—How much difficulty did you have the problem?

— . It’s quite easy.

A.to solve; Nothing B.to solve; None C.solving; None D.solving; Nothing

to have the meeting .

A.If; isn’t decided B.When; hasn’t decided

C.Whether; isn’t decided D.How; hasn’t decided

Nearly every kid hates exams, it’s necessary. It helps to check you have learned the knowledge.

A.and; how B.but; if C.so; when D.or; whether

The teacher sent me home with a note for my mother that said I needed to visit the eye doctor because I failed the vision test. The trip home that day was very slow.

My mother said it would all be just fine. "It wouldn’t hurt a bit," she said. But I wasn’t worried about pain-I was worried about looking _______.

The next day, my mother pulled me to the eye doctor’s office. I _______ a set of frames (鏡框) and tried to believe my mother when she said they looked really _______ on me. The doctor said the glasses would be ready soon. But I wasn’t ready at all, and I didn’t think I ever would be.

When the glasses arrived, the eye doctor put them on my face and walked me out onto the sidewalk in front of his office. When I looked _______ from my shoes, I found myself in a whole new world – a world filled with _______ pictures, bright colours, and fine detail everywhere I looked. Suddenly I _______ the beautiful outline of red leaves on trees. I could see the details of people’s faces long before they were standing in front of me. I could see my mother _______ as she watched me see the world in a whole new way.

"Glasses aren’t so bad, are they? " Mom asked.

"Not at all, " I thought to myself. On that first day, they were a _______.

The Monday morning came, and I had to _______ the kids in my classroom. And it happened, just like I feared it would be. A mean kid pointed at me in the middle of the maths class and shouted, "Four ________! " But at the same moment, looking through my new glasses, I could see all the way across the room that the kid who had said it had an awfully big nose.

1.A. smart B. old C. funny D. blind

2.A. chose B. made C. fixed D. owned

3.A. silly B. good C. huge D. strange

4.A. around B. back C. down D. up

5.A. pale B. dark C. clever D. rare

6.A. noticed B. recorded C. developed D. imagined

7.A. crying B. worrying C. dreaming D. smiling

8.A. present B. wonder C. beauty D. fashion

9.A. impress B. visit C. face D. avoid

10.A. noses B. eyes C. glasses D. frames

1.How often can you take the writing course every week?

A.Only once. B.Twice. C.Five times. D.Every day.

2.How much will you pay if you take the reading and listening courses?

A.￡90.00. B.￡125.00. C.￡155.00. D.￡185.00.

3.If you are free on Sunday morning, which course can you take?

A.Speaking. B.Reading. C.Writing. D.Listening.

Big as the World is, Home is Where We Go Back (《世界再大，也要回家》) is a group of hand-drawn comics by a college student. It shows us parents’ deep love when their daughter is at home and away.

When you were away from home, your parents would eat simple and vegetarian, three meals a day…and every day when you were at home, they would prepare a whole table of food for you.

When you were away from home, your parents would mention you to others from time to time…and when you were at home, they would complain about you a lot.

When you were away from home, you were the competent and independent self…while you were at home, you would be a little girl who always needed to be taken care of.

But one day, you happen to find it hard for your parents to do things they used to be able to. Their memory and their hearing are getting worse and worse. You are going faster and faster without knowing that they are walking slower and slower-they are growing old. When you finally understand it is time to repay your parents, could there be enough time left? So, go home before it is too late! Show your love by spending more time with your parents.

1.What would parents do when their daughter was at home?

A.They would complain about her laziness to friends.

B.They would prepare just one dish and let her eat first.

C.They would talk much about her weakness.

D.They would get her up when she wants to sleep late.

2.What is the meaning of the underlined word“competent”in Picture 5 ?

A.能干的 B.自信的 C.強(qiáng)勢(shì)的 D.有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的

3.According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?

A.Eating simple and vegetarian is good for our health.

B.The daughter in the comic didn’t listen to her father.

C.There isn’t enough time to repay parents, so don’t go home late.

D.Being with your parents is the longest confession of love to parents.

Happy Family Salad

Ingredients（成分）:

★Two adults (married, responsible and loving parents)

★One child(or more)

★Two large bowls of tolerance

★A cup of understanding

★Four leaves of fun and games

★Two tablespoons of salad cream of kindness

★A whole heap(堆) of sharing and caring

★Abag of happy thoughts

★A bag of smiles

Methods（做法）:

1Put all the ingredients except the leaves of fun and games, cream of kindness, happy thoughts and smiles, in a mixing bowl.

2Pour in the cream of kindness and mix well.

3Arrange the leaves of fun and games in a salad bowl.

4Sprinkle (撒上) the happy thoughts and smiles on top and serve.

Serving suggestions:

Do not put into the fridge. Always serve salad fresh and eat immediately, and together as a family. Stale salad should be thrown away before it causes sadness. The Happy Family Salad can be eaten at any time of the day as part of breakfast, lunch or dinner.

1.Which ingredient will the writer choose for “Happy Family Salad”?

A.Grandparents and at least a child. B.Understanding and happy thoughts.

C.Salad cream of kindness and friendship. D.Four leaves of fun and games without smiling.

2.What does the underlined word “stale” mean in the last paragraph?

A.Losing freshness. B.Being coldness.

C.Getting hardness. D.Tasting badness.

3.What does “Happy Family Salad” mainly tell us?

A.How to make a delicious salad. B.How to have a happy family life.

C.How often it is the best to eat a salad. D.How many ingredients there are in a salad.

Some students get so nervous before an exam that they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology (心理學(xué)) professor at the University of Chicago, has studied these highly anxious (焦慮的) exam-takers.

“They start worrying about the results. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry，it actually uses up attention and memory resources that we could otherwise be using to focus (集中) on the exam.” says Sian Beilock.

The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the coming second test.

The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second exam would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.

Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 20% worse on the second exam. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%.

Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things not connected to the test.

Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who wrote about their feelings got an average grade of B＋，compared with a B－for those who did not.

But what can they do if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and they can still improve their performance.

1.In which paragraph does the author introduce the background of his study?

A. In the last paragraph. B. In the second paragraph.

C. In the third paragraph. D. In the first paragraph.

2.According to Sian Beilock, if you want to succeed in an exam, you should ________.

A. focus your attention on the exam B. be as serious as you can about the exam

C. set clear study goals and keep them D. make a careful preparation for the exam

3.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph means “_______”.

A. looking for a chance B. preparing for the exam

C. writing about the feelings D. taking the exam

4.We can infer (推斷) from the study that students who sit quietly before the exam ______.

A. are more likely to get better exam results

B. worry more about the exam in their mind

C. have a positive attitude towards exam results

D. have a strong will to be successful in the exam

As a teenager, you’re trying to learn who you are. You’re going through mental and physical changes. You’re dealing with different kinds of stress and trying to succeed in school.

The good news is that though the teen years are tough, there are skills you can learn to make them a lot easier.

If you’re a teen and trying to manage your feelings better, here are a few skills for you to deal with your feelings.

Name the feeling.

What feeling are you experiencing? For example, are you sad, stressed. Angry, joyful or excited?

Accept what you’re feeling.

Many people worry that their feelings will increase. So they are not willing to accept them, hoping that they’ll just go away. However, that’s impossible. Remind yourself that it’s OK to feel your feelings.

Become familiar with your feelings.

To better understand your feelings, you should pay attention to your feelings all over the day. You may record how you’re feeling in the morning, afternoon and at night on a piece of paper. Next to your feeling, also write down where you notice it in your body.

Express your feelings.

Expressing a feeling is a good way to reduce it. For example, you can express your feelings by crying, exercising, writing about them or talking to someone you trust. Just be sure that whatever activity you choose, it doesn’t hurt you or anyone else.

At different times in your life, you’ll experience different difficulties. But by learning some helpful skills, you’ll be able to live a comfortable life.

1.To Do with Your Feelings

按所給的漢語(yǔ)，用英語(yǔ)完成下列句子。

1.年輕人應(yīng)該經(jīng)常向別人學(xué)習(xí)而不是炫耀學(xué)問(wèn)。

Young people should often ________________________ the knowledge.

2.他們寧愿放棄這次演出也不愿缺席考試。

They would rather ______________________________.

3.我們想知道這部老電影讓她想起了什么。

We wondered ______________________________.

4.關(guān)注細(xì)節(jié)使你更易于取得成功。

__________________________ for you to have success.

5.他講了這個(gè)意味深長(zhǎng)的故事，毫不費(fèi)力地使大家振作起來(lái)。

He told a meaningful story, and he ___________________ everyone.

6.我爸媽飯后都不洗碗。洗碗是我的活兒。

_______________________ after meals. That’s my work.