Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to take control of your feelings. Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen.

The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better.

“Getting angry is not a natural way to act,” the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking.

The book says you can control your anger easily---all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.

l         Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

l         Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.

l         Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.

(   )61.If you often get angry, _________.

A. nobody will wait for you after school  B. you will do worse in your study

C. you will have less friends            D. smoking can be a good help

(   )62.Gary Egeberg is someone who __________.

A. knows how to control your feelings   B. makes a living by writing books

C. is fond of keeping wild animals      D. gets angry easily with his students

(   )63.According to the book, one can put anger under control by _______.

A. staying away from other people    B. reminding yourself not to get angry

C. never talking with your friends     D. singing loudly to calm down yourself

(   )64.From the 1^st tip we can make the conclusion that __________.

A. writing helps to control one’s feelings   B. one’s anger is built upon one’s experience

C. people think better when they are calm  D. a good habit helps to take away a bad one

(   )65.We can safely say from this passage that ______.

A. there are more than three tips in Gary’s book

B. Gary Egeberg never gets angry in his life

C. getting angry easily can’t be changed easily

D. school kids often get angry with each other

Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence—it will also make them get ready for learning in the classroom environment.

　     　 are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their life in or outside school. Students who improve their reading and writing skills will increase their vocabulary and their ability（能力）to use the English language correctly. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children’s literacy（读写能力）. You can make a difference by listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your children outside school hours.

Here are 8 tips on how to help your children to read and write:

²   having everyday conversations with your children

²   trying to ask more “wh-” questions instead of easy “yes” or “no” questions

²   encouraging your children to talk about events you don’t know

²   reading to your children each night

²   listening to your children read

²   teaching your children how to use dictionaries

²   talking about your children’s writings

²   practicing filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or emails

You can also encourage your children to join the Reading Challenge Club and discuss the books they are reading together. In the club, children must read 15 books from the Challenge book list and 5 more books chosen by themselves. There are over 1,000 books on the list. The reading must be done in one year. What’s more, it is a wonderful way to help your children to write. For example, you can encourage them to write diaries or book reviews. Remember to make positive comments as much as possible.

1.This passage is mainly written for __________.

A. children      B. teachers     C. parents      D. doctors

2.__________ is the best for the missing part in Paragraph 2.

A. “Listening and speaking skills”         B. “Reading and writing skills”

C. “Listening and writing skills”      D. “Reading and listening skills”

3.__________ is NOT mentioned in the 8 tips above.

   A. “Listening to the radio every day    ” 

B. “Listening to your children read”

   C. “Reading to your children each night”          

D. “Talking about your children’s writings”

4.In the Reading Challenge Club, children have to read __________ in one year.

A. 5 books          B. 10 books  C. 15 books            D. 20 books

5.Parents can help children to write by encouraging them to__________.

A. draw pictures or take photos         B. listen to pop music 

C. write diaries or book reviews            D. play computer games

 

A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers (写网络日志的人). Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people that the website sina .com.  invited to open blogs.

              The  web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world’s most popular . Xu , an actress-turned –director, became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award for the film. A  Letter From an Unknown Woman in 2004.

              Her blog has broken the domestic (国内的) record  with more than 10 million visits .

              Xu updates (更新) her blog every other day . But if she feels very good she sometimes posts two or three articles in a day .

              Visitors leave thousands of messages about each of her articles , praising (赞扬) her open, free writing style, commenting (评论) on films.

        

(   ) 1. Now Xu Jinglei’s web log is ________________ .

A.  broken by hacker                       B.written by an unknown woman

C. the world’s most popular              D. closed by government

        (   ) 2. How many visitors does Xu’s blog have ?

                A. About 16 million .    B. About 36.82 million  

C. 2004                  D. over 10 million

        (   ) 3. _________ invited Xu Jinglei who was one of the first famous people to open blogs.

                A. The website baidu.com                    B. The website sina.com

                C. The website Yahoo.com                   D.The website blog.com

        (   ) 4. From the passage we know that ________________ .

A.  a survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in English

B.  Xu Jinglei was the only one that the website sina.com invited to open blogs

C.  Xu Jinglei always posts one article in a day

D.  Visitors leave lots of messages about her articles in her blogs

 

 

Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others’ swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.

        Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on the radio or watch them on TV. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.

        Somebody may be a good listener. But he doesn’t speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important. When there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

        Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

        Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

        Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1.You can learn to swim by_________.

A. reading books about it                B. looking at others’ swimming

C. having lessons on it                  D. going into the river to learn

2.We should learn English by__________.

A. listening and speaking                B. reading and writing

C.  A and B                          D. swimming

3. What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A. Don’t make mistakes.                  B. Study hard

C. Try not to speak English                D. Don’t be afraid.

4.What’s important for senior school students?

A. Listening     B. Speaking      C. Reading and writing     D. Learning

5. We can listen to English __________, according to the passage.

A. for beginners.                       B. on the radio 

C. by writing English diaries             D. in English-speaking countries

 

What’s a typical（典型的）day like in Buenos Aires（布宜诺斯艾利斯）? For Diego, who lives with his parents in a house in Buenos Aires, a school day starts    41  . If his mother doesn’t wake him up at 6:00 a.m., his dog Luna will. Diego    42    himself quickly and takes Luna for a walk.

Then it’s time to get ready for school. Diego puts on his school clothes and eats a quick    43  . He slings（抛）his heavy schoolbag over his shoulder and gets onto the city bus for the 25 minutes’  44    to school.

Diego is in the seventh year of primary school. Classes start at 8:00 a.m. with math, followed

  45   history and music. At 1:00 p.m., Diego and his friends have their lunch. After lunch, Diego heads to English class. This is one of his favorites,    46   the students practise English by writing e-mails to students in    47    countries.

         When the    48    class ends, Diego and his friends    49   the bus to a city park to play football. Then he’s back home to start on homework. If he finishes in time, Diego will cook dinner. His parents come home from work at about 8:00 p.m., and    50    they sit down to dinner. After dinner, Diego does some reading or watches TV before getting ready for bed!

1.A. quickly                         B. early                                C. late                                  D. slowly

2.A. dress                            B. dressed                           C. dressing                          D. dresses

3.A. lunch                            B. breakfast                        C. supper                             D. dinner

4.A. walk                        B. way                                  C. ride                                  D. road

5.A. at                                  B. for                                    C. by                                     D. about

6.A. because                      B. if                                       C. since                                D. unless

7.A. other                            B. others                             C. another                           D. the others

8.A. first                              B. second                                      C. third                                 D. last

9.A. fetch                                B. carry                                C. take                                 D. bring

10.A. only                                     B. just                                   C. also                                  D. then