One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装)
On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying,“ I promised you a gift, and here it is.” what an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it . Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days. I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as“ hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming.“ Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with teas. I’d never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
1. What happened to the author on September 11th ,1958 ?
A. He became four years old.
B. He got a Christmas gift.
C. He got a baby brother.
D. He received a doll.
2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Fearful B. Boring
C. Difficult D. Impossible.
3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A. Excitement. B. Sadness.
C. Happiness. D. Disappointment.
4.What is the passage mainly about ?
A. A sad Christmas day.
B. Life with a lovely baby.
C. Memories of a happy family.
D. A special Christmas gift.
What happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little Brother by American author Cory Doctorow. It is a fascinating book for a new generation of science fiction readers.
Marcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of society. Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's monitoring(监控) system. This way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game in real life.
While they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay Bridge. Marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secret prison. There he is treated as a possible terrorist. He is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend disappears.
When he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many “security measures” in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terrorists. While some consider this government action necessary for public safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen.
He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the DHS (数字处理系统) himself. He helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously (匿名地)．
The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the story. As part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society.
1. What kind of article does this passage belong to?
A. A fascinating story B. A news report
C. A book review D. A TV programme
2.The underlined word “outwitting” in the second paragraph means ________.
A. destroying in a wise way B. buying in a wise way
C. cheating in a wise way D. helping in a wise way
3.Marcus Yallow was sent to prison because ________.
A. he killed his friend
B. he bombed a military vehicle
C. his injured friend disappeared
D. he did something that a possible terrorist could do
4.From the second paragraph we can infer that ________.
A. Marcus Yallow is expert at the network world
B. Marcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real life
C. Marcus Yallow always plays online games in real life
D. Marcus Yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of society
Finding summer jobs for teenagers has not always been easy, but now you no longer have to worry about what your kid can do to earn their own money．Recently I found some different sites online that offer information about what kids can do．Below is some of that information, along with questions to think about to help you come up with your own ideas．
Ideas for summer work
●Parks and Recreation Programs．
●Babysitting （当临时保姆） during the day of school．
●Working part-time at a day care for the summer．
●Car washing．
●Working at local vegetable stands．
The easiest way for you to find ways for your child to make money is to think about others’ inconveniences （不方便）．Think of things you need done, or would like to have done, and what you would consider paying for these things to get done．Once you have some ideas, you can sit down with your child and talk to them about what they would be interested in doing．Then once you have an idea of what they want to do you can help them come up with fair prices．
Preferably you would want to only have your child working with people you know and trust, or in the least bit you could have your child pick a partner．That way with each of them carrying cell phones, even those without service can call 911, they will be much safer．
You can find out more information and many more ideas for kids to use to make money during their summer holidays by visiting http//www.kidswantmoney.com．
1.The author wrote the passage to _____．
A．share his discoveries online
B．introduce jobs for teenagers
C．advertise a website for teenagers
D．talk about his summer work experience
2.The passage is mainly written for _____．
A．teenagers B．teachers
C．parents D．website designers
3.What can we learn about http//www.kidswant-money.com?
A．The author set up the website．
B．It gives information about educating children．
C．People need to pay to visit the website．
D．It offers ideas for children to make money．
单词填空
根据下列汉语提示或首字母提示，用单词的正确形式填空，一空一词。
1.Sun Li plays an important part in the TV_____________(连续) of Legend of Miyue.
2.“Do you love me?” she asked. He h_____________ and then said, “I am not sure.”
3.Will was stupefied with e______________, and he might have laid his head on the grass under one of the trees and slept, but he saw a cat acting strangely.
4.Every Chinese ____________(渴望)for a family reunion after a hard-working year. That is the reason why we attach great importance to the Spring Festival.
5.Take the medicine following the d____________ on the bottle.
6.There was an ____________(尴尬地) long silence..
7.I feel so fortunate that I have an o____________(机会) to go to New York for further study.
8.M_______________ helps one go forward while pride makes one fall behind.
9.Thank you so much for your generous _______________(好客)during my stay at your home.
10.Under no c___________________(情况) should you stay out without parents’ permission.
11.Trains may be subject to delay to North Railway Station---we a _____ for any inconvenience caused.
12.If it is a g________________(真正的)Michelangelo drawing, it will sell for millions.
13.Some Chinese emigrate to other countries while some foreigners _______________(移入) to China.
14.She felt nervous, increasingly _________________(缺少)in confidence about herself.
15.He had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which c_________________ (结果) led to the good position he now held.
短文填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned __1.___ farm, which looked almost abandoned. __2.___ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what ___3.__ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass ___4.___ it began to rain heavily. While ___5.___ (make) great efforts to runaway, she ___6.__ (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living __7.___ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees __8.__ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs , vegetables and cotton in the market ___9.__ people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the _10.___(die) of the cow was a bit of luck.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Evaluating Sources (来源) of health Information
Making good choices about your own health requires reasonable evaluation. A key first step in bettering your evaluation ability is to look carefully at your sources of healthy information. Reasonable evaluation includes knowing where and how to fins relevant information, how to separate fact from opinions, how to recognize poor reasoning, and how to analyze information and the reliability of sources. 1.
Go to the original source. Media reports often simplify the results of medical research. Find out for yourself what a study really reported, and determine whether it was based on good science. Think about the type of study. 2.
Watch for misleading language. Some studies will find that a behaviour “contributes to” or is“ associated with” an outcome; this does not mean that a certain course must lead to a certain result. 3. Carefully read or listen to information in order to fully understand it.
Use your common sense. If a report seems too good to be true, probably it is. Be especially careful of information contained in advertisements. 4. Evaluate “scientific” statements carefully, and be aware of quackery(江湖骗术).
5. Friends and family members can be a great source of ideas and inspiration, but each of us needs to find a healthy lifestyle that works for us.
Developing the ability to evaluate reasonably and independently about the health problems will serve you well throughout your life.
A. Make choices that are right for you.
B. The goal of an ad is to sell you something.
C. Be sure to work through the critical questions.
D. And examine the findings of the original research.
E. Distinguish between research reports and public health advice.
F. Be aware that information may also be incorrectly explained by an author’s point of view.
G. The following suggestions can help you sort through the health information you receive from common sources.
