In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and instruments are being developed every day to extend（延长）life. However，some people，including some doctors， are not in favour of these life extending measures，and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself，and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable（不能忍受的. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity（尊严） and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better.
1.In recent years, people can live longer than in the past,It’s because of_________.
A．the development of medical technology
B．big hospitals
C．good doctors
D．both B and C
2.According to some people， whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to_________.
A．the doctors B．the surroundings（环境）
C．his or her family D．the patient himself or herself
3.The writer’s opinion is_________.
A．death is better than life
B．life is better than death
C．neither death nor life is good
D．none of the above
4.Why do some patients want to die? Because_______.
A．the doctors are not good
B．the conditions are bad
C．life is too hard
D．they are seriouly ill
Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that’s not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I’m interested in things happening at school. ” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There’s also world news: from international problems to pop stars.
Read the newspaper carefully, we’ll find different types of articles on the pages:
News stories — these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.
Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn’t just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.
Advertisement — Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!
1.The underlined sentence means that the readers ___________.
A．should understand interesting news stories
B．ought to know which kind of things to read
C．need to look at the school news first
D．must know the contents of all the news
2.In the writer’s opinion, we’d better be ___________ advertisements in newspapers.
A．interested in B．against C．worried about D．careful of
3.This passage mainly discusses how___________.
A．reporters write different kinds of news
B．teenagers get interested in newspapers
C．readers can read newspapers in better ways
D．readers can’t read different news in newspapers
A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.
Number One is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers an hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number Two is a sign that we’re near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number Three is a sign that there is a bend (拐弯) in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go around a bend very fast. Number Four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction (交叉) at this place. Number Five is a sign that there is a hill and Number Six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number Seven has the word “SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number Eight is a sign with the letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, there are the signs “No parking” or “No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.
1.At the places where you see Sign 1, ____________. .
A．you are already out of a town
B．you still have thirty kilometers to go
C．there must be many houses and building not far away
D．there must be a town thirty kilometers away
2.A driver can leave his car ___________.
A．near a sign with “P” on it in the daytime
B．near a sign with “No parking” on it
C．near a sign with “No waiting” if there’re no policemen there
D．near Sign 8 at any time
3.People put these signs on the roads to ____________.
A．make driving even safer B．show drivers the way
C．stop cars going too fast D．learn another kind of language
A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had 1 to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well 2 it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation(毕业),he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how 3 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how 4 he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 5 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his 6 to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then 7 out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very 8 in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family. 9 that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him 10 that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a 11 telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take 12 of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, 13 as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to 14 the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 15 of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.
1. A．expected B．believed C．enjoyed D．felt
2. A．afford B．spend C．cost D．pay
3. A．excited B．proud C．angry D．anxious
4. A．far B．much C．long D．often
5. A．Interested B．Tired C．Surprised D．Relaxed
6. A．hand B．head C．voice D．sound
7. A．looked B．moved C．walked D．rushed
8. A．careful B．helpful C．wonderful D．successful
9. A．Wanting B．Suggesting C．Noticing D．Realizing
10. A．on B．since C．after D．from
11. A．bag B．ticket C．phone D．book
12. A．care B．part C．notes D．time
13. A．just B．only C．always D．already
14. A．use B．open C．turn D．close
15. A．place B．date C．test D．name
—John Adams didn’t play the lead role very well, right?
—Well, ________. I think he is a very good actor.
A．I don’t like it B．I don’t think so C．that’s true D．I agree
We ______win the game. The other team is not strong at all.
A．will B．shall C．are going to D．would
