Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a popular kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.

First, why do you want to be popular? Ask yourself if your desire(渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.

Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize (意识到)that everyone is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible( 可见的) to the school population.

Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in right way.

Volunteer to help with classroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression (印象）on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality.

Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as someone who makes a difference at your school .

1.What does the underlined word “ weird ” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Strange. B. Popular. C. Exciting. D. Common.

2.What does the writer probably think is important to do according to the last paragraph?

A. Not losing a sense of self.

B. Creating a club of our own.

C. Making a difference to our school.

D. Following other students’ example.

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer?

A. Be nice to other people at school.

B. Find something that you are good at.

C. Make your teachers know you’re a good student.

D. Make friends with some students who are popular.

4.The writer writes the passage to tell us________.

A. what to do in high school.

B. how to get along well with others.

C. how to become popular in middle school.

D. what kinds of students are popular at school

词汇运用

根据句子意思，用括号中所给的汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）

1.It’s dangerous to leave your five-month-old boy baby in the car by _________(he)

2.The girl with long hair is the ___________(slim) of all her classmates.

3.The _________(high) of the Mount Tai is about 1,532 metres.

4.At the_________(begin) of the class, we often have a free talk with each other.

5.We don’t have a_________(month) test on each subject.

6.Yesterday I cut out a paper rose and_________(贴) it on my picture.

7.He is a ________(诚实的) boy. He often tells lies and no one likes to be friends with him.

8.We say “holiday” in British while_________ in American English.(假期)

9.I kept_________(拼写) the words wrong yesterday because I was too excited at the good news.

10.I like watching TV programmes with fewer__________(广告)

任务型阅读

阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺的信息。（每空一词）

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then a scientist called Mike has a special bed for you. His Bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it works!

The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music and then your girlfriend’s beautiful voice comes, “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, loud music comes from the tape recorder. At the same time, you may hear the voice of your boss. Your boss shouts angrily, “ Wake up at once, or you’ll be late!” If you don’t get up after that, you’ll be sorry! A plastic “foot” is in the bed. It kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits for a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and the foot of the bed goes lower. Finally, you fall off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of the bed and awake!

Mike made his bed because he wanted to take part in a competition. Mike won one of the top prizes for his bed.

缺词填空

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the

tree made the garden l____1.____ wonderful.

No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well with each other. The vegetables h___2.__ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e__3.___ light to stay alive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b___4.___ it could get to him.

The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the w__5.___ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫) from the hot sun. Soon they both began to dry up.

Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable field when he saw it becoming w_____6._____. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t___7.___ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin knew what was going on, and d___8.____ to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow. F___9._____ he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realizes that it was better to help each other than to fight.

From then on, they worked t____10.___ and lived in harmony with these around them.

根据中文意思，完成下列句子，词数不限。

1.我认为溜冰不如游泳刺激。

2.时间似乎过得更快当我们阅读有趣书籍的时候。

3.到世界公园的旅行乘公交花了我三个小时。

4.不仅我弟弟而且我擅长做三明治。

5.周末你最好呆在家里不要出去。

写作

提示：你们班将于期中考试后参观扬州名胜。请你以班长的名义写一封信，向全班同学发出邀请，并对行程和交通工具做出安排。

要点：1. 上午8：00 校门口集合上车；参观瘦西湖(the Slender West Lake)，个园( the Bamboo Garden)并拍照。

2. 中饭后，到茱萸湾(the Zhuyu Park) 看熊猫并欣赏美景；

3. 傍晚，到东关街购物，品尝扬州小吃， 在DIY商店学做水果色拉。

4. 每人费用100元。参观后会把照片放在网上供同学们浏览。

5．希望每个同学会喜欢本次旅行并玩得开心。

注意：1. 词数100左右。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2. 邀请信须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺。

Dear classmates,

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

I hope all of you will have a good time then.

Best wishes

John

—What _______ fine weather it is! Shall we go hiking?

—Yes. What ________ useful suggestion it is!

A. /, an B. /, a C. a, an D. a, a

__________ his surprise, the woman __________ a baby is his mother.

A. To, and B. With, to C. To, with D. And, to

Nowadays all passengers go through safety check before take a train.

A. can B. may C. must D. will

—Would you please give this newly-published novel to Jack?

—Certainly, he comes back.

A. before B. as soon as C. until D. unless