Why do people go to school? The aim（目的）of going to school is to study. But it is not easy to study well. You may waste（浪费）either time or money. The following are the best ways of studying.

The best time reading is morning, because in the morning the air is fresh（新鲜的）and the mind is clear and you can get a better understanding（理解）.

When you are studying you must have patience（耐心）. If you don’t know a text well, you must read it again and again till you know it very well.

You must always ask “why”. If you can’t understand what you are studying, write it down and ask your teachers or parents, brothers or friends.

There are many ways of studying. Keep them in your heart and follow them, and you’ll do well in your studies.

Jenny and Li Ming watched Bob play basketball in the morning. They arrived at the gym(体育馆)at 6:30. Bob’s team played with the Orange Team. Everyone played hard! Jenny and Li Ming had fun at the gym. They yelled for Bob’s team. Finally, Bob’s team won.

In the afternoon they went to the sports shop.Liming bought a T-shirt.Jenny bought a pair of shoes.Then they went home.

They were very happy.

Jack was born in New York. He lived there with his parents for more than ten years. Last year his father came to work in Beijing. China is quite different from America, and Beijing is far away from New York. So Jack wanted to know what kind of life the Chinese people were living. He often wrote to his father to ask some questions about China.

Last month, Jack and his mother came to China. How happy he was! Now Jack has some Chinese lessons every day. We all know Chinese is quite different from English. It's not easy for an American boy to learn. But Jack is interested in it and he works very hard.

For the first time in Beijing Jack was walking in Chang'an Street with his mother yesterday. He saw so many people in the street. Most of them were very kind and friendly. He tried to ask them some questions in Chinese. They answered his questions kindly. But sometimes some of them couldn't understand him.

When Jack came back to school, he told the story to his friends. They said to him, "A lot of Chinese are studying English now. Why didn't you ask them questions in English?"

A．New York

B．America

C．Beijing

D．Shanghai

A．easy

B．not easy

C．interesting

D．hardly

A．for the first time	B．for the second time
C．for the third time	D．for the fourth time

Fred likes fish very much. One day, he buys a fish. His son sees the fish and says to himself, "Very good! I can ask my friends to have it for lunch. "

The next day(第二天), Fred comes home in the evening. The fish isn't there. His son says, "Oh, Dad, your cat eats the fish." Fred gets angry (生气). He takes the cat and his son to the shop and weighs (称)the cat. Then he says, "Little boy, my fish weighs one kilo, and the cat weighs one kilo too. My fish is here, and then where is my cat?"

Look at the girl. Her name is Yu Li. She lives in Beijing. She is 1.5 metres tall. Her birthday is on May Fourth. She likes to read books. Her favourite month is June. She likes hot dogs and noodles. She likes rainy days. But it’s windy today. She is in the gym and playing ping-pong. Do you like ping-pong?