Students are leaving the junior high school . What are they taking with them ? A lot of things for sure , but the most important thing is friends .
We asked some teachers to give us one last lesson . The lesson is proverbs（谚语、格言） about friends . Proverbs teach people about life . Older people often teach proverbs to younger people . Every culture has proverbs . They are short and easy to remember .
Mrs Minelli says , “ It is important to remember this Sicilian（西西里岛人的）proverb , ‘ Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty .’ It means that only good friends tell you when you are making a mistake .”
Mr Tulga says , “ I have a favorite proverb about friends , ‘ Friendship is a plant we must water .’ It is German . It means that everyone needs to take care of friendship like we take care of a garden .”
Mr Tulga says , “My grandfather in Turkey told me , ‘Nobody is so rich that he can throw away a friend .’ It means that everyone needs friends . Be good to them .”
The good news is :there is no test for this lesson ,. The bad news is :We will miss you .
Goodbye , friends ! Don’t forget us !
1.As the proverb says , will tell you when you are making mistakes .
A．real friends B．older people
C．some teachers D．younger people
2.Which is the best proverb to the meaning “Take care of friendship like we take care of a garden”?
A．A friend is easier lost than found.
B．Friendship is a plant we must water
C．Nobody is so rich that he can throw away a friend .
D．Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
3.Which of the following is true from the passage ?
A．Only some countries have their proverbs about friends .
B．After the last lesson , the students will have a test for it .
C．If you are rich enough , you can throw away your friends .
D．Proverbs are usually short , and they teach people about life .
4.The writer of the passage mainly wants us to know .
A．some proverbs about culture.
B．ways to take care of a friendship.
C．the importance of friendship.
D．students’ feelings in the last lesson .
What is your favorite English letter? Many of you will say QQ.Why? Because so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ?What do you talk about? The CCTV reporter, Miss Wang interviews three kids. Let’s listen to what they say.
When do you chat on QQ? What do you talk about?
Lin Yuhan, Xi’an: On weekends, we talk about homework and chat with each other.
Tang Xuting, Shanghai: At weekends and when I don’t have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat.
Yang Yuhang, Dalian: Our class goes online together at 4—6 pm at the weekends. We complain about homework, chat and talk about computer games.
What do you put on your QQ blog(博客)？
Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articles myself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class.
Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos, but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons(卡通片)like Tennis Prince and Conan.
Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot (拍摄)them during sports meetings and school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher. It is so funny that everyone watches it.
How do you like QQ?
Lin: It’s a good space for us to make a record of our lives, of both good times and sad times.
Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships.
Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone, your parents sometimes can hear your conversation. There is no such problem with QQ. You can relax and talk freely.
1.What does Yang Yuhang talk about on QQ at the weekend?
① homework ②chat ③test answers ④computer games
A．①② B．②③ C．①②④ D．②③④
2.What does Lin Yuhan put on her QQ blog?
A．Some pictures. B．Good articles.
C．DV films. D．Japanese cartoons.
3.Which one is TRUE according to this article?
A．Lin says QQ is very helpful to their friendships.
B．Yang says he can chat freely with many friends and relax on QQ.
C．Tang says QQ is a good space for them to make a record of their lives.
D．Tang says he chats on QQ on weekdays though he has lots of homework.
At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you are not alone. Students in other countries hate them as well.
Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students. And they only have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams don’t count for much, even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next grade. When the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child’s parents. It describes how the student studied at school.
This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don’t know how other students scored(得分) in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret.
Parents’ meetings are held twice a year, at the end of winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school.
1.For British students, the school life is than that of Chinese students.
A．more relaxing B．much tenser C．more boring D．much harder
2.The underlined phrase “don’t count for much” means
A．难以计数 B．不太重要 C．期望不多 D．难度不大
3.Which of the following is NOT true for British students?
A．They have exams once a year.
B．They don’t know their classmates’ scores.
C．Parents’ meetings are held at the end of the terms.
D．They like to tell each other their scores
Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to 3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them 4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a 5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to 7 the necklace. The earrings would cost 8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that 9 . Quick!”
With shaking 10 , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.
1. A．ended B．stayed C．stopped D．lasted
2. A．busy B．quiet C．noisy D．wide
3. A．die B．escape C．fight D．sleep
4. A．out B．away C．off D．down
5. A．funny B．safe C．brave D．great
6. A．handed B．threw C．passed D．put
7. A．own B．keep C．have D．get
8. A．cheap B．expensive C．more D．less
9. A．afraid B．angry C．silly D．bad
10. A．hands B．feet C．head D．body
---I don’t want to go to school on foot. What should I do?
---You try asking your father for a bike, or you can go by bus.
A．have to B．must C．might D．can’t
—Could you tell me what time the train leaves Xiangyang for Beijing?
—Sorry, I don’t know, either. You can on the Internet.
A．look for it B．look at it C．look it over D．look it up
