Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don ' t need to change your character (性格) ; you just need to improve your personality (人格), the most popular people are trusted (信任) and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice on how to become the most popular person in the class.
If you want others to like and respect (尊重) you, you have to start by liking yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please (讨好，取悦) others.
Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, too, because by being nice you make others happy.
Be active and have a positive attitude towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.
Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.
Respect cannot be bought with big words or money. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.
【小题1】How can we become popular in our class?
A. To change our character.
B.To trust and love others.
C. To improve our personality.
【小题2】How can you get respect from your classmates according to the passage? '
A. By being honest.
B.By trusting others.
C. By using money.
【小题3】What does the underlined(下划线的) sentence (句子) show?
A. You should be nice to others.
b. You should be polite when you help others.
C. We can help others just by being nice.
【小题4】What kind of people will be liked by the whole class?
a. positive   b.   confident   c.  good-looking   d.  fashionable   e. helpful
A. a, b, e.     b. b, c, d.      C. a,b, c.
【小题5】What's the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. How to please others.
B. How to be the favorite.
C. How to be trusted by others.

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult.  36 , is it really like what they imagine? As a boy  37 lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel  38 
pressure (压力) on me with the city’s development. Although we  39 worry about money, we still have some  40 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation (期望) from parents. These experiences are very  41 to our future. But  42 , they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly  43 the happiness of my childhood.  44 , we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to  45 this invisible (无形的) pressure come upon us. We get up before sunrise and  46 after sunset. We work and study  47 an adult, even harder.
  48 we do is in order to get an excellent  49 . Growing up is very boring, but we  50 try to find happiness while growing up. I think friendship among our friends, the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us. Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
【小题1】 A. However           B. And             C. So
【小题2】 A. which             B. who             C. whom
【小题3】 A. less              B. fewer               C. greater
【小题4】 A. always            B. often           C. seldom
【小题5】 A. other             B. another         C. others
【小题6】 A. helpful           B. happy           C. bad
【小题7】 A. at first              B. for example     C. in fact
【小题8】 A. think             B. remember        C. forget
【小题9】 A. Luckily           B. Unluckily       C. Impossibly
【小题10】A. see            B. touch               C. feel
【小题11】 A. come out      B. come down       C. come back
【小题12】 A. as            B. like            C. alike
【小题13】A. What               B. That            C. How
【小题14】 A. progress          B. mark            C. success
【小题15】A. should         B. shouldn’t       C. mustn’t

 

One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30—I was late! My parents were away. My aunt had gone to work without checking if I was up. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it. I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.

“Tell the teacher I’ll be in as soon as I can!” I said.

“Come on your rollerblades,” Tony said. “It will be faster than the bus.”

I washed and dressed in a hurry. I grabbed an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew. I went across the park — even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favorite subject.

1.The boy woke up at __________ that morning.

   A. 3:45             B. 7:30            C. 8:00             D. 8:30

2.The boy got up late mainly because __________.

   A. his alarm clock had stopped

B. his parents were away

   C. his aunt had gone to work

D. he had missed the school bus

3.The boy got to school __________ that morning.

   A. by bus               B. by skating       C. by running           D. by bike  

4.The boy took all the shortcuts in order to __________.

   A. have breakfast on the way

B. meet his friend 

C. get to school as soon as he could

D. have his favorite lesson

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The boy’s bedroom is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs.

   B. Tony told the boy to go to school on his rollerblades.

   C. The boy had nothing for breakfast that morning.

   D. The boy didn’t miss his favorite lesson.

 

Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.
64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. After I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "
The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顾客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.
In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民区). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 Yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 Yuan as service fee.
Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easier for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.
【小题1】What is offline shopping?

A．Buying things in a common store.

B．Buying and selling things on the internet.

C．Buying things on the internet for the old.

D．Buying things on the internet for the people who can't use the internet.

【小题2】Why do many old people like offline shopping?

A．They don't like going shopping.

B．They are good at buying things on the internet.

C．They don't like buying things online themselves.

D．Offline shopping makes it easier for them to shop online.

【小题3】What's the meaning of the underlined word "charge” in the fourth paragraph?

A．收费

B．管理

C．交纳

D．缴税

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true about the offline Daigou service?

A．People can find buy-for-you shops in residential communities.

B．The customers have to pay a suitable service fee.

C．There are many problems with the ordered things.

D．The store owners deal with the quality problems.

【小题5】We can know from the passage that________.

A．Li Hui'an is crazy about shopping online

B．offline buy-for-you business is in great need

C．Liu Min is the first one who has an offline Daigou store

D．there are about 300 buy-for-you stores in Dalian city

One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement (安排). ‘Now our class is quieter,’ said Wu Liang. ‘What’s more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It’s a better way to study.’
Li Yu liked it, too. He said, ‘Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.’ It was part of a reform (改革) at Li’s school. The school made this reform because they wanted to provide students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. ‘Our school hopes it can improve students’ abilities (能力) to study by themselves and work in groups,’ said Zhang Ming, an English teacher.
However, the reform has demanded (要求) more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively.
‘The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful,’ added Zhang Ming.
【小题1】After the new classroom arrangement, it was easier for Wu Liang and her classmates to _____________ in class.

A．discuss with each other	B．sit in the classroom
C．push desks together	D．teach a lesson

【小题2】The school made the reform in order to provide students with ____________ to study.

A．noisier classes

B．easier ways

C．more seats

D．fewer chances

【小题3】The Chinese meaning of the word ‘effectively’ in this passage is ______________.

A．简单地

B．明确地

C．有效地

D．认真地

【小题4】The best title of this passage may be ‘________________’.21世纪教育网

A．Students’ Friendship	B．Teachers’ Hope
C．Discussion in Class	D．New Look in Class