What if I took that big jump on my bike?What’s the worst thing that could happen if I go out at midnight?Should try smoking?The teen years can play out like a choose-your-own-adventure novel.
Teenagers must act on an endless parade of choices.Some choices.including smoking.Come with serious consequences.As a result, adolescents often find themselves trapped between their impulsive tendencies（-Just try it!)and their newfound ability to make well-informed and logical choices（-Wait, maybe that’s not such a good idea!）.
So what makes the teenager’s brain so complex? What drives adolescents-more than any other age group-to sometimes make rash or questionable decisions?
If you have ever thought that the choices teenagers make are all about exploring and pushing limits, you are on to something. Experts Experts believe that this tendency marks a necessary period in teen development.The process helps prepare teenagers to confront the world on their own. It is something all humans have evolved to experience-yes, teens everywhere go through this exploratory period.Nor is it unique to people:Even laboratory mice experience a similar stage during their development.
For example，laboratory experiments show that young mice stay close by their mothers for safety. As mice grow．their behavior does too．“When they reach puberty，they’re like，‘I’m gonna start checking out how this environment looks without my mom，…explains Beatriz Luna,of the University of Pittsburgh．
As a developmental cognitive neuroscientist，Luna studies those changes that occur in the brain as children develop into adults．She and other researchers are showing how the teen experience can lead to powerful advantages later in life．Take mice again：Young mice that explore most tend to live longest——that is，unless a cat eats them，Luna adds．
1.What is the best title for the text?
A．Teenagers make endless choices
B．The teenage brain drives them to be different
C．How the teenage brain develops
D．Researches about the teenagers
2.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?
A．It means “you are wrong”.
B．It means“you lose your way”．
C．It means“you get the point”．
D．It means“you are off the point”.
3.According to the text,the teenager who explores most wiIl
A．make no mistakes in his life．
B．have advantages over others.
C．loSe his confidence even his life.
D．experience no failure and live Iongest.
4.What does the writer want to tell us by taking mice for example？
A．young mice try to look for safety.
B．Young mice like to stay with their mothers.
C．Mice also experience a period to explore the world.
D．Mice experience different stages.
5.What may the text discuss in the next part?
A．How call a teenager make right choices
B．Why the parents shouldn’t allow teenagers to smoke
C．What has been discovered in the lab experiment．
D．What really goes on in the teenage brain.
If you haven’t seen or heard anything about Road Rage in the last few months, you’ve probably been avoiding the media. There have been countless stories about this new and scary phenomenon, considered a type of aggressive driving. You have most likely encountered aggressive dnriving or Road Rage recently if you drive at all.
While drunk driving remains a critical problem，the facts about aggressive driving are surely as disturbing. For instance，according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association, 41，907 people died on the highway last year．of those deaths,the agency estimates that about two-thirds were caused at least in part by aggressive driving behavior．
Why is this phenomenon occurring more than ever now and why is it something that seemed almost nonexistent a few short years ago?Experts have certain theories，and all are probably partially correct．One suggestion is over crowding．In the last decade，the number of the cars on the roads has increased by more than 11 percent，and the number of miles driven has increased by 35 percent．However,the number of new road miles has only increased by 1 percent．That means more cars in the same amount of space；and the problem is even serious in urban areas．Also，people have less time and more things to do．With people working and trying to fit extra chores and activities into the day，street levels have never been higher．Stress creates anxiety,which leads to short tempers．These factors，when combined in certain situations，Can induce Road Rage.
You may think you are the last person who would drive aggressively，but you might be surprised．For instance, have you ever yelled out loud at a slower driver,sounded the horn long and hard at another car, or sped up to keep another driver from passing?If you recognize yourself in any of these situations，watch out!
Whether you are getting angry at other drivers，or another driver is visibly upset with you，there are things you can do to avoid any major conflict.If you are easily influenced to Road Rage，the key is to discharge your emotion in a healthy way.If You are the target of another driver’s rage，do everything possible to get away from me other drive safely，including avoiding eye contact and getting out of their way． www.sdzxlm.com
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A．Most people are angry at media reports and want to avoid them
B．Most drivers have bad manners
C.Road Rage has received much media attention in the past few months
D.People showing no interest in the media know little about recent happenings
2.According to the passage，what are the causes of overcrowding?
A．Stress，anxiety and short tempers．
B．People working together in a big city．
C．More cars stopping in the same amount of space
D．Quickly increasing cars and slowly increasing new road miles
3.The underlined“induce”in Paragraph3 Call be replaced by“
A．relax B．cause C．reduce D．destroy
4.Which of the following is“aggressive driving”?
A．Phoning while driving．
B．Driving at a low speed．
C．Shouting loud at another driver．
D．Sounding the horn when driving．
5.What does the writer want to tell US by writing the last paragraph?
A．Flow to control our anger
B．How to deal with Road Rage．
C，How to recognize aggressive drivers．
D．How to avoid eye contact with other drivers．
Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards，who was behind songs including The Jackson 5's first three US number one hits，has died aged 68．
Richards，who had oesophageal(食管的)cancer,died in a Washington state hospice(安养院)，Universal Music said．The musician，whose real name was Dennis Lussier,Was leader of the Motown songwriting，arranging and producing team—The Corporation．Their hits include The Jackson 5'S I Want You Back and ABC．
Richards also co-wrote Love Child for Diana Ross and The Supremes，as well as Ross’s solo track I’m Still Waiting.He produced and wrote for Martha Reeves and the Vamlellas and Bobby Darin．
The Corporation，which consisted of Motown label head Berry Gordy,Alphonzo Mizell，Freddie Perren and Richards，was set up in 1969 to create hit records for the label’s new act，The Jackson 5．
They also wrote，produced and arranged the band’s singles and Maybe Tomorrow and Mama's Pearl．
According to Michael Jackson biographer,J．Randy Taraborrelli，Mama’s Pearl was originally called Guess Who’S Making Whoopie(With Your Girlfriend)．
But Richards had the lyrics changed to preserve the young frontman’s innocent image．
The Hollywood Reporter said Richards' "love of music” kept him involved with a variety of projects，including last year’S production of The Jackson 5's Come and Get It：The Rare Pearls．featuring rare and unreleased(未发行的) tracks．
Richards’ final work was the mixing of eight unreleased tracks by Martha Reeves and The Vandellas for the band's 50th anniversary box set,which is to be released on 5 April．
1.Deke Richard wrote songs for the following singers EXCEPT
A．Martha Reeves B．Joan Lussier C．Bobby Darin D．Jackson 5’s
2.Which of the following is true about Richards?
A．He died at the age of68 in a Washington clinic．
B．He is a musician behind many hit songs.
C．He wrote“I’m Still Waiting”for Martha Reeves．
D．His final work is to be released in May.
3.What Call we learn from the passage?
A．The Corporation has a history of more than 40 years．
B．The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl turned out to be a failure．
C．The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl Was changed by J．Randy Taraborrelli．
D．Richards said his own love of music kept him involved with many projects．
4.It is implied in the passage that______．
A．Richards hardly co-wrote songs for singers
B．the Jackson 5's Come and Get it Was left unfinished as Richards got i11．
C．The corporation Was set up to earn money．
D．Richards had deep love for music．
5.Which column can you most possibly find the passage on a website?
A. Health B. Business C.Technology D. Entertainment
At the beginning of my 8：00 a．m．class one Monday at University of Nevada,Las Vegas(UNLV)，I cheerfully asked my students their weekend had been．“Not been very good”，one young man said．He'd had his wisdom teeth ．The young man then went on to ask me why I seemed to be so cheerful．His question reminded me of I′d read somewhere before：”Every morning when you get up，you have a about how you want to approach life that day”，I said．“I choose to be cheerful”．
“Let me give you an ”，I continued．The other 60 students in the class their chatter and began to listen．one day,my car died on the way．I called AAA and asked them to send a ．The secretary in the Provost’S office asked me what had happened．”This is my day”， I replied,smiling．”Your Car and today is your lucky day?”She Was ．”What do you mean?”“I live 17 miles from here”，I replied．”My car have gone wrong anywhere along the freeway．It didn’t．Instead，it went wrong in the place：off the freeway,within walking distance of here．I’m able to teach my class，and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to me after class．”The secretary’s eyes opened wide，and then she smiled．
I scanned the 60 faces in the lecture hall． the early hour,no one seemed to be asleep．Somehow,my story had them．Or maybe it Wasn’t the story ．It had all started with a student's that I Was cheerful．A wise mail once said：”Who you are louder to me than anything you can say”．I suppose it must be so．
1.A．how B．what C．whether D．where
2.A．pulled B．brought C．taken D．removed
3.A．seldom B．always C．occasionally D．ever
4.A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
5.A．decision B．chance C．choice D．destination
6.A．excuse B．explanation C．instruction D．example
7.A．stopped B．interrupted C．disturbed D．prevented
8.A．truck B．tractor C．secretary D．policeman
9.A．strange B．terrible C．lucky D．pleasant
10.A．cuts up B．breaks up C．breaks down D．tears down
11.A．cheerful B．doubtful C．puzzled D．worried
12.A．could B．must C．should D．would
13.A．wrong B．proper C．perfect D．smooth
14.A．thus B．still C．hardly D．even
15.A．pick B．send C．meet D．visit
16.A．Despite B．Although C．Since D．Though
17.A．taught B．touched C．educated D.excited
18.A．after all B．in all C．above all D．at all
19.A．motivation B．inspiration C．observation D．appreciation
20.A．says B．speaks C．talks D．tells
—___________I’11 be late!Why On earth didn’t you wake me up?
— Today is Sunday．You need not go to school．
A．Look at the time! B．Give me a moment!
C．What’s on? D．What’s up?
Hearing the loud noise，the boy looked out of the window,__________.
A．surprised and nervously B．surprising and nervous
C．surprised and nervous D．surprisingly and nervously
