Listening test is one of the most     19     parts of the English exam. Here is some advice for you. Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Try to read the questions. They can help you understand     20    . Then, listen carefully. When you are listening, try to do some thinking and     21     some information. Remember not to     22     one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don’t know, don’t spend too much time on them. Very often, you will     23     what they mean later when you go on with the listening.

The Turners are Americans. They are now in Beijing. This is their     24     to China. They are going to stay in China for     25    . They want to visit some big cities and villages. They hope to learn Chinese customs and some Chinese, too. Mr. Turner is a driver. He likes driving in the countryside of China, because he and his family can enjoy the beautiful scenery there. Mrs. Turner is a teacher. Their daughter is a student. She likes     26     with some Chinese students. They take     27     of pictures in China. When they are back in America, they are going to show the pictures to their friends. They want the American people to     28     about China.

One day in class, a teacher on the platform held up an apple and said, “Please smell the smell in the air! ”

One student _______ his hand and answered, “I have smelled it. It is the smell of _______ apple.

The teacher stepped off the platform, passed by _______ of the students and said, “Please smell again _______ if the smell of the apple is still in the air!”

Half of the students raised their hands to show _______ they could smell it. The teacher returned _______ the front of the classroom and asked again if the students could smell the apple. Everyone raised _______ hands except one student. The teacher came to the student and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple?”

The student answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a _______ apple. ”

The teacher smiled at the student and said to the class, “He is right! This is not a real apple.”

All of the other students _______. They might have thought that perhaps the apple was not real, but they didn’t have the self-confidence (自信) to speak up. They just “followed the leader” and went along with the first student.

Please remember: Believe in yourself first, and then others ________ you.

I’m Keven. I was moved by a story last summer. When I went to a friend’s house as a guest, I found a wooden ____ hung on the door. It reads “Before entering, please put down your trouble. When returning, bring back your ____.”

After entering the house, I saw the wife and the husband were both harmonious （和睦的）, two children were ____ and polite and warmth filled the house.

I naturally asked them about the wooden sign. The wife ____ the husband with a smile, “You tell the story.” The husband then looked back at the wife, “You should say because it was your creativity.”

____, the wife said softly and slowly, “Once when I got home, I was ____ to see a sleepy and tired face in the elevator （电梯）mirror, with the worried eyes. So I thought when my children and husband ____ this worried face, what would they feel? If I also faced such a face, what would I feel? ____ I could imagine my children’s silence and my husbands indifference（冷淡）at the dinner table. The next day, I wrote a wooden sign and hung it on the door to remind ____.

As a result, the sign reminded myself and the whole family. ____ surprising happened in this way. Not only our family but also the guests to our house always become happy.

Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work （谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦）. ” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV programme, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? No, according to the UN World Food Programme, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well known for being hospitable （好客的）and generous（慷慨的）. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.

Fortunately, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired （开除）because she took some leftover food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and agreed that it was not right to waste food.

What should we do in our daily life to waste less food? Here are some advice:

a. Do not order （点）too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as what you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

b. Don’t be too picky（挑剔的）about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.

c. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

d. Don’t leave any food in your bowls while you finish having meals.

I started my school life at the age of six. At first the school for me—a boy, meant play, play and more play instead of sitting in the classroom and learning something. However, I changed the way I used to behave at school with the help of my teachers. I tried my best to do well in my schoolwork and follow the school rules.

Growing and learning were great fun. Every year we had different kinds of school trips. Not only could we learn many things from them, but also we were given many projects as homework. It helped us know more. At the same time, we made many good friends. In Grade 7, I won prizes in drawing and English speech competitions. When I was in Grade 8, I realized that 1 should give more attention to studying to get a better grade. That will make my parents and teachers happier.

Whenever I think of my school life, I feel very happy and I think in everybody’s school life there are many ups and downs that influence (影响) his life. School is a place where all of us learn to care and share. “School” is not just a place, but a large building made up of rules, knowledge and love. I think in everybody’s success, school plays a key role. I can describe my school in “Three Ss”. They are: Small, Sweet and Simple.

I think my school was the best and will always be the best.

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7月24日，中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅印发了《关于进一步减轻义务教育阶段学生作 业负担和校外培训负担的意见》，对提升学校育人水平，合理布置作业，减轻学生的作业负担 和课外培训负担等进行了明确的规定。

减负之后，学生的作业质量上升，数量减少，课余时间相应增加，相对于忙碌的校园生活，减负之后，同学们有了更多课余时间，课余生活更加丰富多彩。请你根据下面提示，以How To Make Our Spare Time More Meaningful?为题，就“如何让课余生活更有意义？”发表意见，用 英语写一篇短文。

How to Make Our Spare Time More Meaningful?

Nowadays, we students have much more spare time than ever before, but how to make our spare time more meaningful?