1 . Sometimes, you are not good at some of your subjects.     1     You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if you want to. Here’s how:

Plan your time carefully. When you plan your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc., then decide a good, regular time for studying.     2     A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.

Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

Make good use of your time in class.     3     Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teachers say.

Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material.     4     If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It helps you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.

    5     You will probably discover them after you have tried these.

A．Maybe you are an average student.

B．This will help you understand the next class.

C．Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.

D．No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.

E．There are other methods that might help you with your studying.

F．Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say.

G．Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teachers say in class.

2 . 短文改错 (共10小题；假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

I first met Li Ming at a friend birthday party in five years ago. Then I invited Li Ming in my place. We listen to my CDs together and soon became best friends. Three years ago, Li Ming’s parents invited I to spend two wonderful week in Qingdao with them during the summer holiday. Li Ming and I loved walking along the beautifully beaches there. Last year I was ill but had to stay in hospital for a week. Li Ming came see me every day. Then his father changed jobs and they moved to another city. Since then we haven’t see each other much. But we’ve kept writing to each other.

3 . When I was a little child, my favorite musical __ is piano, but when I started my middle school, Iwas forced to give up __ I could concentrate more on my studies.

It’s one of my biggest __ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would __       .However, I didn’t keep my promise because I was __ with my study. __ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been __ that I never returned I haven’t taken lessons since then but to be honest. I __ to. Sitting at the piano，I couldn’t help recalling many __ - times of my practicing at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher __ me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so __ that I could hardly say anything. But her __ helped me ease my shame. These memories, __, good or bad, never caused my __ for playing the piano again.

This thought then led me to think that __ is like music, and that we all try to play different __ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高）is ___ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own __ style of music. No matter what style our music is，it is __ that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn’t __ that I’ve stopped making music.

1.

A．stage

B．performance

C．room

D．instrument

2.

A．so that

B．in that

C．now that

D．except that

3.

A．successes

B．decisions

C．regrets

D．hobbies

4.

A．play

B．return

C．leave

D．graduate

5.

A．angry

B．occupied

C．satisfied

D．patient

6.

A．Actually

B．Constantly

C．Gradually

D．Suddenly

7.

A．astonished

B．disappointed

C．glad

D．amazed

8.

A．liked

B．needed

C．decided

D．wanted

9.

A．dreams

B．expressions

C．words

D．memories

10.

A．hurt

B．instructed

C．punished

D．respected

11.

A．frightened

B．moved

C．embarrassed

D．excited

12.

A．comfort

B．satisfaction

C．happiness

D．sigh

13.

A．however

B．meanwhile

C．therefore

D．instead

14.

A．hope

B．courage

C．feeling

D．effort

15.

A．attitude

B．learning

C．life

D．enjoyment

16.

A．roles

B．sports

C．cards

D．games

17.

A．surprising

B．wonderful

C．hard

D．complex

18.

A．common

B．boring

C．unique

D．similar

19.

A．necessary

B．strange

C．possible

D．important

20.

A．matter

B．appear

C．report

D．mean

4 . There was a doctor in our city who was famous for his skills. Once he received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.

The child’s mother was very much thankful to the doctor, and she visited him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?”

“Fifty pounds”, he answered.

The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.

1. The lady was thankful to the doctor because ________.

A．he had saved her life	B．he often called on her
C．he had given her some money	D．he had saved her son’s life

2. The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought ______.

A．the purse should be given between friends

B．the purse was too small

C．the lady was not kind to him

D．the lady didn’t gave him money but the purse

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The lady didn’t pay the doctor any money.

B．The lady was means.

C．The lady had planned to give the doctor 200 pounds.

D．The lady was angry with the doctor.