1Many people in Beijing have returned to school only because they have become parents．
Parents are searching for help to solve a problem：the education of their “only 1 ”. “One student complained his father，who liked smoking，always left the _____2_____ of smoke in the room and he could not do his homework there．Another wrote that his father often played majiang and the 3 kept him awake most of the night．Many parents know_____4_____about home education and keep making mistakes．Parents’ schools are badly 5 ，” an official(官员)said.
The parents’ schools provide many talks on 6 to be good parents．
Xu Lin’s son was a middle school student．He 7 all of his first term exams．Xu Lin got 8 and beat him．but his study didn’t improve．Xu Lin then went to a parents’ school and learned a lot．The boy did well in all his lessons in the next term and helped teach his mother English．
Parents need not only to give instructions, but to be 9 , even by their children．A parent said．“ 10 the class, I know more about my child and she also understands me more．”
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Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In 1 , anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study 2 much work. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a 3 of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t forget to leave yourself enough 4 for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house 5 a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk 6 just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen 7 to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class means less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can 8 it easier for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here to 9 you with your studying. I believe you find 10 other ways besides these.
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Andy was born in China 15 years ago．In 2005, she 1 to the USA with her family．As a high school student，she has found many differences 2 Chinese and Americans：
About money
1) Americans like to spend 3 than they have，so many of them are always in debt(欠债)．But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many 0f them always have 4 left in the bank．
2) The American kids themselves make their own money．Most Chinese kids always 5 their parents for money．
3) Many American parents think there is 6 need to send their children t0 an expensive university．It’s different in China．Many Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to expensive universities 7 their family isn’t rich enough．
About school
1) Many American girls take part in sports，dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups．
2) Many American students think that B is a girl while many Chinese students think that B is too 8 ．
About friends
Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by 9 . They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents usually enjoy knowing more about their children’s friends 10 many different ways，and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends．
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What can you do to keep healthy? Perhaps for children, healthy eating is one of the most important things. Here are some ideas about 1 to eat healthily.
Having breakfast
A good breakfast is very important to children. It’s necessary to have it in the 2 . But some children often go to school 3 breakfast， just because they want to sleep a little longer. Remember that a good breakfast will help you study better.
Having milk
“My dream is that all the Chinese children can get half a kilogram(公斤 )of milk a day.” The Chinese Premier (总理 ) Wen Jiabao said this during his 4 to a milk farm. Milk is also very
important to children’s health. It makes children grow stronger. It’s better for you to 5 a glass of warm milk 6 going to bed. That will help you have a good sleep.
Having healthy food
Having healthy food is the most important. That means eating lots of different 7 of food, especially fruits and vegetables. Don’t eat too much chocolate 8 ice-cream. Some of you 9 eating fast food, but in fact it is not good for your health. Try to eat healthy food as much as 10.
Have healthy eating habits, and you will have a strong body.
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“I don`t want to move!” Fred said to his father, “I like living here in New York City. And I like to play in the streets. My friends are ____1____. I want to stay!”
“ We have to ____2___, Fred,” Mr Sparks said. “I have a ____3___ job in the Islands. Why ____4___ you wait until you see them? Maybe you will like living ____5____.
“Never!” was Fred`s answer.
A few weeks ___6____, the Sparks family left the city by plane. They ___7____ over land for
hours. In San Francisco they took _____8___ big plane. This time they flew over water.
At last they saw land. “There is Hawaii,” Mr Sparks said. “ And there is the island we are to live on. But we will visit the other island, too.
“I don`t care ___9____ they are like,” said Fred. “I wish I could go ____10____ to New York City right now!”
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A good breakfast is ____1___. By breakfast time you have not eaten ____2___ for about 12 hours. Your body ____3___ food for morning activities. One good ____4____ should be rice or bread, an egg, milk and fruit. On a cold morning a cup of hot drink is good ___5___ your health.
You must get ___6___ early to have ____7___ time to eat breakfast.
A good breakfast helps you smile more easily. It helps you to be more friendly and also work _____8__ and play more happily. Your whole day will _____9___ interesting if you ____10____ a good breakfast.
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Most children like to watch TV. It`s very interesting. By ____1___ TV they can see a lot, learn a lot and know many things about their country and about the world. Of course they can ___2___ learn over the radio. But they learn better and ____3___ easily on TV. Why? Because they can hear and watch at the ____4____ time. But they can`t see ____5___over the radio.
TV helps to open children`s eyes. It can help to open their minds, ___6___. They learn newer and better ____7___ of doing things. They may find the world is now smaller ____8___ before.
Many children watch TV on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy ____9___ their lessons. But a few children watch TV every night. They uaually go to bed very ____10____. They can`t have a good rest. How about you, my young friend?
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As soon as I enter the door, I find mum sad __1___ tears in her eyes. It’s unusual –--she usually opens the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“What’s the matter, mum?” I ask. “She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I 2 what she says. The tulip（郁金香）---mum’s __3___, is dying.
A month ago, we __4__ to our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. When she was __5__, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoy its beautiful color and smell.
She treated(对待) it like a baby and looked after it 6 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough __7___. The first thing she did when she got up every morning was 8 the tulip. Mum also fertilized（施肥）it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and stronger. But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s___9_that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be harmful. Love can sometimes ___10__ what you love.
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Many, many years ago there lived two monks（和尚） in a temple（寺庙）. They did ____1__ all day and all night. One night one of them got up to the roof. There he saw millions of stars high up in the ____2___. He said to ____3___, “I will angle（钓） for stars. That must ____4___ very interesting.” So he took ____5___ his fishing-rod（钓鱼竿） and began to angle for the stars.
The ____6___ monk saw him doing all these and asked, “What are you doing over there?”
The monk on the roof answered, “I`m angling for the stars.” When the other monk heard this, he couldn`t help ____7__ “How foolish you are! How can you ___8___ the stars high up in the sky! They are so far away from you and your fishing-rod is ___9___short, you must get a ____10___one.”
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One day Mrs Prrry went _____1____. When her husband came home in the ____2___, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton ___3___.
“I saw it in a shop this morning,” she said, “and…”
“And you want to ___4___it,” said her husband. “How much does it ____5___?”
“Twenty pounds.”
“Twenty pounds for a cotton dress? This is too much.”
But every evening, when Mr Prrry came back from work, his wife went on to speak only about the dress. At last, after a week, he said, “Oh, buy the dress! Here is the ____6___!” She was very ____7___.
But the ____8___evening, when Mr Perry came home and asked, “Have you got the famous dress?” She said, “No.”
“Why not?” he said.
“Well, it was still in the window of the shop ____9__ a week. That means nobady else wants this dress, so I don`t want it, _____10___.”
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Of all the things we eat and drink, water is the ___1___ important. Not many people understand this but it`s quite true. The human body can go ____2___ food for a long time, but two ___3___ three days without water usually men will die. Many people don`t understand how ___4___water the man body need to work properly and many people don`t drink enough, especially in hot ____5___. Most people drink when they are ____6____, but in ___7___ we often need more water, especially if we have had exercise. A man`s ____8____ is about 70﹪ water. If we do not have _____9___ water, we feel tired and may become ____10____.
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There are many ways for us to reduce (减少) waste. For example, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass, and cans to make new things. Here are some useful ways to reduce waste.
Write on both sides of paper
Many people write on only ____1__ side of their paper. Why not try using both sides? Some students only use half the pages of their notebooks ____2__ getting new ones. Try to use up all the paper. People often give cards on birthdays or festivals. How about trying to ___3___ e-cards instead?
Don’t throw away your old batteries (电池)
Maybe you do not know that old batteries make the soil（土壤） dirty. This is ___4____ they have poisonous (有毒的) parts in them. So, don’t throw away batteries. Keep them together. Try to use rechargeable (充电的) batteries for your games ____5___CD players.
Give away all your unwanted clothes
There are many poor families in China. You may ask your mother to keep your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them on to those poor children. You will feel ____6___ that you are helping someone else. Also, you can see ____7__ your friends or relatives (亲戚) want them before throwing them away.
Don’t waste water
As we all know., water is very ____8____ to man, we can`t live _____9___ water.The amount which is suitable to drink is less and less. But some people don`t care about it. They waste a lot of water in their daily life. Even worse, they pour dirty water into rivers. They throw rubbish into rivers, _____10____. Many rivers and lakes are seriously polluted. Something must be done to stop the pollution. Only in this way can we live happily. If we don`t save water, the last drop of water will be a tear-drop of us.
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Do you always agree with your teachers? Sometimes you have a different answer ___1_ a math problem. Or perhaps they scold (训斥) you when you don’t think you did anything wrong.
What do you do then? A story said 2 more and more students are speaking out and even quarrelling（争吵） ___3__ their teachers.
It’s good for students to say what they think. In the past,___4_ Chinese students dared(敢) speak back to their teachers. It was a rule that what the teachers said is always ___5___. But now students are beginning to think more by themselves and dare to say what they want.
But students should choose the right ___6 to speak out. We should respect(尊敬) teachers. They are older ____7___ you and have more experience. So, never use rude words when you don’t ___8_ with them.
Try to find the right time to____9 to your teacher. For ____10_ , discuss the problem after class.
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Tom was a poor boy. He made a living by cleaning leather（皮革） shoes for others in the street. Tom was also a __1____boy. One day, a rich man ___2____Miser appeared in front of Tom.
He watched his ___3____ shoes for a while, and then, looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. They love money ____4__hate to spend it.
Tom said, “ Let me ___5____ your shoes, sir. Only two pence（便士）,sir.”
Mr.Miser shook his head and walked away.
Tom thought for a second and then called out, “ I`d like to clean it for nothing.” This time Mr.Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was shone brightly.
When the rich man put his other shoe ___6___ the stool（凳子）. Tom said he wouldn`t clean it for him____7___ he paid two pence for his work. Mr.Miser was very ___8___.He refused to pay anything and went away.
But to his surprise, the well-cleaned shoe was so bright ___9____ it made the other one look even dirtier.Mr. Miser looked round. People in the street were laughing ____10___ him.
Finally the rich man returned and gave Tom two pence. In a very short time his two shoes were
shone brightly.
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It was a Monday morning , I went to school as ___1___. I walked as fast as ___2____ because I was late already . When I ___3____ at the classroom , all the other students were there and the monitor came up to me and said, “Jonn, Mr Brown came here for you just now. He is waiting for you in the teachers` room.” Mr Brown was our French teacher. Why did he want to see me? Did I ______4___ the French exam? I was never good at French . I could never remember the French words . I was worried ______5__ I walked . When I got to the teachers` room , Mr Brown wasn’t there . “He will be back in a minute .” I thought and so I waited there . I waited and waited , but he never came . The first class was ____6____ over when I got back to the classroom . Mr Brown was there , _____7___ his French lesson. “Why are you late , John? Didn’t I tell you to come earlier last week? What`s wrong with you …?” “But, Mr Brown , didn’t you want to see me in teachers` room?” “In the teachers ` room ?” Mr Brown didn`t ____8____ to understand. I looked at the monitor for the answer . Just then all the boys and girls shouted at me ____9____, “April fool?”
I looked at the calendar(日历). Yes, it was a April 1. It was April Fools` Day , a day people like to play jokes ____10___ each other .
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Mr Smith worked in an office. He had neither a wife nor children, and he lived in an old house ____1___. He like nothing but drink. He almost spent all of his money ___2____ drinks. Sometimes he was ___3____, he had to borrow some money ___4___ his workmates to buy a little food.
One evening he met a friend of his in the street. The man asked him to have dinner in a restaurant. He was happy and thanked a lot. When they left there at midnight, he could hardly ____5__.
The man had to stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him home. Soon they ____6___ at the door of his house. With the ____7__ of the driver, he got out.
“Thank you, sir.” said Mr Smith. “Now I can open the door easily.”
The taxi went away, but he couldn`t put the key into the keyhole. He was trying to do it ___8___ a policeman came.
“Can I help you put the key into the keyhole, sir?” asked the policeman.
“Thank you, sir,” said Mr Smith. “ The house is circling. If you can ____9___ it from moving, I ____10___ can open the door.”
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Two men were on the train. One of them was a lawyer and the other was a farmer. The farmer said to the lawyer, “Shall we do something to ____1___the time more quickly? We have a long way to go.
“OK,” said the lawyer. “What can we do then?”
“What about _____2___ each other`s question? Let`s play the game for _____3___.” The farmer said.
“All right. If I can`t answer your question. I`ll ____4___you a dollar.”
“No, two dollars. _____5___ I can`t , I`ll give you on dollar ____6____ you are more clever than I am,” the farmer said.
“OK,” the lawyer agreed.
“Now, here`s my question. What has three legs when it walks, but two when it flies?”
The lawyer repeated the question and thought hard, but he didn`t ____7____ the answer. So he said, “That`s a good one, but I`m afraid I don`t know.” ____8___ there words, he gave the farmer two dollars. Then he asked, “What is it? ____9___ me.”
“I don`t know, ____10____.” The farmer the gave the lawyer one dollar back.
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Here is some advice on listening. We hope they can help you.
Relax youself
_____1__ you start to listen to something, you need to relax. This will help you with your listening. Don`t get nervous ____2___ excited. Listen carefully to the first sentence. The first sentence tells a ____3____ about the whole passage, so listen carefully.
Think when you`re listening
When you`re listening, ____4____ to do some thinking. For example, you can think of the following _____5___: What happened? When, where and how? What was the result and what did the speaker want to tell us? _____6_ this way, you may understand the passage____7____.
Listen to important facts
It`s important for you to ____8____some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings, and ____9___ the scientists get the results. This is ____10___ helpful to your listening.
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19Today is Sunday.It's a beautiful s___ day!Mary and her classmates are going to the West Hill f___ a picnic.They are r___ bikes.Right now,they're coming to a place at the f___ of the hill.There are beautiful flowers and green t___ there.Mary and her f___ are preparing the picnic.Some are getting water.O___ are cooking.Now,their lunch is r___.They are singing,talking,e___,and drinking.Everyone is h___ a good timeToday is Sunday.It's a beautiful s___ day!Mary and her classmates are going to the West Hill f___ a picnic.They are r___ bikes.Right now,they're coming to a place at the f___ of the hill.There are beautiful flowers and green t___ there.Mary and her f___ are preparing the picnic.Some are getting water.O___ are cooking.Now,their lunch is r___.They are singing,talking,e___,and drinking.Everyone is h___ a good timeToday is Sunday.It's a beautiful s___ day!Mary and her classmates are going to the West Hill f___ a picnic.They are r___ bikes.Right now,they're coming to a place at the f___ of the hill.There are beautiful flowers and green t___ there.Mary and her f___ are preparing the picnic.Some are getting water.O___ are cooking.Now,their lunch is r___.They are singing,talking,e___,and drinking.Everyone is h___ a good timev
20Mr Green is a teacher of E__(1)___. He is not a young man, but is not o__(2)__. He knows three or four languages, and he reads and speaks and writes them w__(3)___. He reads many b___(4)___ and writes some.
It's about 11'o clock, but he works l__(5)____,sometimes till one o'clock in the evening. His big desk is in the m___(6)___of the room. On the floor n___(7)___ it are some books. His students come to his study room for their l__(8)___. They come every d___(9)___ except Saturday and Sunday. They think those days are very h___(10)___.
21Swimming is very popular in summer.People like ___in summer because water makes them feel cool.If you swim in a wrong place,it may not be ___.Some people die when ther are swimming in a ___ place.Most of them are students.But some peolpe are still not ___ in swimming.they often think ___ can happen to them in water. ___ is here again.If you go swimming in summer,don't ___ that good swimmers often die in water.They die ___ they are not careful,not because they can't ___.So don't get into water when you are alone.If there is a "No swimming"sign,don't get into water.If you remember ___,swimming will be safer.
22Jim is an American boy.He comes to C______(1) with his parents.They now l_________(2) in the city of Beijing.They live on the tenth f________(3)of a tall building and Jim s_______(4) at No.4 Middle School.It's about three kilometers a________(5).Usually he goes to school b______(6) bike.But sometimes he t_______(7) the No.12 bus.The first class b_______(8) at a quarter to eight.Jim always gets up e________(9) and gets to school at about seven o'clock.He studies h_______(10) and he loves
to live in Beijing. 23Tom wanted to buy some new clothes,so he went to a s____.First,he asked for trousers and p____them on.But then he took them off and give them b____to the sales assistant and said,"No,give me a coat instead of t____".
The man gave him a coat and said,"This one coats the s____as the trousers."Tom took the coat and walked o____of the shop with it.The sales assistant ran after him and said,"You have't paid for that coat!"
"But I gave you the trousers f____the coat,"said Tom."They cost the same as the coat,didn't they?"
"Yes,"said the assistant."But you didn't pay for the trousers,e____!"
"of course,Ididn't!"answered Tom."Ididn't take them.I'm n____a fool.Nobody
r____things back and pays for them.
短文填空答案
1 1. child 2. smell 3. noise 4. little/nothing 5.needed/wanted
6. how 7. failed 8. angry 9. taught 10. After
2 1. fact 2. without 3. 1ist 4. time 5. for
6. or 7. carefully 8. make 9. help 10. many／some／several
3 1．went／got 2．between 3．more 4．money 5．ask
6．no 7．though／although 8．bad／terrible 9．themselves 10．in
4 1.how 2.morning 3.without 4.visit 5.have/drink
6.before 7.kinds 8.or 9.enjoy/like/love 10.possible
5 1. here 2. move 3. new, good, better 4. don`t 5.there
6. later 7. flew 8. another 9. what 10. back
6 1. important 2. anything 3. needs 4. breakfast 5.for
6. up 7. enough 8. better 9. be 10. have
7 1. watching 2. also 3. more 4. same 5.anything
6. too 7. ways 8. than 9. with, doing 10. late
8 1. with 2. know 3. favorite 4. moved 5. free
6. well/carefully 7. sunshine 8. watering 9.true 10. kill
9 1. nothing 2. sky 3. himself 4. be 5. out
6. other 7. laughing 8. angle / get 9. too 10. longer
10 1. shopping 2. evening 3. dress 4. buy 5. cost
6. money 7. happy 8. next 9. after 10. either
11 1.most 2. without 3. or 4. much 5. weather
6. thirsty 7. fact 8. body 9. enough 10. ill
12 1. one 2. before 3. send 4. because 5. or
6. happy 7. if 8. important 9. without 10. too
13 1. to 2. that 3. with 4. few 5. right
6. way 7. than 8. agree 9. talk 10. example
14 1.clever 2. called/named 3. dirty 4. but 5. brush/ clean
6. on 7. unless 8. angry 9. that 10. at
15 1. usual 2. possible 3. arrived 4. fail 5. when
7. having, giving 8. seem 9. happily 10. on
16 1. alone 2. on 3. hungry 4. from 5. walk
6. arrived 7. help 8. when 9. stop 10. myself
17 1. spend 2. asking 3. money 4. give 5. If
6. because 7. find 8. With 9. Tell 10. either
18 1. Before 2. or 3. lot 4. try 5. questions
6. In 7. better 8. remember 9. how 10. also
19.sunny2.for3.riding4.foot5.trees6.father7.Others8.ready9.eating10.have
20 English;old;well;books;late;middle;near;lessons;day; happy.
21swimming safe wrong careful nothing nothing forget because swim these
22China，live,floor,studies,away,by,take,begins,early,hard
23shop put back this same out for either not returns