Have you ever complained（抱怨）why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. But just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the rain in time, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes he has to face failure bravely. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude（态度）decides everything. With an optimistic（乐观）attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
【小题1】判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）
You will always succeed if you see the world with a warm heart.
【小题2】A student can make his teacher happy by ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________.
【小题3】What can we do if we are stopped by a sudden rain according to the passage?
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【小题4】What is more terrible than failure according to the passage?
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【小题5】Put the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.
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One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”     the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no. At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted. “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”
“Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he you. Then can you expect to get money him?”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.

阅读文章，回答问题 （10分）
Someone once asked a successful businessman this question, “How have you achieved so much in your lifetime?”
He replied, “I have dreamt. I have turned my mind free to imagine(想象) what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. (1)At ______ I dreamt about my dreams. And when I woke up in the _______, I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, ‘You can’t do that, it is impossible,’ I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted,” As Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the U.S, said: “We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.”
They see things in the soft fog of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter’s evening. Some of us  let these dreams die, but others feed, protect and look after them; keep them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light. (2)It comes always to the people who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
So please, don’t let anyone steal you dreams, and remember this: “Sing your songs, dream your dreams, and hope your hope.”
【小题1】在文中（1）处填入两个合适的单词：_________；_________
【小题2】将文中（2）处划线句子译成汉语：
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【小题3】回答问题；What was Woodrow Wilson?
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【小题4】从文中找出与所给句子意思相同或相近的句子:
While others thought it impossible, I was getting ready to achieve it.
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【小题5】找出文章的主题句：

When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you’re older. Brave New Girls, by American author Jean Gade-berg, will help you make such choices. It says you must be a brave new girl. A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy. A brave new girl can realize her dreams. To be brave, you need to make a decision for yourself. Other people may tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them. You must only do what you want. If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you don’t, you will not take good care of it, and it won’t stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.
【小题1】 What quality should a brave new girl have?
A. Confident.      B. Healthy.        C. Happy.      D. A, B and C.
【小题2】Brave New Girls is a ________.

When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are, these are six ways to make you feel good about yourself.
Look in the mirror and say to yourself, ‘ I am a special person and there’s no one in the world like me. I can do anything!’ It may not sound so good, but it really works!
Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel good.
Smile! Be friendly to the people you meet. Look for the good things in your friends and family.
Learn something new! Do you want to decorate(装饰) your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it! New challenges(挑战) are fun and give you a sense of accomplishment(成就感) when you finish them.
Keep a diary. Turn off the TV and let your imagination fly! Write down your thoughts(思想), dreams or anything you want！Writing always helps to express(表现) your feelings.
Stay with your family. We all need our family time. Talk with your mum or dad or maybe even your cousin.
【小题1】You may see this passage in __________.

Ten years ago, most Chinese teenagers chose politicians (政治家) as their idols（崇拜者）. Who do they admire(崇拜) today？ According to a survey released by Beijing Normal University, their top three choices are their father, their mother and Jay Chou.
　　Who are Teens’ readers’ heroes？ Let’s have a look.
　　Jiang Yiling, 14, Wuhan：My idol is my mom. When I was young I had a surgery (手术) on my leg and couldn’t walk for a long time. My mother left her job to take care of me. She carried me back and walked up and down the stairs every day. My mother is a woman with a powerful heart.
　　Lin Yijian, 12, Xiamen：I admire Arnold Schwarzenegger (阿诺德·施瓦辛格). I love his movies, in which he often plays a good guy beating bad people. His muscles (肌肉) also add to his charm (魅力). And then he became the governor of California．I hope to live a life like his.
　　Ma Huilin, 14, Anshan：I appreciate (欣赏) Taiwanese singer Jimmy Lin(Lin Zhiying). He sings well and he is also a funny guy. I admire my English teacher, too. She speaks very good English. My dear parents are also my idols. My father is an excellent swimmer and my mother is good at math.
　　Chen Shengsheng, 14, Shanghai：I admire Su Shi, a talented writer in ancient China．Reading Su’s poems and other writings, I see a person with a noble (高贵的) personality and brilliant talent. I appreciate his attitude towards life. He suffered setbacks (挫折) but never gave up.
　　任务：请阅读上面短文，根据短文内容完成下面表格中的有关信息。

Ben
When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, “That’s that! No more learning for me．Now I can enjoy myself in the evening．” But about a year ago the boss said, “We’re going to get a computer in the near future．” What does he mean? I simply don’t know．Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes．I’m quite an expert(专家) on computers now and you know, I actually enjoy studying．
Eve
I haven’t much interest in studying．To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing．Just reading, that is, to kill the time．But I do enjoy watching TV．Not that I watch everything．In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully．I’m particularly interested in current affairs(时事)．In some ways I think I learn more in this way than I did at school．
Ted
I’m a very different sort of person－I simply love doing things．That’s why I enjoy sports so much．I mean, actually playing．I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it．I’m even interested in the history of sports．I don’t have much time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing．Some people say I’m not very good at it, though．
Joan
I should say I have great interest in studying．I’d rather do this than anything else．Since I left school．I’ve taken courses in all sorts of things．I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it’s more fun that way．My latest “craze（狂热）”－if you can call it that －is foreign languages．I’m learning two, not one!
【小题1】According to what they say, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

Dear Mary,
I must go to see your grandparents now.I prepare(准备) these things for you.Your dictionary is in the bookcase.Your schoolbag is on the sofa.Your pencil box,notebooks and your school card are in the schoolbag.Your jacket is on the chair.Don’t forget your watch.It’s on the desk.
Love you.                             
Mom
【小题1】What’s not in the schoolbag?

Last summer vacation I went to Taiwan with my parents．Taiwan is really beautiful! The weather is always warm and humid because the sea is around Taiwan．In the north，it’s cold in winter，but in the south，it is still warm in winter and you can enjoy sunshine every day．The typhoon(台风)season is from June to October．
There are many mountains in Taiwan．(A)A-li Mountain is one of the biggest mountain there．We went to climb A-1i Mountain one afternoon．There are many trees in the forest there． They are very tall and many of them are really old．
Sun Moon Lake is the largest natural lake in Taiwan．In the lake there are many kinds of fishes．
 (B)We also went to the beach and enjoyed the sunshine．There are many kinds of food in the small towns near the sea．Dumplings with shrimp(虾) in them are my favorite．
Taiwan, a beautiful island，I love it! I took many photos there .Would you love to see them?
根据短文内容，完成下列句子。
【小题1】The writer spent the summer vacation with            .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
【小题2】The trees in the forest in A-li Mountain are       .

New Year is coming. Do you have any plans for yourself? Let’s look at the following kid’s New Year’s plans.