A person has two ears but only one mouth. That means we should listen, not just speak. The word "listen" has the same letters as the word "silent". Listening silently is a good quality that we should have. Then why is it important to be a good listener?
Listening is really helpful.
When someone is sad or angry, he wants to express his poor feelings. At this moment, we need to listen silently first until he gets calm (冷静的). Then we may have a good talk with him. Maybe it is a good way to help him out.
Listening is a kind of love.
For example, we may think our parents are always talking too much. But in fact, they do so because they are anxious about our health, study and so on. If we listen patiently, our parents will feel we care about them. A loving silence is often more powerful (有力量的) than words.
Listening is polite behavior.
Sometimes, we just want others to listen to us but forget to listen to others. In fact, that's not polite. In order to show our respect(尊重) for others, we had better listen to them first. Then we can express our ideas.
Listening sounds easy， but it's not. Every head is a world. So we should learn to listen with our ears, eyes and hearts as much as we can, and try to make ourselves good listeners from now on.
1.When someone is sad or angry, we should _____ first.
A. listen to him silently
B. express our poor feelings
C. talk too much with him
D. tell his parents about it
2.The underlined word "anxious" here probably means "_______".
A. satisfied
B. angry
C. worried
D. excited
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. We should ask others to listen to us first.
B. We should express our ideas first.
C. We should let others respect us first.
D. We had better listen to others first.
Many animals around us are smart. Let’s get to know some of them.
Dolphins are smarter animals in the sea. Researchers put sea animals to a test. In the test, the researchers made red marks on the animal’s bodies and took them in front of a mirror. Many sea animals either ran away or fought with the ones in the mirror. However, when the dolphins saw themselves in the mirror, they tried to clean the red marks off their bodies. So the researchers believed that the dolphins knew the ones in the mirror were just themselves.
Bees work hard, and they are smart enough to learn something. Researchers found a group of bees and taught them to tell which horizontal line (水平线) was higher than the other. If they could find the higher line, they would get sugar as a prize. After training for a period of time, the researchers tested the bees. To their surprise, the bees found the higher horizontal line quickly and got sugar. Instead, when the researchers showed them vertical lines (垂直线), the bees simply flew away, because they knew there was no way to get sugar.
Chimpanzees (黑猩猩) are very human-like. They can learn fast and well. Researchers showed the numbers from one to nine on the screen. Chimpanzees and some college students were asked to remember where the numbers were after watching the numbers in less than a second. The adult chimpanzees and the college students performed almost the same, but the young chimpanzees performed much better. It was amazing.
1.In the test, the dolphins _______________.
A. felt afraid and ran away from the mirror
B. tried to fight with the ones in the mirror
C. didn’t find any red marks on their bodies
D. tried to clean the red marks off their bodies
2.When the bees saw the vertical lines, they _________.
A. flew away
B. found the higher line
C. stayed there
D. found the numbers
3._____________ performed better in remembering where the numbers were.
A. The adult chimpanzees
B. The old chimpanzees
C. The young chimpanzees
D. The college students
Now, it seems that artficial intelligence （人工智能）is becoming more and more popular in our life, and it has greatly influenced the ways we live, work and play. Can you imagine that you can play table tennis with a robot one day?
Recently, a scientist has invented a special robot that can be a table tennis coach. That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.
Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly judge (判断) the player' skill levels (水平). Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the player are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players are better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What's more, while playing, it encourages players to try their beat with words like "Good job!", "Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve their skills. So it is both a good partner and a clever coach.
Science and technology is developing quickly these days and it's hard to imagine what will happen in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!" Takuoya, the inventor of the robot, said.
1.Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in many ways.
2.Orpheus is the name of the inventor of the robot.
3.The robot can judge the skill levels of human players exactly.
4.One robot will probably teach another to play table tennis in the future.
5.The robot can encourage the human players, but it can't give advice.
Since my mother moved to live with us in the city, she has been much heavier than before. As time went by, her health got________. So I had to take her to see a________. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but to follow________the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning.
On the first morning, she got up very early________ran with me in our neighborhood. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After________for some minutes, I told her the proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. It made me________that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid. On the second morning, I praised her for keeping running with me.
But after two weeks, she wanted to________running because she thought the two-week exercise didn't work at all. To encourage her, I taught her how to use the facilities (设施) for exercise in our________. She began to exercise again.
With my help, it________her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. "Thank you, my dear daughter. Exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will_______worry about my health." Her words touched my heart deeply. I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother's life.
1.A. better B. stronger C. worse D. thinner
2.A. teacher B. waiter C. nurse D. doctor
3.A. that B. what C. which D. where
4.A. and B. but C. so D. or
5.A. swimming B. running C. playing D. eating
6.A. act B. eat up C. set up D. remember
7.A. give up B. hospital C. neighborhood D. put up
8.A. school B. hospital C. neighborhood D. cinema
9.A. cost B. spent C. took D. paid
10.A. never B. ever C. sometimes D. always
One day. David and his friends talked about who their closest________were. When it was his turn, he said, "My best friend is Amy,________81-year-old woman living in Florida."
Their friendship came________a game. In the game, David and Amy were on the same team. After this game, they became good friends. David even told her about his dream of music.
However, life was hard for David at that time. He hardly________time or money to play music. Most of the time. he had to work in a restaurant. He felt that his dream was hopeless(无望的). _____he almost lost heart, Amy gave him lots of help and supported his dream. Two years later, he decided________to New York for his dream. There he held his first concert successfully.
After the concert, a famous reporter in New York heard of their story. He wanted to know what _____. So he flew to Florida to interview her. To his surprise, the friendship between Amy and David was________than he could imagine.
Later, many people________by this story. But Amy thought it was nothing. She said, "As friends, we________give a hand when they need."
1.A. friend B. friends C. classmate D. classmates
2.A. the B. / C. a D. an
3.A. from B. below C. to D. at
4.A. have B. had C. has had D. will have
5.A. Before B. When C. Unless D. If
6.A. go B. going C. to go D. gone
7.A. Amy was like B. was Amy like C. is Amy like D. Amy is like
8.A. beautiful B. beautifully C. more beautiful D. the most beautiful
9.A. is moved B. are moved C. was moved D. were moved
10.A. should B. would C. mustn't D. can't
书面表达
同学们，三年的初中生活就要结束了，在我们的成长过程中，既有快乐，也有烦恼。请用英文写一篇短文，内容包括：
1．你在学校或家里曾经遇到的最大问题或烦恼；
2．你解决问题或烦恼的过程；
3．你的感想。
要求：
1．词数80～100，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2．文中不得出现真实的校名与人名。
My middle school life is coming to an end .During the three years， ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
