| If you've tried and have not won， Never stop for crying； All that' s great and good is done Just by patient trying. Though young birds，in flying，fall， Still their wings grow stronger； And the next time they can keep Up a little longer. |
Though the strong tree has known Many blows of stormy winds， She has risen again，and grown Higher and prouder. If by easy work you beat， Who the more will prize you？ Gaining success from defeat一 That' s the test that tries you! |
阅读以上诗歌，根据其内容回答其后各个小题。
（1）What is done by patient trying？
| A． |
All that is great and good. |
| B． |
All you've not won. |
| C． |
The things that you've cried for. |
| D． |
The things that are stopped. |
（2）What happens to young birds when they fly？
| A． |
They fly very high. |
| B． |
They fall. |
| C． |
They lose confidence. |
| D． |
They look scared. |
（3）How is the tree after the stormy winds？
| A． |
She is weak. |
| B． |
She is shy. |
| C． |
She is prouder. |
| D． |
She is dying. |
（4）What does the underlined word "defeat" probably mean？
| A． |
Work. |
| B． |
Prize. |
| C． |
Happiness. |
| D． |
Failure. |
（5）Which of the following is the best title of this poem？
| A． |
Be brave. |
| B． |
Don't give up. |
| C． |
Face disagreement. |
| D． |
To get happiness. |
Are kids getting too much praise？ Too much praise may be doing kids more harm than good．
A cover story in Scholastic Instructor magazine asks whether kids today are over﹣praised． The concern is that while trying to build up kids' confidence（自信），parents are paying little attention to kids' real goals and achievements． In a recent study， eighth graders in Korea and the United States were asked whether they were good at math． Among the American students， 39 percent said they were excellent at math， compared to just 6 percent of the Korean eighth graders． But the reality was somewhat different． The Korean kids scored far better than the over﹣confident American students．
The disadvantage of too much praise is that kids may start to focus on the reward rather than what they are learning， Worse， when a student fails， whose confidence comes from a blind sense of achievement rather than his or her actual abilities， the result can be devastating（毁灭性的）．This doesn't mean we shouldn't praise our kids or that teachers shouldn't try to build up their students 5 self﹣confidence． But self﹣confidence should be the result of good grades and real achievements， not empty praise from others．
Last month， Cognitive Daily reported that parents and teachers should be specific rather than general when they offer praise． An example of general praise is telling a child， "You're smart．" Specific praise would be to say， "You did a good job on reading．， or "You did great on your math test．" Kids who receive general praise about their abilities are more likely to show "helpless" behavior when they meet with problems with learning， compared with kids who receive specific praise about their achievement on a task． The reason： a child who knows she's a smart girl feels defeated（挫败的）if she has trouble reading a sentence． But a child who has been told she is a good reader is more likely to have confidence in that specific ability and work a little harder to deal with a more difficult book．
（1）What can we learn from the study of the eighth graders in Paragraph 2？
A． American students are over﹣praised．
B． Over﹣confident students may achieve less．
（2）According to Paragraph 3， kids' self﹣confidence should come from ．
A． teachers 5 love and support
B． what they get from parents
C． a blind sense of achievement
D． what they are able to do well
（3）Which of the following best explains "specific" underlined in Paragraph 4？
A． Exact．
B． Careful．
C． Scientific．
D． Professional
（4）What will kids getting general praise do in the face of problems with learning？
A． Ask others for advice．
B． Probably give up easily．
C． Work them out alone．
D． Work harder than before．
（5）In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the text？
A． Travel．
B． Business．
C．Education．
D． Energy．
Are you short﹣sighted？ If you are， your parents might have tried to do something to fix it， such as having you get an eye massage（按摩）， take medicine or even get surgery（手术）． People who offer these services or products often say that they can reduce or even cure short sight．
However， you will no longer see advertisements like this before long． The government has issued a notice to ban（禁止） businesses from using words like "recovery" or "short sight cure" in
their advertisements．
The notice says that short sight cannot be completely cured with current medical technology． Therefore， these advertisements could mislead children and their parents．
Young people can prevent and control short sight by spending more time outside and less time in front of books or computers． People who have sight problems should first go to a hospital and let a doctor decide what to do．
More than 450 million Chinese have suffered from short sight since June 2018． Short sight rates are around 30 percent for primary school students， 60 percent for junior high school students and 80 percent for senior high school students． This is likely because students spend a lot of time reading books and using electronic devices．
To reduce short sight among young people， the government made a new plan last August． The plan is designed to limit the amount of time children spend playing video games， as well as limit the production of new video games．
（1）Some people say that they can cure short sight to ．
A． show off their high﹣leveled skills
B． sell more products and services
C． share their medical technology
D． prove that eye massages are useful
（2）Advertisements with the word " " will be banned by the government．
A． recovery
B．eyesight
C． short sight
D． surgery
（3）If you have a sight problem， you should first．
A． get surgery
B． get an eye massage
C． take some medicine
D． ask a doctor for advice
（4）According to this passage， which group has the highest short sight rate？
A． Primary school students．
B． Junior high school students．
C．Senior high school students．
D． College students．
（5）From the last two paragraphs， we can know that ．
A． students should be stopped from using mobile phones
B． students in lower grades are more likely to get short sight
C． production of new video games will be limited
D．a law was made to protect the eyesight of people
If you love reading books，you must know about the book The Little Prince．It's a famous novel written by a French writer．As one of the best﹣selling books in history，it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects （方言）．Now．around seventy years after the birth of the book，an American director has found a way to make it into a 3D animated film （动画片）．
The book tells the story of a pilot，called The Aviator，who crashes （撞击） into the desert and meets a young prince there．However，in the film，the story starts years after the crash when The Aviator is much older．He has got a new neighbor called The Little Girl，whose mother wants her to got ready to enter the grown﹣up world．Slowly The Aviator shares his story with The Little Girl by writing it down and sending her a page at a time．The pages are complete with the pictures in the book，speaking about his time in the desert and taking The Little Girl lo an amazing world where anything is possible．
China is the first country the world to see the film in two versions﹣in Chinese and English．The film shows The Little Cirl's life and tells The Little Prince's story at the same time in a beautiful way．
Huang lei，who voices the film together with his 9﹣year﹣old daughter，says the film is like a childhood dream which is lost by most adults in this stressed﹣out society．
"The most touching part is that every one of us was a good ﹣ naturedkid like The Little Prince，and it's a pity that this good characteristic （品质）goes away as time flies，"he says．
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案．
51．The novel The Little Prince was written in the
A.1900s
B.1940s
C.1990s
D.2010s
52．The book The Little Prince is one of the best﹣selling books in history because
A．you must know about it if you love reading books
B．it shows The Little Prince's story in a beautiful way
C．it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects
D．the director has made it into a 3D animated film．
53．How does The Little Girl get to know the story of The Little Prince？
A．She reads the pages that The Aviator writes and sends to her．
B．Her mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown﹣up world．
C．The Aviator takes her to an amazing world．
D．She moves home next to The Avitor．
54．What does the underlined word" good ﹣ natured"mean？
A．kind．
B．friendly
C．helpful
D．all above．
55．According to the passage，which is Huang Lei's opinion？
A．He doesn't believe the good characteristic is lost as we grow older in this stressed﹣out society．
B．He thinks all of us should keep our better nature and never let it disappear．
C．He feels excited because he can see the film in two versions first．
D．He and his daughter voice the film together．
Now，I'm studying in the US．I find there are some differences between schools in the US and in Vietnam．
One big difference is the clothes students wear at school and how they look．In my country，all the students should wear uniforms when they go to school．Boys aren't allowed to have long hair．Girls aren't allowed to have long or colored nails（指甲）．
Another difference is about the rules for parents．In Vietnam，when we begin a new school year，our parents have to go to a meeting in our class．If they don't go to that meeting，their children won't have a grade or a report card from school．However，in the US，there aren't such strict rules above．
In Vietnam，a class is only 45minutes and we have only five classes each weekday．When the bell rings，the students just sit in their own classroom．They can't move to a different one，but students can in the US．In Vietnam，students can't go to work because they can't find a job if they're
under18．But in the US，many students work after school．This helps them make money．More importantly，this helps them become more independent．They're able to do things by themselves in their own way，withoutasking other people for help．
46．Where does the writer come from？
| A． |
China |
| B． |
Japan |
| C． |
America |
| D． |
Vietnam |
47．What are the girl students allowed to do in the writer's country？
| A． |
To keep their hair long． |
| B． |
To have long nails． |
| C． |
To color their hair． |
| D． |
To color their nails． |
48．What's the meaning of the underlined word"independent"？
| A． |
勇敢的 |
| B． |
独立的 |
| C． |
依赖的 |
| D． |
自信的 |
49．Which is not true about the Vietnamese students according to the passage？
| A． |
They have five classes a weekday． |
| B． |
They can go to work under eighteen． |
| C． |
They should wear uniforms at school． |
| D． |
When the bell rings，they can't move to a different classroom． |
50．We can learn that from the passage．
| A． |
In the US，students don't have such strict rules as the Vietnamese students． |
| B． |
The students in Vietnam can move to a different classroom for classes． |
| C． |
At the end of a school year，parents in Vietnam have to go to a parents'meeting． |
| D． |
In America，all students go to work after school． |
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