In Britain life used to be fun for teenagers．They used to have money to spend , and free time to while away．They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos．Some of them still do．But for many young people, life is harder now．Jobs are difficult to find．There’s not so much money around．Things are more expensive, and it’s hard to find a place to live in．Teachers say that students work harder than they used to．They are less interested in politics （政治）, and more interested in passing exams．They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.
Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago．They try to spend less and save more．They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.
For some, the answer to unemployment（失业） is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big cities．Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs．Some find jobs and stay．Others don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed in London.What does the underline phrase “while away” mean in Chinese?
| A．消磨 | B．浪费 | C．花费 | D．节约 |
What are British students interested in now?
| A．Clothes． | B．Finding jobs． |
| C．Politics． | D．Passing exams. |
What can we know from the passage?
| A．Young people can find jobs easily in London. |
| B．Students have to study hard to find better jobs. |
| C．Parents spend less and save more for their children. |
| D．Young people have to leave home after graduation. |
We say that a person has good manners if he or she is polite, kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners. But no one likes a person with bad or careless manners. Yes, but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?
Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. When people are waiting for a bus, he stands in line and takes his turn. He never pushes to the front of the line. On the bus, he offers his seat to an older person or a woman with a child in the arms. If he gets in someone’s way, he says “excuse me”. He says “please” when he makes a request (请求), and he says “thank you” when he receives something. He doesn’t stop other people when they are talking. He does not speak with his mouth full of food when he is eating.People agree that a well-mannered person is really a person.
| A．polite | B．kind |
| C．helpful | D．polite, kind and helpful |
Saying “please” and “thank you” is for a well-mannered person.
| A．useless |
| B．a little useful |
| C．hypocritical (虚伪的) |
| D．important and necessary |
A person with good manners thinks of .
| A．others before himself | B．himself before others |
| C．no one but himself | D．others as well as himself |
If you want to be well-mannered, .
| A．you laugh at people when they are in trouble |
| B．it’s all right to speak with your mouth full of food |
| C．you should stop someone when he is talking |
| D．you can only speak after someone else has finished talking |
Malls(购物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12, 750cars. About 750,000 people shop there very week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town centers where people can come to do many things. They shop, and of course, they also eat in food courts(美食街) that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.Those Americans are called mall rats.
| A．who eat in food courts at malls |
| B．who spend so much time at malls |
| C．who enjoy themselves at malls |
| D．who do all their shopping at malls |
According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping .
| A．in one place | B．in a quiet place |
| C．in a busy place | D．in different places |
What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
| A．People like to go to the mall. |
| B．The Mall of America is noisy. |
| C．When America had the first mall. |
| D．The Mall of America is very large. |
Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．People can see a doctor in some malls. |
| B．Parking is free in all the malls. |
| C．The malls are only in big cities. |
| D．The largest mall is in Hong Kong. |
Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.
Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dreams were over. Tony did what the doctors told him. But it didn’t work when he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a rehab center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident. Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called The Sun. It was a wheelchair basketball team, because everybody on the team played on a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of The Sun, Tony improved quickly. Playing basketball was like medicine for him. Tony was much better that before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to help him. The day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy, even with his broken legs.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadow falls behind.”What happened to Tony one afternoon?
| A．He was ill. |
| B．His arms were broken. |
| C．His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident. |
| D．His legs got hurt badly in a car accident. |
What does the underlined work “rehab” mean in Chinese?
| A．戒毒 | B．篮球 | C．康复 | D．娱乐 |
What is The Sun?
| A．It is a wheelchair basketball team. |
| B．It is a normal basketball team. |
| C．It is a football team. |
| D．It is a volleyball team. |
After Tony joined The Sun, he.
| A．became sad and angry |
| B．play badly all the time |
| C．was much better than before |
| D．felt sorry for himself |
Events from Newspapers
| Children’s Ocean of Art The second children’s art exhibition in our city will be held in the Children’s Palace. It aims to improve children’s creativity. Dates: Aug. 30th－Sept. 10th Houses: 9:00a. m.－5:30p. m. |
| Food Festival The Coffee Garden will host a food festival. It will offer all kinds of delicious food. You can also enjoy traditional music and dancing at the same time. Price: 98yuan per person (buy five and get one free) Dates: Aug. 9th－Aug. 25th Places: The Coffee Garden at No. 152 Zhongshan Road |
| Disney Magic Shows Children’s favorite, Mouse, together with other Disney cartoon figures will come to our city for 12 magic shows from July 28th to August 1st. The magic shows will tour eight cities in the next two months, including Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou. Tickets: 80－580 yuan Address: 5018 Huaying Road |
The advertisement for the second children’s art exhibition is most probably seen in the newspaper.
| A．on August 31 | B．on August 29 |
| C．on September 9 | D．on September 10 |
If you invite four people to go to the food festival with you, you will spend yuan.
| A．196 | B．294 | C．392 | D．490 |
Maybe you can enjoyon August l st.
| A．art exhibitions | B．dancing performance |
| C．singing contests | D．the magic shows |
Do you know why people look the way they look? What inside our bodies makes us grow in a certain way? The answer is DNA. It was first discovered by a young Swiss doctor in 1868.
DNA is like a computer program for your body. Almost every cell(细胞) in your body includes DNA. The way DNA in the cell decides why you are the way you are. For example your friend might have larger ears than you. This is because their DNA is different from yours.
DNA lives in the cell and is ordered in a structure called a “double helix(双螺旋)”. In each double helix there are links called as chromosomes(染色体). These chromosomes are made from four bases that arrange themselves in millions of different ways. The way these bases choose to line up is what makes the DNA code for that cell.
DNA is also called a “gene(基因)”. This is a very interesting thing. Genes are passed down from your parents. That is why you might have the same smile like your dad’s or mom’s!
In February, scientists found the skeleton(骨架) of Richard III, King of England from 1483-1485, under a car park in England. It seems unlikely that scientists could identify a 527-year-old skeleton. However, they matched the skeleton’s DNA to a sample from one of his direct descendants(后代). How amazing! _______ discovered DNA.
A. A Swiss scientist B. A Swiss doctor
C. A young student D. A Swiss worker Which of the following is Wrong?
A. DNA is a part of the cell.
B. Different people have different DNA.
C. The chromosomes are made up of four bases.
D. Scientists could not identify a 527-year-old skeleton. What is the main function of “genes”?
| A．They decide your children’s appearances or characters. |
| B．They make your children have the same smile as you. |
| C．They make your children stay healthy. |
| D．They’re good for scientific researches. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. What decides DNA. B. How DNA is arranged.
C. What genes are like.D. How DNA works in our body.