On September 19 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals in China.

     It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).

     The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetables.

Food is very important. Everyone needs to   36  well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   37  . We begin to get knowledge(知识) even when we are very young. Small children are  38  in everything around them. They learn  39   when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 40  story books, science books and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __41  to find out the answers.
What is the best  42  to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves（自学）, we will__43 _the most knowledge. If we are  44  getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will not learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn __45  and understand better.

Teachers should give students the way to learn ________ giving them the answers.

Listening test is one of the important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips for you .
Before you start to listen ,you need to relax. Don't be nervous. And try to read the questions .These questions usually help you understand the dialogue or the passage.
Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. When you 're listening ,try to do some thinking and take some notes ,suck as:
? What happened?
? When ,where, and how?
? What does the speaker want to tell us?
In this way, you may understand the passage better.
Please rememeber not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don't know, don't spend too much time on them. Very often, you'll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.
【小题1】This passage mainly talks about          .
A. tips on listening    B. tips on speaking      C. tips on reading
【小题2】It's better for you to keep           when you start to have a listening test.
A. excited           B relaxed            C. nervous
【小题3】We should listen to the first sentence carefully, because it usually tells us        
A. the answer to the question
B. where to write the answers  
C. the main idea of the passage
【小题4】When you're listening, it's important for you to          .
A. remember every word        
B. take some notes 
C. Think about one word for a long time
【小题5】The           usually help(s) us understand the passage better.
A. questions            B. first sentence         C. notes

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.

I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.

That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.

No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.

And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

1.Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?

A. To compare these two famous persons.

B. To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is.

C. If you want to be successful, you should fail first.

D. To show that failure is the mother of success.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. No one can be successful without working hard.

B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.

C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help.

D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.

3.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength.

B. One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty.

C. One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times.

D. One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness.