When the Americans are at home， they usually enjoy spending their free time on all kinds of DIYs (do it yourself).Maybe this is a little different from our Chinese people. When we Chinese are at home， we would like to enjoy ourselves by watching TV or receiving our friends. But American people like spending their time in doing some kind of work on their own. They believe it to be helpful and interesting.
In their eyes， DIYs will not only help them to develop their brains but also save them much time. For a very little job， they will need to think twice before carrying it out well. This will certainly do much good to their brains and make them brighter and brighter.
Some Americans live far away from the service centre（服务中心）. When something goes wrong， they will have to wait for a long time before finding the right service. In these cases， they would also love to manage by themselves. So in American， DIYs are very popular. There are a lot of newspapers on them， even books and websites
____1.___ are very popular in American | ||
Activities in free time
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Americans |
chinese |
Doing some kind of work by _____2.____ | Watching TV or ____3._____ their friends | |
Benefits(好处) of DIYs |
Develop their brains and ____4._____them much time
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One reason some Americans choose to DIY | They live far away from the service centre， and have to ____5.____ for a long time when something goes wrong. | |
完成句子（每空题0.5分，共10分）
1.北京是中国的首都.
Beijing is __________ _________ __________ __________.
2.你为什么不开车送我们去那儿买东西呢？
_________ _________ ___________ _________ there to do the shopping.
3.沿着这天路一直走，你就会发现邮局在你右手边。
________ ________ on the road， and _______ ________ the post office on you left.
4.拥有像这样的一份工作你真够幸运的。
You are _________ __________ __________ a job _________ this.
5. 我听到一阵低语，转过身来，但是没看见任何人。
When I heard a whisper ， I ________ _________， but ________ ________.
动词填空（每小题1分，共10分）
1.Why am I the last one __________(know) the secret?
2.The boy with his father often _______(fly)kites in the park.
3.Are you looking forward to _____________(visit) the moon ?
4.Where is Mr. Green? He ______________(fix) the bicycle over there.
5.It is so cloudy. I think it _______________(rain) soon.
6.If you __________(not be) free tomorrow， we won’t go to the cinema.
7.Look ! Mrs Gao ______ ( look) so beautiful in her new blouse .
8.All of us hope you______________(enjoy) yourselves at the dinner party.
9.Simon， _________(not miss) the opera shows. They’re very wonderful.
10.Who __________ (teach) us Math last term? Mrs Liu did .
根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
1.There is too much __________(来往车辆) in this street every moring．
2.Can you tell me about those __________(艺术家) names and telephone numbers?.
3.People in Beijing can go to work by ___________(地铁) soon.．
4.Anna likes __________(合用) a bedroom with her sister.
5.He never ____________(回复) to any of my emails， and I didn’t know why.
根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
1.There are smaller and older teaching buildings in our school than those in _________(they)
2.Qi Baishi’s Chinese ________________ (paint) sell well now .
3.Mary is very ____________(help) and often helps others .
4.September is the ____________ (nine) month of a year .
5.Christmas Day is one of the __________( west) festivals.
As students， you may have many dreams. They can be very big like becoming Superman， or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
If you find a dream， what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams come true is life’s biggest challenge.
“You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects， or that it is impossible (不可能) for you to become a star. These ideas stop you from getting your dream，” the book says.
In fact， everyone can make his dream come true. The first important thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave your heart (心). Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step (一步一步地) and your dream will come true faster. A big dream is， in fact， many small dreams.
Never give up (放弃) your dream. There will be difficulties (困难) on the road. But the biggest problem comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of (代替) watching TV will bring you better exam points. Saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. When you get closer to your dream， it may change a little. Then you will be able to learn more skills and find new interests.
1.Follow Your Heart is _______.
A. the first thing you must do to make your dream come true
B. the most important dream to have for students
C. the name of a book by Andrew Matthews
D. the name of a famous Australian writer
2.If you want to make your dream come true， you should _______.
A. remember what your dream is first
B. keep telling yourself what you want
C. never be afraid of the big difficulties
D. try to start with all the things above
3.From the text， we know the word “challenge” means _______.
A. 变化 B. 挑战 C. 决定 D. 态度
4.What should NOT you do to make your dream come true?
A. Watch TV to get better exam points.
B. Do what you should do step by step.
C. Always remember what your dream is.
D. Read more books， learn more skills and find new interests．
5.What is the best title (标题) of the text?
A. How to become a writer
B. How to make your dream real
C. A big dream is made up of(组成) small dreams
D. Everyone can realize his dream
