1 . Everyone wants to perform well at school. Add these tips to your life and you should be on your way to being a top student!

    1    I cannot stress how important it is to pay attention to what your teacher is teaching you. Take part in class discussions if you have something worth adding. Pay attention during class.

Taking notes is important. You don’t need to write down every single word your teacher says but write down what he or she writes on the blackboard, or any special fact you think you might need for a test.    2       In this way, it will help you learn more effectively by thinking about what you are writing.

Don’t skip school. You will be missing courses.    3    However, you will have more work and you have missed lectures. Also, try not to be late for class. It’s most likely that your teacher won’t appreciate it and you will get yourself behind.

Keep a good attitude (态度) towards things. If you have an “ I don’t care about school or this class” attitude, then teachers will be less willing to help you with problems. The same goes for lazy attitude. Have a respectful attitude to the teacher and other students.     4    

Always ask questions.     5     If you don’t understand, ask someone. Read your textbook and notes, and then if that fails, ask a teacher, friend, classmate, parent, etc.

A．Be prepared.

B．Write in your own words.

C．Staying organized will be helpful.

D．Pay attention to what the teacher says.

E．It is true that you could make up the work.

F．There is no shame (羞愧)in needing some help.

G．Try not to laugh when other students make mistakes.

2 . 语法填空

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will     1     (probable) say that they go to learn languages, history, science and some other knowledge. That’s quite true, but do you know why they learn these     2     (thing)?

We send our children to school to prepare them    3     the future when they grow up and have to work for     4     (they). Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that     5     only reason why they go to school?

Actually, there is more in education than just    6     (learn) facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that when we graduate we can continue to learn.     7     a man really knows how to learn, he will be     8     (success). Because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able     9     (do) it well himself, but he will also be able to teach others how to do it in the     10     (good) way. So the purpose of schools is not to teach languages, history, science, etc., but to teach students the way to learn.

4 . 你的朋友Li Fang进入高中后觉得英语太难，担心跟不上其他同学，想放弃，苦恼之余向你写信寻求建议。请你以李华的名义给她写一封回信，和她分享自己学习英语的体会，并给她提供一些英语学习方面的建议。
要点：1. 知道高中英语比初中英语难，但不能放弃；
2. 意识到学习英语的重要性；
3. 简要地从听、说、读、写四方面给建议。
要求：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Li Fang,
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Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。

You may ask what potential is. Potential is your natural ability     1     can be developed when you try hard. Who knows what beautiful art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what     2    （amaze）technologies you will develop! The possibilities are endless, and you can make     3     difference to your family, to your community and our country. Over the next three years, your potential     4    （discover）while you develop as a student and as a person.

To fully realize your potential, it is     5    （definite）important for you to make the most of our school resources. Join a club or two, and make good friends with people around you. But remember a good friend should have some good     6    （quality）. A good friend needs to be supportive, generous and selfless. If he is having difficulty     7    （balance）his project and his schoolwork, you must respect and support the choices he makes. When he     8    （struggle）with his schoolwork, you should help him become a more efficient learner.

As a senior high school student, you must make efforts     9    （improve）your communication and problem-solving skills. Never lose hope, even in difficult situations. In time you will find     10    （you）growing into a well-rounded individual. Do your best!

6 . For decades, the homework standard has been a "10-minute" rule, which suggests a daily maximum of 10 minutes of homework per grade level.

But some schools have begun to give their youngest students a break. A Massachusetts elementary school has announced a no-homework pilot（试点的）program for the coming school year, extending the school day by two hours to provide more in-class instruction. "We really want kids to go home at 4 o'clock, tired," Kelly Elementary School Principal Jackie Glasheen said. "We want them to enjoy their families. We want them to go to soccer practice or football practice."

New solutions to homework differ by community. These local debates aren't easily understood by the fact that even education experts disagree about what's best for kids.

The most all-round research on homework so far comes from an analysis（分析）by Duke University professor Harris Cooper, who found evidence（证据）of a positive relationship between homework and student achievement, meaning students who did homework performed better in school. Cooper's analysis focused on how homework influences test scores. The relationship was stronger for older students-in 7th through 12th grade-than for those in younger grades, for whom there was a weak relationship between homework and performance.

Although there is the weak relationship between homework and performance for young children, Cooper argues that a small amount of homework is useful for all students. Second-graders should not be doing two hours of homework each night, he said, but they also shouldn't be doing no homework.

However, Cathy Vatterott, an education professor at the University Missouri-St. Louis, thinks there is not enough evidence that homework is helpful for students in elementary school, "Relationship is not a cause," she said "Does homework cause achievement, or do high achievers do more homework?" Vatterott thinks there should be more stress on improving the quality of homework tasks, and she supports efforts to ban homework for younger kids.

1. What will Kelly Elementary School have in the new term?

A．No homework.	B．Some football practice.
C．"10-minute" homework.	D．More physical education classes.

2. Who can perform better according to Cooper's analysis?

A．Younger students in all grades with no homework.

B．Younger students in lower grades with no homework.

C．Older students in lower grades with more homework.

D．Older students in higher grades with more homework.

3. What's the writer's attitude towards "10-minute" homework?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Unknown.

D．Doubtful.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Is homework good for students?	B．How much homework is proper?
C．Does high-quality homework work?	D．Do students really hate homework?

7 . What does the man mean?

A．Dr Wilson will call the woman.

B．The woman has failed the exam.

C．He can’t tell the woman the information.

8 . 假如你是李华，你的美国好友Jane英语学得不好，对自己失去了信心，产生了厌学情绪。请给她发份电子邮件开导她。要点如下：
1. 没必要过于伤心；
2. 多和老师、朋友交流；
3. 多到户外运动；
4. 找到适合自己的学习方法。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jane,
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