"Three apples have changed the world. One is for Eve, one is for Newton. The third is in the hands of Steve Jobs." said someone. Steve Jobs was the former CEO of the Apple computer company in his parents' garage（車庫(kù)）on April Fool's Day, 1976. Through many years' hard work, Jobs and his Apple products were a great success. People believe he has made the world a better place. Many young people also think of Apple products as a fashion icon.

Because of his great achievements in this area, he was honoured with a number of awards, including the National Medal of Technology in 1985, the Times cover character（封面人物） and the Most Successful Manager in 1997.

Jobs' road to success wasn't an easy one. He experienced several ups and downs, but he was still standing. Just as Hemingway in the Old Man and the Sea said, "A man can be destroyed, but not be defeated（打�。�. So he was considered as an American hero.

What did Jobs' workers and family members think of him? On one hand, some workers described him as a strange, bad-tempered（壞脾氣的）boss. They said he was impatient with those who disagreed with him or didn't understand his ideas. On the other hand, his family members thought of him as a home-loving dad with each of his four children. He worried about all the things of them, such as their boyfriends, travel, safety and even skirt length. Though he was quite busy, he still attended his daughter's graduation party.

1.Where did Steve Jobs set up the Apple computer company?

A.In his own house. B.In his friend's house.

C.In his friend's garage. D.In his parents' garage.

2.What do you think of Steve Jobs according to the passage?

A.Home-loving. B.Honest. C.Serious. D.Humorous.

3.Why was he considered as an American hero according to the passage?

A.Because he developed lots of Apple products.

B.Because he set up the Apple computer company.

C.Because he devoted himself to the area of computer.

D.Because he wasn't defeated after several ups and downs.

4.From the passage, we know that_______.

A.Steve Jobs was very famous only in the USA

B.Steve Jobs was too busy to care about his children

C.Steve Jobs changed the world a lot with his Apple products

D.Steve Jobs never got into any trouble on his way to success

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can't remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn't with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it's organized .When you put away a book - or memory - you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is "height", you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

1.In the writer's opinion, students can't remember words because_____.

A.they have memory problems B.they are too worried

C.they don't use a proper way D.they don't like to study

2.Which is TRUE about memory according to the passage?

A.Short-term memory is seldom used.

B.What we see goes into long-term memory first.

C.We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory.

D.We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory.

3.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 means long-term memory____.

A.keeps many books like a large library B.works like a well-organized library

C.provides any book you want D.leaves memory anywhere

4.This passage mainly tells us about_____.

A.language students' problems in study B.how to make the meaning of words stronger

C.short-term and long-term memory D.how to improve ways to remember words

Reading is the key to school success, and like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking.

Educators (教育家) call it "automaticity (自動(dòng)性)”．

A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With more and more practice, he stumbles less and less. As a result, he can read by the phrases and soon by sentences. With automaticity, he doesn't have to think about the meaning of words, so that he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.

According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 t0 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.

1."Reading is the key to school success" means that reading_______.

A.helps school develop faster

B.is a key to a successful school

C.helps students go to a key school

D.can improve students' learning results

2.Children with "automaticity" can read faster because they_______.

A.know how to read the words

B.pay attention to the meaning of the text instead of the words

C.read by themselves without any help

D.do not have to think while reading

3.The underlined word "stumble" in the second paragraph means“ ”in Chinese.

A.結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地讀 B.全神貫注地讀

C.心不在焉地讀 D.聲情并茂地讀

4.The best title for the passage is“_______”．

A.IQ is the Key- to the Automaticity

B.TV is Bad for Children's Reading

C.Automaticity Needs a Lot of Practice

D.Automatic Readers Must Be Successful

翻譯句子

1.空氣污染對(duì)人們的健康造成不良影響。

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2.這場(chǎng)NBA籃球賽將于下周四直播嗎？

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3.據(jù)說(shuō)特價(jià)優(yōu)惠被取消了。

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4.除非他努力學(xué)習(xí)，否則他考試會(huì)不及格的。

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5.你知道那場(chǎng)報(bào)告已經(jīng)開始多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了嗎?

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閱讀表達(dá)

It’s popular to use the cell phones with cameras to catch a moment in time.A Texas schoolMagnolia Independent School,is worried that students have found another use—a way to cheat(作弊)in tests.School officials said some students could use the phones to take pictures of test questions.Another problem was that students might take improper pictures of classmates to share or post on a website later．

“Cell phones without cameras are allowed in school,but must be turned off in class.Cell phones with cameras will be confiscated(沒(méi)收) and punishing action will be taken.”officials said.Some students are not willing to obey the rule.“I’d be lost without my phone,”said Kendall Paul,a student.“All my numbers are in it.I’ve never used it to cheat and I don’t know anyone who has at our school,so I think it’s kind of stupid.”

But other students said they saw it all the time at their school.“In fact,the cell phones with cameras are popular in our school and they are very useful,especially in our tests.We would take a picture of the test,and then send it to the next person or the person in another classroom,who is taking the same test.”said Melisa Sparks,a student.“They would send the question and the answer,too.It’s quicker that way.”another student said.

1.If a student takes a cell phone without a camera to school,what rule should he or she obey?

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2.What’s the advantage(優(yōu)點(diǎn))of cell phones with camera in cheating in tests according to some students?

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3.Do you think it's good or bad for students to have cell phones with cameras? Why?

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注意：1．詞數(shù)90左右；

2．短文的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

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The winter holiday is coming. How Can we make good use of it and make it interesting and colourful? Here is my Plan for my winter holiday.

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The traffic signs warn people after drinking.

A.to drive B.not to drive

C.driving D.don’t drive

The zoo is very popular and ________ tourists visit it year by year.

A.more and more B.fewer and fewer C.less and less D.more and less

We ________ him ________ give up smoking.

A.advise；to B.advise；on C.advice；to D.advice；on

連詞成句。(注意各小題的詞形變化)

1.I, you, you, like, the, send, gift, do

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2.to, took, me, month, it, recover, three

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3.fall, will, try, a, never, catch, dinosaur, I, to

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4.felt, he, for, careless, sorry, his

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5.so, happen, accidents, sudden

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