When you are in trouble，whom will you tell the problems to and ask for help? Someone has made a survey in a middle school．500 students were asked to choose one answer among friends or classmates，parents，head teacher and teachers．Here is the result．Please read the chart and try to get some information．
【小题1】Most of the students would like to talk about their problems with _________．

A．friends or classmates

B．parents

C．head teacher

D．teachers

【小题2】Less than a quarter of the students chose parents, the most possible reason
is             

A．parents don’t love their children

B．children don’t trust their parents

C．parents aren’t able to give good advice

D．sometimes parents and children can’t understand each other

【小题3】According to the fact that only 9％of the students wanted to communicate with their head teacher or teachers，what is the best suggestion?

A．The students should work harder．

B．The students should listen to the teachers more carefully．

C．The teachers should be more strict with the students．

D．The teachers should pay more attention to the students’ feelings．

Imagine you are on vacation,Talk about what did you do on vacation.

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It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Get out of house and do things that will put you in touch with other people. It’s easier to make friends when you have similar interests.

Don’t be afraid to show people what you’re really good at. Talk about things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.

Look at people in the eyes when you talk to them. That way , they’ll find it easier to talk to you.

Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about ”me ,me, me”

Try to make friends with the kinds of people you really like, respect(尊敬）and admire（羡慕），not just with those who we are easy to meet. Be friends with a  lot of people .That way ,you ‘ll have a bigger group of people to choose and have more chances for making friends.

1.How can we have more friends?

A．Get in touch with other people.

B．Stay at home

C．Only surf the Internet.

D．Often make telephone calls to others.

2.When you talk to people ,you should look__________.

A．In front of him                          B．right ,left or at the floor

C．the sky                               D．at the people in the eyes

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Cindy always talks about herself when she talks to other people.

B．It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home all the time.

C．Don’t be afraid to show people what you’re really good at.

D．Please look at people in the eyes when you talk to them.

4.If you want to have more chances for making friends, you should ________.

A．try to make friends with the kinds of people you really like, respect and admire.

B．Don’t just make friends with the people who are easy to meet.

C．Be friendly with a lot of people

D．All above.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Tell us not to study at home all the time.

B．Tell us only to make friends with people you like.

C．It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home.

D．Tell us how we can make more friends

 

You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now，850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it.

The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time，about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger，there’s more pressure to feed more people，plus there’s less land and water to go round.

Another reason is climate（气候）change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.

The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis（危机） though.Farmers in rich countries like the US，Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.

World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.

1.The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A．there are more and more people in the world.

B．American farmers are getting richer and richer.

C．many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food.

D．climate change makes it harder to grow food.

2.Who lose the most because of the food crisis?

A．Farmers in rich countries.

B．Farmers in developed countries.

C．Poor people in cities in poor countries.

D．Poor people in cities in developed countries.

3.What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada?

A．They can get a lot of money from the government.

B．They have to save a lot of money.

C．They can make more money from the high price.

D．They are losing a lot of money.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A．Why is the Price of Food Going Up？

B．How Many People are Short of Food?

C．What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis?

D．Who Can Benefit（受益） from the Food Crisis?

 

The nose is important for everyone. It can help a person breathe and smell. In fact,it can also be used in many popular expressions.

      Some people can lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she can ask him to do whatever she wants him to do.

      Some people are said to be hard--nosed. They will not change their opinions of anything.

      If some people keep their noses out of other people’s business, they do not interfere

(     ) in anything that has nothing to do with them. The opposite kind of people are those who nose around all the time. They are interested in other people’s personal life.

      If someone works hard, he can keep his nose clean or stay out of trouble. How ever, more problems will be caused if a person looks down his nose at others or some things. He thinks they are unimportant. This kind of person might also turn up his nose at anything that he doesn’t consider good enough. He thinks he is better than anyone else.

      At school, some students thumb their noses at their teacher. They refuse to follow what their teacher says or do any work. Of course, it is not right for students to do like this.

    根据材料内容，从下面方框中选出恰当的短语完成下面五个小题，使句子通顺、意思完整。每个短语限用一次。

A. be hard—nosed     B. nose around     C. keep his nose clean             D. turns up his nose     E. thumb their noses

1. I don’t want to make friends with David because he always       

2. Maggie likes to talk about others and      

3.My brother used to        , but now he can listen to others’ advice.

4. Bob and Andy usually        at their parents.

5.Michael works hard all the time, so he can