There are some ways to improve your English, but I think the most important thing is to make English all around you. Here’s some advice for you.
Listen to the radio in English. If there are no English radio stations where you live, listen to one on the Internet.
Watch TV and movies in English. If you have English channels on your TV, watch them. If there are no English channels, you can buy some DVDs of English movies.
Speak English to your friends. You can find a friend who is good at English and speak English with him as much as possible. You’d better find friends whose native language is English. Ask your friend to correct you when needed.
Study or travel to an English-speaking country. Of course the best way to improve your English is to live in English environments. You’ll find yourself surrounded（围绕）with the language everywhere. It can be a more difficult and expensive choice, but you may find it to be a very valuable and helpful experience.
1. How many ways are mentioned in the passage?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．buy a new radio | B．buy some DVDs | C．listen to one on the Internet | D．find a friend to talk with you |
| A．无价值的 | B．有价值的 | C．花费大的 | D．必不可少的 |
| A．You can watch English channels on your TV to improve your English. |
| B．You’d better find friends whose native language is English to talk with you. |
| C．The best way to learn English is to live in all English environments. |
| D．Study or travel to an English-speaking country is a good choice because it doesn’t cost you too much. |
| A．how to improve your English | B．the best time to listen to the radio in English |
| C．make friends with foreigners | D．the steps about how to study abroad |
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【推荐1】Homework is your teacher’s way of checking how much students understand the lessons in class. As a student, you always have too much homework, but you have to finish it. Here are some tips to make homework less work.
First, write the task down in your notebook. If you forget it, please ask the teachers again. Second, use any extra time in school to work on your homework.
Find a place at home and it doesn’t need to be very large, just big enough to put your school things on it. You’d better not do it before a computer or on your comfortable bed.
Having a 15-minute break every hour is good for you. After you finish your homework, check it over. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack. Now you’re free to play outside.
1. The underlined word “extra” means in Chinese.| A．浪费的 | B．额外的 | C．普通的 | D．日常的 |
| A．at a desk | B．on the bed | C．before a computer | D．in a big place |
| A．You’d better write down the task in your notebook. |
| B．It’s not good for you to do your homework on your bed. |
| C．You can play outside first before you finish your homework. |
| D．Homework is your teacher’s way to check how much you understand the lessons. |
【推荐2】Food for thought
It’s hard to turn down hamburgers, French fries, potato chips. And all of the other junk food that seemed to call out to us. However, eating too much junk food can harm your body, particularly if you are between the ages of 10 and 19.
“Junk food shapes adolescent（青春期的） brains in ways that impair their ability to think,learn and remember.It can also make it harder to control impulsive （冲动的）behaviors,” said Amy Reichelt. A brain and nutrition specialist at Western University, Canada. “It may even up a teen’s risk of depression（抑郁） and anxiety.”
Reichelt and two other researchers reviewed more than 100 studies, including their own, about how poor food choices can impact adolescent brains. They found adolescents are more sensitive than any other age group to processed（经过加工的） foods with a lot of fat and sugar and their brains are not yet fully formed.
Adolescent brains are still developing the ability to assess risks and control actions.The prefrontal cortex（前额皮质） is a part of brain that tells us we should not eat chips all the time and helps us resist the urge. However, this region is the last to mature—it doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s.
Meanwhile, teen brains get more buzz（兴奋） from rewards. The parts of the brain that make us feel good when we do something pleasurable—like eating tasty foods—are fully developed by the teens year.
In fact, these regions are even more sensitive when we are young. That is because dopamine（多巴胺）, a natural chemical that lifts our mood when we experience something good, is especially active in adolescent brains.
Therefore, the teen brain has two strikes against it when it comes to resisting junk food. “It has a heightened（增强的） drive for rewards and reduced self-regulation（自我调节）,” said Reichelt.
So what’s the best way to say no to junk foods? Researchers propose to exercise.When we exercise, the brain’s reward system becomes less sensitive to food cues（线索）. Exercise also triggers（触发） the body to make a protein that helps brain cells grow and boosts connections between the prefrontal cortex and other brain regions. The prefrontal cortex thus can work better to help us make wise decisions and control our impulses.
1. The word “impair” in paragraph 2 probably means ________.| A．improve | B．weaken | C．change | D．influence |
| A．we can’t resist junk food because of our eating habits |
| B．junk food can make us harder to control ourselves to eat less |
| C．eating too much junk food can cause more diseases |
| D．it’s harder to resist junk food as teens’ brains are still developing |
| A．To discuss why teams prefer the junk food. |
| B．To stress how difficultly teens resist the junk food. |
| C．To suggest that teens do more exercise to resist the junk food. |
| D．To question whether our mood could suffer from eating junk food. |
| A．Dopamine can lift our mood when we exercise. |
| B．Fat and sugar in the junk food is bad for our health. |
| C．The prefrontal cortex is fully developed by the teen years. |
| D．Having more junk food may cause depression in adolescence. |
| Bob: I often can't fall asleep at night. What should I do? Editor: You can't be excited. You can count(数) the numbers again and again until you fall asleep. | |
| Mary: I am always late for school. I try not to be, but I am still late. I am very sad. Please tell me what I should do. Editor: You are late for school. I think because you go to bed too late. You should go to bed early, and I don't think you like school. You should find ways to love school. | |
| Jack: I can't get on well with my classmates. Please tell me what I should do. Editor: I think you may be too shy, or you are too bold(冒失的). I think you should get on with your classmates as much as possible, and you should be friendly to your classmates. | |
| Jenny: My parents don't allow me to go out to play, even on weekends. They hope I stay at home and study. Editor: Tell your parents that you need to relax after studying for a long time or ask your teacher for help. |
1. What's Bob's problem?
| A．He is always late for school. |
| B．He can't fall asleep at night. |
| C．He can't get on well with his classmates. |
| D．His parents don't allow him to go out. |
| A．Bob | B．Mary | C．Jack | D．Jenny |
| A．go to school on time | B．sleep well every night |
| C．be friendly to everyone | D．have a talk with his parents |
| A．Because she must look after her sister. |
| B．Because she must help her parents. |
| C．Because she has to do housework. |
| D．Because her parents asked her to study at home. |
| A．The advice column is in a magazine. |
| B．Mary enjoys her school life very much. |
| C．All students have the same problem as Bob. |
| D．Jenny often complains about her teacher a lot. |
【推荐1】Jerald loves third grade. He has the best time each day in Mrs. Harold’s class. First they do reading each morning. Jerald loves that class. They read great stories out of their reading books. Some of them are plays and they all take turns acting out the story. They can work in their workbooks. That is fun, too. But there is one big problem (问题) in third grade. They have to multiply in math!
Jerald does not want to spend time each day studying the multiplication facts (乘法口诀). They say the multiplication facts in class. His parents call out multiplication facts at home. This is NO fun for Jerald. He just hates (讨厌) learning the multiplication facts. Then one morning Mrs. Harold comes into the classroom. She is holding a tape recorder, microphone, and a headset. She tells Jerald he is in charge of the lesson that day. Everyone is going to be recording the multiplication facts. Jerald loves this! It is just like being a star holding that microphone. He holds it out so everyone can be heard. Mrs. Harold tells Jerald to make sure he tells the class to go home and study because they will record the lesson again the next day. Jerald goes home and learns each and every fact. He wants to make sure he can answer each one the next day. Multiplication is great fun!
1. What grade is Jerald in?| A．First. | B．Second. | C．Third. | D．Fourth. |
| A．Math. | B．Science. | C．Writing. | D．Reading. |
| A．Because it is too hard. |
| B．Because it is no fun. |
| C．Because it is too easy. |
| D．Because it is too long. |
| A．Because he likes his friends. |
| B．Because he feels like a great teacher. |
| C．Because he wants to write stories about the class. |
| D．Because he feels like a star holding the microphone. |
Self-reflection (反省) Makes You a Better Learner
Do you ever feel like you are just rushing from one subject to another? When things happen so fast, maybe you can’t understand clearly what you are doing or learning.
Self-reflection means slowing down and calming yourself, including calming your mind. By calming down and going slowly, you give your brain a chance to think about what it has received.
Choose the proper time to do it. School textbooks are divided into units of study. This makes it easier to begin self-reflection.
Find a quiet place and take out your reflection diary.
Successful students always know self-reflection is important. If you have never taken the time to do self-reflection, try it now.
| A．Think about things that you are not sure of. |
| B．Self-reflection is more important than taking notes. |
| C．Look for time when you complete a unit of study. |
| D．Keep the things which you’re not sure out of your mind. |
| E．Some people prefer to do self-reflection only in their mind. |
| F．Write down some notes on the new things that you learned in the unit. |
| G．So it is important to stop yourself to think about what you have been doing or learning. |
【推荐3】In school all over the world, boys and girls are learning foreign languages. Everybody knows his own language, but another one is very useful, in especial when we travel to other countries. If we go to France, we ought to be able to speak French, and in Germany people will expect us to understand German.
How many languages are there in the world? There are about fifteen hundred, but many of them are not very important. English is one of the most important because so many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 people speak it as their own language, and another 200, 000, 000 use it as a second language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it. Many millions of schoolboys and schoolgirls are trying to do so.
Which is the best way to learn a language? We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn a second language in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a baby does. It listens to what people say and it tries to imitate what it hears. When it wants anything, it has to ask for it. It is using the language, talking in it, and thinking in it all the time. If people had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.
It is important to remember, also, that we learn our own language by hearing people speak it, not by seeing what they write. We imitate what we hear. In school, you learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak, but it is best to learn all new words through the ear. You can read them, spell them, and write them later.
1. How many languages are there in the world?| A．About 1,500. | B．About 200,000,000. |
| C．More than 400,000,000. | D．Several million. |
| A．When in Germany, you should speak German. |
| B．English is an important language in the world. |
| C．All the people around the world are learning English. |
| D．Everybody knows his own language and another one. |
| A．The baby. | B．The language. | C．What a baby wants. | D．A language learner. |
| A．By writing. | B．By listening. | C．By spelling. | D．By speaking. |
| A．How to learn a language. | B．How children learn their own languages. |
| C．It is not too difficult to learn a language. | D．Why learning a foreign language is necessary. |
Where do these websites come from? They are made by web designers (设计师). What happens when you click on a word or a picture? You are sent to another page. It’s all because of the web designer. Web designers do a lot of work by using a computer programming language. Is Web design all about computer programming? No. it’s about making something new. Web designers must imagine a lot when they are making a website. It must look good and be fun to use. A big part of Web design is art. They choose the best pictures and colors to make the website look good. They also write the things that you see on the website. An important part of their job is to share ideas with the website manager about how to design the website well.
Choose the best answer according to the passage.
1. This passage is mainly about ____.
| A．computer programming language |
| B．the web designers’ work |
| C．the website manager’s work |
| A．网站 | B．网页 | C．服务器 |
because of ____.
| A．the modem’s help |
| B．the telephone line’s help |
| C．the web designers’ work |
| A．The “www” means the “World Wide Web”. |
| B．There’re few websites on the web. |
| C．The Internet has changed people’s lives. |
| A．making the websites new and beautiful |
| B．writing things on the website |
| C．being against the manager’s ideas |
【推荐2】You might not think much about where your garbage goes. But now you might want to know. On July 1 Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy (垃圾分类政策). People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins (垃圾箱). Other cities in China will do the same soon.
Why is garbage sorting a big problem? It’s because there is too much garbage these days. It is bad for our soil (土壤), air and water. Actually we can make use of some garbage again. And first, we need to sort our garbage.
For example, if you put an old battery (电池) into the “harmful waste (有害垃圾)” bin, people can use it to make new batteries. But if you don’t, the battery will end up somewhere else. Then, it will pollute the environment (污染环境).
Can’t factories sort garbage for us? Yes, they can. But it takes many workers to do this and costs lots of money. If we all sort our own garbage, things will become much easier. Recyclable garbage includes (包含) paper, books, boxes, newspapers, and glass bottles. Harmful garbage includes lamps, batteries, nail polish (指甲油) and other things with harmful chemicals (有害化学物质). Wet garbage usually comes from the kitchen, such as food, vegetables, flowers, leaves (树叶) and eggshells (蛋壳). Dry garbage is anything you cannot put into the other three bins. It includes pens, toilet paper, tape (胶带), hair, and towels (毛巾).
1. What is the new garbage-sorting policy in Shanghai?| A．People should put garbage into dustbins. |
| B．People should put different garbage into different bins. |
| C．If you don’t sort garbage right, you will receive a notice. |
| D．People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles (塑料瓶) to bus stations. |
| A．Because we have too much garbage. |
| B．Because too much garbage is bad for our soil (土壤), air and water. |
| C．Because some people want to recycle it. |
| D．Because garbage sorting can help our home clean. |
| A．It may go with other rubbish. |
| B．It may be put in a big hole in the ground. |
| C．The poisonous materials inside batteries may get out and make the environment polluted. |
| D．All of the above. |
| A．Because they are too busy. |
| B．Because they want to have a better life. |
| C．Because garbage sorting only in factories is tiring and costly. |
| D．Because they are lazy. |
| A．Yes. | B．No. | C．I don’t know. | D．Maybe. |
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| A．It can help you make a plan. |
| B．It can help you find the place you want to go to. |
| C．It can help you buy cheaper flight tickets. |
| D．It can tell you the weather of the place you’ll visit. |
| A．Dark Sky is good at predicting weather correctly. |
| B．Users can watch videos of sights on Trip Advisor. |
| C．All the three apps are free for iOS system. |
| D．Trip Advisor can get your location when you are using it. |
| A．A traveling magazine. | B．A science book. | C．An educational magazine. | D．A textbook. |
