1.Students in China usually start their new school year on September 1st. What should they do at the beginning of the new term?
2. Jim is not good at English. He sometimes fails his English tests. He wants to improve his English.
3.Sarah likes singing. She wants to take part in singing competition to meet more people.
4. Wonderful music will make you happy. The famous musician Lang Lang is going to meet you at the concert. But please remember not to bring food.
5.Many young people want to become sportsmen. They always take part in all kinds of competition.
1. The boy is old _________ to go to swimming alone.
2. Lucy and Lily can wash their clothes by _________.
3. Lin Tao likes _________ with chicken very much.
4.Our math teacher is very _________, but he is really a good teacher.
5. His father _________ to Beijing in two days.
When I was nine years old, my family 1.(搬到) to a new town. 2.(虽然) I was new there, I still 3. (交到) a lot of friends very soon.
After I entered a new elementary school(小学), I got to know more friends. My classmate Tom is my best friend. Tom is an energetic(精力充沛的) boy who loves sports very much and we often play ball games 4. (一起). Baseball is his favorite and he is 5.(擅长) at baseball than me. He often beats me in baseball but never 6. (嘲笑) at me. How I wish I could beat him some day!
When I grow up, I want to be an engineer so that I can build tall 7.(建筑物) . So I study really 8. (努力) and listen to the teacher very 9. __ (仔细地). With my great efforts, I believe my 10.（梦想）will come true.
Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts，so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become desert. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the earth(泥土) away.When a little bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water.Without the plants，the land can become a desert much more easily.
1.Why can the land become a desert?
A. Some places don't get much rain.
B. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier.
C. People are doing bad things to the earth.
D. Scientists haven't learnt enough about the deserts.
2.Scientists ______to make the deserts into good land again.
A. carry water B. grow food
C. do nothing D. study a lot
3.Which is NOT true?
A. The land never stops becoming desert.
B. Scientists ask the people to live in the deserts and grow food there.
C. People do bad things to the earth.
D. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts.
4.Why are green plants and grass helpful?
A. They can hold the water.
B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.
C. They can keep the earth wet.
D. All the above are right.
5.Which is the best title(题目) for the passage?
A. The Desert Problem.
B. People Make Deserts.
C. Green Plants and Grass.
D. The Desert，the Tree and theWater.
Toby and his friends are talking about what they want to do in the future. Toby wants to be an engineer. He wants to build roads, bridges and houses. David is interested in math and science, but he is going to study medicine. He wants to be a doctor.
Laura is good at music. She wants to be an artist. She is going to sing and dance for people. Lisa wants to be a reporter. She says, “I am going to talk with many famous people and I can learn a lot from them.” “What do you want to be?” Lisa asks Tina. Tina says, “Oh, I want to be an interpreter. So I must study hard at my foreign languages. Then I can help people communicate with foreigners.” What are you going to do when you grow up?
1. How many students are talking about their future work?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2.Who wants to be an artist?
A. Toby. B. Laura. C. Tina. D. David
3.What does David wants to be?
A. A doctor. B. An engineer. C. An artist. D. A teacher.
4.What does the underlined word “ interpreter” means in Chinese ?
A. 助理 B. 经理 C. 口译工作者 D. 导游
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Why should we study hard?
B. How to study well?
C. What are they going to do?
D. How to be a famous person?
Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not so hard as you think. Even(甚至) shy people can be outgoing.
You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge(挑战)comes when you meet strange people or new friends. Smile more, and usually they will return your smile. In this way, you may have some talks.
Start a talk. Just a simple “Hello” or “How is it going” is a good start. If you want to make interesting talks, you should read news in newspapers and prepare(准备)your views, or surf the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind.
The easiest way to become more outgoing is to go out. This is also the most important step (步).Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends there.
1. You should start to be outgoing with _____.
A. your parents B. your teachers
C. your best friend D. your new friends
2. When you start a talk with a stranger, you’d better say “______”.
A. What’s the matter? B. What’s your name?
C. How is it going? D. Are you healthy?
3. Which is NOT the writer’s view?
A. Being outgoing is really difficult.
B. Being outgoing is good for our lives.
C. Being outgoing helps people have more fun.
D. Being outgoing with strangers is not easy.
