How do you feel when you have to make a report in front of your classmates? What about when you go to a birthday party? Do you get 1 shy?

Shyness means feeling nervous or 2 when you’re round other people. Everyone experiences (體驗) this shyness 3 they grow up. Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentencewS when they are in the center of attention. It's OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet strangers. 4 ，everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It's just a case (事) of how

much. But many teenagers think that they hate themselves and that they won’t fit in the future at some point.

   Stop the negative (消極的) thoughts about yourself. If shyness doesn’t keep you 5 something you want to do,being shy isnJt a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are not only cleverer,but also better at working with others,because they think more and talk 6 . Some great people in

history were shy,too.

   You see,being shy isn’t all 7 . But remember not to let good chances 8 just because of it!

   Your shyness will 9 . When you grow up year after year,you’ll become brave enough to speak to

anyone. But now,you need practice!If you have to sing a song at a party,just do it!There's nothing

to be afraid of!

    Remember,though you’re shy,you do not lack in (缺少) 10  Come on,our shy friends!

() 1. A. true   B. real   C. really   D. yes

() 2. A. comfortable   B. frightened   C. proud   D. happy

() 3. A. as   B. since   C. by   D. for

() 4. A. What is worse   B. In fact   C. For example   D. as if

() 5. A. to do   B. doing   C. from doing   D. do

() 6. A. much   B. more   C. less   D. many

() 7. A. good   B. bad   C. wonderful   D. better

() 8. A. go down   B. go over   C. go by   D. go to

() 9. A. past   B. pass   C. passed   D. passing

() 10. A. confidence   B. confident   C. confidently   D. conduct

   I have heard the bees long before I saw them.

    It was a very hot afternoon,and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water,my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout,then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was strapped.

I heard a low hum (嘴嘴聲) ，which was growing louder. From a distance,the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer,I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.

All I could do was to cover my face with hands. Crazily I thought that if I sat very still (安靜的) ， the bees would think I was just another rock.

    After a few seconds,I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.

  But it wasn't easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down to the rocks. However,I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening,but I had no choice.

    I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool,but I don't remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe,and the water felt wonderful.

    But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool,the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water,putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.

() 1. How many people went swimming that day?

   A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

() 2. The under lined word “it”(in paragraph 3) refers to .

   A. a rock   B. a hill   C. the river   D. the group of bees

() 3. At first why didn't the writer want to climb down the rocks when she saw the bees?

   A. She was afraid she would fall. B. She was too young to jump.

   C. She thought the bees would follow her. D. She didn't want her face to be unprotected.

() 4. How did the writer escape the bees?

   A. She covered her face with her hands   B. She hid behind the rocks.

   C. She jumped into a water pool. D. She pretended to be a rock.

() 5. In what order are the following mentioned in the story?

a. The writer rushed down the rocks b. John jumped into the water. c. The low hum grew louder. d. The bees flew back over their heads e. The bees were attacking the writer.

   A. b,c,e,a,d   B. b,a,e,c,d   C. c,d,e,a,b   D. c,b,d,e,a

Cough Medicine Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here's one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

() 1. John should take a day.

   A. 1 teaspoonful   B. 2 teaspoonfuls   C. 3 teaspoonfuls   D. 4 teaspoonful

() 2. The medicine should be kept in .

   A. any place   B. hot water   C. a fridge   D. warm place

() 3. John should before he takes it.

   A. drink a cup of tea   B. eat nothing

   C. shake the medicine well   D. drinks a lot of hot water

() 4. When people are years old,they cannot take medicine.

   A. two   B. twelve   C. thirty   D. forty

() 5. John will the medicine when it is left after December 1st,2014.

   A. take once   B. throw away   C. take six times more   D. sell

   What's your plan for the holidays? When July .comes,children know they’ll have 1 examina-tions and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two months,holiday,and someof them will 2 to see their parents 3 train or car.

     The summer holidays are the 4 time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good,so one can 5 most of his time playing outside. If one lives in the country,he can 6 into  the woods and in the fields. If one lives in a big town,he can usually go to a park to play. The best place  for a summer holiday is the 7 . Some children are 8 enough to live near the sea. But for the oth-ers who do not,if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two,they  will talk about it all the following school year.

    9 makes children like the seaside so much? I think it is the sand,the sea and the sun. Of  course,there are 10 new things to see,nice food to eat and interesting things to do. But the feeling of sand under their feet and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier.

() 1. A. they   B. them   C. theirs   D. their

() 2. A. go to town   B. return to school   C. leave home   D. return home

() 3. A. on   B. by   C. in   D. at

() 4. A. best   B. better   C. worst   D. worse

() 5. A. take   B. use   C. spend   D. waste

() 6. A. go out   B. go on   C. go back   D. go away

() 7. A. village   B. seaside   C. city   D. park

() 8. A. lucky   B. sad   C. worried   D. quiet

() 9. A. Why   B. Which   C. Who   D. What

() 10. A. little   B. much   C. lots of   D. no

    What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape (逃跑) ？

Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.

     Escaping from a fire is a serious matter. (1) Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family,such as stairways and fire escapes,but not lifts.

     From the lower floors of the buildings,escaping through windows is possible. (2) We should learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury (受傷) .

    The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average per-

son,hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course,it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

     Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Otherwise smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low the window to be wsure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked (滲) into the room.

     On a second or third floor,the best windows to escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end in injury. Bushes (灌木叢) and grass can help to break a fall.

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1. From the lower floors of the buildings,we can possibly escape through windows.()

2. The passage mainly tells us how to from the lower floors of the burning building.

3. What can't we use when we’re trying to leave a burning building,according to the passage?

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    Books bring us k 1 which enriches (豐富) our lives and b 2 us happiness.

    All great men in the history of mankind (人類) 1 3 books. There is no    

genius (天才) without books. We know that books are treasure of knowledge,and knowledge is power. Without it,we can achieve (取得) n 4 . A man is blind and does not even know w 5 he is doing if he is unable to read.

    Books bring us h 6 as well as knowledge. They enable us not only to see through the past,but also to see into the f 7

    Macaulay,a famous historian of England,once wrote to a little girl ,“If anyone would make me the greatest king that ever lived with palaces,fine dinners,wines,b 8 clothes and hundreds of servants,on condition that I should not read books,I would not be the king. I would rather be a p 9 man with a lot of books than a king w 10 any books in his splendid palace.

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    Stop and listen!What do you 1 ? You may hear many dnierent sounds,borne ot the sounds

2 noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound. Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines,

3 , cars,planes,farm tractors and so on. And,to some people,rock music is 4 a noise. What

happens 5 the people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have

found that these people have trouble 6 . But,more importantly,constant loud noise can cause a loss

(減損) of 7 .

    Scientists use a unit of measure 8 a decibel (分貝) to check the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room,for example,measures 35 decibels. Talking measures 9 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds

from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level 10the greatest hearing loss.

() 1. A. look   B. listen   C. hear   D. see

() 2. A. may be   B. maybe   C. may   D. be

() 3. A. such   B. for example   C. such like   D. some examples

() 4. A. not   B. as well   C. too   D. also

() 5. A. with   B. to   C. on   D. about

() 6. A. in sleeping   B. to sleep   C. slept   D. sleep

() 7. A. hear   B. ears   C. heard   D. hearing

() 8. A. called   B. is named   C. calling   D. names

() 9. A. from   B. between   C. both   D. among

() 10. A. reaches   B. does   C. causes   D. is

     Canada geese are large blue and white birds. When autumn arrives,they have to fly south where the weather is warmer. The winter is so cold in Canada that the birds will die if they stay there.

    Last spring,Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canada geese on his farm. “They had lost their par-ents”’ Bill thought. “These young birds won’t know what to do in the autumn. ”

    Bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him. All through the summer,he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.

    When the cold weather arrived in autumn,Bill flew to Virginia in the United States,600 miles

south from his home in Canada. The geese followed him all the way. Bill flew to Virginia and returned home.

    This spring,Bill was waiting for the birds to come back. They didn't arrive,so Bill flew to Virginia to get them. He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn’t find them.

When he arrived back home? Bill found the geese waiting for him. They had found the way home without him!

() 1. Canada geese have to fly south .

   A. in spring   B. before autumn   C. in the winter   D. after summer

() 2. The young birds , so they could follow Bill to Virginia.

   A. were well trained   B. went on trips in Bill' s  plane

   C. liked Bill          D. lost their parents

() 3. Bill took the birds to Virginia because .

   A. it's warmer there                 B. it5s 600 miles away from his home

   C. he wanted the birds to fly after him   D. it's a beautiful place in the United States

() 4. The birds returned to Bill's home .

   A. in Bill's plane   B. by themselves   C. in the winter   D. in the autumn

() 5. From the passage we can know that Bill .

   A. likes the birds very much         B. is an American bird-lover

   C. stayed in Virginia with the birds   D. taught the birds to fly

() 1. is a member of the horse family.

   A. The cow   B. The zebra   C. The kangaroo   D. The polar bear

() 2. The kangaroo can't walk with its legs,but they can .

   A. fly   B. swim   C. jump   D. run

() 3. If you walk in the street,you can meet a cow in .

   A. China   B. Australia   C. Africa   D. India

() 4. The polar bear lives on .

   A. sea animals   B. grass   C. beef   D. gum trees

() 5, “In return” in the sentence “It gives so much but asks nothing in return” means “ ” in Chinese.

   A. 歸還   B. 回報   C. 輪流   D. 要求

   In America,on school and work days,breakfast in most families is often a hurried meal. Some people even dont  have it in order to 1 work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends, 2 are quite different. People usually don5t need to go work,so they have e-nough time to have a large breakfast.

    Lunch is just a 3 break from the day's work rather than a large,long meal. It usually lasts 4 half an hour or an hour,so family members do not have time to 5 home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger,and fruit or ice-cream for lunch. 6 people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “l(fā)unch bag”， 7 eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children 8 to bring the “l(fā)unch box”.

    Dinner is the most 9 meal of the day in the USA. At this meal,most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot,large meal and it is quite different from lunch. 10 usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays,however,with more women working and as a result,men are doing more in the kitchen.

() 1. A. reach to   B. get to   C. goes to   D. reaches to

() 2. A. things   B. prices   C. reports   D. life

() 3. A. long   B. boring   C. short   D. happy

() 4. A. almost   B. nearly   C. only   D. less than

() 5. A. drive   B. leave   C. return   D. walk

() 6. A. Famous   B. Clever   C. Working   D. Poor

() 7. A. or   B. but   C. and   D. nor

() 8. A. forget   B. decide   C. prefer   D. have

() 9. A. important   B. common   C. serious   D. hurried

() 10. A. Men   B. Women   C. Children   D. Cooks