Why should we learn to swim?
Firstly, swimming is a good exercise for our health. Indeed doctors say it is the best exercise, because in swimming all the muscles of the body are used.
Secondly, swimming gives great pleasure. How nice it is, on a hot dusty day in summer, to take off one’s clothes and dive into the cool water of a rive or the sea, and to swim and float until one feels enough.
Thirdly, swimming may sometimes mean all the different between life and death, we never know when we may be in danger from water. We got on a voyage, and the ship in wrecked; we go for a pleasure sail on a lake and the boat turns over; we slip as we are walking along the bank of a river, and half in the water. If we can swim, we have chance for saving our own lives, but if we cannot swim, we are pretty certain to be drowned. So for our own safety, we should learn to swim.
Lastly, if we can swim, we may be able to save other people from drowning. How sad it is to see a friend drowning before our eyes while we cannot help just because we cannot swim.
( )4.Who says that swimming is the best exercise? _________.
A. Farmers B. Dentists C. Fishermen D. Doctors
( )5.When swimming, ________.
A. We don’t move at all
B. all the muscle of the body are used
C. we move our legs only
D. we drink lots of seawater into our stomach
( )6.Swimming ________.
A. gives great pain B. gives no pleasure
C. gives much pleasure D. does harm to the body
( )7.If we can swim, ________.
A. we are no longer humans, but fish
B. we shall be drowned one day
C. we have a chance of saving our own lives
D. we can’t walk any more
Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying “Friends are God's way of taking care of us.” But how do you find real friendship and keep it?
The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What makes a Good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you can not be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always be happy. Even the best have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter.
There are three steps to being friends again:
Tell him or her how you are feeling ; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
( ) 1. Sally wants to tell students the ways to ________.
A. find friends B. plant trees C. get happy D. keep fit
( ) 2. What makes good friends? A good friend should ________.
A. be lovely and cool B. be kind and patient
C. have lots of money D. have good looks
( ) 3. What is the best title of the text?
A. Teenagers and friendship B. The good friends around you
C. The trouble of growing up D. The care and keeping of friends
Dear Mom and Dad,
I will go to Alice’s home with her after school, and I will have supper and sleep there. Don’t 1 about me. You know that Alice is one of my best friends. If you want to talk with me, you can call 68610598 after 6:00 pm.
Please forgive me for not telling you first. I don’t think you will 2 me to do so if I tell you first. 3 I think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends’ houses sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I’m not a little kid any more. I hope I can make decisions for 4 .
At home, there are too many 5 for me to obey(遵守): Don’t stay out so late; don’t have meals before 6 hands; don’t watch TV without finishing homework, etc. Parents should be 7 teenagers, but we need freedom, too.
I don’t like doing my homework 8 at home. I’d love to study with Alice. We can learn a lot from each other. 9 please allow me to stay at Alice’s house once a week. If you 10 , Alice can stay at our house with me, too.
Yours,Lillian
( ) 1. A. care B. hear C. talk D. worry
( ) 2. A. let B. take C. allow D. teach
( ) 3. A. Unless B. Or C. But D. Even though
( ) 4. A. himself B. herself C. yourself D. myself
( ) 5. A. idea B. opinion C. things D. rules
( ) 6. A. giving B. washing C. putting D. holding
( ) 7. A. afraid of B. interested in C. strict with D. angry with
( ) 8. A. along B. alone C. lonely D. own
( ) 9. A.Or B. Although C. So D. Because
( ) 10. A. worry B. think C. agree D. make
of studentsi11 the school is over 2000.____of them are from the city.
A. The number; A number B. The number; The number
C. A number; A number D. A number; The number
I think this talk is worth ．
A．to listen B．to listen to C．1istening D．1istening to
Most men________at home to watch TV________shopping with their wives．
A．prefer staying，to going B．prefer to stay，to go
C．would rather to stay，than go D．would rather staying，than going
