Dear Abby,
I'm a helpless mother. My son Tom is 15 years old. I find that the older he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help.
My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. I'm getting worried about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks in the English exams.
Second, he likes new technology, but I don't have enough money and I can't afford all the things he wants.
Recently, I've found that he is always alone. I've never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have.
What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.
A helpless motherThe helpless mother has problems.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Tom for almost all his spare time at home.
| A．plays computer games |
| B．talks with his mother |
| C．does his homework |
| D．practises typing (打字) |
From the passage we know that Tom's mother .
| A．is not worried about Tom |
| B．feels very happy |
| C．is not rich |
| D．likes new technology |
The helpless mother asks Abby to
| A．play with Tom |
| B．talk to Tom |
| C．buy what Tom wants |
| D．give her some advice |
Which of the following is TRUE about Tom？
| A．He is 14 years old. |
| B．He is not good at English. |
| C．He often phones to his friends. |
| D．He likes going out on weekends. |
Welcome to our restaurant! We have many kinds of food and drinks here. We have fish, chicken, rice, eggs and vegetables for you to eat. We have apple juice, orange juice, milk and beer(啤酒) for you to drink. Many people come here for dinner every day. We have Sichuan food, Shandong food and Guangdong food. All these Chinese food are nice to eat. But they aren’t dear. Would you like to have some? Please come in. Our telephone number is 6821-8301.What can you find in this restaurant?
| A．Jiaozi. | B．Hamburgers. | C．Bread. | D．Chicken. |
Can people have beer in the restaurant?
| A．Yes, they can. | B．No, they can’t. |
| C．Yes, I think so. | D．I’m nut sure. |
Many people come here for _______ every day.
| A．dinner | B．lunch | C．breakfast | D．drinking |
How many kinds of Chinese food can you eat here?
| A．1. | B．2. | C．3. | D．4. |
The word“dear”in the underlined sentence means___________ in Chinese.
| A．亲爱的 | B．昂贵的 | C．好吃的 | D．便宜的 |
My grandparents have two sons and one daughter. They are my uncle, my aunt and my father. My uncle, Peter, is a doctor. He likes fish and chicken a lot. He has a son and two daughters. I like playing with them. My aunt, Mary, is a teacher. She teaches in No. 5 High School. All the students there love her. My father, Thomas, is a driver. My mother is a doctor. She likes fish and hamburgers very much. I have a sister, Rose. She is 8 years old. Her favorite food is fish. I love my family very much.Rose’s father is a __________.
| A．doctor | B．driver | C．teacher | D．worker |
__________ are both(都是) doctors.
| A．Rose’s mother and Peter |
| B．Peter my Mary |
| C．Thomas and Peter’s mother |
| D．Rose’s grandparents |
Mary works __________.
| A．on a farm | B．in a hospital |
| C．in a school | D．in an office |
__________ like fish very much.
| A．Rose, Mary and Peter |
| B．Rose’s cousins and Rose’s mother |
| C．Rose’s mother, Peter and Rose |
| D．Thomas, Rose and Peter |
Rose’s family have __________ people.
| A．fifteen | B．ten | C．eleven | D．twelve |
7 January, 2014
A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.
These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier. On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas(海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.
The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from China .That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert（专家）of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinesestudents.
"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.
"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world if they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."
Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy-two thousand students.
Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.
"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system (系统)and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students.
Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening. Bob Doughty seems to be ________.
| A．an exchange student from the USA |
| B．an expert of international education |
| C．a viewer of VOA |
| D．a reporter from VOA |
Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?
| A．South Korea | B．India | C．China | D．America |
Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?
A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children
B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.
C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.
D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.Which of the following statement is true?
| A．China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities. |
| B．The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller. |
| C．The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years. |
| D．Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese. |
A recent study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers（研究者）think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.
“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.
Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas（气体）from coal heating（燃煤）.
Chinese government should strongly fight with air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.
“We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said. The passage above may come from a(n) ____ .
| A．story | B．advertisement |
| C．report | D．diary |
Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?
| A．The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years. |
| B．Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily. |
| C．People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot. |
| D．The air problem brings us serious problems. |
What should people do to protect the environment?
| A．They should take buses. |
| B．They should ride bikes. |
| C．They should go on foot. |
| D．All of the above. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas. |
| B．To save the environment, our government should do something more. |
| C．The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China. |
| D．How air pollution in North China is caused. |
The morning was cold and clear. A yellow bus came around the corner and stopped near a wood (树林). A coach asked the students to get off the bus. Girls began to gather by the starting line. One of them is a young, little girl. She had prepared for this running race for the whole summer. She looked around at the other girls, noticing how she was different.
There was a break in the silence, and everyone started to run. After about twenty-five minutes, every runner finished the race except the girl. She was still running for the next forty minutes. As she came near the finishing line, she saw her parents, classmates and the coach. They shouted her name and told her not to stop until the end. The sweat (汗水) was flowing down her face.
She kept on running until she crossed the line. I was that girl, and that was the first time I had finished a cross-country race (越野赛跑). Finishing this race made me realize that I could do anything with my own strength. After that, I took more hard work to practice running. I was not a natural-born runner, but I want to become one. I continued to struggle (努力) with every run. Now I run much faster than before and become more and more confident. I am so thankful for running because it has helped make me who I am today.The writer finished her first cross-country race in about ________minutes.
| A．20 | B．25 | C．40 | D．65 |
From the sentence “I was not a natural-born runner”, we learn that the writer .
| A．wasn’t good at running |
| B．didn’t like running |
| C．ran faster than anyone |
| D．couldn’t run when she was born |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．All good runners are natural-born. |
| B．The writer didn’t use to be so confident. |
| C．A good coach is the most important for a runner. |
| D．The writer is a very good runner now. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．We should practice running if we want to be more confident. |
| B．We should do things that we are good at. |
| C．We should keep on doing what we want to, no matter whether we are good at it or not. |
| D．We could become the best if we keep on practicing. |