Life as a teenager can be so hard. We are trying not to go wrong or get hurt while still trying to make sense of life. I tell you, I have been there. But, looking back, I will tell you how to enjoy every experience in life. Let this be your little guide to enjoying life as a teenager.
You know, half the problems as a teenager arise because we hate doing things. We’d rather go and have fun than sit down and take care of our duties and responsibilities. That is exactly why you have so much drama in your life; your parents won’t let you have a night-out with friends because you didn’t clean your room or your teacher is threatening to take you to the head teacher because you haven’t finished your homework.
When you go wrong, you go back to bed every night blaming yourself for the mistakes you have made. If you don’t make mistakes, you won’t learn. When you make a mistake, forgive yourself and move on. Don’t repeat them because there isn’t plenty of time to go wrong. Learn from your mistakes and others’, and it will help you to develop your character. Don’t try so hard to be right all the time, or you will not end up being satisfied with yourself.
Most of us want to be popular in school and so, you beg your parents to get you the best clothes, which they obviously don’t. To deal with that situation, I’d say that if your parents are not willing to pay for all those expensive clothes for you, get yourself a part-time job or spend your money wisely. No matter what you do, you should take full responsibility for your own choices. And, instead of trying to have similar habits, dare to be different because not everyone does.
Most teenagers often tend to have the blues during the teenage years. If you think that ending your life would be better than dealing with all the depression, you are not alone. All we need is someone to talk to us and listen. So, find a listener. Just talking it through helps get rid of the stress of school, friends and everything else. You shouldn’t really be wasting your time when you could develop your hobbies and interests!
I wish someone had given me all these tips to enjoy life as a teenager. In your teenage years, life is all about experiences and learning from them, so enjoy every bit of it to the fullest.
Title: How to enjoy life as a teenager
| Theme |
Teenagers needed to be |
| Why we have problems |
Problems are |
| About mistakes |
﹡Do not keep ﹡Learn from mistakes and ensure they are not |
| About being |
﹡You should be ﹡Don’t be |
| About depression |
﹡Find a friend to listen to you and you will be ﹡ |
| Enjoy every bit of your teenage life to the fullest. |
第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
The year 2009 is the Year of the Ox, which is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy, oxen are the major animals 31(pull) plows (犁).
Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as “boats on land” for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures, with their meat and milk as food full of nutrition, 32their skin used to make clothes and shoes.
In the past, oxen played an important role in the 33(spirit) life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who 1ive in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share 34among family members when holding a ceremony for children 35 reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. 36(express) their love for oxen, people in some 37areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar, and during their run they will take their oxen along, which 38(indicate) they regard the creature as human.
Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to 39animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe 40oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation.
语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
In the 1960s, a family that owned a farm near Belfast, Tennessee kept a bull chained __31_____ an oak tree. The bull paced around the tree, ____32_____(drag) the heavy iron chain, which led to a groove (槽) in the bark (树皮). ____33_____groove was deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason, it did not kill the tree.
34some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain, leaving the loop around the tree and one link 35 (hang down).
Then one year, agricultural catastrophe struck Tennessee in the form of Dutch oak disease. All of the oaks lining the road leading to the farm became infected 36died. Everyone thought that the old oak tree would be the next. The farm owners considered 37(go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died.
38(surprise), the tree did not die. Nobody could understand 39it was the only oak still standing in the county. It' s said that 40doesn' t kill you will make you stronger. Or, as a plant pathologists (病理学家 ) put it , "Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places."
第二节（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）
阅读下面短文。根据短文内容，在表格中第63至第70小题的空格里填上适当的单词，使信息完整。每空填一个词。
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass, the leaves on trees and most growing plants. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no expereince, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1990s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution is the name givensome years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who hadgreen thumbs.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, envy.The green-eyed monster is not a terrible creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer WilliamShakespeare in his play “Othello.” It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants. A young man may suffer from thegreen-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.
| Main idea: Green is an important color which means being young, 63 and growing. |
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| Greenhorn |
It refers to someone who has 64 nothing. |
| Green thumb |
A person with a greenthumb 65 plants well, and his/her garden continues to grow long after the 66 of your plants. |
| Green Revolution |
It is the name given to the 67 of new plants, which were produced by agricultural scientists and had larger 68 . |
| Green-eyed monster |
It 69 the unpleasant feeling a person has when 70 person has something he wants. |
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共45分）
第四部分：书面表达（共三节，满分45分）
第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，根据要求完成76—80小题。
Chat rooms and messaging can be great fun，but remember, you never really know who you are talking to online．It could be someone trying to trick you，some kind of weirdo（古怪的人），or someone really dangerous．Here are some tips to help you keep safe：
● Never use your real name in chat rooms—pick a special online nickname．
● Never tell anyone personal things about yourself or your family—like your address or telephone number ，or the school or clubs you go to．That goes for sending them photos as well（that way if you don’t want to hear from them again，you only have to log off.） Remember, even if somebody tells you about themselves，never tell them things about you.
●If you arrange to meet up with someone you’ve only spoken to once, remember that they might not be who they said they were，so only meet people in public places and take along an adult—they should do this too，because they don’t know who you really are either!
● Never respond to nasty（淫秽的）or rude messages，and never send any either! If you feel suspicious or uncomfortable about the way a conversation is going，or if it’s getting really personal，save a record of it and stop the conversation．That way you can show someone and ask what they think．
● Be careful with any email attachments or links that people send you，they might contain nasty images，or computer “viruses” that could ruin your PC．So if____________， don’t open it．
76．What is the best title of the passage?（Please answer within 10 words）
__________________________________________________________________________
77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
The person you are talking to online may mean to do harm to you．
__________________________________________________________________________
78．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（Please answer within 10 words．）
__________________________________________________________________________
79．Which of the suggestions do you think is the best for you? Why?（Please answer within 30 words．）
__________________________________________________________________________
80．Translate the underlined sentence in the third tip into Chinese．
__________________________________________________________________________
第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, _31_____ one of America’s most famous artists did just that. Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses”, turned to painting _32_____ she was too old to work on her farm.
Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it. She painted _33_____(care) and her works were nice. She first painted only to please _34_____, and then began to sell her works _35_____a little money. In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses’ works _36_____(hang) in a shop. He liked them, __37____(buy) them at once, and set out to look for _38_____. Caldor held __39____ show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other artists. Grandma Moses, _40_____ was world-famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.