Are you an only-child in your family? Are you feeling alone at home? How are you dealing with it?

Zhang Luwen, 12, feels lucky to have a 4-year-old “brother”. “With him, I never feel lonely at home. He goes with me wherever I go,” said the girl of Sichuan Province. But it is not easy to be a sister. Zhang has to help her parents bath her “brother” every week. This is because he is hairy — he is a dog.

As the number of pet owners in China grows more and more, Chinese students have animal friends at home. Experts say that these small animals give these only-children lessons in love, care, teamwork and generosity.

This month, the first study on the influence of pets on the children came out. It is a survey of 402 Beijing primary school students. It shows that animal friends are good for children.

China had more than 90 million only-children by 2006, according to the government. “In families of three, most children feel lonely. They don’t have many chances to learn how to love and be responsible for others,” said Zhou Xia in the study group. “So having a pet can help with the problem.”

However, some students complain that their parents don’t allow them to have pets. “They are afraid a pet would stop me studying,” said Chen Qi, of Chongqing.

Perhaps he could learn from Qin Yixing, 13, of Beijing. “I don’t play with my dog until I have finished my homework. I made the promise to my mom and I must keep it,” said the girl.

1.According to the passage, experts think _______.

A.it is good for students to have animal friends at home

B.only-children families in China will be fewer and fewer

C.small animals at home are bad for students

D.parents should buy more pet animals for their children

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Zhang Luwen’s parents bath every week.

B.Zhou Xia thinks a pet animal can solve the problem that children feel lonely.

C.Chen Qi of Chongqing has got a pet animal.

D.Qin Yixing’s parents don’t want her to have a pet.

 

Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word. Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone as long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important, when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1.You can learn to swim by_______.

A.reading books about it

B.looking at others swimming

C.having lessons on it

D.going into the river and learning

2.We should learn English by _______.

A.listening and speaking                    B.reading and writing

C.both A and B                           D.swimming

3.What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A.Don’t make mistakes.

B.Study hard

C.Try not to speak English

D.Don’t be afraid.

4.What’s more important for senior school students?

A.listening                              B.speaking

C.reading and writing                      D.learning

5.We can listen to English ______, according to the passage.

A.by train                               B.on the radio

C.every minute                          D.now and then

 

海安某学校八(1)班决定下个星期六组织一次去七星湖和海陵公园的一日游玩活动。假如你是该班的班长丁一,请你根据图片提示用英语写一封邀请信,邀请你的同班同学参加这一活动,并介绍一天的主要活动安排。

要求:1. 计划好活动的时间的地点(可自己安排活动的时间或顺序);

      2.省略号部分至少补充两项活动;

      3.80词左右(开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数)。

注意:文中不得出现真实的人名或学校名称。

 


              

Dear classmates,

We are planning a day out next Sunday. We want to invite to go to Seven-star Lake and Hailing park.

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We will make it a really fun day for everyone. We hope you can join us.

Yours

Ding Yi

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