Good writing starts with good ideas. If you write about things that you care about, you will write better. If you write about things that you don’t care about, you’ll be bored and your paper will not have many good ideas.

Once you have a good idea, the next step is organization (组织). Think through your paper before you start. Write an outline. You need to know what your main points are before you start your first paragraph. Use 2-4 main points, one paragraph each.

In your central paragraphs, be concise and specific（简洁具体）. Give examples with details, not just general ideas. If you can say the same thing with fewer words, do it! Don’t use big words.

When you finish writing, look at your outline again. Did you really follow it or did it change as you wrote? Many times you find different ideas as you write. Look at your central paragraphs. What are their main ideas now? Are theses ideas in the introduction? I often write the introduction again to fit the paper after I finish writing.

1.What is the 1^st step for a good writing?

A.Think through your paper before you start.

B.Write a good 1^st paragraph.

C.Have a good idea.

D.Look for many examples.

2.What does the word “outline” mean in the 2^nd paragraph?

A. 外形              B. 提纲             C. 中心              D. 总结

3.What should you do in the central paragraph?

A. Don’t use big words.

B. Give examples with details.

C. Say the same thing with fewer words.

D. A, Band C.

4.What should you do after finishing writing?

A. Look at your outline again.

B. Check the mistakes.

C. Look at your central paragraph again.

D. Both A and C.

Good writing starts with good ideas. If you write about things that you care about, you will write better. If you write about things that you don’t care about, you’ll be bored and your paper will not have many good ideas.

Once you have a good idea, the next step is organization. Think through your paper before you start. Write an outline. You need to know what your main points are before you start your first paragraph (段落). Use 2-4 main points, one paragraph each.

In your central paragraphs, be concise (简短的) and specific （具体的）. Give examples with details（细节）, not just general ideas. If you can say the same thing with fewer words, do it! Don’t use big words.

When you finish writing, look at your outline again. Did you really follow it or did it change as you wrote? Many times you find different ideas as you write. Look at your central paragraphs. What are their main ideas now? Are these ideas in the introduction? I often write the introduction again to fit the paper after I finish writing.

1. What is the 1st step for a good writing?

A. Think through your paper before you start. 

B. Write a good 1st paragraph.

C. Have a good idea.                                               

D. Look for many examples.

2. What is the 2nd step?

A. Have a good idea.                                                B. Write an outline.

C. Write the 1st paragraph.                                    D. Give examples with details.

3. What does the word “outline” mean in the 2nd paragraph?

A. 提纲                    B. 外形                              C. 中心                    D. 总结

4. What should you do in the central paragraph?

A. Don’t use big words.                                          

B. Give examples with details.   

C. Say the same thing with fewer words.            

D. A, B and C.

5.What should you do after finishing writing?

A. Look at your outline again.                               

B. Check the mistakes.

C. Look at your central paragraph again.            

D. Both A and C. 

Good morning,  boys and girls. Today I'll talk about going online.

We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the In­ternet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing com­puter games. We can send e-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat freely online with our friends. It can help us to get in touch with people from all over the world.

But every coin has two sides. Net bars also bring us a lot of trouble. For example,  some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online,  so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don't study well any more. I think we mustn't get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays or at the weekend.

At the same time,  if we have lots of free time,  we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activ­ities from 4' 50 to 5- 50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football on Monday or Thursday afternoon. We can join some interests groups in school,  such as drawing or reading on Tuesday afternoon,  or singing and dancing on Wednesday afternoon. We can go to the English Corner on Friday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities.

1.Many of us like going online because it can help us_________.

A. learn English and send e-mails            B. get more information

C. play computer games         D. all of the above

2.According to the speaker,  in our spare time we should_________.

A. go online for longer time

B. stay in the classroom doing more exercises

C. go to the English Corner every afternoon

D. do more out-of-class activities at school

3.If you are free on Tuesday afternoon,  what out-of-class activities can you have at school?

A. Playing basketball or football.      B. Singing and dancing.

C. Drawing or reading.         D. Going to the English Corner.

下面是一些同学对课外活动的看法，请仔细阅读下列短文，按信息卡内容要求填入相关信息。
Mike Smith: We have many after-class activities in school—English corner, hand-writing lessons, playing basketball, playing chess, dancing and so on. Students in our school can choose any kind of activities they like.
Jane White: I’m a member of the music club in our school. I can learn different kind of music instruments. It’s fun.
Frank Green: I take park in drawing and English corner after class. I benefit a lot from the activities. I can not only improve my abilities of drawing and spoken English, but also make some new friends who have the same hobbies as me.
Amy young: Some teachers think after-class activities take up too much time. But as a student, I think it’s necessary for schools to give us the chance to improve our other abilities after class. We are under great pressure with too much homework and exams. We need time to relax.
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Peter:   What are you doing for vacation, Steven?

Steven:  I’m visiting my aunt in San Francisco. My brother’s staying there. He’s joining a club.

Peter:   Oh? When are you going?

Steven:  Next Friday.

Peter:   How long are you staying?

Steven:  I’m staying at my aunt’s home for four days. I’m going sightseeing in San Francisco, and then I’m seeing

 all of my friends New York. How about you?

Peter:   I’m going to the beach and my friends and I are also going hiking for a few days.

Steven:  Aren’t you renting video tapes and relaxing at home?

Peter:   No, it’s boring. We like outside activities.

1.Peter is going _______ on his vacation.

A.   to Florida           B. riding            C. hiking           D. to San Francisco

2. Steven’s leaving ______ for vacation.

A. tomorrow            B. next month        C. next Monday     D. next year

3. Steven’s brother is staying ________.

A. at home              B. at school          C. in San Francisco   D. in New York

4.Steven is staying in his aunt’s house for ______.

A. a week               B. four days          C. several days      D. two days

5. Peter thinks that staying at home is _____.

A. interesting            B. boring             C. fun             D. exciting