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　　Helen is a student. 1 lives far (住得远) from her school. So she often 2 a bus to school. She goes to school at about 6:30 3 . every morning. She 4 want to be late.

　　The first class 5 at eight and there are four classes 6 the morning and two or three in the afternoon. She doesn't go home 7 lunch. She has lunch 8 .

　　Helen studies Chinese, English, maths and other subjects at school. She works hard. In the evening, she usually 9 her homework. Sometimes (有时) she 10 TV. She goes to bed early.

I’m a middle school student. I have   41   good friends at school. One is Tom. He’s   42   English boy. The   43   is Sam. We are in the same(相同的)   44  . Every morning we go to   45   at seven o’clock together(一起). We usually have four   46   in the morning.   47    noon we have lunch at school. In the afternoon we usually have   48   favorite subject—P.E. The teachers are all strict, and we   49   very hard. We often   50   each other（互相）. We like school very much.

（   ）41. A. two           B. three C. four  D.one

（   ）42. A. a      B. the          C. an    D./

（   ）43. A. one    B. other       C. some  D. others

（   ）44. A. room    B. class C. family  D. home

（   ）45. A. movies   B. bed            C. school  D. home

（   ）46. A. classes   B. subjects      C. teachers D. class

（   ）47. A. On         B. In      C. At      D.of

（   ）48. A. our      B. my         C. his     D.we

（   ）49. A. listen     B. start        C. work   D.studies

（   ）50. A. help    B. tell             C. play   D. helps

阅读理解

　　 1 You may fail an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard a few days before the exam.

　　Do not remember only grammar (语法) when you are learning English. 2 A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. 3 Before you start the exam, 4 Try to understand the exact (确切) meaning of each question before you pick your pen to write. When you have at last finished your exam, read your answers again. Correct (改正) the mistakes if there are any, 5

A．and make sure you have not missed anything out.

B．read carefully over the exam paper.

C．Try to read stories in English and speak in English as often as you can.

D．A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in the year.

E．Do not study late at night.

Richard found work in a big office after he had finished college. He liked to use his (1)____and was good (2)_____ his work. So he was often paid more than his workmates and he worked (3)______. But something was wrong with the young man one month. He couldn't fall (4)____ at night. So he was always (5)____ in the daytime and often made mistakes. He had to go to a hospital. The (6)______ looked him over and (7)_____ him to buy some highly effective sleeping pills(高效安眠药). He took them (8)_______ the went to bed. Soon after that he went to (9)_____.   Richard (10)_______ in the morning, he had a look at the (11)_____ on the wall. It was a quarter to seven. He got up and went to work after (12)____ . As soon as he went in the office, he said to the head of the office, "Good morning, Mr. Clarke! I've(13)_______  had a good sleep like last night's. And I'm feeling (14)_______better now!"   "Skunk(混蛋)!"the head (15)_____ loudly.”We've looked for you for two days! I wanted you to do something important, but it's too late now!"

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English, you have to read English stories and speak English as much as possible. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question papers, and try to understand the exact meaning of each question. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you don’t miss anything out

1．If people want to do well in an exam, they have to work hard _____________.

    A．every day in a year                       B．for most of the month

    C．for only a few days                      D．late at night

2．If people want to learn English well, they ____________________.

    A．only need to learn grammar              B．must often practice English

    C．have to go to England                   D．should go to bed early

3．It is important to ____________________a few days before the exam.

    A．play too much                         B．have a good rest

    C．read the question papers                 D．have a good drink

4．When people have finished the exam, they should__________________.

    A．stand up and leave at once              B．answer a few more questions

C．make sure they don’t miss anything out    D．leave some mistakes on the question paper

5．The best title of the passage is “________________”.

    A．An important exam                   B．An easy exam

    C．Get ready for an exam                D．How to pass an exam