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A recent survey found that only 9 percent of teens in the United States smoke cigarettes(香烟). That’s down from 23 percent in 2000. While this is good news for the US’s overall health, tobacco(烟草)use is still a problems.
Cigarettes can cause many diseases. Although they know about the health problems, teenagers still smoke. According to the American Lung Association(美国肺病协会), every day almost 3,900 children under 18 years of age try their first cigarette, and more than 950 of them will become daily smokers. If it goes on like this, 5.8 million children alive today will die as a result of smoking.
The Truth Campaign is working to end teenage smoking. Their latest activities uses social media(媒体) to remind teenagers of the dangers of smoking. “If we all join forces, smokers and non-smokers, we can end smoking once and for all,” the campaign website explained. The campaign encourages teens to learn the facts. “ We are not here to criticize(批评)your choices, or tell you not to smoke. We are here to arm everyone, smokers and non-smokers, with the tools to make change,” they say.
根据短文内容，回答问题：(答案不超过5个单词)According to the survey, how many American teenagers smoked in 2000?
______________________________________________________________What can cigarettes cause?
______________________________________________________________What do almost 3900 children under 18 years of age do according to the association?
______________________________________________________________What’s the aim of the Truth Campaign?
______________________________________________________________What does the campaign encourage teens to do ?
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Is handwriting(书写) important? Yes, the 10-year-old girl Alyssa thinks so. She is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA. She’s the champion(冠军) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.
After she got the news, Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first. “I’m really happy,” she said. “I’m really surprised, too. I didn’t know I was that good.”
To enter (参加) the contest, each student had to write the sentence (句子) “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet. Teachers were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest. Alyssa enjoys handwriting, and wants to write adventure(冒险) stories when she gets older. “From the third grade we started learning handwriting,” Alyssa said. “All the letters look pretty. It makes me think of art.”
A、3 B、4 C、5
A、Listening B、Reading C、Handwriting
A、Because it’s difficult to write.
B、Because it’s good for students’ reading.
C、Because it has 26 different letters.
A、评判员 B、嘉宾 C、指导员
A、Alyssa is 10 years old and she’s from the UK.
B、Alyssa was not surprised when she got the news.
C、Alyssa wants to write adventure stories when she gets older.
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine(酒) and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.
A、the rich man B、the servant C、both A and B
A、didn’t know B、wondered C、knew
A、there was in fact poison in the bottles
B、he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C、he wanted to kill the servant
A、the servant B、cat C、the rich man
A、lazy B、bad C、clever
The world of the-out-of door is full of secrets. There are so many secrets, and they are so interesting that thousands of men and women, boys and girls are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees arid flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are interesting.
Do you know that one of the great presidents of the US spent hours and hours studying birds? A businessman lives near New York City. He became so interested in insects that he began to collect them. He now has over one thousand different kinds of them. He keeps them carefully in glass boxes.
Now come with me, and I will help you find some of nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the forests and fields. Here we shall find how a hare tells the other hares where there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones when they try to look for food and get ready for their long sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let the other bees where they can find food. I will show you many other interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears open when you go outdoors.
根据上文内容判断正(T)误(F)Secrets of nature are so interesting that scientists are busy studying them.
People only want to know how animals live.
It took the great president of the US a lot of time to study birds.
A businessman near New York City has collected more than one thousand different kinds of insects.
When bees dance in the air, they can tell the other bees where the danger is.
Indonesia is my mother’s homeland and one of my favorite countries. Since I was young, I had learned a lot about the country and become interested in it. For a long time I had wanted to do something for the country and people there, and I thought volunteering（做志愿者）would be a good and fun way to do so.
I received the greatest pleasure from being with the children.
Teaching my first English class in Aceh was exciting but I was rather nervous. As time passed by, I learned how to be a better teacher. Teaching was actually the most enjoyable of my many responsibilities（责任）.
Many children were shy at first. But when they relaxed, they would start talking and telling you a lot of funny things. I believe we were helping them build up their confidence.
For the children who are more in need, The Education Program （TEP） will collect donations （募捐） to help them.
As a volunteer, I had to visit the TEP children at home once a month and help them write a thank-you letter to their sponsors. This was a way for the children to communicate with their sponsors. Sometimes the sponsors would write back to the children. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I had a great sense of pleasure.The writer believed volunteering would be a good way to ________
| A．play outdoors |
| B．get the greatest pleasure |
| C．learn more about Indonesia |
| D．do something for Indonesia |
The writer felt ______ when he gave his first class.
| A．relaxed | B．nervous |
| C．unhappy | D．uncomfortable |
The writer visited the TEP children _____
| A．to help them write a thank-you letter |
| B．to play with them |
| C．to help them with their study |
| D．to help them build up their confidence |
The underlined word “sponsors” means “________”.
| A．领导 | B．发起者 |
| C．亲戚 | D．资助者 |
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
| A．When I was young, I want to be a teacher. |
| B．I learned how to be a better teacher at first. |
| C．I learned a lot from my experience as a volunteer. |
| D．The children in the poor area were brave and easy to talk to. |
Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, heath, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber (橡胶) ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?
Don't look down on your worth (价值) by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.
Don't let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid of difficulties. Be brave!
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly.You can't get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery (秘密) , and today is a gift; that's why we call it "the present". Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.The passage tells us not to ________ because everyone is special.
| A．be afraid of difficulties |
| B．compare yourself with others to look down on yourself |
| C．run through life so fast |
| D．be afraid to learn |
The sentence "Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying." Means that________
| A．if we don’t give up, there is always hope |
| B．you should set goals for yourself |
| C．you should learn to give up |
| D．although you try, nothing will change |
Why can't we use time carelessly?
| A．Because time is too expensive |
| B．Because time will get back |
| C．Because we are too poor |
| D．Because time never returns |
If you run through life so fast, you will ________.
| A．lose your own treasure that you can always carry easily |
| B．forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going |
| C．look down on your worth |
| D．not be afraid of the difficulties |
According to the passage, which is the best title?
| A．Nothing is impossible |
| B．Glass bails are easy to be broken |
| C．Treat your life in a right way |
| D．Things you can't do |