Does eating a good breakfast improve school study? More than 1000 students in the city of Lawrence took part in an experiment a year ago and the answer is YES.

In the experiment, students with breakfast got higher scores in their tests than those without breakfast. Among those who had breakfast, fewer were late for school, and much fewer missed their school. “By eating breakfast, you feel active in your morning study and you keep good health.” says Amy Sampson, a famous doctor. He did the experiment for a year.

Students without breakfast may be losing important in eggs, fruit, milk, bread and so on. So try to get your children to have breakfast so that they can feel well, keep strong and do their best in their school work.(imporve 提高/改进experiment试验active 活跃的nourishment 营养)

（  ）1How many students took part in the experiment?

A.Over 1000 students.

B.Hundreds of thousands of students.

C.Less than 1000 students.

D.The writer doesn’t tell us.

（  ）2It is good for students to have __________ for their breakfast.

A.some eggs and fruit

B.some milk and bread

C.some nourishment in fruit

D.some eggs, fruit, milk, bread and so on

（  ）3The passage tells us that a good breakfast will help students __________.

A.to be stronger

B.to get to school earlier

C.to get more scores in their tests

D.to keep good health and improve their study and behavior(行为)at school

Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Nanjing Sunshine Secondary School. The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress：

【小题1】Li Ping thinks he did best in ______ in Unit 1.

If you have a problem with speaking, you can do several things. Listen to English as much as possible. You can learn a poem(诗) or a song by heart. You can also learn more dialogues（对话）. And practice speaking with your friends as much as you can.

Many people find it difficult to listen to English. The answer is to listen as much as you can. However, don’t do too much at one time. It is better to practice listening for five minutes every day. Don’t sit down and listen for an hour at a time. That’s too much! Do choose listening passages that are interesting and not too difficult. Choose（选择） tapes（磁带） on which the people speak clearly and not too fast. Take it easy， at first. Success with simple tapes at the beginning is the answer. Later on you can practice with tapes that are more difficult.

Finally, how can you learn to write well? How do you use little words like in, on, of and for? There are two answers to this. First, do some study with new words. Keep a list of verbs like look for, look after and so on. Second, read as much English as possible. There are many things that can’t be learnt. You must see them in books many times. Then you’ll be able to use them correctly(正确地) yourself. So, in order to write well, you must first learn to read much.

1.This passage is about English ______ .

2.If you ______ , you can speak well.

3.Which of the following is right according to the passage?

4.Which of the following ways can help you to improve（提高） your written English? 

A. Buy books of writing practice.        B. Read as much as possible.

C. Do some study with new words.      D. Both B and C.

5.Which of the following is not right according to the passage?

Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Nanjing Sunshine Secondary School. The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress：

1.Li Ping thinks he did best in ______ in Unit 1.

A. opposites        B. using a dictionary

C. a report         D. present perfect tense

2.What does Li Ping need to improve（提高） in Unit 1?

A. Present perfect tense.       B. Using a dictionary

C. A report.                    D. Opposites.

3.Which do you think Li Ping does well in?

A. Present perfect tense.       B. Passive voice.

C. Organizing information.      D. Favorite educational computer game.

4.What is Li Ping NOT very good at in Unit 2?

A. Suffixes ‘full’and ‘less’.   B. Past continuous tense

C. Linking words.                   D. My best holiday.

5.From the table we know Li Ping is weak in ________

A. Vocabulary                       B. Main task  

C. Study skills／Pronunciation      D. Grammar