As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it ? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it’s impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
1.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in this passage?
A. You may think you’re not good at some school subjects.
B. Making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.
C. You must never give up your dream.
D. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.
2.If we have dreams in our hearts and work hard, our dreams _______.
A. can’t be realized B. can be very small
C. will come true D. can be very big
3.How do you make your dream come true faster?
A. Remember what your dream is.
B. Don’t let your dream leave your heart.
C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day.
D. A, B and C are all right.
4.To make your dream real, the first thing you must do is _______.
A. to remember what your dream is
B. to decide what is the most important
C. to learn something more useful and find new hobbies
D. to get better exam results
5.The best title of this passage is _______.
A. How to Become a Writer
B. How to Make Your Dream Real
C. A Big Dream Is Made Up of Small Dreams
D. Everyone Can Realize His Dream
Many people like to eat out because they can eat quickly and the food is not expensive. Some families go to fast food restaurants. But in the past people went to diners. Do you want to know the story of the first American diner?
In 1872, a man named Walter Scott had the first “diner”. It was not really a diner. It was only a simple food cart(马车). People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. The cart served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late night meal. The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. In 1887, Samuel Messer Jones built the first big enough diner to allow customers to come inside. However, they had no chairs to sit down. Three years later, people built diners with counters(柜台式长桌)and stools(凳子)and people sat down while they were eating.
Before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. In other words, people were able to eat in a diner at any time. Diners changed in other ways, too. The earliest menu which only included sandwiches and coffee became bigger. Soup and dishes were added to the menu, and a breakfast menu appeared, too. In addition, diners were no longer carts on wheels.
Diners today are usually buildings with large windows, shining counters and stools, tables and chairs, where people can eat all three meals.
1.Why do many people like to eat out?
A. Because they can eat quickly.
B. Because the food outside is more delicious.
C. Because these people feel bored at home.
D. Because these people like to be with their friends.
2.Who did the first American “diner” serve?
A. Horseman.
B. Late-night workers.
C. People who were rich.
D. People who couldn’t cook.
3.When could customers sit down and eat inside diners?
A. In 1872. B. In 1877. C. In 1887. D. In 1890.
4.According to Paragraph 3, diners changed in_____ ways.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. Walter Scott
B. Food carts—the early diners
C. American fast food restaurants
D. The history of American diners
Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work, or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to take control(控制)of your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with people can cause you to lose friends.
Gray Gerber, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them.
The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better. Getting angry is not a natural way to act, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking.
The book says you can control your anger easily. All you have to do is tell yourself not to be angry. When a baby falls over, he only cries if people are watching him.
Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do. The book gives many tips(提示)to help you if you get angry easily. Here are our tips：
(1)Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry.
(2)Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
(3)Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.
1.Where does Gray Gerber come from?
A. Canada. B. China. C. America. D. Australia.
2.According to Gray Gerber, when bad things happen, ___________.
A. you’d better leave
B. you’d better stay in a cold place
C. you’d better calm yourself
D. you’d better shout
3.Getting angry___________.
A. makes your friends leave
B. helps to make more friends
C. is a good way to let out(发泄)feelings
D. helps to make things better
4.How do you control yourself when bad things happen?
A. Write down why you are angry.
B. Walk away from the problem.
C. Try to laugh.
D. All of the above.
5.What does the passage tell us?
A. Both smoking and getting angry are bad habits.
B. Getting angry is not a natural way to act.
C. When you get angry, just cry like a baby.
D. How to control our feelings and it’s important.
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Ian Scott Wilson, 13, studies at a middle school in the US. He thinks kids don’t ______ enough respect（尊重）from the grown-up world.
“Kids are usually ignored by adults” he said. “They say： ‘That’s a ________ idea. You can’t do that.’”. That’s why he took part in a national _______ for student made documentaries. He wanted to be heard. A documentary is a film or TV show that ______ a serious issue. Ian had never made one and wanted to try.
Ian made a ________ film about problems at Walter Reed, a hospital in Washington. He won first ______ in the competition for middle school students.
Walter Reed is taking care of many injured（受伤的）_______ of the Iraq war（伊拉克战争）Earlier this year, reports said that the hospital had problems. For example, some said the rooms were _____.
Ian paid much attention ________ the issue because his 23-year-old brother is a soldier in Iraq. “I thought about how terrible it would be ______ these things happened to my brother,” Ian said. “It was that feeling that helped make Ian’s film ______ out”, said Joanne Wheeler. Wheeler helped run the competition. “Ian was very passionate, but he was _____ a good listener.”
Ian interviewed 100 people for the _____. He reported on what was wrong. But he also______ on efforts to deal with the problems.
Ian got a prize of $1,000. He decided to give the money to an _______ soldier staying in the hospital.
1.A. get B. take C. make D. release
2.A. good B. silly C. surprising D. exciting
3.A. meeting B. competition C. lecture D. interview
4.A. talks B. tells C. says D. speaks
5.A. 10-minute B. 10-minutes C. 10-minute’s D. 10-minutes’
6.A. room B. place C. area D. price
7.A. doctors B. nurses C. soldiers D. engineers
8.A. clean B. unclean C. polite D. impolite
9.A. on B. in C. to D. at
10.A. if B. so C. when D. while
11.A. take B. put C. work D. stand
12.A. also B. either C. both D. all
13.A. contest B. hospital C. agreement D. film
14.A. reported B. wrote C. put D. held
15.A. ill B. injured C. amazing D. interesting
This is the most beautiful garden _____ I have ever seen.
A．which B．who C．whom D．that
— Be careful with homework，Simon!
— Of course! I will write ________ and try not to make any mistakes．
A．as careful as possible B．as carefully as I can
C．most careful D．more careful
