Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening.
 This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is
 another way to learn. That is, students can teach themselves. For example, if you can not remember
 something when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a
 way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.
     How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested
  in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. If the question is something
 you don't understand or you want to know more about, you can write down these questions. The third is
 to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by
 asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep
  doing like this for a long time. You are sure to succeed (成功) in your study.

l. Listening to the teacher is _____ for students to learn something.

    A. not a way          
    B. the best way      
    C. the only way      
    D. not the only way

2. Which of the following is right?

    A. A student can teach himself only in class.
    B. It is a bad way to learn from the teacher.
    C. A student can learn to teach himself if he wants to.
    D. Students know very well how to teach themselves.

3. In teaching yourself, the first thing you must do is _____ .

    A. writing              
    B. reading              
    C. asking          
    D. answering

4. A clever student usually likes _____ .

    A. asking questions                    
    B answering questions
    C. finding answers                    
   D. teaching others

5. If you want to succeed, you'd better learn_____ .

    A. how to teach others                        
    B. how to teach yourself
    C. to read and write carefully              
    D. how to ask questions

(Z= Zhang Li      L=Li Ping)
Z: You are in a new school now, right?
L: A very big school. It has five buildings in it.
Z: How many 1.c____ are there?
L: There're thirty. There are about forty students in each class.
Z: Are your teachers and classmates good to you?
L: Yes, they are very  2. h____. They often help me with my study.
Z: Do you have a  3. p____?
L: Yes, it's very big, too. We often play football and have 4. o____ activities there.
Z: How many 5. l____  do you have a day?
L: Six. 6. F____ in the morning and two in the afternoon.
Z: Which is your 7. f____ lesson?
L: 8. C____. I love 9. r____ Chinese stories. I'm in the Reading
   10.C____. We often do some reading in the school library.
    I enjoy my new school so much.

     Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble.  I'm not a bad person; I have a hard time
 learning when to keep my mouth closed.
     My mom has told me again and again, " Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me.  If you continue
 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble. "
     It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something l didn't want to hear.
I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself.
     One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me. It 
was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual.
      I said ever so nicely, "Nathaniel, would you be quiet?"
     Wathaniel continued talking to himself.  I quickly shouted " Nathaniel,  shut up ! "
      For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words hack and forth at each other.
       "At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!"  I shouted.
      I knew this would upset him deep inside. Jt would hurt his feelings and shut him up.
     What I said filled him with anger.  He tried co reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted,  "That's it! 
That's it ! "
     Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat. Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before.
      Later on, we were taken to the principal's ofrice.
     There, Mr. Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found chat 
when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal.  But when I hurt them with my words, 
sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.
     At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel. When I headed back to my room, I spent some
time praying.  I began to think about how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as l keep praying 
and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my mouth closed.

1. What's the writer's name?     

A. Nathaniel.       
B. Robert           
C. Black.           
D. Creen.

2. One day in English class, Nathaniel ________ when the ocher classmates worked on their homework.    

A. read the text                                 
B. listened to the others
C. talked to himself                    
D. kept silent

3. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word heal?

A. 愈合
B. 痛苦
C. 和好
D. 伤害

4. In the text the writer tried to tell us that ________.     

A. when you hurt someone, the pain never goes away
B. we should try to help each other at school
C. t is one's duty to stand up for himself
D. words cause more pain than wounds