Dear Dr． Know，
My brother is going to be 11and I am 14． My brother and I always get into fights． Whenever he does something wrong like hitting me， messing my room or taking my toys， he never gets in trouble． But when I do this kind of things， I'm always groundedand it's not fair．
I tried talking to my parents about this and all they said was that they would try harder． However since they said this it has never happened． I don't know what to do． I sometimes just try to get on the computer and there he goes． He starts saying he wants to use the computer even though we have 3computers in the house． But all that my dad says is to get off only for 30minutes． I keep telling him that he can use the computer downstairs but he complains（ 抱怨） that he is too scared．
I've talked to my friends about this and they don't know what to say． I've tried talking to him and being nice to him but it didn't work． He just doesn't stop． He's making my life terrible! My dream is to have an understanding brother． What should I do for that？
Help me please!
Kelsey
| A． |
50． Why does Kelsey write the letter？ |
| A． |
To complain about her brother． |
| B． |
To discuss the computer games． |
| C． |
To describe his parents． |
| D． |
To ask for help． |
51． Which pictures show Kelsey's relationship with her brother？
| A． |
ac |
| B． |
cd |
| C． |
W．bd |
| D． |
bc |
52． What does the underlined word grounded mean in the first paragraph？
| A． |
right． |
| B． |
punished． |
| C． |
nervous． |
| D． |
supported |
53． Kelsey tells her brother to ．
| A． |
study hard |
| B． |
learn from her friends |
| C． |
be nice to their parents |
| D． |
use the computer downstairs |
Music is an international language. 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 when they drive
streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the News about sports, the weather, politics（政治）, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state(州). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Whenever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies（协奏曲） of Beethoven.Almost every American student likes_________. .
| A．popular music | B．American songs |
| C．folk music | D．classical music |
What do adult drivers do while they are driving?.
| A．listen to pop songs | B．listen to news and make a CD |
| C．listen to music and news | D．listen to stories |
What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?
| A．Their CDs or tapes are used in every state. |
| B．Several young people buy their CDs or tapes. |
| C．They travel around the world. |
| D．They are followed by young people sometimes. |
_______ was started by cowboys.
| A．Popular music | B．Classical music | C．Western music | D．Serious music |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Popular Music in America | B．Kinds of Music in America |
| C．How to Be Famous Singers | D．International Language |
Ma Yan is not really a writer, but this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. Ma Yan’s diary tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. However, she is brave and wants to go to school very much.
Her mother gave her diary to a reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjiashu in 2001. Now, Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma Yan is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to drop out of school twice. She had to stop going to school the first time, because her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school while her two brothers could stay.
“I want to study,” Ma Yan wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”
Ma Yan loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge(知识). Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma Yan said.
After her story became known, many students sent money to her. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then, I can find poor kids like me, and help them,” she said. Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and.
| A．America | B．Austria | C．Russia | D．China |
Why did Ma Yan leave school for the first time?
| A．She didn’t study as hard as her brothers. |
| B．Her brothers studied better than she did. |
| C．Her family didn’t have money for her to school. |
| D．She had to help her mother do some housework. |
Ma Yan wants to study because she wants to .
| A．teach her parents some knowledge |
| B．get more money for her study in university |
| C．become more famous in the world |
| D．get more knowledge to change her life |
Here is how to leave the supermarket with the things you wanted to buy and nothing more.
| Suggestion 1: Pick up a basket. You’ll head straight for the checkout (收款台) when it starts to get heavy. Don’t use the trolleys (购物车) because they will make you put in extra things. |
| Suggestion 2: Make a list and stick to（坚持） it. Supermarkets usually place things we use every day far away, such as bread and milk. So you have to walk along the aisles (过道) in between, buying things you don’t really need on the way. |
| Suggestion 3: Keep away from BOGOFs (Buy One Get One Free offers). Just how many watermelons can you eat in a week? Fruit and vegetables usually work out cheaper. |
| Suggestion 4: Look up and down. The most expensive things are placed in the middle. For cheaper things, check the higher and the lower places. |
How many suggestions does the writer give us?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
To buy things we use every day in the supermarket, we have to ______.
| A．pick up a basket | B．look up and down |
| C．walk along the aisles | D．keep away from BOGOFs |
The most expensive things are placed in the ______ places.
| A．middle | B．high | C．low | D．near |
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These days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful, so they turn to plastic surgery(整形手术)for help. They spend thousands of yuan ①these painful surgeries to fix their nose, to change their eyelids(眼皮) or to take off weight from their stomachs.
②In fact most people are not pleased with the way they look. Even ③最美丽actresses often wish they could change something about their looks. Should we live our whole lives believing we are ugly? Why can’t we raise our head high and believe that we are as beautiful as others? A smile is beautiful on my face, whether fat, oily or hairy. And a kind heart is much more beautiful than a pretty look. So, let’s feel grateful that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need surgeries! Today, I call on you to make an easy change: hold your head high, smile and be kind to others. If you do these, you will ④be full of confidence, beauty, and warmth everywhere you go.请在①处填上一个正确的介词。
请将②处句子译为汉语。
请将③处短语译为英语。
写出④处的同义词语
判断正（T）误(F).
（）The writer thinks a pretty look is much more beautiful than a kind heart.
About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected（感染）in this matter. Perhaps, after all ,it is safer to be driven by a woman.
There are different kinds of color blindness. For example, a man cannot see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades (影子) of green. Sometimes a person can’t tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green— a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a different thing to explain. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones（锥状细胞）” . These help us to see in the bright light and to tell differences between colors. These are also millions of “rods“（杆状细胞），but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but not colors.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes(蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes, we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night.“Color blindness” means in Chinese.
A. 盲目 B. 无色 C 色盲 D 讨厌颜色 Some people say it’s safer to be driven by women because .
| A．women drive more carefully |
| B．women are better at driving than men |
| C．women can see things more clearly |
| D．there are fewer color — blind women |
With the help of the “cones”, we can .
| A．tell different shapes | B．kill insets |
| C．see in the dark | D．tell orange from yellow |
We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a light.
| A．red | B．yellow | C．blue | D．green |
Which of the following sentences about color blindness is TRUE?
| A．None of men can see deep red. |
| B．Not all of men have the same problem in recognizing colors. |
| C．None of men can tell the difference between blue and green. |
| D．All of men see everything in shades of green. |