How do you feel when a teacher says it's time for a test? Do you get worried about it? Look at the next test skills （技巧）!

☆Go to class on time and do your homework carefully.

In this way, you will learn the lessons, such as Chinese, English, maths, and so on. You won't have so many worries.

☆Relax and go to bed on time.

After you finish your lessons in the afternoon, you need to relax in the evening and sleep well at night.

☆Get ready well.

You may take paper, a pen, pencils, an eraser, a watch, and books or a dictionary with you.

☆Read the questions carefully.

You must read the questions carefully before you answer them, or you will make mistakes.

☆Breathe （呼吸） deeply.

When you feel worried, put your pencil down on the table, close your eyes, breathe deeply and count numbers to 10. In this way, you will feel relaxed and you can do well in the test.

Chopsticks are a pair of small equal-length sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating Asian food. Chopsticks are mainly used in China. And it is believed that the first chopsticks were developed in China. Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture. Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 inches long. They are round on the eating end which means heaven (天), and the other end is square which means earth. The appearance of chopsticks said goodbye to those days when our Chinese ancestors(祖先)had to use their hands to eat.      

Besides, the use of chopsticks has also been a part of Chinese food culture. There are some taboos that you must pay great attention to when you use chopsticks. Firstly, don't use them to hit your bowl or plate. Secondly, never use them to point at others. Thirdly, don't put them in different food without taking something. Fourthly, don't cross the chopsticks on the table. And lastly, don't leave your chopsticks standing in the rice. Chinese people do this only when they honor (尊重) the dead.

Nowadays, chopsticks have many new usages. For example, you can buy a pair as a gift to your friends and relatives. In Chinese, it reads "筷子", which means having sons soon, so a newly-married couple will be very happy to accept it as their wedding gift.

In China，there are many different kinds of food.Some of them are very popular.Dumplings are the real Chinese food.Now let's talk about them，OK？

Everyone in China likes dumplings very much，and there are many different kinds of dumpling—s.Some have meat and vegetables in them，others have sugar（糖）

Usually people make dumplings at home.If you have no time to make them，you can buy them in any supermarkets.Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar（醋）.

The Spring Festival is very important in China.When it comes，we make dumplings，usually we put a coin（硬币），he will be lucky in the year.

Now tell me，do you like dumplings？

Welcome to China，we'll ask you to eat the real Chinese food：dumplings.

A dictionary is very useful for the people who are learning English. People will use a dictionary for help when they have difficulty in reading a passage or doing English exercises. You will make more progress if you know how to use a dictionary efficiently（有效地）. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Choose a suitable（合适的）dictionary. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}You can choose a dictionary which is suitable for your English level，needs and interests，For a middle school student in Grade 9

Try to guess the meaning of a new word before you use a dictionary. You may have had such an experience when you are reading a passage. There're some new words in it and you have difficult it understanding the full passage. What will you do in this situation? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

Learn culture from a dictionary. You don't just learn a new word's pronunciation，meaning，part of speech and other usages. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

A dictionary is a good friend for learning English. It's a waste for you not to use a dictionary in your study. But don't think the more you use a dictionary，the better result you can get. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

If you can do as I have told you，I think you will improve your English soon. 

Have you ever been to Ireland? If not, you should think of spending a vacation there. The Republic of Ireland stands in the south of the island. There are about 3, 470, 000 people in the country and the weather is quite wet but warm. Falls of snow in Ireland are most unusual. 

Ireland is full of interesting things to do. You'll find restaurants and café everywhere. Most of them have a long list（清单） of Irish food and drinks. After your meal, you can take a walk along the shore（岸）. The countryside is good for horse riding. Other sports you may want to do are sailing, boating, swimming, fishing and golfing. Ireland is famous for its theaters and festivals. So, why don't you stay longer for a party or a concert? 

The Irish people are kind and friendly. From mountains to beaches you will find people ready to stop and talk about the weather, the local geography or history and maybe about what you should see next. The Irish people have kept their own culture of music and literature（文学） well. Different areas have different kinds of music. In towns and villages people get together in the evening to sing and play music. They also get together to read their own poems to each other. Meeting such people is really fun, isn't it? 

Do you know what the greatest invention ( 发明) is in the 20th century in Japanese eyes? Ramen!

Ramen is a kind of cheap and good yellow noodles that became popular street food in Japan in the early 1900s because Japanese did not have much food at that time. Today people all over the world enjoy ramen. It is said that people around the world eat about 40 billion bowls of ramen every year! Now ramen is moving from streets and instant bowls to good restaurants. Some cooks add meat, vegetables and spices( 调味香料 ) to make ramen more delicious. And people in Japan like to go to noodle shops or sushi(寿司) bars to have a nice dinner now. So whether you want traditional, quick, or fancy ramen, you can always find it. Just look on the street, in a store, or in a restaurant near you.