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Some students think it d__1___ to learn English well. That’s b__2__ they don’t find the right way. I think r__3___ is very important for students. The more you read， the b__4__ you’ll understand. Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writing.

If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve(提高) your listening. On the other hand（另一方面）, listening a lot can h__5____ you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are f_6__, if you wish. You can get a lot of knowledge（知识） when you read. Sometimes you need to s_7__ your ideas, you can either speak or write. That means you are using w__8__ you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to r__9__ something, you should read again and again. So from now on, you’d better do more reading. It’s a good w__10__ to learn English well.

 Barack Obama is the 44th president (总统) of the United States. His date of birth is August 4th, 1961. He was elected (被选举为) president on November 4th, 2008.Obama has a very healthy lifestyle. As a president, he is always very busy and works about 10 hours a day. But he still spends some time doing exercise. At about 7:30 every morning he goes to a gym. He does exercise there for about 90 minutes every day. He says that doing exercise makes him young and healthy. Doing exercise can make him relaxed. His eating habits are also very healthy. He usually stays away from junk food. He eats a lot of vegetables and fruit every day. He doesn’t like coffee or ice cream. His favorite food is the pizza (比萨饼) from a restaurant in Chicago. The restaurant’s name is Italian Fiesta Pizzeria.

Do exercise every day from now on. You’ll be as healthy as Obama!   

1.Obama does exercise ______.

A. every day              B. once a week                  C. twice a week          D. three times a week

2.Obama was _________ years old when he was elected president.

A. 27                            B. 37                                     C. 47                            D. 57

3.Obama likes ______ best according to the passage.

A. coffee                    B. ice cream                         C. pizzas            D. hamburgers

4.We can learn that ______ from the passage.

A. Obama doesn’t eat breakfast with his family

B. Obama goes to bed before 10 o’clock every night

C. Obama does exercise in a park every morning

D. Obama thinks doing exercise is good for him

5.The passage is mainly about _________.

A. Obama’s work    B. Obama’s hobbies    C. Obama’s family    D. Obama’s lifestyle

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: Hi! Lu Ming. I’m really glad to hear that you’ve done so well in the college entrance examination.   1  .

B: Thank you!

A: With such good results, you will be able to get into Beijing University, I’m sure.  2

B: I will study Medicine.  3

A: It’s a good major(专业). Next year I will finish middle school. 4

B: So from now on , you must make full use of your time to get well prepared（准备） for next year’s college entrance examination.

A: I’ll try my best to do as well as you have done.

B: 5

A: Thanks a lot!

A. Congratulations.

B. What’s your job?

C. I’m sure you will!

D. You must do better than I’ve done.

E. What major will you choose?

F. And I want to enter Tsinghua University .

G. It has been my dream to become a doctor all these years.

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: Hi! Lu Ming. I’m really glad to hear that you’ve done so well in the college entrance examination. I          1          .

B: Thank you!

A: With such good results, you will be able to get into Beijing University, I’m sure.

           2      

B: I will study Medicine.        3      

A: It’s a good major(专业). Next year I will finish middle school.      4      

B: So from now on , you must make full use of your time to get well prepared（准备） for next year’s college entrance examination.

A: I’ll try my best to do as well as you have done.

B:        5         

A: Thanks a lot!

A. Congratulations.

B. What’s your job?

C. I’m sure you will!

D. You must do better than I’ve done.

E. What major will you choose?

F. And I want very much to enter Tsinghua University.

G. It has been my dream to become a doctor all these years.

Some students think it difficult to learn English well. That’s because they don’t find the right way. I think reading is very important for students. The more you read, the better you’ll understand.

    Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writing. If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free, if you wish. You can get a lot of knowledge when you read. Sometimes you need to express your ideas, you can either speak or write. That means you are using what you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to remember something, you should read again and again.

So from now on, you’d better do more reading. It’s a good way to learn English well.

1. Some students think it difficult to learn English well because _________.

A. they don’t work hard                           B. they are afraid of English.

C. they don’t find the right way                     D. they aren’t clever

2. Reading is helpful to ________.

A. speaking            B. listening                   C. writing           D. A. B & C

3.The writer thinks ________ is a good way to learn English well.

A. the better you write                            B. doing more reading

C. the more you remember                        D. the more you write

4. In Chinese studying, the more you read , _________.

A. the better you speak                           B. the better you write

C. the more you remember                       D. the more you write

5. The title of this passage may be _________.

A. English is important                              B. Reading is helpful

C. English is difficult                                 D. Reading is important