Do you want to be a person who has a good memory? People who enjoy their wonderful memory often do well in their studies and work. These people only have to spend a few m ____小题1:on a page and will keep what they read in mind. Here are some things you can do to improve your memory. Try these: Be more observant(善于观察的). Some people who said to have a bad memory don't r______小题2:have memory problems. They just don't take time to n______小题3: the details. If you pay more attention to the details. you're sure to have a much clearer memory of events. A little exercise that you could do is to p_____小题4: memorizing lists of things, such as the things you are going to buy in a supermarket, or even the ingredients(原料)printed on your biscuit box.
Do more activities such as puzzles, word g______小题5: and learn a new language. These activities will f_____小题6:improve your brain functions(功能) and will help you improve your memory.
Try to have more free time. When you are t___小题7: probably you are to have a weaker focus(集中). Find ways to get rid of（去除）stress, so your brain will be clearer and ready to have new i_______小题8:
Get enough sleeping hours. You need at l_____小题9: seven hours of sleep every night. Give your brain cells a chance to r________小题10:the damage（损害） done by a day's tiring work. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and grains. Do your best to be healthy, and these foods help you improve your memory.

When I was at university, I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very l    work. Some just did enough to pass the exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Braines was such a student. He spent more time drinking in the T   House than working in the library.
Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in Chinese. The test had 100 questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked very e   . Then he told me of his idea.
“It’s very simple. There are 100 questions and I have to get 50 right to pass the test. I will take a coin into the examination room. I haven’t studied a Chinese book for months, so I will toss (抛) the coin. In this way, I’m sure I’ll get h    of the questions right.”
The next day, Fred came happily into the examination room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour, he wrote down his answers. Then he left, half an hour b    the rest of us.
The next day, Fred met his Chinese teacher at the school gate. “Oh, good,” he said. “I am sure you have got the r    of the test. Did I pass the test? ”
The teacher looked at him and smiled, “Ah, it’s you, Braines. Just a minute. ” Then the teacher reached his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught in his hand and looked at it. “I am sorry, Braines, you f   ! ”

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help me.”
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write? ”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth, I said what you said, but in a different way. ”
What he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this story.
The first is: Treasure（珍惜）what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative(有创造力的). Think differently. There is always a better way!
小题1:Who sat on the steps of a building asking for help?
小题2:A man walked by and gave the boy a few coins, didn’t he?
小题3:What did the man do to the boy’s sign?
小题4:What happened to the boy’s hat soon?
小题5:How did the man write the sign?
小题6:Which sign do you prefer, the first one or the second one ? Why ?（answer the question in no more than 20 words）

任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
阅读下面短文，然后根据要求完成任务。
Popular Ways to Say Goodbye to Middle School Life
As well as a big meal, there are also some new popular ways to say goodbye before leaving school:
Idea1: Travel with your classmates.
Idea2: Set up a website to help your group stay in touch.
Idea3: Record everyone’s best wishes and their smiles with a DV or a digital camera and make a DVD copy for everybody.
(A) 根据短文内容，完成以下句子的填空和选择，每空1分。
小题1: A big meal is an ordinary but ______________ way to say goodbye before leaving school.
小题2: If you like outdoor activities, you can _________________ and enjoy yourselves.
小题3: You can stay in touch with your classmates by ______________________.
So there is no need to feel sorry.
小题4: If you want to have Idea 3 done, you need to choose _______________ at first.
A.      B.     C. 
(B) 请根据自己的想法，写一条告别母校、同学及初中生活的美好建议。
小题5: ____________________________________________________________

According to a new survey, students' safety has become a big problem. Now in some cities of China, many schools start a new lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Lin Li, a teacher from Yancheng, gives young students some advice on how to deal with danger.
If you are in a traffic accident
If a car hits you , you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don't know how seriously you are hurt.
If it is raining hard and there is lightning
Don't stay in high places and stay away from trees.
When there is a fire
Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Don't take the lift.
If someone drowning
If you can't swim, don't get into water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times !
If you are robbed.
Keep calm. If you can not cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what         the robber looks like and tell the police later.
根据文章内容，完成下列表格。

Best title: How to deal with    小题1:
Danger	What to do
Traffic   小题2:	If hit by a car, you’re supposed to remember the car 小题3:  . If hit by a bike, call your   小题4: .
Raining with lightning	Stay at 小题5:  places and keep away from trees
小题6:	Don’t take the lift and find an exit as fast as   小题7:
Drowning	If you can’t swim , just shout “ 小题8:  !”
Robbery	Keep  小题9: Remember the robber’s  小题10:  and tell the police later.

Travel can teach kids more  t 小题1: a textbook. Travelling with kids is good  f  小题2: them. They can find new interests. Travel makes information alive for kids and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d 小题3:  experiments in the lab. While travelling, they learn how to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people. They learn patience, because sometimes it  t  小题4:  a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.
I've been travelling s   小题5:    I was seven years old. For me, to stop t   小题6:    would be like taking something a  小题7:   from my soul(灵魂).  I can't live  w  小题8:      travelling and I won't be who I am if I don't travel. Some people think it's  h 小题9:   to travel after having kids. But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn't  m  小题10:   they can’t travel any more.

It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot (盲点)on the eyes. Here is an interesting experiment (实验) that can make something disappear(消失) when one eye is open.
Make a card which is as big as a postcard, and write two English letters L and R on it. Write L on the left and R on the right. First, hold the card about 80 cm(厘米) away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, you’ll find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you’ll find the letter R disappearing.
Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. When the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won’t be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.
小题1: Where should we write the two letters?
小题2:Which letter should be written on the left?
小题3:Which eye do you close when R disappear?
小题4:What will happen if the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot?
小题5:.Do all people know that there is a blind spot (盲点)on their eyes?

What do you think of the most important inventions in the world? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. Here are three other important inventions.
One of the simplest(最简单的) inventions is the toilet(冲水式马桶). Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illnesses were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.
Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed（杀死） every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter.  After hay (干草) became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter. The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do “close work” after the age of 45. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above 45.

Inventions
Some most important inventions	Three other simple inventions	Before the inventions
The TV The printing The telephone 小题1:_______	The toilet	Waste ran into rivers from people’s house. Illnesses were common in big cities. 小题2:It was often difficult to find ___________.
	Hay /Animal food	People killed most animals in autumn because小题3:_________________ ___________________ in winter.
	小题4:_______	Reading, wrting and other “close work” would be difficult for the people 小题5:___________________________if there were not glasses.

Dogs are very good pets. They are very friendly to people and very beautiful, too. Most dogs get on well with      and their parents. Others are good watchdogs because they cry loudly when a strange person      .
When you buy a dog, an important thing about it is its      --- buy a small dog if your home is small and a      one if yours is larger. Many people don’t know     to feed their dogs. Dogs eat almost everything! They like meat, rice and lots of other things. You can buy lots of food which      for dogs in shops. Don’t let your dog eat too much. Always leave some       water for your dog. It can      thirsty very quickly, especially in summer.
Remember that dogs need      . You should take it for a walk every day. Don’t keep your dog ___   all day.

Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.
When giving gifts, sometimes color is important. For example, for many Chinese people around the world, red is a lucky color, and people often like to pack gifts in this color. However, did you know that in Korea ，red is a color of death. That is why you should not pack gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person.
What about western countries? In western countries, the color of packing paper is not really important. But color does matter when giving flowers，especially roses．You should not give red roses to a western person you don't know very well because they are a symbol (象征) of love．You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship．You could also send pink roses as gifts to say thank you．
What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well，one thing you should keep in mind is the person’s religion (宗教)．When choosing a gift for a Muslim (回教徒的)or Jewish (犹太族的)friend，you should never get food including pork or things made from pigskin．Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol(酒)．
根据短文内容简要回答下列问题
小题1:In which country do people think red is the color of death?
小题2:How could we show our friendship to the western friends?
小题3: Can we give a Muslim friend a bottle of alcohol as a gift ?
小题4: How many colors are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
小题5:What’s the main idea of this passage?