Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is students can teach themselves. For example, if you cannot remember anything when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.

How to teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don’t understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do like this for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study.

41. Listening to the teacher is      for students to learn something.

  A. not a way   B. the best way  C. the only way  D. not the only way

42. Which of the following is right?

  A. A student can teach himself only in class.  B. It is a bad way to learn from the teacher.

  C. A student can learn to teach himself if he wants to.  D. Students know very well how to teach themselves.

43. In teaching yourself, the first thing you must do is      .

  A. writing  B. reading  C. asking D. answering

44. A clever student usually likes      .

  A. asking questions  B. answering questions  C. find answers  D. teaching others

45. If you want to succeed, you’d better learn     .

  A. how to teach others  B. how to teach yourself  C. to read and write   D. how to ask questions

In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客) at home. They often invite friends over for a meal, a party, or just for conversation.

Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their home.

"Would you like to come over for dinner this Saturday night?"

"Hey, we're having a dinner on Friday. Can you come?"

To reply to an invitation, either say thank you and accept(接受), or say you' re sorry and give an excuse: "Thanks, I'd love to. What time would you like us to come?" or "Oh, sorry, I've tickets for a film."

Sometimes, however, people use expressions that sound like invitations but they are not real invitations, such as, "Please come over for a drink sometime." or "Why don't you come over and see us sometime?"

They are really polite ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don't mention a nice time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly. To reply to expressions like this, people just say: "Sure, that would be great!", "OK." or "Yes, thanks."

41. _____ enjoy entertaining at home.

A. Canadian and American people       B. Some friendly people

C. People in English--speaking countries  D. People abroad

42. Which of the following is NOT a real invitation?

A. Please go to the concert with me some day.

B. Would you like to have a cup of tea with us this evening?

C. I've two tickets here. Can you go to the cinema with me?

D. If you are free now, let's go to Wang's for a drink.

43. If people say, "Why not get together for a party sometime?",  you just say "__________ "

A. I'm glad to hear that.     B. How about this evening?

C. Oh, sorry. I'm very busy.  D. That's great. Thanks.

44. People use "an unreal invitation" in order to show________.

A. they're trying to be friendly  B. they have already got ready for a party or a meal

C. they're trying to make friends with others   D. their spirit of generosity   

45. Which of the following is right?

 A. This passage is mainly about table manners in Canada and USA.

 B. People in Canada are friendlier than those in USA.

 C. "Please come over for a drink sometime."is used to show he or she is friendly.

 D. Poeple in Canada and USA are dishonest.

  Peter wanted to know why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.

  One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday. I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.”

  “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.”

  “Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.”

  That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than one from the bakery (面包房).” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him have the party at their house! They agreed.

 The party was a big success. However, when the friends were leaving, they said “Thank you!” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the invitation.”

(    ) 41. The party was held ______.

   A. at Peter’s house   B. in a large hall   C. at Peter’s friends’ house   D. in a secret place

(    ) 42. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Betty was good at making cakes.    B. Mary sang well.

   C. Bill played the violin well.         D.They had the party in the Jacksons’ house

(    ) 43. ______ liked Peter.

   A. Many of his friends    B. Few people    C. Everyone    D. All his friends

(    ) 44. Peter  _______to go to the party.

   A. tried his best    B. did nothing    C. only invited some friends    D. did everything

(    ) 45. From the story, we can see Peter was ______.

   A. a warm-hearted (热心肠的) man      B. good at making friends  

   C. a selfish (自私的) man              D. a welcomed friend

                       

Chairman Mao once said: “It is not hard to do one good deed. It is hard to do good deeds all your life.” Guo Mingyi, 52, a worker in Anshan, Liaoning, did just that. Over the past 20 years, Guo has donated 60,000 milliliters(毫升) of blood. That is the blood of 10 people put together.

　　 Once, on a cold winter of 2009, Guo got a call from the hospital. The doctors told him that a patient needed a blood donation. Guo didn’t have time to eat lunch. He travelled in the snow to get to the hospital. When he finished donating the blood, he was so tired that he fell asleep on the hospital bed.

　　 Guo and his family live a simple life. He and his wife and daughter live in a house of only 40 square meters. They don’t have a lot of money, but Guo saves money to support poor children. In the past 16 years, he has donated over 100,000 yuan to more than 180 poor students. When the parents met him, many cried. “He looks poorer than us,” they said.

　　 Guo has also offered hands to thousands of workers, friends and strangers. His warm heart has moved many people. They call him a “Modern-Day Lei Feng”.

　　 Recently, Chinese leaders called on people to learn from Guo. They say young people especially should learn his selfless devotion(无私奉献).But Guo said he did these things in order not to get famous. “It’s just that some people need some help, and there should be someone standing out to give them a hand,” he said.

40. When was Guo Mingyi born in Anshan, Liaoning?

A. In 1940                   B. In 1950                   C. In 1960                   D. In 1970

41. Why did Guo Mingyi donate the blood to a patient on a cold winter of 2009?

A. Because they are good friends.            B. Because he had no money to eat lunch.

C. Because he wanted to sleep in the hospital D. Because he wanted to help the patient very much.

42. Which of the following is RIGHT about Guo Mingyi?

A. He is a common businessman.                       B. He has a very rich family.

C. He wants to be famous a lot.                         D. He devotes what he has to helping others

43. What does the writer write the passage for?

A. To learn from Gou Mingyi’s selfless devotion.   B. To donate blood to the people in need.

C. To raise money for poor students.             D. To remember Lei Feng.

Superman’s super fan

 Superman fan Christopher Dennis

 takes a photo with his Superman

 collection in his living room in Los

 Angeles，California. He has l5,000

 collections so far, and they cost

$100.000

Age deosn’t matter

 Johanna Quass, an 86-year-old lady

 shocked everyone when she showed

 her gymnastic skills at the 2012

 Cottbus Gymnastic World Cup(科特布斯体操世界杯)in Germany．

Three climbing as a PE lesson

 South China’s Xiamen University is The first one in the country to open a Dew PE course named tree climbing,

which caught a lot of attention As the new semester began，the course was in great need Only one out of ten students can be lucky enough to

 take the class.

From game to cartoon

 Am you getting bored of watching

 Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry? Now, the popular phone game Angry Birds us going to become a weekly cartoon on TV, and  a movie of the game is also in the works The cartoon will come out this year, and

 the movie will be showed in 2016.

41. The movie Angry Birds will be showed in ______.

      A． 2012             B. 2014             C. 2016             D. 2017

42. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

      A. People can watch the cartoon Angry Birds on TV every day.

      B. Johanna Quass showed her gymnastic skills at the age of 86.

      C. Christopher Dennis has 100~000 superman collections so far.

      D. Xiamen University students have no interest in the new P. E course.

43. We can probably find the above information in a ______.

      A. newspaper       B. diary             C. guide book       D. dictionary