One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of （一摞）cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.
| A．upset | B．exciting | C．terrible | D．amazing |
What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?
| A．Kevin is not as clever as his brother. |
| B．He is neither the youngest nor the oldest. |
| C．Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others. |
| D．Kevin is not good at playing basketball. |
What do we know about the writer?
| A．She has two children in her family. |
| B．She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before. |
| C．She used to show her love to Kevin. |
| D．She has a closer relationship with Tommy after that. |
What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．Everyone should show how they love their family members. |
| B．It’s hard to get on well with family members. |
| C．It’s important to keep peace in the family. |
| D．We should try our best to stop our children from fighting. |
Tony, 18. a member of an anti-tobacco(反烟草)group, he says, “Kids feel that everyone around them smokes.” Tony wants kids to realize that most people don’t smoke. He also wants to tell them that smoking doesn’t make one look cool. Two national studies show that teenage smoking is down. Still, there is work to be done.
Smoking is an unhealthy habit. It can cause heart disease, lung cancer and other serious illnesses. Just being around cigarette smoke can make you sick.
In the 1990s, all 50 states went to court to fight tobacco companies. The states won money from the companies. It helps to pay for anti-smoking groups, but the money is not enough.
Each day, about 4,000 kids light up for the first time. “We have to do a better job of stopping kids from smoking,” says Husten. Ads that tell ugly facts about smoking help to change minds. Setting smoke-free areas in public places works too. Just this month, a California town banned smoking in all public places, such as schools, shopping malls and libraries. It may be bad news for smokers. Health experts say that they will fight until all Americans get the message.根据句意
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。 The number of teenage smokers ______, according to the passage.
| A．increased slowly | B．dropped |
| C．didn’t change | D．increased quickly |
The states use the money that they won from tobacco companies to_________.
| A．pay for anti-smoking programs |
| B．sell more cigarettes |
| C．win more court cases |
| D．build more schools |
Which paragraph would you read to find out the bad effects of smoking?
| A．The first paragraph. | B．The second paragraph. |
| C．The third paragraph. | D．The fourth paragraph. |
What does the underlined word “banned” mean in Chinese？
| A．禁止 | B．提倡 | C．打击 | D．避免 |
Which of the following ways to stop smoking is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Setting smoke-free areas. |
| B．Fighting with the tobacco companies. |
| C．Warning people about the danger of smoking by advertisements. |
| D．Offering money to help people stop smoking. |
How much do you know about Top Combine (至上励合 TC), the popular boy band? After two months of training in South Korea, the five boys are back with their latest album Grandness Equal to Heaven (《齐天大圣》). They showed up in Beijing to promote their new record. Hundreds of teenagers screamed in excitement when they saw their idols.
“I was blown away (被……征服) by this album. I knew TC would improve after going to South Korea, but I couldn't have imagined it would be so nice,” said a fan after she listened to the album.
Each of the boys has put something of themselves into the new album, from Zhang Yuan's soft voice to Ma Xueyang's talents composing and writing lyrics. Their hit song Grandness Equal to Heaven is a creative mix of moving rhythms and traditional musical instruments, including flute (笛子). A teenage fan says that Top Combine's new album helps him get through all his tests.
Although they tried to be China's No 1 Motivational (励志的) boy band, Top Combine's debut in October, 2008 was not a big success. The band's first EP Arrival was not immediately popular. People accused the band of being unoriginal. They said TC was just like a South Korean boy band, because their fashion sense and music style were similar to those bands.
But they didn't give up. Now with their new album, their hard work looks like it's paying off.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。What does the passage talk about?
| A．A latest album. | B．An EP. |
| C．A girls’ rock band. | D．A popular boy band. |
Which is true about the band?
| A．They have just come back from China. |
| B．They are Korean band. |
| C．They tried to be China's No 1 Motivational boy band. |
| D．They made a big success in 2008. |
Which is their first EP?
| A．Top Combine. | B．Grandness Equal to Heaven. |
| C．Arrival. | D．Motivational Boy. |
What’s the meaning of “pay off” in this passage？
| A．付款 | B．回报 | C．成功 | D．离开 |
What can you find out in the passage?
| A．The five members of this team come from China. |
| B．Some teenagers were moved by the band’s new album. |
| C．This band has been to South Korean for training for about two years. |
| D．People accepted this band in 2008 because TC was just like a South Korean boy band. |
My name is Nancy. I’m twelve years old. I have a good friend. Her name is Wendy. She is thirteen. She is from Australia. We are friends, but we are in different classes. Wendy is in Class Four and I’m in Class Three. I like green and blue but Wendy likes red and yellow. She is a good student, and all the students and teachers in her class like her. Wendy likes running, and she often runs after school. I like basketball and football. I often play basketball with my sister in the afternoon.
We like animals. I have a dog, and she has a cat. Where are we now? Oh, we are in the park. We play with our dog and cat.
Where is Wendy from?
| A．China. | B．England. |
| C．America. | D．Australia. |
The underlined word(画线单词) “different” means(意思是)______.
| A．相同的 | B．不同的 | C．困难的 | D．可爱的 |
What colours does Nancy like?
| A．Red and blue. | B．Red and yellow. |
| C．Green and yellow. | D．Green and blue. |
What’s Wendy’s favourite sport?
| A．Running. | B．Basketball. |
| C．Football. | D．Table tennis. |
Which is TRUE(正确的)?
| A．Nancy and Wendy are 12 years old. |
| B．Wendy is a student and she is English. |
| C．Everyone in Class Four likes Wendy. |
| D．Nancy has a cat and Wendy has a dog. |
My name is Cathy. I’m English, but I’m in shandong with my family now. Look! This is a photo of my family. This is my father. He is a manager of a theatre. He likes running. My mother is a nurse. She likes listening to music. The boy is my brother, Sam. His favourite sport is basketball. Who is the girl next to him? It’s me. I like table tennis very much. Where is Cathy now?
| A．In Beijing. | B．In Shantou. |
| C．In Shandong. | D．In Wuhan. |
What’s Cathy’s father’s job?
| A．An actor. | B．A manager. |
| C．A teacher. | D．A driver. |
Who likes listening to music?
| A．Cathy. | B．Sam. |
| C．Cathy’s father. | D．Cathy’s mother. |
How many people are there in Cathy’s family?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Five. | D．Four. |
The best title（最佳标题）is .
| A．My family. | B．A photo of my parents. |
| C．My favourite sport. | D．My parents’ jobs. |
Hello, everyone. I’m Dale, and my brother is Eric. He is not tidy. In our room, his books are under the bed. His keys are under the chair. He has a radio. It’s under the sofa. He always asks, “Where are my books? Where are my keys?” But I am tidy. My books are in the schoolbag. My keys are on the desk and my radio is on the desk, too.