FROM THE EDITOR
DEAR
READERS．
Happy birthday to us! TIME zine's firse（期刊） came out on March3， 1923． Sure， 96 isn't the most special birthday， comparing with the 100th birthday． But we take every opportunity（ 机会）to celebrate． TIME for Kids came along just a little bit later， in 1995． Soon， we will have our 25th birthday！
We have run our Kid Reporter program for many years． Many kids who took part in the program as a reporter are professional journalist（职业记者）now． While they were working with TFK， they caught some great opportunities， like interviewing political leaders， famous people， Olympic athletes， scientists， and more．
Do you dream of being a reporter？ Come and join us! On March 15， we will hold our annual（一年一度的） competition to find our next group of TIME for Kids Reporters． Editors from TFK will choose 10 best students．
I hope you will have a chance to report for our magazines and websites during the 2019﹣2020 school year．
All the best，
（1）According to the passage， TIME for Kids will have its birthday．
A． 96th
B． 100th
C． 23rd
D． 25th
（2）What will editors from TFK do in their annual competition？
A． Take part in the program．
B． Interview political leaders．
C． Choose 10 best students．
D． Report for their magazines．
（3）How long will the next group of reporters work with TFK？
A． Half a year．
B． One year．
C． Two years．
D． Three years．
（4）Andrea Delbanco is ．
A． a reader
B． an editor
C． a reporter
D． a student
（5）You can find the passage in ．
A．a website
B． a book
C． a novel
D． a diary
A Play: Four Butterflies
Characters: Red Butterfly (RB), Green Butterfly (GB), Green Tree (GT), Rose (R), Grandpa Sun (GS)
Look! There are four butterflies in the garden. One is red, one is yellow, one is green, and the other one is white. They play games and dance together every day, and they are very happy. One day, it’s fine. Four butterflies are playing a game in the garden. Suddenly it is full of dark clouds and it begins to rain hard.
1. GB: Oh, it’s raining hard. Green Tree is over there. She can
help us.
GB: Green Tree, our wings are wet. Please let us stay under your leaves.
GT: Green Butterfly, I like you. We have the same color. You can come in, but the other three butterflies must go away.
GB: No, thank you. We are good friends. We love each other and must stay together.
RB: Rose is over there. She can help us.
2. RB: Rose, our wings are wet. Please let us stay under your leaves.
R: Red Butterfly, I like you. We have the same color. You can come in, but the other three butterflies must go away.
RB: No, thank you. We are good friends. We love each other and must stay together.
3. GS: What good friends they are! This is a real friendship. I must help them.
The sun drives the clouds away and asks the rain to stop. Soon the sun gives off bright light and dries up their wings.
4. Four butterflies: Oh, the sun comes out. Our wings are dry. Let’s play and dance again.
How many butterflies are there in the garden?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
What are the butterflies doing when it starts to rain?
| A．They are flying. | B．They are dancing. |
| C．They are playing a game. | D．They are staying under the leaves. |
Who helps the butterflies at last?
| A．Rose. | B．Rain. |
| C．Grandpa Sun. | D．Dark clouds. |
What is the main idea of the play?
| A．Butterflies cannot fly if their wings are wet. |
| B．The four butterflies are sisters and brothers. |
| C．Grandpa often helps others. |
| D．A real friendship means that friends stay together when they are in trouble. |
If you’re traveling by air in America, you may find the following criteria (标准).
| Exit Seat Criteria If you are sitting in an exit seat, read the information below. You must: Be at least 15 years old and healthy enough to give help. Be able to speak, read and understand English well. Be able to follow a safe way from the emergency exit (紧急出口). Be able to help others away from the plane. You must not: Travel with a pet, such as a dog. Travel with someone that needs special care, such as a child. If you cannot meet the criteria, ask crew members (工作人员) to move you to another seat. You do not have to say why, just say, “I do not want to sit in an exit seat.” |
The passenger(乘客) sitting in an exit seat ________.
| A．must be under 15 | B．needn’t speak English |
| C．must be healthy enough | D．needn’t help others |
If you are sitting in an exit seat, you can NOT ________.
| A．ask the reason | B．bring a pet with you |
| C．read Exit Seat Criteria | D．move to another seat |
This piece of Exit Seat Criteria may appear _______.
| A．on the plane | B．on a train |
| C．on the road | D．on the playground |
The Chinese meaning of the word “meet” in this passage is probably “ _______”.
| A．符合 | B．遇见 | C．相信 | D．开会 |
2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?
The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his owner soon. He loves his owner, even after his owner loses his life. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the owner passed away(死), and fell from his horse. When people found his body some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his owner, without food or water, in the coldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t he a great animal?
When people found the body of the owner, the horse was _______.
| A．going away | B．still standing beside it |
| C．drinking water | D．eating grass beside it |
The story probably took place in _______.
| A．spring | B．summer |
| C．autumn | D．Winter |
Nina and Nora worked in the same office, and they were also neighbours. Nina was a careless girl, and she often lost things. Then she usually went to borrow many things from Nora.
Nora was a kind girl, but she sometimes got tired of lending things to her friend. One Sunday afternoon, Nina knocked at Nora’s front door. When Nora came to open it, Nina said to her, “Hello, Nora, please lend me a bag. I have lost mine. I am going to the shops, and I feel stupid when I haven’t got anything in my hand.”
Nora laughed and answered, “Well, Nina, go down to the end of my garden. You will find a nice wheelbarrow (手推车) in the shelf there. Take that when you go to the shops. Then you will have something in both of your hands.” What’s the relationship (关系) between Nina and Nora?
___________________________________Why did Nina often go to Nora’s?
___________________________________ On what day did Nina go to borrow a bag from Nora?
___________________________________ Where was Nina going?
___________________________________ Why didn’t Nora lend Nina a bag that time?
___________________________________
“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Internet.”
“I check my e-mail almost forty times a day.”
“I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chatrooms(聊天室) than with my ‘real-life’friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（瘾）called Internet addiction. According to experts, Internet addicts（迷）spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried and looked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. They called the police(警察). The police found the student in the computer lab(网吧): he was surfing the Internet—for seven days straight.
A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted. The teenagers spend more time on the Internet than with friends and family. That’s why some experts worry most about young people.
Is “surfing the Internet” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms（症状）：
★You go out with your friends less and less.
★You can’t wait to get online again.
★You’ve decided to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
★You do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
What is the solution? Some experts suggest that people set strict limits on their time for Internet use. You have to learn to control it, or the Internet would control you.An Internet addict spends at least ten hours online every week.
The missing college student was found in the computer lab.
The experts don’t worry about young people at all.
Young people should control their time online.
According to the passage, we know it’s bad for young people to spend too much time online.