Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude （态度）.A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions:

·Speak loud   When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The .high voice can help you become more confident.

·Play sports   Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. [83] A strong body helps you be full of confidence.

·Encourage yourself  Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you've done.

·Get rid of （消除） fear  Fear comes along with failure （失败）. But it's easy to overcome （克服） if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

·Pick up a hobby   If you like singing, sing as much as you can. [84] In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.

A．根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．How many suggestions can help you to be more confident?

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2．How Call you encourage yourself?

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B．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

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C．请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

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Nowadays it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no 1  in sports? It may not be the fact. They often say they have   2 more important things to do.

What are these important things? Examinations! They have to get themselves ready for the most important School Certificates of Education Examination（毕业会考），and also to deal with the tests and the exams in school. So many of them become bookworms.

In the summer holidays after the Examination they could do   3  they like, but at the moment, they have to   4  all their time to the preparation. So studies have prevented them from going in sports.

Because of the pressure（压力）   5  their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. Many parents  6 their children to pass this examination in order to get a stepping stone for higher studies or better jobs. As for the  7    themselves, they want to get good results so that they can get their studies better. So it is necessary that they give up their school activities, especially sports.

Indeed, every school cannot go   8  physical training, for a quick mind seldom goes along with a weak body. It is well said, "All work and no play   9  Jack a dull（迟钝的）boy." In one word, without a strong body, you can never do anything better, let alone a great success in  10  .

1.                A．lesson          B．time           C．interest   D．place

2.                A．very           B．other          C．few  D．much

3.                A．something      B．which          C．anything  D．nothing

4.                A．spend          B．take           C．cost D．give

5.                A．from           B．of             C．in   D．to

6.                A．force          B．want           C．make D．let

7.                A．students        B．teachers        C．parents   D．examinations

8.                A．for            B．after           C．with D．without

9.                A．turns          B．makes          C．gets D．brings

10.               A．sports          B．exams          C．training   D．life

We live in a noisy world. Young and old alike are troubled by sounds over which we may have little or no control: car and house alarms, motorcycles, loudspeakers, even movie previews.

We attend rock concerts, weddings, parties and sports events at which the music is so loud that you can hardly hear the person sitting next to you. At home, televisions, stereos and computer games are often turned up so loud that listeners cannot hear a doorbell or a telephone.

As if environmental noise were not enough, now we surround children with noisy toys and personal listening devices that can permanently damage their hearing. A series of studies conducted in 2002 indicated that even moderate (缓和的) background noise can interfere with how they learn language. In fact, children in classrooms on the noisy side of a school had lower reading scores than those whose classes were on the quiet side.

Noise-induced (噪音诱发的) hearing loss can come about in two ways: from a brief exposure to a very loud noise or from consistent exposure to moderate-level noise. Thus, there is much concern about the lasting effects of MP3 players that are turned up loud enough to block out surrounding sound, like street noise. An MP3 player at maximum volume produces about 105 decibels（分贝）— 100 times as severe as 85 decibels, where hearing damage begins.

So, before buying noise-making toys, parents would do well to listen to how loud they are. If the item comes with a volume control, monitor its use to make sure it is kept near the lowest level. Consider returning gifts that make loud noises, or disable the noise-making function. Children who play computer games and stereo equipment should be warned to keep the volume down. Most iPads have a control that allows parents to set a maximum volume.

Avoid taking children to loud action movies. If you do go and the sound seems deafening, ask the management to turn down the volume or insist on your money back.

The League for the Hard of Hearing urges parents to encourage participation in quiet activities, like reading, doing puzzles, making things with construction toys, playing educational computer games, drawing and painting, and visiting libraries and museums.

句型转换（20分）
【小题1】Mike will finish his homeworkin three hours.（对划线部分提问）
             Will Mike finish his homework?
【小题2】why dont you use my car?（（改为同义句）
             use my car?
【小题3】He no more cried.（改为同义句）
He         cry       .
【小题4】They have planted thoudands of trees around the lake.（改为被动语态）
thoudands of trees                    around the lake by them.
【小题5】I hope that you can                     some information about vacation.(翻译：我希望你们能够给我提供一些有关度假的信息)
【小题6】we would like to be away for about three weeks.(对划线部分提问)
              would you like to be away?
【小题7】The shirt is very expensive, I bought it yesterday.(两句合为一句)
The shirt________ I bought yesterday is very expensive.
【小题8】They can hardly do the things they like. (改为反意疑问句)
They can hardly do the things they like               ？
【小题9】You can borrow two books at a time.（改为被动句）
Two books _________ _________ _________ at a time.

阅读短文, 根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到原文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。（每小题2分）

Americans think much about time.   1.  As children，they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything.   2.   When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.

Time is money. Time is knowledge. 3.  A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. 4.   In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.

　 5.  But sometimes they also hate time, because they become servant (佣人) of the clock.

A. Time is important to everyone.

B. Time is everything in America.

C. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily.

D. From childhood they learn to value (珍视) time.

E. To be worse, They have no time for their families on weekdays.

F. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual.

G. They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things.