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Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they' re in the MP3 format (格式).

What is it?
MP3 compressed(压缩) music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: Music can be downloaded from websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer's speakers, "burn" it onto blank CDs or swap(交换) MP3 files with friends using e -mail.

How much?
Software needed to play and turn MP3 music is often free. Compact portable MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.

Advantages
MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox(自动唱机) . Small MP3 players are the size of a deck of cards(一副牌), making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you.

Disadvantages
You may find that some websites only allow you to listen but you can't download music. Others let you download music but can't be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.

How can you get MP3 music?

A．By turning your home PC into a jukebox

B．By taking your own music or songs with you.

C．By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.

D．By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3.

What is the closest meaning of the underlined word "burn"?

A．Copy.

B．Play.

C．Store.

D．Change.

Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free.

B．MP3 music can be with friends by e-mail.

C．MP3 music can be downloaded for free at any site.

D．A greater number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer

How much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player?

A．Free.

B．At least 10 dollars.

C．About forty dollars.

D．About a dollar.

How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage?

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult. However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development. Although we seldom(很少) worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competition among classmates and expectations(期待) from parents. These experiences are very useful to our future, but in fact, they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood. Unluckily, we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to feel this invisible pressure come upon us. We get up before sunrise and return after sunset. We work and study like an adult, even harder. What we do is in order to get an excellent mark. Oh, growing up is completely boring. We must try to find happiness while growing up. I think the friendship among our friends, the support(支持) from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us. Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
The Chinese for the underlined word "invisible" is __________.

A．不显眼的

B．无所谓的

C．无形的

D．不露面的

What do you think the writer is?

A．A parent.

B．An adult.

C．A teacher.

D．A student.

How does the writer think we can find happiness?

A．From friends, parents and teachers.

B．By studying hard like an adult.

C．With the help of classmates.

D．Through talking with parents.

The best title of the text is “__________”.

A．My dream

B．My worries

C．My pleasure

D．My school life

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You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while their parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without houses. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” said Carlos Domingo an old woman of 62. “I often help older people learn how to use computers.” says another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us at 1-800-555-5756, or visit our website:www.activol.com.
__________ can be a volunteer.

A．Children	B．Old women
C．Anyone aged 12-70	D．Young people

Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________.

A．animals

B．children

C．computers

D．older people

We can read such a passage __________.

A．in a newspaper	B．in a storybook
C．in a picture book	D．in a textbook

One day we invited some friends to dinner. When it was about six o’clock, my wife found that we had little bread. So she asked our five-year-old daughter, Kathy, to buy some. “Here’s a dollar,” my wife said, “get two loaves(条) of bread, if they have it. If they don’t have it, get anything. But hurry!” Kathy hurried off, and we waited and waited. By a quarter past six, all the friends had arrived. But Kathy had not returned. Finally we saw her dancing around the corner with a bright new hula hoop(呼啦圈) whirling(旋转) round her middle. “Kathy!” her mother cried. “Where did you get that hula hoop, and where is the bread?” “Well, when I got to the shop, they had sold all their bread,” answered Kathy. “And you said ‘If they don’t have that, get anything!’”
One day Kathy’s parents invited some friends to __________.

A．have breakfast	B．have lunch
C．have supper	D．have a party

What did Kathy buy at last?

A．Other food.	B．Nothing.
C．Hula hoop.	D．Two loaves of bread.

Why did she do this?

A．Because the shop had sold all their bread.

B．Because her mother asked her to get anything if they hadn’t had bread.

C．Because she loved playing with hula hoop.

D．All above.

Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. "The door to his room is always shut." Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. "She used to sit in my arms on the sofa and talk with me," said Mark. "Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady. The problem is figuring out which time is which."
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what's on their minds. "In fact, parents are first on the list." said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. "This completely changes during the teen years." Riera explained. "They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last."
Parents who know what's going on in their teenagers' lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
"The door to his room is always shut" suggests that the son_______.

A．is always busy with his studies

B．doesn't want to be disturbed

C．keeps himself away from his parents

D．begins to dislike his parents

What troubles Tina and Mark most is that _______.

A．their daughter isn't as lovely as before

B．they can't read their daughter's mind exactly

C．they don't know what to say to their daughter

D．their daughter talks with them only when she needs help

which of the following best explains "the wall of silence" in the last paragraph?

A．Teenagers talk a lot with their friends.

B．Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.

C．Teenagers do not talk much with their parents.

D．Teenagers talk little about their own lives.

What can be learned from the passage?

A．Parents are unhappy with their growing children.

B．Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers.

C．Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers.

D．Parents should try to understand their teenagers.