学进去

Li Haoqin is an 8th-grader in Mianyang, Sichuan. The 14-year-old girl studies hard in her English class. Every day, she listens carefully in class and does many exercises after class. However, she can’t get good grades, so she is very sad. “Why doesn’t my hard work pay off（回报）?” Li Haoqin asks.

Lots of middle school students are now facing this problem: They try their best at something but can’t make it. “They don’t have effective（有效的）learning methods. This is the main reason of their difficulties,” says BiQin. She is a well-known English teacher in Beijing No. 4 High School.

Bi Qin thinks that hard work is not enough for middle school students. She says, “Students have more subjects now. They should learn in many different ways. The more you use new words, the better you can remember them. For example, making sentences with new words is an effective way to learn.”

Chen Xiping, 13, of Shandong, has his own ways of learning English.“I study hard in school, and I also like watching CCTV-9. On this TV channel, I always see the English words from my textbook,”says Chen Xiping. “It’s really useful.”Lin Pingyi, 13, of Shanghai, has a habit of reading. “I like English novels like The Old Man and the Sea（《老人与海》）. And I write notes in my diary, says Lin Pingyi. “In this way, I can remember more words, and make my reading and writing better.”

1．Li Haoqin studies hard at English but she can’t get good grades
because she doesn’t _______.

A．listen carefully in class

B．have effective learning methods

C．do many exercises

D．play sports after class

2．Bi Qin is a _______ .

A．writer

B．student

C．teacher

D．reporter

3．The underlined phrase “make it” means “_____” in Chinese.

A．按时到达

B．获得成功

C．能够出席

D．事倍功半

4．In Bi Qin’s opinion,students should remember new words effectively by _______.

A．listening to them	B．using them more
C．writing them often	D．reading them aloud

5．From the passage, we know that _______.

A．Li Haoqin is a student in Grade 9

B．Bi Qin asks students to learn different subjects in the same way

C．Chen Xiping doesn’t like watching CCTV-9

D．Lin Pingyi has a habit of reading English novels