10._________ (serious), they are fun to watch. And one great thing about them is that they give people a way to make their dreams come true.