Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student.    31   , anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may  32 your study without much work. Here’s how:
  33  your time carefully. You should make a   34   of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t    35   to leave yourself enough time for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house    36   a good study place. Keep this space. It may be a desk or just a corner of your room. N0     37   , radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the     38   !
Make good use of your time  39  . Listen carefully to what the teacher says. Careful listening means   40   work after class. You also need to take notes, because it can make it easier for you to learn well.
These are only some of the ways to help you with your studying. I believe you’ll find more other ways besides these.

I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one _26_ was the most important.

It happened last term just after I had got a _27_ result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be_28_.

The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking _29_ a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty Yuan note(钞票)!

“Who wants this?” he asked. Unsurprisingly, _30_ of us in the class held up our hands.

The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but _31_nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same _32_ a third time.

I didn’t _33_ what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, _34_ I put my hand up again. After a while, he _35_ the note and started to laugh. “You have all just told me how to become successful,” _36_ said to us with the note in his hand.

“The note is worth twenty yuan. It is _37_ worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter _38_ happens to you, you still have your worth.”

When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I _39_ I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t _40_ I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!

26. A. classroom 　　　B. subject 　　　C. class 　　　　 D. school

27. A. same 　　　　　B. good 　　　　C. lucky 　　　　 D. bad

28. A. comfortable 　　B. successful 　　　C. famous 　　　 D. rich

29. A. like 　　　　　 B. for 　　　　　　C. about 　　　　D. by

30. A. both 　　　　　 B. neither 　　　 C. all 　　　　　D. none

31. A. said 　　　　B. bought 　　　　　C. saw 　　　　 D. wanted

32.　 A. student 　　　　 B. teacher 　　　　 C. question 　　 D. way

33.　 A. remember 　　 B. understand 　　　 C. notice 　　　 D. find

34.　 A. so 　　　　　　 B. though 　　　　　C. if 　　　　　 D. or

35.　 A. took out 　B. threw away 　　　C. picked up 　　 D. put down

36.　 A. you 　　　　　B. he 　　　　　　 C. she 　　　　　D. they

37.　 A. never 　　　 B. sometimes 　　　 C. hardly 　　　 D. always

38.　 A. when 　　　　B. who 　　　　　　 C. what 　　　　D. how

39.　 A. realized 　 B. forgot 　　　　　 C. dreamed 　　　D. decided

40. A. know 　　B. mean 　　　　　 C. think 　　　　 D. complain

Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I sleep late and Mom shout at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal（粥）. I decided to have some toast（烤面包）instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.

When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on（弥补）the schoolwork I had missed.

After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.

36. What happened to the writer on this bad day?

　 A. The writer argued with his parents.　　　　　　　　 B. The writer heard some terrible news.

　 C. Many small things went wrong.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Part of the writer’s house was on fire.

37. When did the writer’s bad day begin?

　 A. In the morning.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. At school.

　 C. At lunchtime.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In the afternoon.

38. What did the writer do after he went home?

　 A. He did some homework.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. He made a telephone call.

　 C. He made fun with his friend.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. He was tired, so he went to bed.

39. When you “burn” something, you ___________________.

　 A. cook it too long　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. eat it too fast

　 C. give it to others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. make it very well

40. According to the passage, we can know _______________.

　 A. the writer fell off from his bike B. the writer went to school

　 C. the writer got up early in the morning D. the writer left his homework at home