| 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
Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job．Every day tracks come into a city to collect it．Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use．If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish．
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump．Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole．The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewagesystem．The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets，bathtubs and other places．
To keep mice and flies away，some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish．Later，grass may be planted on the rubbish﹣filled land．Finally，a house or a school may be built there，and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump．
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places．The fire burns everything but the
metal．Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal．The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus，which looks like black earth．It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow．
51．What's the main idea of the article？
| A． |
To let us know taking away rubbish is a big job． |
| B． |
To explain the need for rubbish collection． |
| C． |
To introduce different ways to treat rubbish． |
| D． |
To tell us to take useful things out of rubbish． |
52．We can usually read the article in．
| A． |
a science book |
| B． |
a story book |
| C． |
a history book |
| D． |
a tour guide |
53．What's the meaning of the word"sewage"in the article？
| A． |
吸尘 |
| B． |
洗涤 |
| C． |
安全 |
| D． |
排污 |
54．The food parts of rubbish can be used again．
| A． |
to feed people |
| B． |
to feed plants |
| C． |
to build a house |
| D． |
for us to eat |
55．How should we do with a used metal box in the passage？
| A． |
By throwing it away． |
| B． |
By putting it in earth． |
| C． |
By burning it off． |
| D． |
By reusing and recycling it． |
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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