Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don't need to change our character；you just need to improve your personality（人格）．In fact，the most popular people are trusted（信任）and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us．Here are some pieces of advice about becoming the most popular person in the class．

If you want others to like and respect（尊重）you，you have to start by liking and accepting（接受）yourself．Do not change yourself in order to please others．

Be helpful to everyone and do it happily．Being nice to people is almost like helping them，because by being nice you make others happy．

Be active and have a positive view towards life．Develop confidence in yourself．

Stay clean and wear fresh clothes．Do not try to follow fashion to please others．

Respect cannot be bought with，big words and power（权力）．You have to get it by being honest．It also helps your personal growth．You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect．

1．What can we know from the first paragraph（段）?

A．We should improve our personality to be 'trusted and loved．

B．We should change our character．

C．We shouldn't improve our personality．

2．How can you be respected by your classmates according to the article?

A．By following fashion．                                B．By using big words．

C．By being honest and helpful．

3．The underlined sentence shows that _________．

A．you should be polite when you help others

B．you should always be nice to others

C．we can help others only by being happy

4．The writer thinks a person who is liked by the whole，class must be _________．

①confident    ②positive      ③good-looking  ④helpful  ⑤fashionable

A．①②③           B．③④⑤            C．①②④

5．What's the best title（标题）for the article?

A．How to Please Others                                  B．How to Be the Favorite

C．How to Develop Power

    Do you like English? How many English words have you learned so far? It seems that many students find it difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English．Let me give you some advice：

    1．Do not waste time in learning a list of English words．It is the hardest way to remember them．How did you learn to speak English? You did it by listening carefully to people talking around you．Find some radio programs，TV programs and records，and listen to them carefully．The best way to learn all new words is by ears．As you listen to more and more dialogues，you will learn how English is pronounced in phrases and sentences．Of course．it is not enough to learn new words；you must learn how words are put together, and why some words in English are emphasized(重读)．

    2．Some people have found that they can learn tile names of everyday objects such as a box，a bottle，a cup，a desk，in the following way．They write the words as they say them．Try this and see if this way works for you．If it does not，then practice dialogues．

1．Who gave the advice? Perhaps it was given by        ．

    A．a doctor                      B．a teacher from England

    C．American parents                D．a teacher of English

2．The advice the writer gave as is mainly about        ．

    A．how to learn English             B．how to put word together

    C．how to learn new words      D．how to memorize dialogues

3．The writer gives us two pieces of advice on learning new words．He seems to prefer     ．

A．the first one     B．the second one    C．both of them    D．neither of them

4．The writer thinks that the best way to learn new words is          ．

    A．to do more reading                     B．to do more writing

    C．to do more listening               D．to learn which word is emphasized

5．Writing the names of objects on paper and saying them out aloud            

    A．works for everyone                   B．does not work for everyone

    C．works only for some people          D．works only for the Chinese students

You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are very important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds—the fifteen pounds added to a student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first-year university students gain (增力n) weight; but it’s encouraging to know that freshmen don’t have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.

Mistakes choosing food

University kitchens serve(供应）many kinds of food. Some students choose unhealthy food，because now their parents are not nearby to help them choose. Some students visit the kitchen many times while studying. Late at night, some students get harmful fast food such as fish and chips with Coke to drink. Students also have less time for walking, running, and doing sports because of their schoolwork.

Eating right

If you，re careful, you don，t have to add fifteen pounds. Here are some ideas：

Think more about what you eat.

Eat plenty of vegetables and healthy meats.

Don’t eat desserts full of sugar； have fruit after dinner.

Try not to eat so much unhealthy food while you study.

It，s all right to have a little fast food sometimes—but not often.

Write down the foods you eat.

Walk, run, do sports—move and you will feel better!

Remember that the “freshman fifteen” can happen to anyone. Talk to your friends about it. Together, try to eat healthy food and not to eat unhealthy food. Walking, running, and playing sports is always more fun with friends. Help each other and you can have a healthy and happy freshman year.

1.The “freshman fifteen” is ______.

A．weight that high school students gain

B．weight that first-year university students can gain

C．fifteen pounds of food that first-year students eat

D．fifteen students who eat unhealthy food

2.The main idea of this reading is to ______.

A．get students ready to gain fifteen pounds

B．sell healthy food to new students

C．help new university students not to gain fifteen pounds

D．show the mistakes students make in studying

3.Which of these mistakes students make choosing food is not mentioned in the reading?

A．Choosing unhealthy food.                 B．Visiting the kitchen while studying.

C．Getting fast food at night.                 D．Eating too much chocolate.

4.Which of these ideas would the writer of the reading probably agree with?

A．You’d better not eat unhealthy food.

B．Not eating unhealthy foods is easier with friends’ help.

C．Gaining fifteen pounds can help you study better.

D．Some students can eat anything they want.