Now lots of teenagers like smoking. It's a big problem. Some of them smoke, just for fun and some think smoking looks cool. Others smoke because there are many people around them that smoke.
As we all know, smoking is harmful, especially to students. Some teenagers even steal money so that they can buy cigarettes. Besides, smoking does harm to brains and it can influence studies. Finally, it is bad for health because it can cause diseases.
Therefore, we should protect ourselves from smoking. First, we should learn more about the danger of smoking. Second, we should keep away from people who smoke.
1.Now some teenagers like smoking because_________.
A.smoking is good for them
B.their parents want them to do so
C.they think it is fun and cool
D.smoking makes them comfortable
2.Smoking is harmful to_________.
A.brains B.legs C.eyes D.hands
3.The writer of the passage wants teenagers________.
A.to smoke
B.not to smoke
C.not to keep away from smoking
D.to smoke less
An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
1.The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.
A.to buy something
B.to play a joke on someone
C.to look for someone
D.to talk to the girl
2.The assistant was a ________.
A.woman B.model C.robot D.man
3.The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.
A.she was a plastic model
B.she was a robot
C.she was not a good assistant
D.she had bad hearing
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Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier(国境) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike 2 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 3 him take the straw off and untie(解开) it. Then he would examine the straw very 4 to see 5 he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets 6 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 7 to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was 8 something, but he was not 9 to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 10 usual, he 11 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 12 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my 13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell 14 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for 15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
1. A.towards B.down C.to D.up
2. A.arrived B.appeared C.came D.reached
3. A.ask B.order C.make D.call
4. A.carefully B.quickly C.silently D.horribly
5. A.that B.where C.how D.if
6. A.before B.after C.first D.so
7. A.lucky B.hoping C.thinking D.wondering
8. A.taking B.smuggling C.stealing D.pushing
9. A.possible B.strong C.able D.clever
10. A.like B.more C.then D.as
11. A.told B.cried C.ordered D.said
12. A.cross B.past C.across D.into
13. A.last B.first C.newest D.second
14. A.everyone B.anyone C.no one D.someone
15. A.moment B.long time C.sometime D.some time
Our teacher told us time ______ for no one.
A.wait B.waiting C.waited D.waits
—What do you think of his talk on the Information Technology?
—Oh, very good. It’s worth ______.
A.listening to B.to listen to
C.listening D.hearing
—I don’t know where to go for a holiday.
—______ traveling to Hainan Island?
A.Why not B.Why don’t
C.Let’s D.What about