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Making mistakes
It’s good to make mistakes．And here’s why．
First of a11．mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things．It’s always good to try new things because when you’re trying new things you are growing．If you never try anything new,how can you improve and develop?The simple answer is,“You can’t.”
Another good thing about mistakes is this：When you are making mistakes，you are learning．Consider this：Edison failed 1 0,000 times— before he perfected the light bulb．When he was asked how it felt to fail that many times，he replied that he hadn’t failed 1 0,000 times，but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work．
Finally,when you make a mistake，you are much closer to success．Why?Because every time you make a mistake，you are one step closer to success．But it doesn’t mean that you can make mistakes without thinking．Instead，when you try something new,you have to think it over，so that you can keep away from some unnecessary mistakes．
There is an old saying that goes．“If you are not making mistakes．you are not trying hard enough.’’ So go forward and make mistakes．And learn．And grow．And succeed．
【小题1】According to the passage，when you are making a mistake，that means ．

A．you’re thinking	B．you’re growing
C．you’re falling behind	D．you’re wasting time

【小题2】According to the passage，if you try new things，you can ．

A．move forward	B．never fail
C．1earn nothing	D．make no mistakes

【小题3】From Edison’s story we can learn ．

A．we are learning when we make mistakes

B．we should spend lots of time making mistakes

C．when we try new thjngs,we should think them over

D．the more mistakes we make，the further we are from success

【小题4】．The passage mainly tells us ．

A．not to make mistakes often

B．how to become successful quickly

C．it’s good to make mistakes

D．how to stay away from mistakes

Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening ? Are you interested in your classes ? Who do you want to teach you ? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts· Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems. First,keep calm. Don't worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart into learning and you can find something you are interested in. Do it actively（积极地）. Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don't spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English.Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don't stay up late, or you can't study.well the next day. Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating. If you can remember the words in your way, can tell your teachers you don't like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure you can pass the test. I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do. School is really a good place. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do everything well.
【小题1】The writer writes the passage to________.

A．give students some good ways of learning

B．ask students not to listen to tlleir teachers

C．ask students not to do their homework

D．tell students what a good teacher is

【小题2】.How many pieces of advice does the writer give us________?

【小题3】What does the writer tell students to do about their English homework?_______ _ .

A．They should spend a lot of time on it

B．They should stay up late doing

C．They should do more reading or writing in English

D．They should have boring work to do

【小题4】 What's the third piece of advice about?________ .

A．How to get on with friends

B．How to get high grades

C．what kind of schoolwork is better for students

D．How to finish the homework in a short time

【小题5】According to（根据） the passage.students should believe in________.

A．themselves and their classmates	B．themselves and their parents
C．their parents and teachers	D．themselves and their teachers

It is very important for us students to learn to use dictionaries. Try to find the answers to the questions in this dictionary extract（摘要）.

【小题1】We can find these explainations（解释）in _________ dictionary.
A. an English-English       B. a Chinese-English       C. an English-Chinese
【小题2】If you try to find a word similar to “proud”, you can look up the word “______”.
A. pleasure                B. pride                  C.person
【小题3】If you have a bad cold, you will ______ according to the extract.
A. feel proud of yourself       B. lose your voice C.encourage your parents
【小题4】The word “encourage” is a (an)______.
A. adjective                   B. noun               C. verb
【小题5】In the sentence “Your parents may △ you from smoking”, △ stands for _____ according to the extract.
A. proud    B. voice                C. discourage

In one way, it may be thought that failure（失败）is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The "spider-story" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡) , made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spir¬it then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, is the goal(目标) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: "If I am successful in this, where will it get me?" This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn't be doing anyway.
The third thing to remember about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to "live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, "You can't win them all. “
【小题1】Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that .

A．people who fail are not lonely

B．animals can help people sometimes

C．nature will help us if we are hard-working

D．confidence is important for one to be successful

【小题2】Edison's example shows us that .

A．he liked to do other kinds of work

B．he invented many kinds of light bulbs

C．failure may be a way towards success

D．he was a man of many important inventions

【小题3】If you are not sure about what success will get you, you'd better .

A．change your goal	B．go on with your goal
C．not care for that	D．work even harder on your goal

【小题4】It can be learned from the passage that .

A．one should try not to fail

B． one's failure is another's success

C．one should take failures seriously

D．one should learn lessons from failures

【小题5】This passage is mainly about .

A．two great men

B． two sides of failure

C．ways to keep away from failure

D． the right attitude(态度) towards failure

配对阅读。左栏是五位母亲打算为各自的孩子选一所合适的学校，请仔细阅读左栏的个人情况说明，选出符合个人要求的最佳选项，并将其字母编号填写在题号前的括号内。

【小题1】Betty has a six-year- old daughter. She wants her to be a musician when she grows up, so she is looking for a famous music school for her.
【小题2】 Sara’s son is 10 years old. He is interested in water sports. He said that he hoped to be a sailor in the future.
【小题3】Alice learned to dance when she was young. Now she is a successful dancer. She wants her little daughter to follow her steps.
【小题4】Mary is always worried about her daughter , who is poor at math and English at school, so she is looking for a training centre to help her daughter.
【小题5】Gina has a son who is a football fan. He knows about almost all the well-known football players. He wishes to be a football star.

A．EQUABILITY
Making water safe and fun. Swimming lessons are for all ages from birth .Small groups are in warm pools in Rwigate on Monday & Friday afternoons. Call 07914688826

B．Manor House
A small and friendly school for girls 2-16 offers a modern and caring environment. Bring your daughter and come and see why our girls are so happy and do so well. Call 0137245768

C．Little Kickers
Why do we get a kick out of every class? It’s fun. The children have fun learning new skills. So if you want your kids to be a football star or just to be happier, why not come and have a ball with us? Call 0175383109.

D．Monkey Music

Since 1993, thousands of children across the UK have grown up with Monkey Music .Our wonderful teaching program introduces music to young children in a way they can easily understand and enjoy. Call 019382866.
E. Kip McGrath
Do you want your child to succeed at school? We have very good math and English teachers. We are for children aged 6-16 . Call 01483303233
F. Farnham Dance
New ballet classes at the St. John’s Centre, 19 Tilford Rd, Farnham GU98DJ
G. Kip House
Do you want your child to improve English? We have very good English teachers. We are for children aged 6-16. Call 01463302335

I didn’t make much money when I took the job in London. I always had simple meals.
One night, I felt very tired, so I sat outside in a small park and began to eat a small piece of bread.
A tall man who was not dressed well walked to me. He thought I had money and asked, “Sir, could you please give me some money?”
I said, “I don’t have any.”
He said, “I know the persons like you wouldn’t give anybody anything.”
I became very angry because he didn’t believe me. I looked at him and gave my wallet to him, “Look in my wallet.”
He then said “sorry” to me and opened his wallet and said, “Here I will give you some.”
I looked at him in surprise and said, “No, thank you.” And then I walked away.
Money is important, but I’d rather（宁愿） make it by working hard than get by asking others for it.
根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的填“T”。错误的填“F”。
【小题1】The writer(作者) had a small piece of bread for lunch in a restaurant.
【小题2】At first, the tall man asked the writer for some money.
【小题3】The writer was angry with the tall man because the tall man didn’t believe him.
【小题4】There was much money in the writer’s wallet.
【小题5】Finally, the writer got some money from the tall man.

The computer is important and can help us do a lot of things. Lots of children spend too much time on the computer. It’s bad for their study. Here is some advice(建议) for the parents.
◆Move the computer out of the child’s bedroom. It is good for children to reduce (减少) the time to use the computer.
◆Set a password for the computer. If your child wants to use it, he/she should get your permission (允许).
◆If your child uses the Internet for studying. He / She doesn’t use it to play games, praise (表扬) him/her for that.
◆When your child wants to use the computer to play games, you can take her/him to the library, get her/him together with friends to play sport.
【小题1】The first advice (建议) is “________”.

A．Set a password for the computer

B．Set a time-limit for playing on the computer

C．Spend much time playing sport with the child

D．Move the computer out of the child’s bedroom

【小题2】The underlined phrase “Set a password” means ________ in Chinese.

【小题3】If your child uses the computer for studying, you can say “________” to him/her.

【小题4】This passage is writing to ________.

【小题5】What can the parents do when the child wants to play computer games?

A．They can take her/ him to the library.

B．They can let her/ him play computer games.

C．They can take her/ him to school.

D．They can praise him/her.

Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful ,but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher ,no matter how much he knows ,cannot teach his student everything .His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think . So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.
It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas （公式）by heart. It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths, but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study .They read many books outside school .They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains（大脑）。
【小题1】__Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

A．the teacher doesn’t know much

B．the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

C．the teacher would not like to teach

D．there are still many things for the students to learn outside

【小题2】__A teacher’s work is ________

A．to teach all subjects

B．to teach everything

C．to teach the students how to read and think

D．to work hard

【小题3】__To know how to _____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.