Teenagers growing pains
Today, our students are facing many different problems and they want to ask some experts for help. Nancy says she feel stressed these days because of too much homework. She hasn’t enough time to sleep for a long time and often falls asleep during the classes.John says he doesn’t like to study because of the bad effect of computer games. Cindy says she gets fat because she likes to eat junk food and hardly ever takes exercise. Frank has the worst problem. He always fights with others as he doesn’t know how to get on well with others and few of his classmates would like to talk with him.
Names | Problems | causes |
Nancy | Feels stressed. | Too much homework Hasn’t enough time to 1. |
John | Doesn’t like to study | The bad effect of 2. |
Cindy | Gets fat | Likes to eat3.and 4.takes exercise. |
Frank | Fights with others. | Doesn’t know how to 5.with others. |
Wugang is the political, education, medical health services and cultural center of southwestern Hunan Province. It has a gross area of 1549 square kilometers, with a population of 832,500. The urban area takes 16.52 square kilometers, with 266,000 urban residents.
This city has a long history and splendid culture. It was a county built in Western Han Dynasty more than 2200 years ago. It has spectacular landscapes, beautiful and natural scenery. Religions are free and prosperous here. Let me show you a few examples, Yunshan mountain (literal means Cloudland Mountain”) is not only famous for its vagaries of clouds, but also known as one of the 72 Buddhist Holly Lands in China, Faxiang Carved Stone (A branch of Buddhism which came from Indian), Sun Yat- sen Memorial Hall, Xuanfeng City Gate Tower, Lingyun Tower (Built in 1225). All of these are showing the rich cultural heritage of this ancient yet vibrant city.
This land is blessed with unsurpassed natural resources. Coal, Manganese, Iron and other 38 kinds of mineral are proved to be highly productive. Especially, Coal reserves account for 70 percent of proved reserves in Southwest Hunan. What’s more, the Marinated Food gains great reputation both at home and abroad. Besides, Virus-free orange and corn are also Wugang’s local specialties with high-yield and high-quality.
Welcome to Wugang.
1.Where is Wugang?
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2.What’s the urban population of Wugang?
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3.When was the Lingyun Tower built?
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4.What kind of local specialty fruit talked about in this passage?
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5.The Marinated Food doesn’t gain great reputation, does it?
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The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought some new problems. 1.. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has polluted the earth. The more people, the more pollution. 2., the problem was not so serious. When the land was used up, the river was not clean in a place, man went to another place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world. 3., It’s bad for living things in the world. Many countries don’t let burn something bad for air in houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It’s caused by heavy traffic. 4.. When you are riding, there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bike. It’s not because bikes are expensive or people are tired if they ride to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people put away their bikes and go to work by cars, then things getting worse and worse. 5.and make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes.
A.For industry was not well-developed.
B.We should have special roads only for bikes
C.Air pollution is still the most serious
D.Because there were not so many people many years ago
E.People say it’s best to ride bikes
F.One of the biggest problems is pollution
Li Lei just graduated from college, he was going for a job interview in Shaoyang. He arrived at the bus station quite early for bus. The bus for Shaoyang would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line; Others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls.The teacher was trying to keep them in line. Li Lei looked around but there was no place for him to sit.
He walked into the station Coffee. He looked up at that clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror（镜子）on the wall. Just then, Han Meimei, one of Li Lei’s friends came in and sat with Li Lei. “What time is your bus?”asked Han Meimei. “ There's plenty of time yet.” Answered Li Lei.“Well, I’ll get you more tea then” said Han Meimei.
They talked while drinking, Then Li Lei looked at the clock again. “Oh !it's going backward!”he cried. “A few minutes ago, it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven”. “You're looking at the clock in the Mirror” Said Han Meimei. Li Lei was so sad, The next bus was not to leave for another hour, Since then Li Lei has never liked mirrors.
1.Li Lei went into the station Coffee because ____________.
A. Han Meimei asked him to have a cup of tea together
B. he didn't like to stay with the schoolgirls
C. It was quite early and he couldn't find a seat in the station
2.What time was it in fact when Li Lei looked at the clock in the mirror?
A. Half past eleven B. Half past twelve C. Half past one
3.From the story we know that when will look at a clock in a mirror, we will find ________.
A. it's going backward C. the time is right D. it's going faster
4.Which of the following is true?
A. Li Lei arrived in Shaoyang on time that day
B. Li Lei looked at the clock in the mirror only once
C. After that Li Lei didn't like clocks any longer
5.Which of the following is the best title of the story?
A. The Mirror of the Station B. Being later for a bus
C. The Clock in the Mirror
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, has become the richest man in China with a fortune of 150 billion yuan ($24.4 billion ), according to the “Hurun Rich List 2014”.
Jack Ma was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. As a child, Mr. Ma was interested in English. He improved his English by volunteering as a tour guide. Later in his youth, he attended Hangzhou Normal University and graduated in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in English. He later became a teacher in English and International Trade at the Hangzhou Dianzi University. Then he set up his own translation company. In 1999, Mr. Ma founded Alibaba in his apartment in Hangzhou with 17 friends. He pointed out that there had never been an organization that is as large as Alibaba in the world. It welcomes about 100 million shoppers a day.
Mr. Ma is often called China’s Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. He remains executive chairman of the company, but his decision focuses less on the blind wealth and more on improving the state of the world.
1.Jack Ma has become the richest man in China.
2.Jack Ma improved his English by selling flowers.
3.Mr. Ma founded Alibaba in 1999.
4.Alibab welcomes about 100 billion shoppers a day.
5.Jack Ma only focuses on improving the state of the world.
Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and cannot do any ______at all. Bob’s mother is very busy with the housework _____ working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her______some housework. ____ he does too much housework, his mother is still very strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob.
He must______his things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up ______.He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water ________ every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time.______ his clothes, he isn’t allowed to choose his own clothes. On school nights, he can’t go out ______ and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV.
Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are ______ him, so he faithfully obeys them.
1.A. homework B. housework C. thing
2.A. except B. beside C. besides
3.A. with B. of C. for
4.A. If B. Unless C. Though
5.A. look for B. look after C. look at
6.A. quick B. quickly C. more quickly
7.A. by himself B. by herself C. by themselves
8.A. As if B. For C. As for
9.A. lonely B. aloud C. alone
10.A. good for B. good to C. harm for
