Students learn their lessons in class. Teachers teach them. 1.Students sit in the classroom listening to
the teacher. This is the common way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn? Of course not.
 2. 有一些其他的学习方式。Besides listening to teachers, students can learn something by themselves.
As you know, many students in schools have found new ways of learning things by themselves in class.
The first thing is to read something they are interested in or they have to read. The second is that before
they ask others, they must ask themselves questions that they don’t understand. The third is, 3. to answer
the questions themselves by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books. If they still have questions,
they may show them to the class. Any student or the teacher who can deal with the questions may answer
them in class. 4. 学生们可以互相学习。They are learning by working together. 5.They have found
great success in their study. If you keep doing in this way for a long time, you’re sure to succeed in your
study, too.

1._____________________________________________
2._____________________________________________
3._____________________________________________
4._____________________________________________
5._____________________________________________

     The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part of the earth
turns to the moon, it is night.
    The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because
it's much nearer to the earth.
     The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn't
give any light at all.
     The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually the stars are much bigger and
brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they're much farther away from us.
         

1. _____ moves round _____.

A. The earth; the moon
B. The moon; the earth
C. The moon; the stars
D. The sun; the earth

2. Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because _____.

A. it is much bigger than the sun
B. it comes out only at night
C. it is much nearer to the earth than the sun
D. it doesn't give a strong light

3. The sun _____.

A. is very bright, and it gives a very strong light
B. isn't bright, but it gives a very strong light
C. is very big, but it doesn't give any light at all
D. is very round, but it can't move round

4. The stars _____.

A. look much bigger than the moon
B. look much bigger than the sun
C. are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon
D. are much farther away from us than the moon

     Chinese are very generous(慷慨) when it comes to educating their children . Not caring about the
money , parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England , the United
States or Australia . They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either
learn a musical instrument or ballet ,or other classes that will give them a head start in life . The Chinese
believe that the more expensive an education is , the better it is . So parents will spend an unreasonable
amount of money on education .Even poor families will buy a computer for their son or daughter .  
     However , what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children
is usually very cheap .  
     Parents can see that their children's skills vary (变化),skilled in some areas while poor in others.
What most parents fail to realize is that today's children lack (缺少) self-respect and self-confidence .  
     The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests
and how to study well , but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be
confident ,happy and clever .  
     Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking , sewing and doing other housewk .  
     Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life . Cooking needs
patience and time . It is an enjoyable but difficult experience . A good cook always tries to improve his
cooking ,so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully .His result , a well-cooked
dinner , will give him much satisfaction (满意) and a lot of self-confidence .  
     Some old machines ,such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make
him curious (好奇的) and arouse (唤起) his interest . He will spend hours looking at them , trying to fix
them ; your child might become an engineer when he grows up . These activities are not only teaching a
child to read a book , but rather to think , to use his mind . And that is more important .

1.Parents in China ,according to this passage , _____.

A. are too strict with their children     
B. are too rich to educate their children     
C. have some problems in educating their children correctly     
D. are too poor to educate their children

2.Generally speaking ,children's skills _____.

A. come from their parents      
B. have nothing to do with their education
C. may be different            
D. have something to do with their marks in the exams

3. The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with _____.

A. the parents' ideas of educating their children    
B. the education system
C. children's skills                            
D. children's hobbies

4. Doing some cooking at home helps children _____.

A. learn how to serve their parents
B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. improve many skills that they will need later in life
D. make their parents make that they are clever

5. According to the last paragraph we can conclude that _____.

A. broken radios and television sets are useful
B. one's curiosity may be useful for his later life
C. an engineer must fix many broken radios
D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios

     A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day. You may not pass an exam if you don’t work hard for most time and then work a few days before the exam.
     If you are taking an English exam, don’t only learn the rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can.
     Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper. Try to understand the exac(确切的)meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are many and make sure that you have not missed anything out.  
1.You do well in an exam by ________.
A.working hard every day
B.only read stories in English
C.staying up late the night before an exam
D.working hard only a few days before an exam
2.Learning the rules of grammar ________ to pass an English exam .
A. is enough      
B. is not enough      
C.is not necessary      
D. is of no use
3.It is not a good way ________.
A.to read English stories        
B.to learn rules of grammar
C.to speak English as often as possible
D.to work hard only a few days before an exam
4.The word “whenever” means ________.
A.only in class      
B.what time      
C.at any time      
D.forever
5. "You haven’t missed anything out" means ________.
A.you haven’t thought hard about anything
B.you haven’t hard enough time to do anything
C.you have done everything
D.you have given sth. wrong answer

     Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains
all over your body. You don't want to work , you stay in bed, feeling very sad.
     What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your
eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very
small thing.
     Germs are always found in dirty water. Water under the microscope, we look at dirty water under the microscope, we
shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
     Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the
floor goes into the cut (割开处), some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red,
and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain
everywhere.

1.Which of the following is true?

A.If things are very very small, they are germs.
B.If things can't be seen , they must be germs.
C.Germs are only in dirty water.
D.Germs are everywhere around us.

2.What is a microscope used for?

A.Making very very small things look much bigger.
B.Making very big things look much smaller.
C.Helping you read some newspapers.
D.Helping you if you can't see things clearly.

3. Why don't your parents let you drink dirty water?

A.You haven't looked at it carefully.
B.Water can't be drunk in this way.
C.There must be lots of germs in it .
D.Water will make you ill .

4. Which of the following is not true?

A. Germs can be found both in water and in the air.
B. Germs can go into your finger if it is cut.
C. If your temperature is not OK, there must be germs in your body.
D. If your finger isn't cut , there aren't any germs on it.

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Germs may make us ill.
B.Germs are in dirty water.
C.Don't drink dirty water.
D.Take care of your fingers

     We know the sun, the earth and the moon are in the universe. We see the sun in the daytime and the
moon in the night.
     The sun is much bigger than the earth, and the earth is bigger than the moon. So the sun is the biggest
and the moon is the smallest. The earth goes round the sun day and night. It goes at 30 kilometers a
second.
     The moon is our satellite (卫星). It is also our neighbor. It goes round the earth all the time. The moon
goes at 8 kilometers a second. The moon can't give out light or heat itself, and nothing can live on it.
     Men live on the earth. It is going round itself all the time. The earth gives us lives, food, water and so
on. We must get on well with it.

根据短文内容，补全下面句子(每空一词)。

1. The sun is the b_____ of the three.
2. The e_____ is bigger than the moon, but s_____ than the sun.
3. The m_____ goes round the earth.
4. We can see the moon in the n_____.
5. Men must get on w_____ with the earth

       Is there a chocolate-powered racing car in the world? Hey! You have read too (A)______ children's books!
But wait! Now, there is really such a racing car in the world. A team from a British university made it. 
      The chocolate-powered racing car's engine (发动机) uses waste from chocolate factories or vegetable oil
as fuel (燃料). Its body (B) 土豆制成, its steering wheel is made from carrots, its seat is made of soybeans,
(C)_______ its brake pads (刹车片) are made from nuts! Well, can this car run very fast? (D) Certainly! It can
go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds, and go as fast as 135 miles per hour. When the racing car is
running, it cleans itself and lets out oxygen. 
      "It took us more than nine months to (E) complete the racing car," said a team member. "The car is really
green. You can find many of the car's parts at a farmer's market or even in a litter bin because most of the
materials (材料) are waste in most people's eyes. It's fun."
       However, (F) this eco-friendly (环保的) car cannot be driven in the official (正式的) race because of the
engine's unusual flue.
1．在文中(A)和(C)的空白处分别填入适当的词 _______  _______
2．将文中划线部分(B)译成英语：_______
3．写出文中划线部分(D)和(E)的同义词语或近义词语：_______  _______
4．将文中划线部分(F)改写为：the engine's unusual flue makes it _______ to _______ this eco-friendly car in
     the official race
5．从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的短语：_______