I was quite close to my grandmother, Julia. We lived with her and then she lived with us. She was a very nice person, both kind and patient. She taught me to read and write when I was young and helped me to be interested in stories and poems.
In my mind, my grandmother was a great cook. She cooked more delicious food than anything you can eat in a restaurant today. She always cooked for family and friends.
My grandmother was also a hard worker both at home and at work. I can still remember the difficult time when we were very poor. At that time, my grandmother was already sixty years old but she worked in a hospital for a long time every day –not in the office but doing the cleaning outside and taking care of me at the same time while my mom was at work!
My brother and sisters also love her. We will never forget our grandmother. She is really important in our lives and is always there for all of us in one way or another. I am proud to be her grandson.The writer’s grandmother taught him to ______ when he was young.
| A．read and write | B．sing and dance |
| C．draw and sing | D．play and learn |
His grandmother always made _________ for family and friends.
| A．cakes | B．cards | C．clothes | D．meals |
While his mom was _______ , his grandmother took care of him.
| A．at home | B．at work | C．out of work | D．in hospital |
At the age of 60, his grandmother _______ in a hospital for a long time every day.
| A．cooked meals | B．worked in the office |
| C．did the cleaning | D．stayed with his mother. |
Which of the following is not TRUE?
| A．His grandmother is hard-working. |
| B．Her grandchildren all love her. |
| C．His grandmother could read. |
| D．His grandmother worked in a hospital for taking care of him. |
Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
| A．Texting is a good way of communication. |
| B．6,000 people were killed and injured. |
| C．Texters are easier to have an accident. |
| D．Many people text to greet families and friends. |
The underlined word restricting probably means _________.
| A．not telling | B．not allowing | C．enjoying | D．making |
This passage is written to tell us that __________.
| A．we should do less texting |
| B．texting has many advantages |
| C．texting is better than phone calling |
| D．we should do texting properly |
Dear Mr Zhu,
I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.
Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!
What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.
How can I help my son without harming our relationship?
Yours
Liu Zhenhua What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?
| A．A teacher. | B．A magazine columnist. |
| C．A youth worker. | D．A doctor. |
From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.
| A．friendly | B．thankful | C．polite | D．rude |
What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?
| A．To blame his son. |
| B．To ask for help with his son. |
| C．To say something about his son. |
| D．To complain to him about his son. |
What do you think is the possible answer for the father?
| A．The father should let the son alone. |
| B．The father should give his son a beating. |
| C．The father should allow his son his freedom. |
| D．The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son. |
In China, the National Holiday is a big festival and it is to celebrate the founding of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong in 1949.Besides from the Spring Festival, the National Holiday is the only other week-long public break from school and work.
As one of the only opportunities for workers to go home, visit their families or to travel around the country, all hotels, tourist attractions, trains, buses and airplanes around the country are completely packed with holidaying Chinese people.
Are you sorry for not traveling during the National Day ? If you stay at home at that time, I think you are very lucky. Why? Because there are too many people everywhere. In many places of interest in China, it’s too crowded to do anything.
Look at the picture. It was too crowded on the Great Wall on October 1st, 2012. You even couldn’t take photos for you or your friends. All that we could see were people. It was reported that there were about twenty people per meter on the Great Wall. My friends told me they could see nothing but many people on the Great Wall. “We couldn’t walk if the people in front of us didn’t walk,” he said. He showed us a photo on the Great Wall. In the photo, we hardly found him out, there were too many people.
So some people give the advice that we should not have the gold week any more. But other people say no about this advice. What’s your idea of it? Are you sorry now for not traveling during the gold week? I love staying at home more than traveling next National Day.
How did the writer feel about staying at home on National Day?
| A．He believed it was interesting to stay at home on National Day. |
| B．He believed it was boring to stay at home on National Day. |
| C．He felt lucky to stay at home on National Day. |
| D．He felt sorry to stay at home on National Day. |
How many days can people have a break on the Spring Festival.
A. 5 days B.7 days C.10 days D 15 daysWhich of the following is TRUE about the Great Wall on National Day?
| A．You could find yourself easily on the photos you took that day |
| B．You could walk as you like on the Great Wall |
| C．There were about 30 people per meter. |
| D．All that could you see on the Great Wall were people. |
Where do you think is the article from?
| A．www.chinabus.com | B．www.movies123.com |
| C．www.chinatourist.com | D．www.storyhouse.com |
阅读下面四篇材料，请从各题所给的A, B, C, D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Auntie Chang’s Dumpling House is in.
| A．China | B．England | C．the USA | D．Japanese |
Auntie Chang’s has specials every day.
| A．in the morning | B．at noon | C．in the evening | D．at night |
Which of the following is TRUE about the Dumpling House?
A. It is the Top 100 Japanese Restaurants in the USA .
B .We can order for dumplings on-line.
C. The Dumpling House is for the Chinese only.
D. The phone number of Auntie Chang’s Dumpling House is 713-514-8410 .
任务型阅读(本题有5小题，每小题l分；满分5分)
请仔细阅读1—4四段对话，从A、B、C、D中找出对应的小标题，并回答5小题。
A. Choose to Be HappyB. Do Something New.
C. Look for the OpportunityD. Learn from LosingNo one wins all the time. Learn from the times that you lose. All great champions were once loser at some point. But they learned. And they kept a position attitude until they got better.
Your happiness is up to you. Many people forget this. Truly successful people choose happiness no matter what their present situations are.
Chances lie in what you do every day. You do the same work. You eat the same foods. You wear the same clothes. Try a new way. Take a new path. Even talk to someone new.
Opportunity is everywhere. Even the worst situations have opportunities. Seize (抓住) the opportunity, and seize the time. That's the secret of success.
The material above tells us the ways to ______.
| A．find a good job | B．live a positive life |
| C．protect the environment | D．keep us healthy |