Nowadays lots of people stop drinking cola because it is bad for our bones, especially for women’s bones.
More and more people to drink energy drinks（功能饮料）. Energy drinks look cool. Their makers say they give you energy and you better at sports. So, many students drink them before exams to help them stay .
But wait! To keep you awake, most energy drinks have caffeine（咖啡因）. They are like a strong cup of coffee or tea. If you drink a lot of them, your will beat faster. You will feel nervous. You could have sleeping problems and find it hard to live without them. Tom Brown is a US junior high school student. He drinks energy drinks every day. He started to do this a year ago before his piano lessons. But now, Tom says, “I drink them I feel weak or before a test. I can’t help drinking them.”
In fact, the energy you get from the drinks helps for a short time. You may feel good for an hour or so, but then you’ll feel even than before.
A．refuse B．forget C．start D．used
A．let B．feel C．bring D．make
A．alone B．awake C．tired D．nervous
A．few B．little C．kinds of D．lots of
A．heart B．head C．eyes D．legs
A．too B．as well C．either D．also
A．15 years old B．15-year old C．15-years-old D．15-year-old
A．however B．whenever C．whatever D．whoever
A．ever B．only C．yet D．even
A．better B．best C．worse D．worst
Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight, "You need fortune(运气)，" his father said. "But you work hard, no fortune will come."
What made him was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. "You have no talent(天赋).You will never be a pianist." As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly . He decided that he didn’t want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. Wisely(明智的)his father didn’t ,but wait.
Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.
He started competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever-he had to play on the world’s big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over．After his performance at Chicago’s Raviniu Festival, gigsin Lincoln Center and Camegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到)him, and lets him shine
A．if B．unless C．when D．since
A．energetic B．happy C．lucky D．sad
A．hurt B．ill C．broken D．scared
A．hear B．push C．eat D．sleep
A．realized B．explained C．forgot D．noticed
A．argur B．dance C．study D．interview
A．winning B．beating C．watching D．refusing
A．annoyed B．mad C．tired D．excited
A．started B．left C．moved D．performed
A．helpful B．meaningful C．successful D．useful
Barefoot and dirty, the girl just sat and watched the people go by. She never tried to speak. Many people , but never did one person stop.
The next day I decided to go back to the park, being curious if the little girl would still be there. Right in the very spot as she was yesterday, she sat, with the look on her face.
As I began walking towards her, I could see the back of the little girl's dress which showed a deformity(畸形). As I got closer, the little girl slightly lowered her eyes to my eyes.
I sat down beside her and opened with a simple . The little girl stammered(结结巴巴地说) a hi. I smiled and she shyly smiled back. We talked until darkness fell and the park was completely empty.
"Why are you so sad?"
She replied slowly, "Because I'm ."
"Little girl," I said in a soft voice, "You me of an angel because of your difference."
She stood to her feet excitedly, "Really?"
"Yes, that's the thing. You're like a little angel sent to watch over all those people walking by."
She nodded her head and smiled, " I am. And since you think of someone yourself, my job here is done."
What a big surprise! I asked quickly, "Wait, so why did no one stop to help an angel?"
She bloomed(绽放) a big smile, "You are the one who could see me, because you care for others." With those words, she spread her wings and flew away from my sight.
From then on, I believe I am not all I have, for there is an angel always me. She is always watching over those who do good things for others.
A．passed B．looked C．asked D．helped
A．angriest B．coldest C．happiest D．saddest
A．avoid B．see C．touch D．meet
A．smile B．hello C．question D．word
A．different B．foolish C．beautiful D．poor
A．force B．treat C．turn D．remind
A．Indeed B．Happily C．Perhaps D．Luckily
A．beyond B．besides C．including D．except
A．clever B．great C．lucky D．only
A．on B．with C．in D．for
Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit(轨道)in 2015.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure(基础设施)to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.
阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的表格，每空一词。
Present situation |
●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it ●Accessing the Internet |
| What the organization will do |
MDIF has made a decision to send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit in 2015 so that for every person on Earth, there will be free Wi-Fi available. |
| ●Only three ●Many countries can't |
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| What we can expect |
●Free Wi-Fi will |
When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practise my words. But once on the stage, every word __ from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解说者) for the play. I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) coming out the grass in bunches (束). I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll remove all these weeds (野草),” she said. “From now on, we’ll have roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I said. “All flowers are — even dandelions!”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded(点头). “And the same as ,” she said.
When I that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said, me of how much I loved to read stories aloud.
Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.
A．developed B．left C．failed D．disappeared
A．If B．Because C．Though D．Since
A．difficulty B．mistake C．danger D．unhappiness
A．through B．past C．beyond D．behind
A．hardly B．only C．still D．also
A．harmless B．healthy C．beautiful D．fresh
A．students B．people C．flowers D．teachers
A．remembered B．realized C．explained D．promised
A．representing B．complaining C．recommending D．reminding
A．prize B．progress C．value D．interest
Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife two teenage children did something we haven't for ages. It didn't require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries or anything else for that matter. But we all it so much we're thinking of doing it again sometime.
We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the of communicating face-to-face. We all know young people are out on a date(约会)these days, they spend most of that time their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually to them.
If we carry on like this, in the future, we'll lose the use of our . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!
A．and B．or C．but D．after
A．made B．known C．done D．seen
A．acted B．blamed C．decided D．enjoyed
A．common B．careful C．extra D．enough
A．name B．art C．attention D．aim
A．because B．how C．when D．unless
A．buying B．collccting C．repairing D．answering
A．dislike B．prefer C．admire D．believe
A．writing B．introducing C．speaking D．hurrying
A．eyes B．voices C．mouths D．hands