Let me tell you about my penfriend Ivan. He is 12 years old. He likes playing football. He usually plays football with his friends at weekends.
Ivan lives with his father and mother in a city in France. They have a dream home with five rooms, a swimming pool and a garden. They often have a party in the garden at weekends. They like to help their neighbours. His home is not near his school, so Ivan takes a bus for an hour and then walks for 10 minutes to school. There is a Basketball Club near his school. He likes playing basketball in the club.
Ivan’s father is a worker. He is busy. Ivan’s mother is a doctor. She is nice to the patients(病人). Ivan wants to be a teacher when he grows up. I want to be a teacher, too. Every month Ivan writes two letters to me. He’ll come to China next year. We’ll meet happily then.Who does Ivan usually play football with?
| A．His penfriends. | B．His father. |
| C．His mother. | D．His friends. |
What sports does Ivan like playing?
| A．Basketball and swimming. |
| B．Football and basketball. |
| C．Football and swimming. |
| D．Reading and swimming. |
How often does Ivan write to me?
| A．Twice a month. | B．Twice a week. |
| C．Every day. | D．Every week. |
Where does Ivan live with his parents?
| A．America | B．China |
| C．France | D．Japan |
What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?
| A．A teacher | B．A doctor |
| C．A worker | D．A football player |
Teenagers who turn off the TV and sit down to family meals are less likely to suffer eating disorders(失调).
A study has connected eating together with lower rates of bulimia(暴食症) and anorexia(厌食症). Teens used to eating around the table are less likely to take up smoking to lose weight.
Researcher Barbara said, “The common belief is that teens don’t want to be around their parents very much, and that teens are just too busy to have regular meals with the family.”
The study shows happy families have teenagers who eat with their parents often. These teens have less bad diet or dangerous eating habits.
“Parents may not be able to get their family together around the table seven days a week, but if they can prepare three family meals a week, this will have a big impact on the health of teens,” Professor Fiese spoke out after reviewing 17 studies on eating ways and nutrition(营养) of almost 200,000 children and teenagers.
She found that teens who eat at least five meals a week with their families are 35% less likely to be “disordered eaters”.
The definition(定义) of disordered eating is eating too much, or eating at wrong times too often or eating very little and smoking to lose weight.
Even three family meals a week helped, with youngsters 12% less likely to be overweight than those who ate with their family less often.
Teens can also use family meals as a time to get their thoughts across. They were also 24% more likely to eat healthy foods and have healthy eating habits than those who didn’t share three meals with their family.
Professor Fiese said, “Family meals give them a place where they can go regularly to check in with their parents and express themselves freely.”
In the past American research found children who miss out on family meals are much more likely to fight at school, drink and take drugs(毒品).
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。What may be the reason why teens don’t have meals with their family?
| A．They are too busy to have meals. |
| B．They have to have meals at school. |
| C．They don’t want to be with their family very much. |
| D．They don’t like the meals their parents make for them. |
What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
| A．The more often teens eat with their family, the healthier they are. |
| B．Parents should get their family together round the table 7 days a week. |
| C．More fighting and smoking will happen because of no family meals with teens. |
| D．Teens with five family meals a week live longer than those with three meals a week. |
Who of the following is NOT “disordered eaters”?
| A．Peter often eats out with his friends at night. |
| B．Lily has three meals with her parents at home. |
| C．Mary is losing weight, so she eats little every meal. |
| D．Tom is very strong and he eats too much every meal. |
What does the underlined phrase mean?
| A．Teens can form good eating habit. |
| B．Teens can ask their parents for advice. |
| C．Teens can come up with some good ideas. |
| D．Teens can express their thoughts to their parents. |
What does the passage want to tell us?
| A．Teenagers who eat with their parents are healthier. |
| B．Teenagers shouldn’t take up smoking to lose weight. |
| C．Teenagers should pay attention to their eating ways and nutrition. |
| D．Teenagers who don’t have regular meals will become trouble-makers. |
I hurried into the store to get Christmas gifts. Suddenly, I saw a little boy holding a lovely doll. He kept touching her hair. I watched him turn to a woman and say, “Are you sure I don’t have enough money?” She said yes and told the boy not to go anywhere before she came back. Then she left.
The boy continued to hold the doll. I asked the boy who the doll was for. He said, “It’s the doll that my sister wanted so badly for Christmas. She just knew that Santa would bring it.” I told him that Santa was going to bring it. He said, “No, Santa can’t go where my sister is. I have to give the doll to my mom to take it to her.”
I asked him where his sister was. He looked at me sadly and said, “She’s gone to heaven. My daddy said that Mom was going to be there with her.” My heart nearly stopped beating. Then the boy said, “I told my daddy to tell her not to go there until I got back.” He took out some pictures of him and said, “I want my mom to take these with her so she’ll never forget me. I love my mom so much that I wish she didn’t have to leave me, but Daddy said that she needed to be with my sister.”
The boy lowered his head. While he was not looking, I reached into my purse and asked him, “Shall we count that money again?” He grew excited and said, “Yes, I just know it has to be enough.” So I put my money with his and we began to count it. He said, “Thank you for giving me enough money.” He continued, “I just asked God to give me enough money to buy this doll, and he heard my prayer.”
Soon the woman came back and I left. I remembered a story I had read in the newspaper several days earlier about a drunk driver who hit a car. A little girl was killed and her mother was in serious condition. Two days later, I read the news that the mother had died.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。Who did the boy buy the gift for?
| A．His mother. | B．His father. |
| C．His sister. | D．The writer. |
What happened to the boy?
| A．His sister died in a car accident. |
| B．His father left him with his mother. |
| C．His father was killed by a drunk driver. |
| D．His mother left him with his sister. |
What do you think of the writer?
| A．Rich. | B．Kind. | C．Brave. | D．Careful. |
What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?
| A．祈祷 | B．哭喊 | C．谩骂 | D．心声 |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Christmas shopping | B．A special gift |
| C．A poor boy | D．Great love |
Sang Lan is a former(以前的) member of the national women's gymnastic(体操) team. She hurt herself seriously in a competition at the Goodwill Games held in Long Island, New York in 1998. She has been on a wheelchair since then.
Although she was disabled, Sang Lan believed that she would walk again one day. She kept on exercising all year round, and was sure that she would stand up. When she was in New York, she caught the hearts of Americans. Many people called her "a brave and confident girl". She became an international symbol(象征) of courage and was very popular in the United States.
The brave girl has been a college student in Peking University now. Her dream of going to college has come true.
"‘Get up from where you fall’ is the most ordinary thing for a gymnast. And it's my motto(座右铭)." Sang said, "I’ll spend my time scientifically and work hard on my studies so as to be a winner in life."
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。From the story we know that Sang Lan ________ now.
| A．is studying in a university | B．is living in New York |
| C．is a sports girl | D．is in the sports club |
The accident happened ________.
| A．in Beijing | B．in New York |
| C．in Peking University | D．in England |
Sang Lan became an international symbol of courage because she________.
| A．was always smiling |
| B．was hurt badly |
| C．was an athlete |
| D．faces the challenges(挑战) bravely |
Sang Lan’s motto "Get up from where you fall" means _______ in Chinese.
| A．从哪里起来 | B．摔倒之后要起来 |
| C．哪里摔倒哪里站起来 | D．从你摔倒的地方起床 |
The best title for the passage is ________.
| A．A Brave Girl | B．A Beautiful Girl |
| C．A Sick Girl | D．An Able Girl |
Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的)drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmers are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national(国家的) star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk (民间)music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is western or country music. This was started by cowboys(牛仔)who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the 1ove between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。What kind of music are mentioned in this passage?
| A．Pop, folk, country and western music. |
| B．Pop, folk and classical music. |
| C．Pop, folk and country music. |
| D．Pop, country and western music. |
When do the adult drivers always listen to music ?
| A．when they drive the car. |
| B．when they drive to work. |
| C．any time they want. |
| D．when they want to sing along with. |
From the passage we know that __________.
| A．music is very important to Americans’ life |
| B．cowboys only like country music |
| C．different people like different kinds of music |
| D．both A and C |
Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
| A．Few students in America like popular music. |
| B．Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving. |
| C．Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving. |
| D．Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go. |
What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．American Music. | B．Fold Music. |
| C．Pop Music. | D．Cowboys and their Country Music. |
Think about a 11-year-old girl spending her days washing clothes, looking after her baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.
Think about a little girl. She knows there is no food for dinner, and no water to drink. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives because the family has no money to send for a doctor.
Hard to believe? For Maria Pastoral, these are the facts.
Maria would gladly go to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. Maria had to leave school because her family was so poor.
For just 52 pennies(便士) a day, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that someone will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria’s mother get better crops from their farm, and make money so that Maria can buy clothes and things for school.
To help Maria most, your money is put with money from other donors(捐赠人),so hardworking people can help themselves to build schools and hospitals, bring in clean water and improve their farms. This is what Save the Children has done since 1932.
For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other get photos or progress reports. You are helping to save other people. That’s how Save the Children works. Without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment to fill in the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。Maria had to leave school because .
| A．Her mother was ill |
| B．Her father didn’t want her to go to school |
| C．Her family was very poor |
| D．She didn’t like school at all |
What would Maria do with the money you send to her family?
| A．She would buy beautiful clothes.. |
| B．She would buy school things. |
| C．She would buy a big house. |
| D．She would buy some medicine. |
Save the Children is something similar to .
| A．IOC | B．Greener China |
| C．WHO | D．Project Hope |
How long has Save the Children been in operation?
| A．In 1932. | B．1932 years ago. |
| C．Since 1932. | D．For 1932 years. |
Which of the following returns can’t you get from Maria?
| A．You can get her letters very often. |
| B．She will give you a lot when she grows up. |
| C．You can often get some pictures from her. |
| D．You can often be told how she is getting along. |