How can I get good grades at school? How can I finish so much homework every evening? What should I do if I’m not interested in my classes ? Who will teach us this term ? Maybe you have such questions in your mind before school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm．Don’t worry about all the question you have. Put your heart into learning，and you can find something you are interested in．Do it actively．
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly．Don’t spend a lot of time on it．Do more reading or writing in English．Think about the problems you have and solve them at once．Don’t stay up late，or you can’t study well the next day．
Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating．If you can remember the words in your way，you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again．Be sure you can pass the test．I think your teachers will agree with you．And they can give you something interesting to do．
School is really a good place for you to learn．Believe in your teachers and yourself．You are the best one and you can do everything well．
【小题1】The writer writes the passage to       

How do you remember the way to your house? Where do dreams come from? It is your brain(大脑) that does these things. A British scientist showed that “sleep can improve one’s memory.” It’s not a dream for students to study when they sleep. In fact, your brains is working day and night. If you learn words before bed, a certain part of the brain may help you to remember the words while you sleep. What’s more, another scientist in the USA found that there was a “talent button(天才按钮)” in the human brain. It might make a person more talented.

    There are more interesting things about the brain. Your brain uses less energy than a fridge light. Just two bananas can give the brain enough energy to work for a whole day. According to some scientists, yawning(打哈欠) keeps our brains “cool”, which makes us think quicker.

    Here are some pieces of advice to keep a good brain:

l  Eat healthy food.

l  Get a lot of playtime or exercise.

l  Don’t drink or smoke.

l  Use your brain a lot.

1. A British scientist found out that ________ could improve our memories.

    A. drink                B. dreams           C. sleep            D. bananas

2. According to the passage, if we want to have a good brain, we should ________.

    A. use our brains more                      B. sleep fewer hours   

C. work longer hours                        D. remember fewer things

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

    A. Our brains only work in the daytime.

    B. Our brains need much energy every day.

    C. Smoking can keep our brains healthy.

    D. Getting exercise is good for our brains.

用恰当的词语填空，完成对话。每空一词。（每小题1分，共5分）
A: Hi, Li Ping. Why do you look upset?
B: I ___【小题1】____ my English exam again. Could you give me some advice on how to learn English?
A: Sure. What’s your biggest problem ___【小题2】______ learning English?
B: I can’t remember the words.
A: Well… I always copy words on cards and put them in my pockets. When I have time, I Always take them out and _____【小题3】____ them aloud.
B: Sounds great. I will try it. By the way, I want to__【小题4】______ my listening skill.
A: I think the best way is to do lots of listening practice, such as listening to the tapes,
____【小题5】______ TV programs and seeing English movies.
B: Oh, I see. Thanks a lot.

补全短文。根据短文内容，从短文后的A～F 选项中选出适当的选项补全短文，并将选项的编号依次填入下面的表格内，其中有一项是多余的。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

How do you remember the way to your house? Where do dreams come from? _____1_____ A British scientist showed that “sleep can improve one’s memory.” _____2_________ In fact, your brain is working day and night. If you learn words before bed, a certain part of the brain may help you to remember the words while you sleep. ______3________ It might make a person more talented.

There was more interesting things about the brain. ______4_________ Just two bananas can give the brain enough energy to work for a whole day. According to some scientists, yawning(打哈欠) keeps our brains “cool”, which makes us think quicker.

_______5____________

① Eat healthy foods.

② Get a lot of playtime or exercise.

③Don’t drink or smoke.

④Use your brain a lot.

A. Our brains only work in the daytime.

B. It’s not a dream for students to study when they sleep.

C. Your brain uses less energy than a fridge light’

D. What’s more, another scientist in the USA found that there was a “talent button”in the human brain.

E. Here are some pieces of advice to keep a good brain.

F. It’s your brain that does these things.

Hip hop or rap (说唱） music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of  hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the  rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .

Rapping in class.

Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”

Whose idea was Flocabulary?

Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学）. They are now used in schools with great success .

1.Rap music started  _____ in New York city .

A．in the 1970s                           B．In a high school

C．in the 19 th century .                     D．In a music class .

2.From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _____ .

A．Write rap music .                       B．Sing a song by talking

C．Remember the words of a song .            D．help teach some school subjects.

3.The underlined word  positive  in paragraph 2 most probably means _____ 

A．bad              B．good             C．final              D．direct

4.Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _____ .

A．maths            B．science           C．history            D．literature