1 . Two months ago, I asked a group of kids in a school, “Why do we have to study math or other subjects? Your parents also studied these things, but are they using them?” They must be surprised when they are asked this question.

Take this as an example. When you go to a gym, you do some exercise. Maybe you lift weights or do something else. Why do you do that? The reason why you do exercise is to build your strength and improve your health.

Similarly, the reason why you study math or any other subject is that helps develop logical thinking (逻辑思维), and helps you make sense of the world. By studying, you are able to build mental models (心智模型) about the world, so that you can deal with situations more smartly than a monkey would be.

Learning to your mind is like exercising to your body. If you want to keep healthy and make your body strong, you should do exercise often. So if you want to improve your intelligence (智力), you should try your best to study hard on every subject. Besides, something that you are studying may seem useless now. But when you need to use it some day, you will regret if you cannot use it because you don’t study it well now.

That is my answer to this question. Kids should be encouraged to ask more about these questions and learn math and other subjects well so that they will become good at thinking.

1. Whom does the writer take as an example when asking students why they study math?
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2. Why do you take exercise?
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3. What can you get by studying according to Paragraph 3?
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4. Do you think it is useful to learn rnath? Why or why not? Write 30 words or more.
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2 . ①At school, students usually learn many subjects in the classroom like English, math and so on. Now there is a new one in some schools—school gardening (园艺). It is an outdoor (户外) subject. In the gardening class, teachers teach students different kinds of vegetables and how to grow (种) them. Then students work in groups.

②________ Why? Because they can have much fun in this class. They don’t have to sit at their desks in the classroom all day. They can get out, get their hands dirty, do things with their own (自己的) hands and relax.

③It’s also fun to get something to eat and see. In some schools, students like to grow carrots and tomatoes. It’s always interesting for them to get a carrot or a tomato, wash it and eat it right in the garden. In some schools, students like to grow flowers (花). When it’s spring, all the flowers come out and they’re really beautiful. Students like to walk and talk in the beauty. That’s their favorite thing to do after busy hours of work.

④Only fun from the classes? Of course not. Students can learn something, too. Keeping a school garden is difficult and all the students in the group need to come and help. This teaches students teamwork. Also, some vegetables are easy to grow, but others need a long time. This teaches students they need to wait (等待) before they get the things they want.

⑤There may (可能) be many other good things about school gardening. But one thing is for sure—students really love having outdoor classes.

1. The underlined word “one” in Paragraph 1 refers to (代指) “________”.

A．school

B．subject

C．student

D．classroom

2. Which of the following can be put ________?

A．The students really love this subject.

B．The students don’t love this subject.

C．This subject is very boring.

D．This subject takes students much time.

3. After reading the passage, we can infer (推断) that ________.

A．the students have fun in the gardening classes

B．all the vegetables need a long time to grow

C．students may ask schools to have more outdoor subjects

D．the garden in the school is very big and beautiful

4. The structure (结构) of this passage may be ________.

A．

B．

C．

D．

3 .

be     learn     three     December   we     can     drive     important   game     always

Does your school have an English Week? In our school, the English Week is very     1     to the students and teachers. It is usually in     2    , before the New Year’s Day. We     3     have an English party, and we sing and dance. We     4     also play different kinds of English games at the party. This year, we will have the     5     English Week. It’s wonderful. Friends sit together and celebrate (庆祝) the English Week.

On that day, my friends and I go to many classrooms to play different     6    . One of the games is “Drive, stop and answer.” It    7     my favorite English game. It’s interesting to     8     the “car”. At the same time (与此同时), you must answer the questions when the “car” stops. Many of     9     like the game very much.

We have a good time on that day, and we also     10     much about English. We like the English Week very much.

5 . 假如你是假如你是七年级 (10) 班杨娟，请以My School Life为题写一篇80个词左右的短文。

内容:
1. 自我介绍 (姓名，年龄，班级与师生关系)；
2. 学习科目情况，喜欢什么学科，为什么喜欢，不喜欢什么学科，为什么不喜欢；
3. 课外活动情况。
提示词语 (可能用到)：interesting, subject, math, ball games, outdoor activities
要求: 内容贴切，句意通顺，单词拼写正确，书写工整。可以适当发挥。

My School Life

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6 . Hello, everyone! I’m Chen Kang. I _______ from China. Now I’m studying in a middle school in New York. The _______ is great. I like it very much.

I’m studying a new _______ , science. It is my favorite _______ it’s very interesting. And I’m also _______ how to use the Internet. Now I can use it very well and I can _______ e-mails and send (发送) them to people. I’m making lots of new friends here. They are very _______. I usually do sports with them on the weekend. Sometimes _______ stay in the sports hall to play ping-pong _______ sometimes we go out to play soccer. I’m enjoying (喜爱) my life here a lot.

How about your school? Can you tell me _______ you’re doing in your school?

1.

A．go

B．come

C．talk

D．tell

2.

A．trip

B．host

C．school

D．dream

3.

A．subject

B．rule

C．dance

D．sport

4.

A．or

B．because

C．but

D．before

5.

A．teaching

B．saying

C．learning

D．asking

6.

A．bring

B．read

C．remember

D．write

7.

A．terrible

B．friendly

C．sorry

D．bad

8.

A．we

B．they

C．I

D．he

9.

A．to

B．of

C．so

D．and

10.

A．when

B．who

C．what

D．why

8 .

Professor Qiu Chengtong is a famous mathematician. He is also the dean (院长) of Qiuzhen College (求真学院) at Tsinghua University and Fields Medal (菲尔兹奖) winner. Recently, a newspaper office called Teens interviewed Professor Qiu about what math can bring us.

Teens: Good afternoon, Professor Qiu. Welcome to our office. Math knowledge can be centuries old, while fields like computer science change quickly. What do you think about this?

Qiu: Math gives a truth that lasts forever —a basic truth. Prime numbers (质数), for example, were thought of 2,000 years ago, but we still use them in computer science today. People are still exploring its power.

Teens: The S. -T. Yau High School Science Award (丘成桐中学科学奖) is the top math programme in China. What does it encourage students to be?

Qiu: The award, started 16 years ago, encourages students to be curious about research and work with their teachers. There are different areas to choose from, like math, biology and so on. This kind of training can help them to become researchers.

Teens: What does Qiuzhen College pay attention to in student training?

Qiu: It pays attention to whether students can work through hard times. Research is difficult. If students can’t stand failures and keep trying, they’ll fail. Patience is so important.

Teens: In today’s world, math seems important. How should someone not good at math deal with this? Do you have any book recommendations?

Qiu: Every student has a different characteristic and personality, so it’s best that they ask their teachers. There are many interesting math books for all ages worldwide. Read biographies (传记) of mathematicians and scientists to see how they worked hard and succeeded. This way, they’ll find math is not scary —it’s fun. Many successful mathematicians were not good at it in the beginning.

1. Where was the interview held?

A．In Teens’ office.	B．In Tsinghua University
C．In a teenager’s home.	D．In S. -T. Yau High School

2. When did the S. -T. Yau High School Science Award start?

A．In 2000.

B．In 2008.

C．In 2014.

D．In 2018.

3. What does Qiuzhen College pay attention to in student training?

A．Whether students are clever.

B．Whether students can work with teachers.

C．Whether students can work through hard times.

D．Whether students can explore the power of math.

4. Why does Professor Qiu recommend to read biographies of mathematicians and scientists?   
① To see how they worked hard.          ② To see how they succeeded.
③ To see how clever they were.            ④ To find math is fun.

A．①③

B．①②③

C．①②④

D．①②③④

5. According to Professor Qiu’s words, which of the following sentences is True?

A．Math can not be used in computer science today.

B．There is no need to explore the power of Math now.

C．All successful mathematicians were good at math in the beginning.

D．People of all ages can find many interesting math books worldwide.