Do your parents often say “act like a lady” or “be a gentleman” to you? But in the eyes of today’s teenagers（青少年）, what should a lady or a gentleman be like? Let’s take a look.
What is a gentleman? The girls have their ideas:
Zhu Xinyu of Suzhou: A gentleman doesn’t always get angry（生气的）. He wants others to be well and happy. He is always ready to help. There is a boy in my class and I think he is a gentleman. If I don’t do well in the English exam, he will say, “You will do better next time.” That makes me feel happy.
Lu Xiuqin of Shenzhen: A gentleman always says, “Ladies first” When students clean up the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first. There are no gentlemen in my class. When there is something to eat, the boys in my class always get them before girls!
What is a lady？ Boys tell us what they think a lady is:
Tang Caifeng of Dalian: A lady is quiet and kind, but she’s not shy(害羞) and she can talk about her ideas in front of others. To me, Han Xue, a film star, is a lady. She is pretty and kind. She does a lot for others.
Wang Chunchao of Tianjin: A lady is not just beautiful but clever. She never says bad words. She is quiet and kind to others. I don’t think there is a lady in my class. Most of the girls are “wild beauties”, I think. A gentleman doesn’t ________.
| A．think about others | B．always say “ladies first” |
| C．do the heavy work | D．get angry easily |
Why does Tang Caifeng think Han Xue is a lady?
| A．Because she is quiet. |
| B．Because she likes expressing (表现) herself |
| C．Because she is pretty and kind. |
| D．Because she is very shy. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
| A．Wang Chunchao thinks pretty-looking is enough for a lady. |
| B．Zhu Xinyu thinks there is a gentleman in her class. |
| C．Lu Xiuqin thinks there is a gentleman in her class. |
| D．Tang Caifeng thinks a lady can’t talk about her ideas in front of others. |
What does the underlined words “wild beauties” mean(意思是…) in this passage?
| A．Beautiful and kind girls. |
| B．Pretty but rude (粗鲁的) girls. |
| C．Gentle（温柔的）and shy girls. |
| D．Clever girls. |
Good news! For the coming film festival, there are some promotions（优惠）in Times Cinema. This festival lasts seven days, from Friday, June 20th, 2014 to Thursday, June 26th, 2014. Here is the poster.
| Film |
 Frozen(3-D) |
 Captain America (3-D) |
 Where are we going, Dad? |
 Spiderman (3-D) |
| Price |
￥70 |
￥80 (50% off for students ) |
￥50 |
￥70 |
| Date |
June 20th June 22nd June 24th |
June 21st June 22nd June 25th |
June 21st June 22nd June 26th |
June 20th June 23rd June 24th |
| Time |
9: 00 a.m. 4: 30 p.m. 8: 20 p.m. |
10: 00 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 9: 30 p.m. |
9: 20 a.m. 3: 10 p.m. 5: 30 p.m. |
7: 50 a.m. 9: 50 a.m. 11: 50 a.m. |
| Tips |
50% off on Tuesday for all Free for children under 6 years old A free bottle of soft drink for students with student ID during the film festival For more details, please call us on 5556 0679. |
Which movie can you watch on the afternoon of June 24th?
| A．Frozen | B．Captain America |
| C．Where are we going, Dad? | D．Spiderman |
You can find the following information in the poster except .
| A．the price of films |
| B．the place of the cinema |
| C．the time of the film festival |
| D．the phone number of the cinema |
If you want to watch Captain America with your father and your five-year-old brother, you need to pay .
| A．￥80. | B．￥160. |
| C．￥120. | D．￥240. |
When can you watch films with 50% off ?
| A．On June 20th. | B．On June 23rd. |
| C．On June 24th. | D．On June 26th. |
Which of the following is TRUE about the poster?
A. All the people can be offered a free bottle of soft drink.
B. All the people will pay for the tickets during the film festival.
C. People will not be allowed to enter the cinema without student ID.
D. People without student ID can also enjoy the special price on Tuesday.
Sixteen is a special age in the United States.There’s often a special celebration for a girl’s 16th birthday---a big party called Sweet-16. It is like a wedding reception(结婚晚宴) in the number of guests and gifts handed out.
About a month before the party, the girl’s family sends out invitations to the guests. They must buy a special present for the birthday girl and the girl guests find good dresses to wear. A sweet-16 present usually costs $40 to $60. This is about $20 more than the usual-cost of a birthday present.
The party itself is not held at someone’s house. The hostess rents(租赁) a reception hall for the event. Food, cake and a DJ are provided. Around 6’clock, guests arrive and meet the birthday girl. Then the girl and her father have a special father-daughter dance. After that, guests dance for about 30 to 45 minutes.
Then there is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party, the candle-lighting ceremony.
The sweet-16 hostess stands behind 16 unlit(未点燃的) candles and dedicates(献给) each candle to her friends, family, and anything that she feels is important to her. A lot of crying and hugging goes on at this time.
Afterwards, people sit and eat. Most guests begin leaving around 11 o’clock.
This school year, I have been to two Sweet-16s. I am one of the youngest students in my grade (My birthday is in December). I’ll have to wait another year before I can have my own special Sweet-16 party. I can’t wait for it!Why is sixteen a special age for an American girl?
How much does a usual birthday present for a teenager cost in the USA?
What is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party?
How old is the writer?
What do you think of the Sweet-16 party in the USA? (请自拟一句话作答)
Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company’s stock (股票) price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills’ school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time.
The Chicago school’s 420 students learn about economic(经济学). They also get a chance to make money. Each 1st grade and 5th grade, students learn the basics of economics and investing(投资).
Then in 6th grade, they put what they’ve learned to work. Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy.
After graduating, students pass on $20,000 to the next 1st grade class. They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school. They can choose to put their money in a college-savings program or take the cash.
In 2007, Bills suggested that her class buy the stock of the Apple computer company. This was just before the iPhone came out. “We bought stock just at the right time,” she says. The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500. “It was a good buy,” says Myles Gate, 13. He hopes to be a banker one day. The school’s two graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 have each earned about $10,000 in profits(利润).At Bills’ school, students can’t .
| A．learn the basics of economics |
| B．learn how to invest money |
| C．get a chance to make money |
| D．share all the money they make |
Who manages the $20,000 in the class?
| A．The teachers. | B．The school. |
| C．The students. | D．The parents. |
According to Paragraph 5, we know that .
| A．Bills’ class bought the Apple stock after the iphone came out |
| B．it was a mistake for the class to buy Google stock |
| C．the students get some investing experience in the school |
| D．the class bought the two kinds of stocks at the same time |
What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．How students make money in the US. |
| B．Students learn economics and investing at school. |
| C．Myles Gage hopes to be a banker one day. |
| D．What US students hope to do after graduation. |
I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪癖的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then I could make out that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest(轻微的) idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing so heavily that I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone… even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal (丑闻) . I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said.
Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her !” he said, and burst into tears again.The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means____.
| A．expect | B．understand |
| C．see clearly | D．hear clearly |
What do we know about Milly from the story?
| A．She had met with an accident | B．She had caused a scandal. |
| C．She was seriously ill. | D．She was hidden somewhere. |
The farmer wished that the writer might ____.
| A．look into the matter | B．bring Milly back to life |
| C．free him from a scandal | D．keep the whole thing a secret |
The person who told the story is probably a ____.
| A．farmer | B．policeman |
| C．country doctor | D．newspaper reporter |
It helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have some maps at hand. But with maps in Chinese only, misunderstanding is possible in studying world events. Chinese names are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning to a foreigner. For the opening of the country maps are important and helpful and needed badly.
I wish maps with various languages, like those used in the United Nations, would come out and be sold in all bookstores open to Chinese.The writer is mainly talking about ____.
| A．geography | B．maps |
| C．Chinese names | D．the opening of the country |
Knowing a little geography and having some maps in Chinese only, a foreigner ____.
| A．can study world events easily |
| B．can study world events without misunderstanding |
| C．can’t study world events without misunderstanding |
| D．will feel joy in studying world events |
What are the difficulties for a foreigner to use a map in Chinese?
| A．A foreigner has nowhere to buy a map |
| B．All the bookstores only open to Chinese. |
| C．The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning. |
| D．The names of places on a map in Chinese are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning. |
In the United Nations people use maps in ____.
| A．foreign languages only | B．Chinese only |
| C．various languages | D．English only |