Stand in front of a mirror and look at it. Who’s that there? How much do you really know about the person in it? It’s not an easy job to know ourselves. To help students do this important task, schools across China are providing more classes and activities on self-knowledge.
Liu Yue, a teacher from Chengdu Yucai Middle School, has recently given her students a useful tool. “It’s called the Johari Window, developed by two US psychologists(心理学家),” said Liu. “It has four areas about one’s self, open area(that everyone knows about), hidden areal(that only you know), blind spot(that everyone knows except you) and unknown area(that nobody knows). Using this tool, students did a good job seeing themselves through a new lens(透镜).”
“I’m most interested in my blind spot.” said eighth-grader Yang Manfei. “So I did a survey with my friends.” The results showed that Yang easily gets anxious and impatient because of procrastination(拖延). “That’s a bad habit I’ve never realized!” Yang said.
“I find the unknown area most amazing” said Sun Bovin. “It means everyone has lots of potential!” When Sun entered middle school, he was not good at math. “But I set a goal and did lots of math exercises. Now I’m much better at math. The unknown part of my math ability is getting clearer!” Sun said.
When it came to the hidden area, most students kept silent. “I’m scared to show my secrets deep down.” said Li Yixuan. “Then one classmate stood up and said his favorite cartoon is Tom and Jerry. I thought: Am I brave enough to show my childish hobby? Perhaps not. I want my classmates to see me as a mature(成熟的) person, not a silly kid. But then I realized that I don’t find that classmate silly. I think he has the courage to be himself.”
“Show yourself and make yourself better—that’s the best lesson I learned,” Li said.
1. The writer leads into the topic by _________.| A．telling stories | B．asking questions | C．listing numbers | D．giving examples |
| A．open area | B．unknown area | C．hidden area | D．blind spot |
| A．progress | B．hope | C．possibility | D．success |
| A．Fun Class | B．Magic World | C．School Time | D．Know Yourself |
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【推荐1】If you have only one yuan, could you live in a city for one day? It seems this may be a little difficult.
On April 10th, more than 60 students from a middle school took part in the activity called One Yuan Metropolis Survival (城市生存).
To make money, many students looked for part-time jobs and saw how hard life was. Zhang Qiyue,14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one.
Some made use of their talents by singing and dancing in parks or shopping centers. Zhao Jiacheng, 14, drew pictures in the park and made some money.
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| A．“This showed it’s important to learn a special skill.” he said. |
| B．But some students from Xi’an did it. |
| C．Living was hard, and finishing the tasks wasn’t easier either. |
| D．After being a waiter (服务员) for an hour, he got 25 yuan. |
| E．Students not only have to live, but also have to finish a lot of hard tasks (任务) in this activity. |
Do you have any online classes? It is possible to take classes at home. All you need is a computer and a headset.
However, most students don’t seem to like online classes. Recently, over 1,500 students from 10 cities took a survey. According to the survey, only 33 percent of the students would take such classes.
Many students said it was hard to put their hearts into studying while taking online classes. This was true for Lian Ruohan, 15, at the Affiliated High School of Peking University. “There are no classmates, no real teachers watching me. I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to. It’s harder to always stay focused,” she said.
Lian prepares a lot before taking her classes to make sure she will pay attention. She also pushes herself to communicate with teachers. Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.
But Wen Jiayi, 14, at Chengdu No 7 High School, thinks online interaction（互动）isn’t enough. “The online teachers don’t really get to know me. When I don’t hand in homework, all I get is a short message instead of real concern, ”she said.
However, online classes still have other advantages. “It saves time and money compared to taking offline classes. Also, if I don’t understand some parts of a lesson, I can watch it over again,” Lian said.
1. How many students would take online classes according to the survey?| A．About 400. | B．About 500. | C．About 600. | D．About 700. |
| A．困倦的 | B．专注的 | C．安全的. | D．厌烦的 |
| A．There are both advantages and disadvantages. |
| B．The advantages are more than disadvantages. |
| C．She can learn more through online classes. |
| D．Online classes cost more. |
| A．She can’t follow the teachers. | B．The teachers can’t answer her problems. |
| C．The teachers online care her less. | D．She can’t finish her homework in time. |
| A．the interaction between class and teachers online |
| B．a survey about online classes |
| C．the future development of online classes |
| D．how to take online classes |
【推荐3】If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can’t earn（赚） your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.
Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting（织） dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors, and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different magazines!
Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology（技术） and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it. However, when you make your own money, you don’t have to depend on someone else. The five dollars that you earn will probably make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.
1. Kids can have fulltime jobs at the age of ________ in the USA.| A．17 | B．14 | C．13 |
| A．after school | B．during summer | C．on weekdays |
| A．cleaning up other people’s yards |
| B．drawing pictures for others |
| C．writing articles for different magazines |
| A．You are learning how to succeed by working in your teens. |
| B．Kids don’t need to get along with others when making money. |
| C．Asking for money from others is better than earning one’s money. |
| A．parents won’t let their children earn their own money |
| B．it’s hard for kids under 14 years old to earn money in the USA |
| C．kids can learn skills if they try to earn money on their own |
【推荐1】When Sunday is over,the boring office may be the last place you think of,but the Apple Park in Cupertino,California may give you a different feeling.
Apple Park is like a huge landed UFO,which covers an area of 708,000 square metres.The round four-storey main building has hundreds of rooms.It covers an area of up to 260,000 square metres.The outer walls are made up of huge pieces of glass. Many of them can be opened like the windows in your home,and the whole building can“breathe”like a human being.With this special ventilated system,it only needs to use air conditioners for three months of the year.There are 75,000 square metres of solar arrays on the roof of the building.They provide electricity for the whole Park.The Apple Park building is a bright,comfortable and convenient place for all the 12,000 Apple people to work inside.
Apple Park is not only a fantastic working place.There is a huge dining hall for all the Apple people to have meals together at once.There is a four-storey cafe,a sports center and a 1,000 seat theatre to offer relaxing services.There are 2,000 bicycle parking spaces,so people can ride their bikes to work.The company also provides 1,000 bikes for Apple people to get around all over Apple Park.In the middle of the round building is a huge park.Over 9,000 trees including many fruit trees are planted to make it a mini forest.It’s an ideal place to make Apple people feel better and more energetic.
Apple Park is a gift for all the Apple people.
根据短文内容,判断句子正(T)、误(F)。
1. Apple Park covers an area of 260,000 square metres.
2. The outer walls of the main building are made of woods.
3. Apple Park can “breathe” for three months of the year.
4. Apple Park gets electricity from its solar arrays.
5. Apple Park offers many services to make itself a better gift to Apple people.
【推荐2】Have you ever read Pippi Longstocking? It’s a children’s book by the writer Astrid Lindgren. It is loved by children all over the world.
Pippi Longstocking first came to life in 1941 when Ms. Lindgren’s daughter was ill in bed for a long time. One day, she asked her mother to tell her a story and thought of the name herself. The stories Ms. Lindgren made up were about a wild but good-hearted young girl. The girl lived by herself in an old house with her monkey and her horse. She always surprised her friends with her crazy ideas.
But Ms. Lindgren began to write down the stories three years later. When she finished, she sent the book to a well-known publisher (出版商), but it was turned down. Ms. Lindgren didn’t give up and kept working on the book.
When Pippi Longstocking came out in 1945, it became a hit with young readers. They laughed at Pippi’s jokes and admired (钦佩) her bravery. Who wouldn’t love a girl brave enough to save children in a burning (着火的) building? However, parents didn’t like the book. They thought Pippi set a bad example: she didn’t go to school and only followed the rules she wanted to follow. But over time, Pippi’s good heart won over readers of all ages. Pippi also helped change people’s ideas about what girls could do. She was one of the first characters in a children’s book to show a girl as a strong and brave person who didn’t need the help of boys.
1. What do we know about the young girl in Ms. Lindgren’s stories?| A．She lived with her parents. |
| B．She had a monkey and a horse. |
| C．She didn’t have many friends. |
| D．Her neighbors didn’t like her. |
| A．In 1941. | B．In 1942. | C．In 1944. | D．In 1945. |
| A．special | B．lucky | C．important | D．popular |
| A．Why Ms. Lindgren wrote the book. |
| B．How long Ms. Lindgren spent writing the book. |
| C．Why people of all ages love the book. |
| D．How the book changed people’s ideas about girls. |
【推荐3】People are busy working every day, so they do not have enough time to do exercise. As a result (结果), many people become too fat. To keep our bodies healthy, we have to do exercise every day.
There are many kinds of exercise. Bending (弯腰) and stretching (伸展) help us move easily. Before we play ball games or swim, it is better for us to do bending and stretching first. This kind of exercise is sometimes called “warm-up exercise”. Running is also good exercise. If we cannot run fast, we can jog. Jogging means running slowly. Before we run or jog, we must do warm-up exercises. And we should not run or jog in busy streets. The air there is often dirty. Some people like weight lifting (举重) because it can make their bodies strong. We also need to do some warm-up exercises before weight lifting.
1. ________ makes many people too fat.| A．Eating or drinking every day | B．Having no time to do exercise |
| C．Doing more exercise | D．Reading at home |
| A．run | B．jog | C．work | D．Both A and B |
| A．Playing ball games | B．Swimming |
| C．Bending and stretching | D．Weight lifting |
| A．Because it can make them work well. |
| B．Because it can make them thin. |
| C．Because it can make their bodies strong. |
| D．Because they don’t like other exercise. |
| A．Jogging means running quickly. |
| B．Busy streets are not good places for running. |
| C．Weight lifting can help us move easily. |
| D．We shouldn’t do warm-up exercises before swimming. |
