Music can be a great power to change people’s lives. Regina del Carmen Sanchez, 14, always believes this. The girl from Kansas City, US, leads a hard life. She lives in a small house with her mom and grandparents. Her mom gets a very low pay.

But it doesn’t stop Sanchez’s love of music. She wrote her first song Keep Your Head Up when she was 12. It described the bad situation at her home, but it also sent the message of hope: “My house is old and poor, but it beats (勝過) being homeless… Love yourself and never give up. You’ll see a better life if you keep your head up…”

It took Sanchez several months to finish the song. Sometimes during a break in class, when lyrics (歌詞) came into her head, “I would have to write them down right then,” she told the local newspaper The Kansas City Star.

Jeremy Lillie was a spokesman for Bright Futures, a charity fund. When he saw the video of the song, he was moved. He shared it through social media (社交媒體). The fund has provided money for poor students in Kansas City.

Now Sanchez often plays the song in public. “I want to help people understand what is happening in the world in an easy way,” she said.

1.There are ________ people in Sanchez’s family.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

2.What’s true about Keep Your Head Up?

A. It was written two years ago.

B. It showed a feeling of hopeless.

C. It described the good situation of a house.

D. It took Sanchez several weeks to write the song.

3.The Kansas City Star is ________.

A. a music group B. a newspaper

C. a charity fund D. a school

4.The word “moved” can be replaced (代替) by ________

A. surprised B. interested

C. touched D. excited

Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there’s too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are very good.

Preview — if it’s long and hard. Previewing is very useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and science reports.

Here is how to preview.

●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.

●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.

Previewing doesn’t give you all the details. It tells you not to spend time on things you don’t really want or need to read.

Skim — if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading, like popular magazines or the sports of your daily paper.

Here’s how to skim.

●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.

●Pick up only a few key words in each line.

Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but perhaps we’ll get the same idea of what it’s all about.

1.What does the underlined word “preview” mean in Chinese?

A．精讀 B．默讀 C．朗讀 D．略讀

2.What should we do when we read a science report?

A. Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.

B. Spend a lot of time reading the details.

C. Read the first and the last sentences of each paragraph.

D. Pick up only a few key words in each line.

3.What should we NOT do when we read the news about sports events in a daily paper according to the passage?

A．Get our eyes to move fast.

B．Read the last two paragraphs carefully.

C．Sweep our eyes across each line.

D．Pick up only a few key words in each line.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A．Why we should read B．What to read

C．When to read D．How to read faster

You may feel curious(好奇) about students in other countries: Do they also have much homework? What do they do in their free time?

On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korean and the USA. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.

Who studies hardest?

Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).

Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.

South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).

Who is the most distracted (分心的)?

American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (無關(guān)的) books in class.

What do they do after school?

In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.

1.The report is about __________.

A. the countries B. the subjects

C. the students’ lives D. the high schools

2.What country is not mentioned(提及) in the report?

A. The US. B. India. C. Japan. D. South Korea.

3.______ of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework?

A. 26.4% B. 8.2% C. 5.2% D. 48.6%

4.Which of the following sentence is NOT true?

A. The survey from the four countries was made last year.

B. Most Japanese students do physical exercises after school.

C. Few of the American students chat with friends in class.

D. The students in South Korea don’t like taking notes in class.

詞匯運(yùn)用

根據(jù)句子意思，用括號(hào)中所給漢語提示或英語單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。(每空一詞)

1.We can offer you help if ____________ (必要) .

2.As everyone knows, _________ (練習(xí)) makes perfect.

3.You should treat him more____________ (禮貌). He is new here and knows nothing.

4.It is said that Sun Haiping is one of the greatest _______ (教練) in China.

5.He spent as much time as he could (解釋) the main points to us yesterday.

6.Never leave the tap___________(run) all the time.

7.After five _______________(minute) ride, she got to the top of the tower.

8. The little dog has been _________(die) for two days.

9.Sunshine For All works _________ (close) with the local government.

10.They had several ________ (discuss) about our plan of the tour next week last week.

任務(wù)型閱讀

What do we really mean by being open? Being open is a kind of invitation to others to come in, to speak and to share. It is important for others to get to know how we think and feel. In this way, we will be understood and accepted by others. If we aren’t open with others, we won’t fully believe in ourselves or others.

Here are a few ways for you to be more open. First, make your outside behavior the same as your inside feelings and thoughts. Second, share how you really feel about something instead of just opinions. Third, try to change your questions into statements(陳述句) and talk in the first person so that people will understand you more easily. For example, you might say, “I feel happy that you’re here.” instead of“Are you glad that you’re here?” Finally, try not to say, “I don’t know.” This usually means I don’t want to think about it any more.

Remember also that it is not suitable to be open with everyone in every situation. You may want to be more open with close friends, but not with people you don’t know well, because you are not sure how someone else will use what they know about you. Besides, some people may not be used to too much openness. If we say everything we feel or think to them, they will feel very uncomfortable at times.

In all, being open is a good way for us to get on well with other people, but we’d better keep the balance(平衡) between being open and not being too open.

缺詞填空，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母補(bǔ)全單詞。

Do you know how to make friends with a group of people? Let me t__1.___ you the steps about making friends with the group. Maybe it’s h__2.___ to you.

First, you need to know what k_3.___ of group they belong to. If people of the group are shy, never ask them “Why don’t you talk?” or “Why are you quiet?” They don’t like it, so n__4._ do it.

N__5.__, remember that each group is different. They will use different words, find different things funny .

Then, the important thing is that you should try to be outgoing(外向的). I__6.__ you are outgoing, you will become very popular . Remember, n___7.___ wants to make friends with a quite shy person.

F___8.___, find a right topic to talk with the group. For example, you can ask people w__9. __ they will do before the weekend, but don’t make plans at once. S__10.____ things can change, so just talk with them.

句子翻譯

1.英國(guó)人太有禮貌了，不會(huì)在公共場(chǎng)合大聲笑。

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2.手術(shù)能挽救這個(gè)患有嚴(yán)重血液疾病的男孩嗎？

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3.你需要用恰當(dāng)?shù)姆绞絹黹_始談話。

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4.最首要的是，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)讓孩子們免于危險(xiǎn)。

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5.對(duì)于這些志愿者們來說，在做這些任務(wù)前接受訓(xùn)練是有必要的。

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寫作

八年級(jí)將于本周六下午3:00在學(xué)校禮堂舉行一次演講比賽,假如你叫李磊,你想?yún)⒓舆@次比賽。請(qǐng)你對(duì)照下列提示準(zhǔn)備一下演講稿,100詞左右。

話題:圖書館禮儀

內(nèi)容: 1、保持安靜,不能吃喝。 2、要注意保持書本整潔,遵守規(guī)則。

3、借書需要排隊(duì)。 4、愛護(hù)圖書館的桌椅。,

5、離開前,椅子放回原處。 6、…(自由發(fā)揮，至少兩點(diǎn))

結(jié)論: 記住這些規(guī)則很重要,如果每個(gè)人都這么做的話……

Manners in the library

Good morning, everybody. It is my pleasure to stand there to share my topic with you

First,______________________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________________Yours

Li Lei

—Where is your father, Helen?

—He is trying to _____ a new shower in the bathroom.

A. put out B. put down C. put away D. put in

—Moving to the country is a wise decision.

—I quite _____. The fresh air and green trees are good to our health.

A. agree B. argue C. accept D. Admire