Seven loyal（忠实的）readers came to the Teens Office two weeks ago. They had a wonderful day learning how to make a newspaper. But what made them excited was that they had their say. “What most __ me was when I was saying something, I found all eyes were on me,” said Tang Shining, one of the students. Her friend, Li Chunbei __, and felt very glad that when she was talking, the editors（编辑） nodded and __ took notes.
Students are happy to see the editors listen to their __ . You may often __ about being neglected（忽视） by teachers and parents. ___ before complaining, please make sure that you have already spoken about your _ _.
Traditionally in China, teachers at school and parents were__ the ones to tell teenagers what they should and shouldn’t do. The young are __ to doing what they are told, rather than thinking by themselves. But then their ideas would be locked in their brain and not be __ .
A girl wrote to Teens about her family story. She ___ to be very sad because her father seldom talked and played with her. After years of consideration, she _ decided to write her father a letter, telling him about her sadness. To her __ , the father _ , saying that he didn’t realize his mistake. From then on, he really __ .
Sometimes, we need to let our ___ be heard, so others can understand our thoughts and feelings.Don’t be afraid of being __ for what you have done. You know it is your _39_ to speak your mind. Even if your suggestions are denied, at least you have tried your best. You will not be left with any __ .
1.A. directly B. really C. completely D. immediately
2.A. disappointed B. frightened C. impressed D. horrified （恐惧）
3.A. refused B. disagreed C. disliked D. agreed
4.A. even B. yet C. already D. still
5.A. speeches B. opinions C. songs D. articles
6.A. talk B. complain C. write D. speak
7.A. And B. So C. But D. Instead
8.A. pleasure B. love C. hatred 憎恨 D. worry
9.A. seldom B. never C. always D. sometimes
10.A. used B. reduced C. devoted D. told
11.A. remembered B. used C. touched D. heard
12.A. used B. pretended C. seemed D. had
13.A. sadly B. suddenly C. angrily D. finally
14.A. sorrow（悲伤B. disappointment C. surprise D. satisfaction
15.A. apologized B. smiled C. laughed D. sighed
16.A. exchanged B. changed C. left D. played
17.A. voices B. decisions C. suggestions D. secrets
18.A. praised B. blamed C. beaten D. fined
19.A. duty B. task C. right D. pleasure
20. A. regret B. sadness C. trouble D. difficulty
Being organized is an important skill for school and life．When you’re well organized, you can stay focused, instead of spending time hunting things down． 1. For schoolwork, it means having one notebook or place where you store all your assignments, so you know what you have to do and when．Keeping labeled folders（贴有标签的文件夹） for handouts（课堂讲义）and keeping all your schoolwork neat and in a specific place—these are the main parts of organization．
For home stuff, being organized means having a place to put your things and putting them back as you go． 2. It means keeping your schoolbag, your shoes, and your clean underwear in the same places so you always know where to find them．
Planning is part of being organized, too． 3. Calendars, lists, and schedules can help you plan．You can buy or draw a calendar and keep it near your workplace．Making a schedule or “to-do” list for yourself is a good idea．Looking at your list helps you keep track of what you need to do． 4. Check off things when you’ve done them．Use your list to help you decide which thing is most important to work on first．
5. But once you’re organized, it feels great．The less time you spend hunting around for things or panicking about homework, the more time you have for better things, like reading a good book or playing．
A．Planning means deciding what you will do and when you will do it．
B．First, you should get your schoolwork organized．
C．Add new things as you get assignments．
D．You will benefit a lot from a good habit．
E．What does it mean to be organized?
F．It takes some extra efforts to organize yourself and your stuff．
G．It means hanging your coat up instead of dropping it on the floor or throwing it on a chair．
Cities need to put efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air.
Chinese cities will need to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council.
Besides the existing pollution control program for SO2, regional emission caps (区域排放上限) for other certain chemicals will be established in the three key air polluting areas— the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Coal-consumption caps will also be tried out in some areas, according to the plan.
“The plan is aimed at dealing with regional air pollution—such as acid rain and smog—which have become increasingly obvious in China in recent years and caused a severe threat to people’s health,” Zhang Lijun, vice-minister of environmental protection, said in an interview on Monday.
“The air quality in a city affects the regions nearby because pollutants (污染物) Can travel through the atmosphere,” said Chai Fahe, vice-director of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.
“So efforts to reduce air pollution in a single city, targeting a certain pollutant will not be enough,” Chai said.
Zhang said, “The country’s major industrial districts—the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region—have recorded more than 100 misty days annually in recent years.”
These three regions, home to at least 200 million people, occupy only 6. 3 percent of the country’s area but consume 40 percent of the country’s coal and produce half of its steel, according to official figures.
Studies also show that the visibility (能见度) in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s, as a result of air pollution.
Liaoning province, the Shandong Peninsula, Wuhan in Hubei province and its surrounding area, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan region in Hunan province, the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and the western coast of the Taiwan Straits are also listed as areas to carry out such regional air pollution control programs, according to the plan.
The new plan also requires an improved air quality system, which will measure the pollution levels. “The current system, which only measures some major pollutants, cannot reflect the true picture.” said Chai.
1. It will not be enough to reduce air pollution in a single city because .
A. air pollution has been becoming more and more serious in recent years
B. air pollution like acid rain and smog is threatening people’s health
C. air pollutants in a city can travel in the sky and affect nearby areas
D. air pollutants stay in fixed places over the cities
2.. Suppose the visibility in eastern regions of China was 130 km in the early 1960s, the visibility there nowadays is .
A. 123 to 115 km B. 137 to 145 km
C. 123 to 145 km D. 115 to 137 km
3.. The main purpose of the passage is .
A. to inform readers of the damage caused by air pollution
B. to introduce the new plan to control air pollution
C. to provide official figures of air pollution levels
D. to point out the regions affected by air pollution
4.. What does the underlined phrase“the true picture”in the last paragraph mean?
A. The major pollutants.
B. The key polluted areas.
C. The major polluted cities.
D. The pollution levels.
The Amazing Kids! PenPals Program is a literacy-based (基于读写能力的), traditional letter-writing pen pal program, available to all children aged 5-17 worldwide.
At $10 per child, our program is a low-cost and fun way to help your children practice their literacy skills while they are making new friends. Groups of 15 or more receive a 50% discount.
Children love our program because:
●It helps them develop new (and possibly life-long)friendships.
●It allows them to practice the traditional form of letter writing and correspondence.
●They love getting letters in the mail from their pen pals!
Parents love our program because:
●It offers one of the few remaining choices for finding an established, safe and trusted traditional pen pal program to their children.
●It helps strengthen communication and literacy skills taught in their children’s classroom.
●It helps open their children’s eyes to a larger world, and other cultures and traditions outside their own.
●Many parents remember having a pen pal when they were children and want to give their children the same positive, fun learning experience.
●Parents love helping their children find new friends of their own age and gender.
Frequently asked questions
Why is there a fee?
We are a small, all-volunteer non-profit organization, and the fees help cover our cost of running the program.
How did the Amazing Kids! PenPals Program begin?
The program began as a way of reaching out to the children affected by the devastating (毁灭性的) hurricanes of 2005. Our hope was that by matching young hurricane survivors with a new pen pal, we could help them in their recovery from the trauma (创伤) they experienced.
The program is now available to all children worldwide. We continue to welcome teachers, youth groups or agencies who like to work with hurricane survivors.
How does it work?
Amazing Kids! will match students of the same gender and age with other students who may share similar interests and hobbies, based on the information provided on the registration form.
I’ve completed all forms and made my payment. What happens next?
Someone from Amazing Kids! will contact you once a match has been found. You will be asked to call the other parent, teacher or group leader of the pen pal Amazing Kids! has selected. If both adults agree that the pen pal match is a good one, then the students may begin writing to each other. If the match is determined not to be a good one, Amazing Kids! will try and find an alternative match.
1..If a group of twenty children want to join the program, they should pay _____altogether.
A. $50 B.$100 C.$150 D.$200
2..Parents may agree the program helps children_________.
A.travel around the world B. communicate well with others
C. Meet many famous people D. get good marks in exams
3. In the beginning the Amazing Kids! PenPals Program was set up for the kids who ______.
A. suffered from the hurricanes
B. were willing to make pen pals
C. were good at writing letters
D. wanted to help hurricane survivors
I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than“broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken” ; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
1.. The author used to think of her mother’s English as .
A. impolite B. amusing
C. imperfect D. practical
2.. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A. Americans do not understand broken English.
B. The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.
C. The author’s mother had positive influence on her.
D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
3. The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is .
A. well structured B. in the old style
C. easy to translate D. rich in meaning
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The change of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.
B. The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.
C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.
D. The author’s experiences of using broken English.
Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.
Life is like a game and maybe you can award(奖励) points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “ Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.
What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.
It really doesn’t have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “ give up ” be a part of your vocabulary.
1.By saying “To err is human”, the author means that________.
A. human beings should try to avoid(避免) making mistakes
B. no one is perfect(完美的) and everyone makes mistakes
C. mistakes and failures make up our life
D. human beings make mistakes easily
2..What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. Try to reach 50 points.
B. Never stop trying in your life.
C. Award yourself for your success
D. Don’t be afraid of missing your points.
3. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through_________.
A. examples B. numbers
C. experiments D. stories
4. The underlined word “ despondent ” in the last paragraph means________.
A. frightened B. disappointed
C. surprised D. excited
