Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a popular kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.

 First, why do you want to be popular? Ask yourself if your desire(渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.

    Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize that everyone is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible( 可见的) to the school population.

    Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in right way.

    Volunteer to help with classroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression (印象）on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality.

    Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as someone who makes a difference at your school .

1.What does the underlined word “ weird ” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Strange.            B. Popular.             C. Exciting .            D. Common.

2.What does the writer probably think is important to do according to the last paragraph?

A. Not losing a sense of self.                           B. Creating a club of our own.

C. Making a difference to our school.      D. Following other students’ example.

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer?

A. Be nice to other people at school.  

B. Find something that you are good at.

C. Make your teachers know you’re a good student.

D. Make friends with some students who are popular.

4.The writer writes the passage to tell us________.

A. what to do in high school

B. how to get along well with others

C. how to become popular in middle school

D. what kinds of students are popular at school

阅读短文，根据其内容，选择最佳选项完成下列各题。（10分）

Paragraph 1: Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷物), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.

Paragraph 2: People in different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at 11 o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.

Paragraph 3: There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

1.From the first paragraph we know noodles belong to a kind of ______ food.

A. vegetable                        B. fruit                         C. meat                        D. cereal

2.According to the scientists, which of the following groups is the healthiest for your lunch?

A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages                    B. potatoes, rice, bread, carrots

C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes                      D. beef, pork, fish, milk

3.People in different places of the world ______.

A. have the right kinds of food to eat                   B. cook their food in the same way

C. have their meals at the same time                   D. eat food in different ways

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

B. There are too many people in the world.

C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

5.If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

A. When people eat their meals.

B. What to do with the two problems.

C. How to cook food in different ways.

D. Why people in different places eat different kinds of food.

Do you have a pen pal? If not, do you want to have one? Now let me tell you how to get a pen pal. There are usually three steps(步骤)The first is greeting. In this step, you and your new friend will say “hello” to each other and tell names. The second step is to talk. When talking with your new friend, it is always about your age, your family, your favorites or any other things like that. The third step is leave-taking. In this step, you tell your new friend that you are happy to meet him/her. You can also say “Do you want to be my pen pal?” or “ I hope we can be pen pals.”

1.This passage is about ______.

A. how to get a pen pal             

B. how to get to a hotel

      C. how to learn a new language       

2.There are______steps mentioned(被提及)in the passage.

A. two     B. three            C.  four           

3.Which of the following is NOT a greeting?

A. Hi!         

B. Where are you going?   

C. Hello, my name is Jane.          

4.You may talk about your father’s favorite animals in the ____step.

A. first  B. second           C.  third      

5.What does “leave-taking” mean ?

A. Meeting your pen pal.         

B. Visiting your pen pal’s house.

C. Saying goodbye to your pen pal.    

We recycle(回收利用）rubbish, so why not language? Recycling language means using vocabulary that you have learnt before again and again. However, unlike rubbish that piles up(堆积)in our environment. if we do not recycle language, we simply forget it. So how do you recycle language?
There are basically three ways to do it. The first is through reading. Go back to your favourite articles and read them once more. Just reread them and do not worry about each vocabulary item. If there are some that you are not sure about, make a guess and you will probably guess right. The second way to recycle is through writing. Look at some of your favourite articles and write either a short paragraph or a few sentences in your own words. After you have done this a few times, go back and read through what you have written, checking vocabulary functions. Don’t worry if you have made mistakes. That’s how you learn. The third way to recycle language is by having an imaginary chat with yourself about your favourite articles at home. You can pretend there is someone with you who speaks English and tell him what you are thinking about or how you feel.
(     )12. According to the passage, recycling language means ______.
A. repeating vocabulary at times    B. revising vocabulary at a proper time
C. learning new vocabulary as much as possible
D. using vocabulary that we have learnt very often
(     )13. If we recycle language, it may ______.
A. be kept in our mind                   B. be forgotten easily
C. pile up in our environment            D. disappear from our mind soon
(     )14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in recycling language?
A. Reading.        B. Listening.       C. Writing.        D. Speaking.
(     )15. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?
A. Why to Recycle Language              B. How to Learn Vocabulary
C. How to Recycle Language              D. Why to Learn Vocabulary

I don't know _______.Can you tell me________?

A. how swim; what to do                      B. how to swim ; what to do it 

C. how to swim; what to do                    D. what to swim; how to do