Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam, most of you will go on to study in a senior school. What are you expecting from senior high school? Let’s hear some teen readers talk about it.
Zhou Zhijie, 15, from Shanghai:
I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year, Senior 1 and Senior 2 are less stressful. I hope there’ll be time then to enjoy sports. There will be plenty to see. Especially, the World Cup in Brazil is coming. We can watch football matches. I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.
Jin Xi, 16, from Harbin, Heilongjiang:
I really enjoy science. I visit many science exhibitions. I am interested in UFOs, too. I’m crazy about making model planes, although I’m not very good at it because I don’t really have enough scientific knowledge. I’ll be learning more science in senior high school. In a word, sometime in the future I’m going to build an excellent model plane!
Wang Yaling, 15, from Xiamen, Fujian:
I hope I can be taller in senior high school. I’m only 155cm. Many people grow faster in senior and I hope I will, too. I want to be 162cm. But I’m not sure about that, since most girls in my family don’t grow taller than 160cm. I hope I’m different.
Zhang Fang, 15, from Hebi, Henan:
I expect that I’ll make more friends in senior high school. I study in a middle school in the country. Most of my classmates live nearby. In senior high school, I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things from them.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡的相应位置。
1.Jin Xi believes that it needs ______ to make an excellent model plane.
A. a quite long time B. a lot of scientific knowledge
C. knowledge of UFOs D. help from senior teachers
2.Wang Yaling and Zhang Fang ______.
A. are from one city B. have a similar dream
C. have the same age D. have a similar problem
3.The students in the passage are talking about______.
A. their hobbies B. their experiences
C. their schools D. their wishes
Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It’s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.
“It seems that positive(积极的) feelings may reduce (减少)the danger of illness,” said the study’s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.
In this study, Cohen’s interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers about were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.
The results showed that everyone in the study was equally(相等地) likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried abut your health, look on the bright side more often.
1.Which of the following was NOT a part of the study?
A. People talked about their feelings every day.
B. People were kept alone for six days.
C. People were given colds by doctors.
D. People were made to feel unhappy.
2.What did the study find?
A. People who felt happy never got ill.
B. People’s feelings didn’t influence their health.
C. People with good feelings became ill more easily.
D. People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses..
3.According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illness?
A. Eating. B. Crying. C. Laughing. D. Sleeping.
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Smiles can fight colds B. Cause of colds found
C. The danger of colds D. How people get sick
A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling and blue.
There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the . Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage（香肠） sandwich. The penguin got in the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and __ quickly.
Of course, Harry was very . He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon(气球). At first Harry asked himself that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help and found it hard to stop.
An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he told his classmates all that he had . While he was talking to his best friend, he saw __ coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that his friend had to show him what was in the bag.
There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to the little boy!
And from that day on, Harry always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
1.A. happy B. sad C. excited D. cool
2.A. roof B. hole C. window D. wall
3.A. photo B. painting C. sign D. shape
4.A. above B. below C. over D. through
5.A. left B. slept C. flew D. drove
6.A. annoyed B. surprised C. bored D. tired
7.A. what B. which C. when D. where
8.A. people B. students C. children D. characters
9.A. crying B. laughing C. running D. coughing
10.A. funny B. rude C. dull D. strict
11.A. grown B. improved C. increased D. developed
12.A. acted B. heard C. experienced D. dreamed
13.A. somethingB. anything C. nothing D. everything
14.A. quickly B. suddenly C. immediately D. finally
15.A. cheer up B. give up C. make up D. put up
— Are you confident about the English Speech Contest, Sally?
— __________. I’ve got everything ready!
A. Of course not B. It’s hard to say C. Sure, I am D. I am afraid not
— Can you guess _______ the new Nike sports shoes?
—Yes, maybe he asked his grandpa for the money, I think.
A. how he paid for B. where he bought C. when he paid for D. why he bought
— Judy, I guess you are only twenty-five years old, is that true?
— Oh, it’s a ______.
A. suggestion B. secret C. reason D. problem
