人教新目标(Go for it)版九上 Unit 1 综合素养提升练

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. "I know how 1you have all worked to prepare for this test," he said. "And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would 2 not to take the test.

Many students jumped up to 3 the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the 4 and said, "Does anyone else want to get a B?

This is your last 5. "Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the 6 .There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just 7 an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could and 8 give. Students who are not 9 in what they have learned are B students at best. The same is 10 in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have 11both successes and failures. They have learned life's lessons，either from normal education 12 from events in their lives, and have become better people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about 13 has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you 14 that you have some limits. However, there is 15 you can't do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Qomolangma said, "It's not the mountain we conquer(征服) but ourselves.

Please read and answer the questions about the six signs.

Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children, Bob was interested in doing many things. He liked dancing best and wanted to join a dancing group. But Bob's high school didn't have a boys' dancing group but a girls' group. He tried to join the girls' group. And he made it.

Bob thought his problem was over after he had been one of the dancers in the dancing group. But a bigger problem was just beginning. The teacher didn't allow Bob to stay in the girls' group. "If Bob stays in the group," the teacher said, "other boys will want to join and girls might leave. "They took Bob off the group.

Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge. The judge said it was not right and told the teacher to let Bob go back to the dancing group,

What do you call a school with no tests, no grades, no classes, and no teachers? Students of the Met School and their parents think it to be the best school in the world.

The school is in Rhode Island, the USA. Dennis Littky opened it in 1996. He was fired from two other schools, because many parents of the school students were unhappy with his unusual ideas. The Met School gives Littky a great place to try out his new ideas. The school takes poor kids who are failing at school. Nearly everybody has already given up these students and their parents want to try anything.

"The word that most kids use when they talk about high school is 'boring', " says Littky, "But no one would say the Met was boring. " Advisors (not teachers) work with small groups of students for four years. Students spend almost half of their school time learning real-life skills, such as working for business, spending time with government people, and helping teach younger children. Instead of tests, the students give shows about their work outside school.

In fact, students work harder here than in other schools. All the students from the Met graduate and can choose to go to a good university. Now, Bill Gates is starting schools like this one around the USA.

    With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Chinese. Do you think it is necessary for UK pupils to learn Chinese?

Seneca (Canada)

    I studied French for 2 years in high school, and German for 4 years in college and got good marks. I studied Chinese for about 4 months before moving to China. Any language, if you don't use it, it will be easy to lose. I've forgotten the French I learned except for a few phrases. I speak Chinese every day. My writing, reading and listening are quite good, but far from fluent. I think nowadays, it's almost necessary to learn Chinese.

Tony (the UK)

    Learning any language can be valuable, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn, and teachers in the UK are not good at teaching foreign languages. However, China is a big and developing market for English business people. For them, Chinese is worth learning.

Bill (the US)

    I don't think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English. To learn Chinese, you have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it It's too difficult to learn. But in the future Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.

Mr. Tang works in a zoo. He gets up at six every morning  (clean) the zoo. Then at eight Mr. Tang feeds the animals. Look! There  (be) many animals in the zoo. The tigers like  (eat) meat. They eat much meat every day. They look kind of scary. The monkeys like fruit. They like bananas  (well). They are very interesting. Animals in  zoo don't have to find food or water. The keepers feed (it) every day. They walk and sleep, and they usually give a show  weekends. So some people think the animals are happy and lucky. But they are always sad (伤心的),  they can't go out of the zoo. Animals  elephants, monkeys and tigers like living in the forest (森林), but now they have to  (live) in the zoo. The life in the zoo is very boring. Mr. Tang thinks animals must go back to the forest. 

Last Saturday was David's birthday. He invited his best friend, Simon, to go to the birthday party at the City Park. At first, David offered to drive Simon to the park so that Simon didn't need to take a bus. However, while Simon was getting dressed, David called up and said that he had to go to the airport to pick up his aunt. Therefore, Simon had to go to the party by bus. On the way to the bus station, Simon came across a dog. It was badly hurt and couldn't walk. As a dog lover, Simon decide to take the dog to the hospital at once. While Simon was waiting in the hospital, David and his other friends were having fun in the park. Two hours later, Simon finally shown up at the party. Though Simon missed some fun at the party, he still felt happy. 

    Many students think it is too difficult to learn English well, though they know it is important.

    Firstly, A lot of people can't speak English well because they are afraid of making mistakes. But in order to improve your spoken English, you need to be brave and confident. Don't care too much about the mistakes in your spoken English. Being able to express your ideas is the most important thing.

    Secondly, You can watch Hollywood movies like Spider Man and Captain America. Listen to what they say carefully and try to understand the main ideas of the movies.

    Lastly, I know that students are tired nowadays and that you always have to do exercises of different subjects. But practice makes perfect. Only by doing a lot of exercises can you get better English skills.

    and you just have to find the best way for you.

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    I am Li Hua.                                   

    I hope our school will consider my advice.