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When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you’re older. Brave New Girls, by American author Jean Gade-berg, will help you make such choices. It says you must be a brave new girl. A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy. A brave new girl can realize her dreams. To be brave, you need to mak
e a decision for yourself. Other people ma
y tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them. You must only
do what you want. If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you don’t, you will not take good care of it, and it won’t stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.
1. What quality should a brave new girl have?
A. Confident. B. Healthy. C. Happy. D. A, B and C.
2.Brave New Girls is a ________.
A. film B. story C. book D. newspaper
3.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. To be brave. B. A good book.
C. To be a brave new girl. D. Realize dreams.
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I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. So they can’t learn it well. But English is very easy for me. I’m good at it. I’m very glad to tell you something about how I study English.
First, I think an interest in English is very important. When I was in Grade One, we had a new subject -English. It was fresh for me. I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder and harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!
Second, I think English is a foreign language. I should learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher carefully, speak bravely, read aloud and have a good vocabulary. Then practice again and again, never be tired. And I also have a good habit: Asking whenever I have a question, I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand!
Besides this, I often read English stories, jokes and easy novels. From these I know English is not only interesting, but also useful. They help me understand a lot of things. So to do more reading is an important way to learn English well.
And I also do some exercises from our class magazines, and I often write English diaries. English
has become a close friend of mine.
Now I have learned English for more than two years. I always keep the first position in our school. From these words, I hope every student can learn English well.
1. Why do some Students often “have a headache”?
A. Because they are easy to catch cold.
B. Because it’s often very cold
C. Because they think English is easy.
D. Because they don’t think English is easy.
2. The sentence “I got a very good mark” means ________.
A. I got a good way. B. I had a good idea.
C. I did badly in the exam. D. I did well in the exam.
3. The writer thinks English is interesting because ________.
A. English is full of stories.
B. English is full of jokes.
C. His teacher often teaches them nice English songs.
D. Of nothing
4. Which of the following is not the way the writer studies by?
A. Speaking bravely B. Writing to foreign friends
C. Reading aloud D. Writing English diaries
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Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them. Though they were very young.
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing... The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of the families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong... And the government never charges (收费) for them.
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps.
1.Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the _________.
A. holiday camps
B. English holiday camps
C. science holiday camps
D. Chinese holiday camps
2.The most important thing for the students to take part in the holiday camps in Hong Kong is _________.
A. to make their bodies strong
B. to learn much knowledge about many things
C. to learn to look after themselves
D. to have a further study about many subjects
3.The cost to take part in a holiday camp is _________.
A. very dear B not cheap C. very high D. low
4.The students who often take part in the holiday camps _________.
A. must have much knowledge about many things
B. must he very thin
C. must he very tall
D. must be very beautiful
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It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat. Just then the phone call came, the call changed that sunny and beautiful day into a cold and dark one.
When I saw my father answering the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could happen?
“Max, I’m so sorry,” I heard him say. That’s when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died.
Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a serious illness. She knew she was different from other kids. Although she couldn’t live a normal life, she was still happy.
When Suzie and I were little girls, we spent quite a bit of time together. When Suzie was ten, she had to live in a hospital. About eight months before she died, we talked at least twice a week on the phone until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to me and wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate.
When Suzie and I first started calling each other, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted, especially my health and the gift of life.
1.That phone call on a summer day made the author very _________.
A. sad B. dark C. cold D. disappointed
2.Which of the following is Not true?
A. The author’s day had never cried before.
B. Max was the best friend of the author’s dad.
C. Suzie was in bad health, so she was always unhappy.
D. Suzie enjoyed talking to the author on the phone.
3.The underlined word “it” probably refers to _________.
A. all the talks between Suzie and the author on the phone
B. Suzie’s serious illness
C. Suzie’s death
D. the first talk between Suzie and the author on the phone
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. The Gift of Life B. A Cold Dark Day
C. Suzie’s Death D. My Friend Suzie
your team ________. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself.
D. care for
e a decision for yourself. Other people ma
do what you want. If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you don’t, you will not take good care of it, and it won’t stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.