Dear Mr Zhu,
I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.
Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!
What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.
How can I help my son without harming our relationship?
Yours,
Liu Zhenhua
1.What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?
A．A teacher. B．A magazine columnist.
C．A youth worker. D．A doctor.
2.From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.
A．friendly B．thankful C．polite D．rude
3.What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?
A．To blame his son.
B．To ask for help with his son.
C．To say something about his son.
D．To complain to him about his son.
4.Mr. Liu’s son always spends his time _______.
A．doing his homework
B．playing games online
C．chatting with his parents
D．doing everything his parents ask him to do
5.What do you think is the possible answer for the father?
A．The father should let the son alone.
B．The father should give his son a beating.
C．The father should allow his son his freedom.
D．The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.
完形填空
Long ago，some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat(打) the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your 2 . I truly would like to invite you to a wonderful palace now.”
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle， “What a nice palace!” In order to thank him, the king(国王) of the turtles gave him a very big dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 4 everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 5 you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both of them. Don’t forget it！” The turtle 6 him. “All right, I will open only one,” the young man promised. At this time, a large wave(浪) sent him out of the sea.
7 he went home, he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To 8 surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried. “I’m 9 now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He 10 his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face looked like an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.
1. A．across B．away C．into D．out
2. A．gift B．gold C．treatment D．kindness
3. A．left B．reached C．built D．designed
4. A．pleased with B．careful with C．angry with D．sorry for
5. A．so B．or C．but D．as
6. A．helped B．followed C．reminded D．refused
7. A．After B．Before C．While D．Since
8. A．her B．him C．their D．his
9. A．poor B．rich C．sad D．young
10. A．remembered B．accepted C．broke D．recorded
—Would you please pass me the sugar?
— ____. Here you are.
A．Sure B．Nothing much C．Thanks a lot D．Sorry
In our school library there ____ a number of books on science and the number of them ____ growing larger and larger.
A．is; are B．are; is C．is; is D．are; are
It’s said that Armstrong sent a message to Mission Control _____ said that two huge, strange objects landed near them and were watching them.
A．who B．which C．whom D．whose
— It is so hot in the classroom. Would you mind ____ the windows?
—OK. I’ll do it right now.
A．not closing B．not opening C．opening D．closing
