1 . How to Adjust (适应) to a New School
School is a place where a child learns to succeed.
Getting to Know the School
Before you start the school, go with your parents to visit the school.
Preparing for the First Day
Leave early for school. Make sure you set aside enough time in the morning to get to school.
Making Friends
Take part in activities. Sign up for (报名参加) activities like sports or chess. This will get you into small groups with people who have the same interests as yours.
| A．Find out where your classroom is, as well as other important places. |
| B．Start your first day of school with a good night’s sleep. |
| C．Learning the rules of the school will help you adjust to it and will keep you out of trouble. |
| D．But adjusting to a new school can be difficult. |
| E．You don’t want to rush into your classroom after the bell rings. |
| F．This will also give you a chance to show your skills at a sport or other activities. |
| G．Go shopping for your supplies (日用品) and make sure you have them all ready to take to school. |
2 . Eyes can speak
Much meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.
The same is true in our daily life. If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you.
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive.
However, when two people are engaged in a conversation, the speaker will only look into the listener’s eyes from time to time to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking.
Actually, eye contact should be made based on specific relationships and situations.
| A．That’s what normal eye contact is all about. |
| B．But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex |
| C．Therefore, continuous eye contact is limited to lovers only. |
| D．On the contrary, it will give him away. |
| E．After all, nobody likes to be stared at for quite a long time. |
| F．Do you have such kind of experience? |
| G．If nothing goes wrong, you will feel annoyed at being stared at that way. |
3 .
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can spend a lot of time making them.
So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!
| A．That’s easy. |
| B．Enjoy your own club! |
| C．Invite a designer to join you. |
| D．What are you interested in? |
| E．Summer vacation is just coming. |
| F．Then you need to pick a name for your club. |
| G．Use a bright thick pen to make a special design. |
4 . Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.
Body image is a person's opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance.
Recognize your strengths.
Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non－sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting.
Exercise regularly.
Exercise can help you look well and feel good about yourself. Good physiques(体形) don't just happen.
Respect your body.
Practising good habits－regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on－can help you build a positive body image.
Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit(智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.
| A．Be yourself. |
| B．Just explore talents that you feel good about. |
| C．So, what can you do to develop a positive body image? |
| D．Use this as an opportunity to discover what you're good at. |
| E．The good news is that self－image and body image can be changed. |
| F．They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet. |
| G．Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look. |
5 . In Italy, summertime is a time to enjoy fantastic food with family and friends. Interestingly, these are also some of the ways in which Italians keep fit.
Buy Fresh and Wholemeal Food
Tru Italian cooking is made using local and wholemeal foods. This approach is truly a key to staying slim and fit.
Enjoy Each Meal
In Italy, every meal is to be enjoyed Take the time this season to treat everything you eat as an experience, not just energy or fuel for your busy life. As a source of pleasure, you will find that eating your Italian meals slower won’t result in eating too much.
Eat the Pasta(意大利面)
Have meals with Family and Friends
As you consider your meals, think like an Italian and plan on having a sit-down, at-a-table meal with your family or friends.
| A．This summer, avoid processed and fast food. |
| B．Fresh food provides us with the needed vitamins. |
| C．One way of staying slim is to eat pasta at lunchtime! |
| D．So how can you continue to enjoy delicious food and still stay fit? |
| E．Why do many people fail to get used to Italian food in daily life? |
| F．Maybe you can’t do it every day, but how about once a week? |
| G．Enjoying your meals is good for your figure and taste buds(味蕾)! |
6 . When you're too sleepy to work, it's almost impossible to get things done.
Take a nap
Instead of fighting it, go ahead and get some sleep. Nothing beats a power nap when you're too tired to work. Being sleepy could be your body's way of telling you to slow down and take some rest.
It could be that you're bored with your tasks and that's why you're sleepy. So change your tasks. This way, you're breaking the ice and it introduces your brain to other stimuli which will help you to stay alert and awake.
Get moving
Coffee break
Of course, when all else fails, a cup of coffee can be helpful. Go ahead and enjoy a nice cup of coffee.
With these four tips to choose from, you can stay those senses away from being sleepy at work. But remember, sleep is one way our body relaxes and rests.
| A．Change your tasks |
| B．So go ahead with a power nap |
| C．Walk around or do some stretches |
| D．You can watch TV or chat with others |
| E．Staying awake can make you work better |
| F．Just be careful how much you drink, though |
| G．It's easy to close your eyes and go to your dream |
7 . Scientists have long thought about whether each animal species has a different language, much like different human languages that we cannot understand. Language experts agree on the fact that the way animals communicate through various calls which are not like human languages.
Animal calls are not considered as a language because the calls are limited to information related to food activities, warning about the presence of enemies and so on. They haven't the characteristics that all human languages have. That is because humans create new expressions every day by connecting different words. However, animal calls have unchanged meanings.
Anyway, animals do communicate. People who study humans believe that people speak with their whole bodies. To express a message, one does not always need words. Have you ever shared a private joke with your friends across the table？All you did was to give them a self-satisfied smile. Animals can communicate in much the same way as humans do. Although animals do not have the ability to speak words, they can use other methods, such as movements, calls and their sense of smell. In short, most of their communication is not related with speech.
If animals can make noises, why can't they talk？Humans and animals both have the necessary organs that produce sounds, such as lungs, throat, voice box, lips and tongue. However, human organs are fully developed, which makes it possible for us humans to speak.
1. What do we know about animal calls and human languages？ ________| A．Animal calls can express richer meanings. | B．Animal calls are made only in dangerous situations. |
| C．Human languages are more creative and changeable. | D．Both of them can express the same meanings. |
| A．movement | B．language | C．speech | D．writing |
| A．They don't need to communicate by speaking. |
| B．They haven't the necessary organs to produce sounds. |
| C．Their language-related organs aren't fully developed. |
| D．Their throats and lips are too wide to speak. |
| A．Why Can Humans Speak？ |
| B．Are Lungs Necessary to Speak？ |
| C．Why Humans Can't Understand Animal Calls？ |
| D．Are Animal Calls a Language Humans Don't Understand？ |
8 . Over the years, you've probably known a good number of people-some for only a short period and others for a much longer time. If you spend a moment thinking back on the people who have meant the very most to you, selflessness will be the same thing they share. There might have been a person who really believed in you. Someone taught you something important. Someone cared for you in his or her own way. Someone has simply always remained your friend.
Many years ago, I traveled through the beautiful, history-rich country of Greece. With only a small backpack, I stayed at youth hotels, visiting city after city. One day, a shoulder strap on my backpack broke. I didn't speak any Greek and the owner didn't speak any English. I went to the front desk of my hotel and tried to ask him if there might be a shop nearby where I could have it repaired. He was clearly very busy. But he asked someone to watch over the front desk and then signed to me to follow him. We walked together for a few blocks,arriving at a little shoe repair shop. Within ten minutes, my backpack was repaired, and then the hotel owner insisted on paying for it!
I was shocked by this powerful, unexpected kindness. More than any other thing, it's what I recall most often when I think about my trip to Greece. Sometimes, you may not have even realized how much your selflessness toward someone has mattered. As the saying goes, "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
1. What's wrong with the author's backpack？ ________| A．One of its shoulder straps was broken. | B．It was got dirty by a cleaner. |
| C．One of its pockets was broken. | D．There was a hole in it. |
| A．Mean. | B．Warm-hearted. | C．Clever. | D．Humorous. |
| A．He became a lifelong friend of the hotel owner. | B．He spent all his money in travelling in Greece. |
| C．He picked up Greek while travelling in Greece. | D．He'll never forget the hotel owner's kindness. |
| A．To show his love of travelling. | B．To explore the value of selflessness. |
| C．To give a short introduction to Greece. | D．To introduce a shoe repair shop in Greece. |
9 . Crazy Horse grew up riding horses and hunting buffalo (野牛). But it was his being brave in the battle that earned him the name “Crazy Horse”. This was also his father’s name.Crazy Horse was one of the greatest Native American chiefs. When the United States government tried to force Native Americans to live on reservations, Crazy Horse fiercely defended his people’s land and their way of life.
Today, Crazy Horse is remembered mostly for a victory over United States Army troops. The loser in that battle was even more famous. His name was George Armstrong Custer. The battle in which Crazy Horse defeated Custer is often called “Custer’s Last Stand”. A monument to Crazy Horse is being carved out of a mountain in South Dakota. The statue of this hero will be 600 feet (180 metres) high. The head is finished. It alone is as tall as a nine-story building.
Crazy Horse was born in a Sioux Indian camp near present-day Rapid City, South Dakota, in about 1849. Even as a child, he was known as a hunter and fighter. Before he turned 12, he killed his first buffalo. Soon after, he made his first raid (袭击) on a Crow Indian Camp. In 1874, gold was discovered on Sioux land in South Dakota. People flooded in, despite a treaty that kept white settlers off this sacred Sioux land. Crazy Horse and another Sioux chief, Sitting Bull, decided to fight. On 25 June 1876, Lieutenant Colonel Custer and his troops advanced on Sitting Bull’s camp on the Little Bighorn River in Montana. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led their fighters in a fierce attack. Custer and his men were quickly wiped out in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. After the battle, government officials were determined to force the Sioux onto reservations. Most of the Sioux surrendered. However, Crazy Horse refused to abandon his independent way of life.
During the winter of 1876 and 1877, the Army chased Crazy Horse and his people over the Great Plains. By then, very few buffalo were left, and Crazy Horse could not feed his people. On 6 May 1877, he and his followers gave up their weapons and horses at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Crazy Horse was promised that his people could have their own reservation in Wyoming. This promise was broken. The enemy was afraid that Crazy Horse might try to fight again. Crazy Horse was arrested (逮捕). When he protested, a soldier killed him. Crazy Horse died shortly afterwards, on 5 September 1877.
1. The “loser” from the second paragraph refers to________.| A．Crazy Horse | B．George Armstrong Custer | C．Last Stand | D．Sitting Bull |
| A．bravery in the battle against the government | B．hardship in the battle against his enemy |
| C．contributions to the government | D．his independent way of life |
| A．He and his men had found no food to eat. | B．He was unwilling to keep his promise. |
| C．His enemy thought he might make trouble. | D．He protested against the government. |
| A．places officially offered in big cities | B．places of the whites’ native home |
| C．new places kept as Indians’ schools | D．limited places left for the Native Americans |
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