What do you think of singing? If you love it, you will like the TV show Don’t Forget the Lyrics. It is a popular singing show in America. This program started from July 11th, 2007.

So how does this new singing show work? The contestants need to have much knowledge(知识) of lyrics. In the show, the contestants have to sing the songs with right lyrics. When he finishes a song with wrong lyrics, he can’t sing again. If he finishes all ten songs with right lyrics, he is the winner and he can get a very good prize.

You may say, “I can’t sing well, but I remember many lyrics of beautiful songs. Can I join it?”

Don’t worry!

The show says, “You don’t have to sing it well. You just have to sing it right.” Every music lover can join it.

1.What is Don’t Forget the Lyrics?

A. A popular singing show.               B.A popular story

C. A popular movie                      D.A popular song.

2.When did Don’t Forget the Lyrics come out?

A. In the year 2000.               B. In the year 2005.

C. In the year 2007.               D. In the year 2010.

3.What does the underlined word“contestants” mean?

A. Famous singers or actors.

B. The best performers.

C. Participants (参与者) in the singing competition.

D. The successful musicians.

4.How many songs should you finish singing right if you want to win the good prize?

A．Five.              B. Seven.            C.  Eight .         D. Ten.

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now.

    Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he . At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tale Change stomach for Mice.

    Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”

1.How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three.        B. Four.           C. Five.            D. Six.

2.Thanks to his         , Dou Kou could write his books.

A. mother       B. father       C. school life        D. life in different cities

3.What does the underlined word “they” refer to(指代)？

A.  Dou Kou’s parents.      B. Mice.         C. Cows.         D. Grass.

4.When did Dou Kou begin to use a dictionary?

A. When he wrote fairy tales.

B. Before his father taught him how to learn something.

C. After he went to school.

D. After his mother taught him how to learn something.

If you think you are too shy and want to be a little outgoing, try the following. You can make it.

    Tell people you are shy. Just let people know that you are a shy kid. When they know that, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more at home when talking with others.

    Try to smile more. People think you are friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that most of us would like to talk to friendly people and we will stay away from an angry-looking face.

    Talk to others first. If you find it hard to do, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to those people?

    Turn your attention to somewhere else. Think more about ways to enjoy the party or the game. Don’t worry about your looks or care if people like you.

    Reward(奖励) yourself. Each time after you say “hi” or smile at someone for the first time , say to yourself “You did it!” or buy yourself an ice cream.

    Keep trying and one day you won’t be shy any more when you talk to others.

1.How many suggestions does the writer give us in the passage?

A. Three        B. Four.          C. Five         D. Six.

2.How can you make people think you are friendly and easy to talk to?

A. By telling them you are shy.                B. By trying to smile more.

C. By talking to them first.                   D. By rewarding yourself.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People can understand you better when they know you are shy.

B. Most people don’t like to talk to those people with angry faces.

C. Don’t care what you look like at the party or the game.

D. Each time after you smile at someone for the first time, you should buy yourself an ice cream.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. How to be outgoing?          

B. When to be friendly?

C. Why to be shy?        

D. Where to say something nice about people around you?

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

“I don’t like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,” said Zhang Hua , a middle school student in Guangzhou. 1.          Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children’s eyes?

   One of biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he / she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you . They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. 2.       They want you to grow up healthily and happily.

    So how can you make things easier by yourself? 3.       Just make sure your parents know what you’re dong. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else. 4.       Take responsibilities for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.

And you should think about why your parents do this or that. They are still practicing being parents and need help that you can give them. 5.    they may be able to help you get on well with your children.

A. Some day, when you become a parent.

B. You can make all these things easier by yourself.

C. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes.

D. Do you have the same problem?

E. You can also help your parents when they make mistakes.

F. It’s easier than you think.

G. All these things are part of your life.

人人都喜欢音乐，它在不同的场合给人们带来不同的感受。上周，你班就“中学生做作业时是否该听音乐”这一话题进行了讨论，你（Tom）对你班同学（45人）的讨论结果进行了统计。请你根据统计表及要求，以“Is it OK for middle school students to do homework with music on?”为题写一篇90词以上的短文向你的英语老师Miss White 进行汇报。

    要求：1、短文既要包括对统计结果的介绍，也要阐述你自己的观点；

          2、短文的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；

          3、短文中不能出现自己的真实信息。

Is it OK for middle school students to do homework with music on?

    Everyone loves music and it can bring us different feelings in different situations. Last week we had a discussion about whether it is OK for middle school students to do homework with music on or not. Here is the result.

—       do you study for tests?

—I study      listening to tapes.

A. How; with     B. What; with      C. How; by      D. What; by

Sixteen-year-olds          to drive.

A. is allowed     B. are not allowed   C. allowed      D. is not allowed

－Do you like the skirt ? －It _______ soft.

A. is feeling      B. felt            C. feels         D. is felt

When we practice speaking English, we often end up       in Chinese.

A. to speak      B. speaking        C. spoken      D. speak

If I       you, I’d take a small present for her.

A. am         B. is              C. was         D. were