-- I’m not very good at English．

-________，maybe you need to practice it more．

A．Thank you          B．I'm sorry             C．Here you are         D．Don't worry

 “Did you see that?” Joe said to his friend Bill. “You’re a great shooter!”
  Bill caught the   1  and bounced it before throwing it again. The ball flew into the net.

“Bill, you never   2 !” Joe said admiringly.

     “Unless I’m in a real game,” Bill complained. “Then I miss all the time.”
     Joe knew that Bill was  3 . Bill performed much better when he was having fun with Joe in the school yard than he did when he was playing for the school team in front of a large crowd.

“Maybe you just need to   4  more,” Joe suggested.

     “But I practice all the time with you!” Bill objected. He shook his head. “I just can’t play well when people are  5   me.”
      “You play well when I’m watching,” Joe pointed out.
      “That’s because I’ve known you since we were five years old,” Bill said with a smile. “I’m just not  6  playing when other people are around.”

Joe nodded and understood, but he also had an idea.
     The next day Joe and Bill met in the school yard again to practice. After a few minutes, Joe  7  himself.
     “Practice without me,” Joe said to his friend. “I’ll be back in a minute.”
     Joe hurried through the school building, gathering together  8  he could find—two students, a math teacher, two secretaries, and a janitor. When Joe explained why he needed them, everyone was happy to help.
     Joe reminded the group to stay  9  as they all went toward the school’s basketball court. As Joe had hoped, Bill was still practicing basketball. He made five        10  in a row without noticing the silent people standing behind him.
      “Hey, Bill!” Joe called out  11 .
      Bill turned. A look of surprise came over his face. “I just wanted to 12  you that you could play well with people watching you,” Joe said. “Now you’ll have nothing to worry about for the next game!”

1 A. basketball       B. football               C. volleyball                      D. baseball

2 A. touch             B. miss                 C. hold                               D. feel

3A. upset                  B. right                 C. active                      D. different

 4 A. train                          B. play                 C. practice                         D. enjoy

5 A. treating               B. shouting           C. cheering                         D. watching

 6 A. similar                B. confident          C. successful               D. comfortable

 7 A. excused                    B. enjoyed            C. helped                           D. suggested

 8 A. whomever          B. whenever         C. whatever                        D. wherever

9 A. alone                  B. silent                C. quiet                              D. safe

 10 A. balls                        B. baskets            C. steps                              D. scores

 11 A. quickly                    B. loudly        C. suddenly                        D. finally

 12 A. surprise                   B. tell                   C. show                         D. hope

    Have you ever thought of such questions as ‘‘Why do I have to study math?” or “I am not interested in history at all．My dream is to be an engineer．Should I give history up?”

    Maybe you are right．After you leave school，it's not necessary for you to understand everything．But please remember that at school，besides getting knowledge，you should pay attention to some other important things．

    First，try to find what you are most interested in．At school，you study many subjects．Try to find what you like and what you don't like。This may be helpful to you in the future．

    Second，maybe you don't like math and you want to drop it．But the logical thinking ability（逻辑思维能力）from math can help you solve some problems, At school，you should practice your brain by thinking．

    Third，you should believe in yourself．Maybe you learn French at school，but you don't need to speak French at all．But learning French can prove（证明）that you have the ability of learning languages。Suppose you go to Germany one day and find a job there．Then you call tell yourself, “I can do my job well．At school I learned French well．and now I must be able to learn German．”But if you have no confidence，what will happen?

    Try to challenge yourself as often as possible。I think many of us like playing computer games．When we fail in a game，we always want to try it again，why? Because it is hard for ns to get the highest mark．If we want to challenge ourselves，we must face more difficult things and make greater progress．

1．At school you should                     ．

   A．stop learning the Subjects you don't like

   B．both get knowledge and improve your ability

   C．pay more attention to math

   D．1earn French instead of English

2．Math can improve one's                 ．

   A．thinking ability                                           B．skills in computer

   C．interest in other Subjects                       D．ability of finding a job

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

   A．You will use everything you learn at school in your future job．

   B．It's not necessary to  know what you like at school．

   C．Everything you learn at school has an influence on you．

   D．Logical thinking ability is the most important ability．

4．Learning French can help us           ．

   A．have confidence in learning languages          B．go to Germany

   C．get a good result in the exam                         D．in nothing

5 ．The last paragraph tells as that             ．

   A．everyone loves to play computer games

   B．it is not easy to get high marks in computer games

   C．we should do some very difficult things

   D．we should challenge ourselves

Friendship Restaurant

    We have different kinds of Japanese food here．The menu is written in Japanese and Chinese．All the waiters can speak both Chinese and Japanese．Time：11：30am…10：00pm

1 In Friendship Restaurant, the menu is written in both _______

   A．Chinese and English                                 B．Japanese and Chinese

   C．Chinese and Indian                                  D．Japanese and French

2 If you want to help others, you can _______

    A．go to Friendship Restaurant                      B．join the Volunteer Project

    C．join the Red Bird Club                           D．go to Dream Comer

3 Sara likes dancing．She wants to learn more, she can call ______．

    A．822-5556             B．822-3331             C．822-5566             D．822-3311

4 Tom and his friends have to finish their geography project about animals in the sea．They need some information, they can go to _______

      A．Friendship Restaurant                               B．Red Bird Club 

C．Dream Comer                                            D．The Underwater World

5 If we want to practice our foreign languages, we can go to _______

      A．Friendship Restaurant                               B．Volunteer Project 

C．Dream Comer                                           D．A or C