Now you've finished three years of English study. There's one way to demonstrate(展示)

    what you've learned－take a test!

    Do you have any special methods you use to help you do better on a test? How well you do is often a matter of how well prepared you are. Here are some ways to make sure you're at your best on test days.

    Go to bed early. The night before a test is not the time to stay up watching TV. You want to be rested and wide-awake for test day.

    Have a good breakfast. Test day isn't a morning for donuts(面包圈). Nor is it a time to starve(挨饿) yourself. Eat plenty of low-sugar, high-energy food to keep your brain and body working their best.

    Be prepared. Make sure you have two pencils and anything else you were asked to bring.

    Watch the numbers. Make sure that the number of the items(项目) on your answer sheet matches the number of the question.

    Look over all the answer choices. Don't assume(假定) that choice A is correct until you've checked the others. You may find a better one. And it is wrong to eliminate(排除) any choice that you can see at once. You'll have a better chance of finding the right answer.

    Check the clock. Make sure you allow yourself enough time to answer every question and go back and check your answers. Don't spend too much time on any difficult question. Skip（跳

    读） it and come back to it later.

    Keep up with your schoolwork all year long. That's  how you get the skills you need for taking a test.

    We always think classical (古典的) music fans are quiet and shy, and lovers of rap (说唱音乐) are outgoing.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}According to a study in Edinburgh, it is.

    Professor North, who did the study, says that people often show their personalities through the kind of music they listen to. More than 36,000 people from around the world joined-the study.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Here are some of the results:

Western and country music fans are hard-working and not shy.

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Classical music fans are quiet.

Rap fans are outgoing.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} People think heavy metal fans are very sad and unhappy. But like classical music fans, they are in fact easy-going and creative, and not very outgoing.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Heavy metal fans in Sweden have more in common with heavy metal fans in Brazil than with Swedish fans of pop.

    We sometimes call the lion “the king of the jungle” Because it is stronger and more dangerous than other animals.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}It is the highest animal in the land food chain.

    In the sea, the shark is one of the animals at the top of the food chain. It can swim faster than most other sea animals{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}People are! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the cleverest. We could not run faster than cheetahs, so we invented cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than lions, so we invented guns. Now we can hunt the best. People's inventions are clever, but they can be dangerous, too. For example, people invented factories, and now they make the air and rivers dirty.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Dirty rivers kill fish. Then bears cannot eat the fish and die. If we kill one part of the food chain. Other parts also die. Remember that we are a part of the food chain, so we are in danger, too!{#blank#}5{#/blank#}We should and we could do something for the world!

    Welcome to the Friendship Club of our school!You will meet many teenagers here and make friends with each other．{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．

    First，be friendly and polite to everybody in the club．This will make people feel

    comfortable when they talk to you．{#blank#}2{#/blank#}．

    Second，be honest．{#blank#}3{#/blank#}．If we find that you tell lies to other club members，we will ask you to leave the club．

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}．This will make your friends trust you and it will also help you know more about your friends．If you tell your friends secrets to someone else，you will hurt their feelings．

    At last，be generous （慷慨的） and helpful to your friends Sharing thoughts，ideas and opinions will help you know more about each other．

    Please remember our advice when you come to the club．{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．We hope to see you there!

   Eileen Collins is the first woman ever chosen to be a spaceship pilot. She is also the first woman to be a leader in a spaceship. Today she has flown for more than 5,000 hours in more than 30 kinds of airplanes.

   Talking about high school, she said, "I began reading all kinds of books about famous women pilots. These women went and flew into dangerous places. Their stories encouraged me." In 1977 Eileen got a pilot's license (证件) and the following year she finished her university. She went into space in 1999 at the age of 43. She took the hopes with her and dreams of a nation of young people on the earth.

   Eileen is not only an astronaut, but also a wife and the mother of a young daughter. She has short curly hair and friendly brown eyes. She met her husband, Pat, while they were together in the air force (空军).

   When she was named as the First Woman Spaceship Commander (指挥官) in 1998, Eileen smiled and said, "When I was a child, I dreamed about space. It was only a dream that I would be one of the astronauts some day. I hope all children will be encouraged to reach for their dreams, when they see I go into space. I believe dreams do come true!"

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