When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are,don't forget there are six ways to make you feel good about yourself.

. Look in the mirror and say to yourself, "I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything. " It may not sound so good,but it really works！

. Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel good.

. Smile!Be friendly to people you meet. Look for the good things in your friends and family.

. Learn something new!Do you always want to try something new like designing your own room or learning how to swim? Go for it!New challenges are fun and can give you a sense of accomplishment when you have finished.

. Start to write a dairy. Turn off the TV and let your imagination fly!Write down your thought,dreams or anything you want!Writing always helps to express your feelings.

. Stay with your family. We all need our family time. Talk with your Mum or Dad or maybe even your cousin.

(   ) 1. The passage may be from         .

   A. a science book   B. a magazine

   C. a story book   D. school rules

(   ) 2. According to this passage,when you are helping others,you will         .

   A. be special   B. be sure

   C. be remembered   D. feel nice

(   ) 3. What does the underlined word "a sense of accomplishment" mean in Chinese?

   A. 成就感   B. 忧伤感   C. 挫折感   D. 信任感

(   ) 4. Which of the following should you say "NO" to when you are unhappy?

   A. You should always look for the good things of others.

   B. Stay alone at home as much as possible.

   C. Learn something new and go for it!

   D. Keep a dairy to express your feelings.

(   ) 5. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. Do Your Best

   B. It's Never Too Late to Learn

   C. Always Smile to Your Life

   D. Six Ways to Feel Good about Yourself

  Some British and American people like to invite (邀请) f1 for a meal at home. Dinrier party usually starts b2 7 piin. and8 p.m. and e3 at about11 p.m. Ask the host what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers or a b4 of wine as a gift.

Usually the evening meal starts with drinks and small cakes. Do you want to be extra polite? Say how m5 you like the room,or the pictures o6 the wall. You'll start the meal with soup or something small,then you'll h7 meat or dish vegetables,and then dessert,followed by coffee. It's polite to f8 everything on your plate. Did you enjoy the evening? Call the host or w9 them a short"Thank you" letter. British and American people like to say"Thank you,thank you,thank you" a10 the time.

1. f          2. b       3. e       4. b    5. m         

6. o        7. h         8. f         9. w        10. a       

  Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are; working,they usually have two cars. When the family is large,one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van (住房汽车) .

  A small car can hold (容纳) four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded (拥挤) .A van hold seven persons easily,so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to travel together.

  Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van,and two of them are used to put things on,for a family of five must carry many suitcases (衣箱) when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents' home,the suitcases are put into the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparents.

  Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside,they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside,they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks.

  All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

(   ) 11. From the passage,a van is also called         .

   A. a motor car   B. a motor home

   C. a motorbike   D. a big truck

(   ) 12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van,they         .

   A. sold their old house

   B. moved to their grandparents' house

   C. built a new place for a van

   D. sold their second car

(   ) 13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with         .

   A. a baby   B. much money

   C. more than two children   D. interest in vans

(   ) 14. Americans usually use motor home         .

   A. to travel with all the family members on holiday

   B. to do some shopping with all the family members

   C. to visit their grandparents at weekends

   D. to drive their children to school every day

(   ) 15. Motor homes have become popular because         .

   A. they can take people to another city when people are free

   B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

   C. some people think motor homes are cheap

   D. big families can put more things in motor homes

  Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

  For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison's new machines. He was going to give Edison$40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

  Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

  In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

(   ) 6. After he lost his first job,Edison         .

   A. found no jobs in the next five years

   B. lived in New York for the next five years

   C. had a bad time in the next five years

   D. had no food and no sleep during the next five years

(   ) 7. In New York         .

   A. Edison was always hungry

   B. Edison began to have good luck after he found the work fixing machines

   C. Edison got$40,000 by fixing machines

   D. Edison made more money by fixing old machines

(   ) 8. The head man was interested in         .

   A. Thomas Edison himself   B. The old machines

   C. the new machines   D. Edison's telephone

(   ) 9. Edison made a telephone. It        .

   A. was the first one in the world

   B. carried voices much farther

   C. carried voices more clearly

   D. carried more voices

(   ) 10. What is the best title of the passage?

   A. The First Telephone.

   B. Thomas Edison's Shop.

   C. Thomas Edison's New Job.

   D. Thomas Edison一An Inventor (发明家) .

  A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse,that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly (肚子) or the foot of the horse,if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar (奇特的) to himself;and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way. Now the very same thing is true to literature (文学) .And the question, " How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is,you are not yet experienced (有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question,and I think that you will often begin at the tail―that is to say,you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

(   ) 1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses         .

   A. very well   B. in the way of western rule

   C. in the way of his own rule   D. all of the above

(   ) 2. The writer was surprised because         .

   A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse

   B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse

   C. the artist made his own rule

   D. the artist did not follow other people's rule

(   ) 3. You are not yet experienced because         .                            

   A. you don't know where to begin

   B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

   C. you always asked question

   D. you do not trust to your own powers

(   ) 4. When you become more experienced you         .

   A. never ask question   B. often begin at the tail

   C. should write the end of the story   D. should think of the beginning

(   ) 5. The topic of the passage is         .

   A. How to draw a horse   B. How to write a story

   C. How to make your own rules   D. Trust to your own powers

  Early rising is a good habit for everyone. It is g 1       for us in many ways.

  F 2      ,it helps to keep us h 3       . We can breathe fresh air in the m 4       . It's fun for us to talk along the street.

  Secondly,early rising helps us with our s 5       . When we get up very early in the morning,e 6       around us is quiet. In the morning we learn m 7       quickly and memorize what we learn e 8       Thirdly,early rising gives us enough t 9       to get ready for our work,such as to wash our hands and eat b 10       properly.

1. g       2. F       3. h       4. m      5. s         

6. e       7. m        8. e       9. t      10. b       

  Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school,he had to pass a playground (搡场) .It was very wet when it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry (生气的) and said, "Don't play in the water on your way home from school！"

  On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty (脏的) clothes. His mother became even angrier. "I'll tell your father if you come back wet again," said she." He'll punish (惩罚) you,you know."

  The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

"You're a good boy today," his mother was very happy. "You didn't play in the water." "No”， the boy wasn't happy and said. "There were so many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn't any room (空地方) for me at all!"

(   ) 11. Bruno went to school        every day.

   A. by bike   B. by bus   C. by car   D. on foot

(   ) 12. The playground was between (在...... 之间)         .

   A. two classrooms   B. the cinema and shop   

    C. Bruno's house and school   D. the shop and Bruno's school

(   ) 13. The little boy liked to play on the playground         .

   A. when it snowed

   B. when there was some water there

   C. when the children played football there

   D. when his father was busy with his work

(   ) 14. Bruno was afraid of        most.

   A. his father   B. his mother   C. his teacher   D. the older boys

(   ) 15. Bruno wasn't happy that afternoon because         .

   A. his mother told his father about it   B. he couldn't play in the water

   C. it didn't rain   D. his father punished him

  An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes (颜料和画笔) and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

  At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer,but the farmer said," No,I don't want money. But give me one of your pictures. What's money? In a week it will all be finished,but your picture will still be here."

  The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered,"It's not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month,I'll show him your picture,and he will not want to be an artist any more,I think."

(   ) 6. The artist went to the countryside to         .

   A. visit his old friend   B. spend his holiday

   C. visit the farmer   D. Thank the farmer

(   ) 7. Every day,the artist         .

   A. went out to help the farmer to do some farming

   B. went out to visit his friends

   C. painted pictures

   D. enjoyed the beautiful scenery

(   ) 8. The artist wanted to pay the farmer,but the farmer         .

   A. wanted much more money

   B. wanted nothing

   C. didn't want any money at all

   D. wanted one of his pictures instead of money

(   ) 9. The artist thought the farmer wanted a picture of his because        .

   A. the farmer was an artist too

   B. the farmer liked his pictures very much

   C. the farmer wanted to give it to his son as a present

   D. the farmer was rich

(   ) 10. After hearing the farmer's words,perhaps the artist would be        .

   A. very worried   B. very happy

   C. very thankful   D. very disappointed

  Think about the last time you dropped a stone into water. Do you remember how the waves started? They began where the stone met the water and then moved outward.

Just as waves in water take time to move,so sound takes time to move in air. Sound takes time to travel.

  Perhaps you have noticed the time that passes between a flash of lightning and the thunder. You may have heard the sound of a baseball bat hitting a ball an instant after you saw it happen.

  Both light and sound take time to travel. However,there is a great deal of difference in their speed. In one second,sound can travel about1,000 feet through air. During this same time,light can travel more than186,000 miles！

  When something makes a sound some distance away,you can often see the action before you hear the sound. As sound travels,vibrations are passed on from one molecule to another. The farther the sound has to travel,the longer it takes.

(   ) 1. Which of these is WRONG?

   A. " Sound and wave" means"水花和水波".

   B. "Lightning and thunder" means"闪电和雷声".

   C. "Instant and second" means"瞬息和秒钟”.

   D. " Action and vibration" means"动作和振动".

(   ) 2. Sound takes time to move in air just as         .

   A. waves   B. trains   C. buses   D. cars

(   ) 3. When we drop a stone into water,we can see         .

   A. nothing

   B. the waves start where the stone meets the water and then move outward

   C. the waves start far from the stone

   D. both A and C

(   ) 4. Which of these is RIGHT?

   A. You may hear the sound of a baseball bat hitting a ball,then see the action.

   B. You may hear the thunder before you see a flash of lightning.

   C. Light takes no time to travel.

   D. The farther the light has to travel,the longer it takes.

(   ) 5. Which of these is NOT right?

   A. In one second,sound can travel about340 meters through air.

   B. In one second,light can travel about300,000,000 meters.

   C. One foot is longer than one meter.

   D. One meter is shorter than one mile.

  We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money,but most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job,did Jim,as a friend,really feel good about it? Or did he envy my luck?" "And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back,doubts like these can make us feel bad.

  But when we look back,it is too late.

  Why do we go wrong about our friends,or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings. And if we do not really listen,we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog!"(你真幸运！) Is he really on your side? If he says, " You're a lucky guy (人，家伙) ！"，that is being friendly. But "a lucky dog?" there is a bit of envy in those words. What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve your luck.

  "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another phrase that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.

  How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake.

(   ) 11. When the writer recalls (回想) some of the things that happened between him and his friends,he         .

   A. feels happy,thinking how nice his friends were to him

   B. feels he might not have understood his friends' true feelings

   C. think it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend

   D. is sorry that his friends let him down

(   ) 12. When the writer talks about someone saying, "You're a lucky dog!"， he is saying that         .

   A. the speaker is just friendly ,

   B. this sentence suggests the same as "You're a lucky guy"

   C. the word "dog" should not be used to apply to people

   D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious

(   ) 13. This passage tries to tell you how to         .

   A. avoid (避免) mistakes about money and friends

   B. get an idea of friendly people

   C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

   D. keep people friendly without trusting them

(   ) 14. The writer suggests that        be trusted.

   A. everybody   B. nobody

   C. all the people   D. not all the people

(   ) 15. Which of the following is RIGHT?

   A. The person who says " You are a lucky dog" is on your side.

   B. In order to understand what others really mean,you'd better look in their eyes.

   C. We won't make any mistakes when we are older.

   D. We have no way to tell the real meaning behind anyone's words.