I’ve been working in a school for more than twenty years. Many parents often ask me, “How can you teach your child good study skills? How can he or she get the homework done as quickly as possible?” Here are some tips:  

1. If the child is as young as nine or ten, ask him or her to prepare a small notebook to write down the homework given by his or her teachers. By developing this habit, he or she will learn to be much more responsible (负责的).

2. Find a good place to study. This should be a quiet place that is free from everything but study things. No games, radios, or televisions. Once you have decided on a place to study, this should be the only place where your child does his or her homework and studies. There should also be a very specific time for homework to be done. Usually, homework should be done as soon as the child gets home from school. This also goes for the kids who take part in after-school activities. Of course, it is a good idea to allow the child to have a healthy snack before the work begins.

3. Also remember that it is the child’s duty to do his or her homework. Some children give up easily and go to Mom and Dad for help when they have a problem. Try to let them solve it first. By doing this, they will get a sense of success from overcoming problems. In this way we help them to help themselves.

1.Asking the kids to keep a notebook to remember their homework will make them ______.

A．remember more                        B．learn more

C．more responsible                       D．more interested in studying

2.The place where the children study must ________.

A．be free for everything

B．have a TV set and a computer

C．be quiet, bright and free from things for entertainment

D．be big, clean and tidy

3.What does the underlined word “overcoming” mean in the passage?

A．Forgetting.        B．Leaving.           C．Realizing.          D．Beating.

4.According to the passage, the children should _____ when they have trouble with their homework.

A．ask their parents for help                 B．try to solve the problems by themselves

C．wait for their teachers’ help             D．put it away and have a snack

5.This passage is written _________.

A．for parents to help their children study well

B．for the children who want to improve their work

C．for teachers to teach their students

D．for housewives to make their kids happy

句型转换。（本题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

1. She can play the violin.(改为否定句)

She ______ ________ the violin.

2. Jet wants to join the art club.(改为否定句)

Jet ________ ________ to join the art club.

3.School starts at 7:30 a.m.. (改为同义句)

School starts at 7:30 _____ _____  ________.

4. Peter does his homework at 7:00.(改为一般疑问句)

________ Peter ________ his homework at 7:00?  

5. I often watch TV at 8:00.(对划线部分提问)

______ ____   do you often watch TV?

A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.
An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material(物质) things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others’. An unpunctual person is always saying unhapppily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.
Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect(不尊重) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.
Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can’t do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.
【小题1】The Chinese meaning of the word “punctual” in this passage is probably “______”

Do you know___________________?

阅读下面短文,从方框内选择恰当的句子填入短文空白处,使短文内容完整、意思连贯。
     【小题1】       He is in Grade Seven this year. He likes reading news and watching football games.      【小题2】      He does his best to know where and when there is a football game in the newspapers.
Now Peter is having lunch.       【小题3】      He is very happy because there is a nice football game on TV at four this afternoon.       【小题4】      But he has to have English and Chinese classes. He thinks and finds a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black!” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone, “Peter is ill(生病) in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请半天假).”
“Oh,       【小题5】      ” says Mrs. Black, “But who’s that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”