下面是四位同学写给《21世纪中学生英文报》编辑EditorL-优题课

填一填用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。

Most parents hope that their children can be happy and _________.But do you know the _____ way to encourage them to be so ? The answer is to allow them to make their ______ decisions . Unfortunately, popular culture has _______ ideas about children’s decision-making. Most parents make their children’s decisions for _____,such as what they wear ,what they eat and what movies they watch .In fact , it’s not good for children’s growing.
Children should be ___ to make decisions when they are very young. But this doesn’t mean they are allowed to do everything . For example ,you shouldn’t take your children into a convenience store and tell them they can have ________ they want.They should be confused by the ______. You can give them a choice among snakes. When children get _____, give them the larger number of choices. For example ,allow them to decide the activities they want to take part in or the time _____ they go to bed. Then children will have a happy and successful life.

用括号里词的适当形式填空。(10分)
Most people know the ____________ (important) of time ,so they never waster time.
The boring speech made us all feel ____________ (sleep)
Keeping the pet dog brings us lots of ___________ (happy)
The ____________ (popular) of the program is to make children understand each other better.
Don’t be afraid of ___________ (lose) face when you are speaking in public.
My car broke down so I had it _____________ (fix) in the garage.
He is lucky to have a chance ____________ (try) a second time.
Tea was __________ (bring) to Korea during the 6^th and 7^th centuries.
We want to see him __________ (achieve) his dreams.
A letter is ____________ (receive) from his son every month..

根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。
People usually e___________ their best wishes to families and friends on New Year’s Day.
I a____________ a meeting yesterday , so I didn’t finish the report.
Nothing can p____________ us from going there.
My teacher often helps us with our study in his s____________ time.
Please make a d___________ with your partner in English.
It has become one of China’s n____________ treasures.
His a____________ musical skills made him very popular all over the world.
It’s a p___________ that you didn’t have the chance to take part in the competition.
My parents always pay attention to my s__________ when I have a school trip.
I was often e___________ to be kind when I was a child by my parents.

Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”x k b 1 . c o m
“This sounds like a good idea.”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm. I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing. It’ll be different from the seaside.” Four days later, he returned home.
“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him.“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”
“Country life was fine,”Alan said.“But there was another problem.”
“Oh, what problem ?”
“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉) mutton for dinner.”
“Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“Lucky you!”
“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different roast every day.”Jack said.
“Let me finish.”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner.”
Alan saw ________ in a news paper.

A．an ad.	B．a letter
C．a story	D．a report

Alan usually went to ________ on the vacation.

A．the mountains	B．the countryside
C．the seaside	D．William Farm

Alan spent _________ at William Farm.

A．four days	B．three months
C．a month	D．a few weeks

Alan had roast _______ for dinner on the third day.

A．mutton

B．pork

C．beef

D．fish

From the passage we know that ________.

A．Alan left the farm because he missed his family

B．Alan left the farm because he had four dinners at the farm

C．Alan left the farm because he couldn’t go fishing at the farm

D．Alan came back home because he was afraid of the fourth dinner

The Internet, mobile phones and iPads are part of our lives now.Technology is greatly affecting all ways of our lives, from the ways we work to the ways we play.And it even causes a number of social problems such as cloning humans.
We have had lots of technology and it has changed our lives a lot.There is no doubt that humans will continue to use more and more technology.Here are some examples of modern technology that will change our ideas and will affect our lives greatly.
Global Positioning System (GPS) (全球定位系统)

It's a system that uses radio signals from satellites to show exact (精确的) information.It tells you where the user is on the earth in all weather conditions.It's made up of three parts: satellites, control equipments (设备) on land and receivers.
Space Technology

Russian and American scientists have worked together for the International Space Station (ISS) for a long time.They hope the ISS will provide a longlasting lab.Such a lab will bring humans limitless (无限的) advantages.It's even hoped that one day spare technology will take humans to their new houses in space.
Underwater Robot

Hercules is a kind of underwater robot with some high technology equipments.It will be used to search for ancient ships which were destroyed into the deep sea during their journey long ago.
The world is changing so quickly that it's hard for us to catch up with all the new inventions because they seem to come out every month.It's important for us to learn about new technology and the role that it plays in our lives.So we should be willing to accept modern technology, or we will fall behind the times.
________ can tell you where the user is on the earth exactly.

A．Satellites	B．Receivers
C．Global Positioning System	D．Underwater Robot

According to the passage, which is NOT true about the ISS?

A．It has carried people to other planets.

B．It will provide a longlasting lab for us.

C．Russian and American scientists are working for it.

D．Humans will get a lot of advantages from it.

Hercules is used to ________.

A．save lives in the sea

B．take pictures in the sea

C．repair the broken ships

D．look for the ancient ships in the sea

From the passage, we know that ________.

A．the use of GPS is affected by the weather conditions

B．it's very important for us to learn about new technology

C．it's easy for us to catch up with all the new inventions

D．technology brings us many advantages such as cloning humans

What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To help us study some new technology.

B．To tell us technology is changing the world.

C．To help solve the problems that technology causes.

D．To remind us the advantages of technology are limitless.

	(A) Dear Editor Lee, Recently I have much difficulty in falling asleep. When I go to bed, though I feel sleepy, I always think a lot and can’t fall asleep. So I always feel tired in class and sometimes my head hurts badly. Can you give me some advice? Steven
(B) Dear Editor Lee, I am a student from Junior middle school.I am good at all the subjects except English.I can’t remember words well. I am not good at speaking and listening . What shall I do?Could you give me some advice? John
(C) Dear Editor Lee, I have a problem. I really don’t know what to say when I meet strangers .I find it hard to talk with others because I am afraid they might laugh at me.I’m not as clever and funny as my friends .If people start to talking to me, they will think that I’m just boring. Please help me. Ann
(D) Dear Editor Lee, I was getting on well with my best friend .But a few days ago, another friend of mine told me that my best friend often said bad words about me. When I heard this, I was very angry. What shall I do? Should I stop being her friend or stay with her as usual ? Betty