| A. it is just because you never work hard. B. Look through your shorter notes again just before the exam. C. But let your confidence rise by every mark. D. When your marks start to fall, you should try talking to a friendly teacher. E. But my parents won"t be angry with me. F. Sometimes it is because of situation outside school, such as problems at home. G. What is important is that you do your best. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| New rules and behavior standards (行为规范) for middle school students came out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won"t only have high marks. They will also be kids who don"t dye (染) their hair,smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules. Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else"s work on an exam? Don"t do it again! That"s not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don"t tell your parents you have done homework. Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-Loving Month in our country. Is your school doing anything to celebrate?You should join! That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. When more people work together, it makes it more fun for everyone. Have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself. Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps you"ll discover Earth II someday. Don"t look down on new ideas. Everyone"s ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone. Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don"t let it happen to you. If you have to go home late,you should let your parents know. Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. But some things on the Internet aren"t for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for fun or homework. Can"t you find any good Web sites for children? Here are some: http://kids.eastday.com/ http://www.chinakids.net.com/ http://www.cycnet.com |
| 1. The school new rules will help kids by telling them ___. |
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| A. how they can study well B. how to learn English C. what is right and what is wrong D. how they can protect themselves |
| 2. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true? |
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| A. Take care of yourself when you are out. B. Tell the truth, even when you are wrong. C. Keep some animals to protect them. D. Use the Internet, but keep away from bad things. |
| 3. The main idea of the third paragraph is about ___. |
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| A. making the team stronger B. working together with others C. being a good friend to others D. getting on well with others |
| 4. Good Web sites for children can ___. |
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| A. be a waste of time B. help them with their studies C. do homework for them D. make life easier |
| 5. The passage tells us how to ___. |
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| A. be top students B. do more at school C. care for others D. use the Internet |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Many years ago when people had no thermometers (温度计), they usually touched a thing to see how hot or cold it wasThe following experiment shows how easy it was to make a mistake. Take three glasses: the first one with very hot water. The second one with very cold water, and the third one with water at room temperature. Then you put a finger of one hand in the hot water, and a finger of the other hand in the cold water. You hold your fingers in the two glasses for a minute. Then you use each finger, one after another, to see how hot or cold the water in the third glass is. You will find that the water is warm to the finger that was in the cold water before, but the finger which was in the hot water will feel cold in the same glass of water. That is why you must always find the temperature in a scientific way. You must not try to tell the temperature as it seems to you. You will often make a mistake if you take something that seems to you for a real fact. For example, when you are going to an Amusement park by bus and you want to get there very quickly, it seems to you that your bus is going very slowly, slower than the other buses. But if it is Sunday and you have much free time, it seems to you all the buses and cars are going very fast. |
| 1. The experiment tells us that sometimes it is ______ to make a mistake. |
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| A. interesting B. difficult C. easy D. helpful |
| 2. The water in the third glass is ______. |
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| A. colder than the water in the first glass B. hotter than the water in the first glass C. colder than the water in the second glass D. as cold as the water in the second glass |
| 3. What will you find if you put the finger which was in the first glass into the second glass according to the experiment? |
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| A. The water is hotter than it is in the first glass. B. The water is as hot as it is in the first glass. C. The water is at room temperature. D. The water is colder than it is in the first glass. |
| 4. How should we find the temperature according to the passage? |
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| A. Try to tell as it seems to us. B. Try to use our fingers. C. Try to tell in a scientific way. D. Try to touch something to see how hot it is. |
| 5. We can learn something about ______ from the passage. |
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| A. physics B. chemistry C. psychology (心理学) D. biology |
| 根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。 |
| Rice is a big part of Chinese life. In the past, people greeted each other by 1. "Have you had your rice?" And some people 2. say it today. China is the world"s largest rice-growing 3. . In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice. But it is not 4. to feed the world"s largest population. In the 1960s, thousands of Chinese 5. because they had no food to eat. In the 1970s, a Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, grew a new 6. of rice called hybrid rice (杂交稻). It makes 20 percent more rice than 7. types of rice. Hybrid rice is much stronger than common rice. It can grow in lots of water or in not much water. It also doesn"t easily get diseases or worms. Yuan is known 8. the "father of hybrid rice." At the end of last month, he 9. the World Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people. Today, half of China"s rice plants are Yuan"s special hybrid. China uses Yuan"s hybrid to grow much 10. rice than before. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault (过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to be blamed (责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can"t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering. |
| 1. Which of the following is right? |
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| A. Your arms or your legs will become weak when you use them. B. Your memory works in the same way as your arms and legs. C. Everybody knows that memory works in the same way as their arms and legs. D. Your memory can"t become strong again when you use them again. |
| 2. If you want to have a good memory, you must ______. |
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| A. practice it B. not give it enough chance to become strong C. have clever parents D. use your arms and legs often |
| 3. One has a bad memory because of ______. |
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| A. his own fault B. his parents" fault C. his teachers" fault D. his strong arms and legs |
| 4. Many people who can"t read and write can remember things well because ______. |
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| A. they have to remember B. they can"t write them down C. they practice remembering D. they can remember things quickly |
| 5. The writer tells us ______. |
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| A. a good memory comes from practice B. a good memory needs strong arms and legs C. parents can make us clever D. to remember days, names and songs |