A small man goes to a cinema. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes, he comes out and buys a second ticket. Two or three minutes later, he comes out again and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, “why are you buying all these tickets? Are you meeting your friends in the cinema all the time?”
“No, I’m not doing that.” The small man says, “but a big woman always stops me at the door and tears (撕) my tickets up.”The small man _______a ticket all the time.
| A．takes | B．buys | C．brings | D．tears |
After a few minutes, the small man ______again and buys a third ticket.
| A．gets up | B．tears up | C．comes out | D．goes in |
”No, I’m not doing that.” Means ________
| A．he is not seeing a film |
| B．he isn’t meeting his friends |
| C．he wants to buy the tickets for the big woman |
| D．the big woman doesn’t let him in |
Which is right?
| A．The small man is the first time to see a film. |
| B．The big woman doesn’t like the small man. |
| C．The small man is very clever. |
| D．The woman shouldn’t tear his tickets. |
I began to send e-mails when I was 17. I discovered Google 5 years later. Now, I use the internet all the time. The Internet has become so popular that 90 percent of 12-to-17-year-olds in the United States use the internet, and about half of these kids use it every day. They visit chat rooms and send e-mails. They go to websites to get information for their homework.
"Kids are now living in a virtual(虚拟的) world," says Greenfield, an expert at University of California, "As the Internet is becoming more and more important for our life, we should worry about one question: Is the Internet good or bad for kids? "
"It's ***to answer the question because the Internet involves(涉及) so many things," says Justine, who is from Northwestern University. "They include online computer games, news, messages and even e-mails to your grandmother." So more and more people believe that the online world can be helpful in some ways but dangerous in others.
“Although it's not easy to tell whether it's good or bad,”says Justine, "the Internet, at least, is very useful and can be used widely by everyone in the world.The writer discovered Google at the age of .
| A．5 | B．12 | C．17 | D．22 |
Greenfield .
| A．is an expert from Northwestern University |
| B．wants to stop all the kids from using the Internet |
| C．is worrying about whether the Internet is good or bad for kids |
| D．thinks that the Internet is good for all the kids in the world |
in the passage should be the word ““.
| A．difficult | B．possible |
| C．easy | D．Good |
Should children do chores? Yes. Chores are good for them. Doing chores teaches them many important things. It will help them in their life.
There are many things that parents can do to encourage their children to do chores. Here are some suggestions:
Start early. Parents start giving their children chores to do when they are young.
Parents should show their children how to do chores and teach them one chore at a time.
Change the chores as children grow. Parents should make sure that the chores they give to their children are appropriate to (适合于）their children’s ages and abilities( 能力）.
Pay children for the chores they do. For example, pay them 1 dollar for taking out the rubbish.
Don’t nag(唠叨）.
Don’t do chores for their children if they forget or refuse.
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| What doing chores teaches children |
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| What parents should do as children grow |
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| How much parents can pay for taking out the rubbish |
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| What the fifth suggestion is |
E. You can get some examples from newspapers, magazines or TV shows. Let her know it’s really bad. |
Nowadays, lots of students in Shenzhen complain that they have too much homework. Because of this, they feel unhappy about learning at school. According to a survey, a pupil has to spend two hours finishing the homework every day. It usually takes three hours for a middle school student and four hours for a high school student to finish the homework every day. Students in Grade Nine often do their homework until midnight. And all of them have to get up at as early as six o’clock the next morning.
Mr. Li, a doctor in a hospital, told me yesterday, “Half of the students in Shenzhen are sub-healthy(亚健康的). The lack (缺乏) of sleep makes them tired and their health is becoming poorer and poorer.” Many parents worry about this.Too much homework makes the students feel _____.
| A．unhappy | B．unhealthy |
| C．tired | D．all of the above |
Mr. Li said _____ of the students in Shenzhen were sub-healthy.
| A．all | B．half | C．few | D．none |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．A pupil usually has no homework in Shenzhen. |
| B．Many students in Shenzhen want much homework. |
| C．Students in Shenzhen have enough time to sleep. |
| D．Students in Grade Nine often do their homework until 12:00 at night. |
The underlined word “this” means “______”.
| A．that the students’ health is becoming poorer and poorer |
| B．that the students have too little homework |
| C．that the students complain too much |
| D．that the students have too much sleep |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．Many children are seriously ill. |
| B．Children in Shenzhen study well. |
| C．Too much homework keeps the students in poor health. |
| D．How long students spend on their homework |
Many students have already had clear ideas about what jobs they would like to have in the future. We believe boys’ choices are different from girls’. To find out how different their choices are, we made a survey in Green High School. The following diagram shows the results of the survey.
About 45% of the girls would like to be ______ in the future.
| A．bank clerks | B．reporters |
| C．scientists | D．teachers |
About ______ of the boys want to be teachers as well.
| A．5% | B．15% | C．28% | D．38% |
Which job do the girls like least?
| A．Bank clerks. | B．Reporters. |
| C．Managers. | D．Scientists. |
What does the diagram show us?
| A．Boys’ abilities(能力）of jobs are the same as girls’. |
| B．Boys’ abilities of jobs are different from girls’. |
| C．Boys’ choices of jobs are the same as girls’. |
| D．Boys’ choices of jobs are different from girls’. |
Which of the following is RIGHT?
| A．More girls would like to be reporters than boys. |
| B．More boys would like to be bank clerks than girls. |
| C．Boys would like to be reporters most. |
| D．Girls would like to be managers most. |