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We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A studentcan know a lot about English, but maybe be can’t speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.
So, you see, you can learn by using it . You should listen to your teacher in class. You should speak English to your classmates every day and also you could write something in English. Then one day you
may find your English very good.
（ ）1. You know a lot about English, but maybe_________ it.
A. you can speak B. you can study
C. you can’t speak D. you can’t study
（ ）2. You must get into the river___________.
A. to learn how to swim B. to skate C. to jump D. to play
（ ）3. Do you want to be a football player? P lease _____________.
A. buy a football B. play football
C. have some lessons D. read some books
（ ）4. You can learn by using it. For example:________________.
A. listen to your teacher in class
B. Speak English to your class mates every day
C. Write something in English
D. All the above
（ ）5. Which do you think is the best title for this article?
A. How to swim B. How to play football
C. We can know a lot of about English.
D. How can we learn English well
B
One day Mr. Brown sees a young woman in the street with children. He is very surprised because all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.
“Are all these children yours?” he asks the woman.
“Yes, they are.” she answers.
“Do you always dress them in the same clothes ?” asks Mr. Brown.
“Yes, ” answers the mother. “When we have four children, we dress them in the same clothes because we don’t want to lose any of them. It is easy to see our children among other children because they are all wearing the same clothes. And now we have ten, we dress them like this because we don't want to take other children home by mistake. When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different.
（ ）6. How many people does Mr. Brown see in the street one day? He sees ____in all.
A. ten B. eleven C. four D. ten children
（ ）7．Why is he surprised? Because ________ .
A. all the children are boys
B. all the children are in the same clothes
C. all the children are lovely
D. all the children are wearing the same trousers
（ ）8.Why does the woman dress her children in the same clothes? Because_______________.
A. she has so many children
B. she loves her children
C. she doesn't want to take her children home
D. she wants to see her children easily among others
（ ）9. What kinds of clothes are the children wearing when Mr. Brown sees them?
A. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.
B. Blue caps, yellow coats and white trousers.
C. Yellow caps, white coats and blue trousers.
D. White caps, yellow coats and blue trousers.
10. “We don't want to take other children home by mistake.”这句话的汉语意思是： __________
C
The most common unlucky number is thirteen. People don’t like to live in a house that is number thirteen. People don’t like to have parties with thirteen people. People don’t like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together—nine and four – they make thirteen.
One English teacher told his students a story about ‘thirteen’. The classroom was number thirteen. At the end of the lesson one of the students changed the number of the room to 12A. In the afternoon, another teacher wanted to find Room 13. He didn’t know about the changed numbers. He walked around the school for half an hour. At last, someone told him about the changed number—that Room 12A was Room 13.
There aren’t many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. (There were thirteen people at His Last Supper.) In Europe, they killed criminals on Friday.
For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky day for him.
( ) 11. From the text we know that ___.
A．nobody likes the number four or nine
B．people never have business meetings on the thirteenth
C．thirteen is not liked by many people
D．thirteen is unlucky only in Europe
( ) 12. In Europe people think Friday is always unlucky possibly because ___.
A．Jesus Christ died on Friday
B．some criminals are killed on Friday
C．more people died on Friday
D．there is a thirteenth on one Friday
( ) 13. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the unlucky numbers?
A．He doesn’t mention it.
B．He thinks four and nine are unlucky numbers.
C．He thinks thirteen is lucky for him.
D．He doesn’t like thirteen, either.
D
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone’s use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.