British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams. They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, s 1. they have to work pretty hard! Today’s teens spend more time doing their homework than any teenagers in the past, s 2. for 2.5 – 3 hours every evening.
Free Time
It’s not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have f 3. ? They love watching TV, going out, meeting friends in Internet cafés and listening to music.
Communications
In addition to (除......之外）the Internet, teenagers in Britain use their computers to play games and do their homework. They a 4. love their mobile phones, and spend hours texting their friends and chatting. Today, phones are getting smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more
w 5. them than just talk. Text messaging has b 6.the coolest and most popular way to communicate. More than 90% of 12- to -16-year-olds have a mobile, and experts say that this stops t 7. from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes(香烟).
Fashion (服饰)
At school, almost all British teenagers have to w 8. a school uniform. However, in their free t 9. they can wear whatever they like, and what they like is designer names such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith. In fact, 40% of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion. Looking good doesn’t come c 10. , but many teenagers think it usual or easy to spend more than ￡100 on one item (件）of clothing.
词汇运用 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空（每空不限一词10分）
1.It’s necessary to keep our air clean because the ___________(pollute) air does harm to our health.
2.The Ginkgo(银杏)Festival________________(hold) in Taixing every year.
3.She made lots of mistakes because of working on her homework ___________ (care),
4.Mo Yan, the most famous writer in China, got the Nobel Prize in literature in his_________
(fifty) in 2012..
5.A sudden shout broke the __________(silent) at night and we all felt frightened.
6.The radio says it will be far __________(rain) tomorrow. I am afraid that we have to stay at home.
7.More and more attention has been paid to ____________(protect) the environment in China.
8.Help ___________(you) to some fresh fruit and vegetables, kids. They are good for health.
9.Teenagers should try to be good ____________(city) and devote much of their time to
developing our country.
10.It’s reported that China______________(develop) new kinds of rice so far.
Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few (1)________ to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save (1) . Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it in one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send lots of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk(垃圾) messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. (2)It is reported that about 6,000 people are killed and half a million are injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the USA are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting(限制) the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.
1.在1) 的空白处填入适当的内容使句意完整、上下文通顺：___________ __________.
2.将2) 句译成中文：__________________________________________________________
3.根据短文内容回答问题。
What will happen if our phone boxes get too full?
__________________________________________________________________________
4.在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子：
Many people love texting messages because of these advantages.
__________________________________________________________________________
5.找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：
__________________________________________________________________________
After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were 10, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed(压垮) with the responsibilities(责任) of earning a living, caring for the children and simply keeping my head above water.
I was lucky to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, and frankly(坦诚地) I was uneasy. Every unusual noise or any late-night phone call filled me with fear. I felt really lonely.
One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd(牧羊犬) on our doorstep. It was obvious he wanted to make the house his home. The children took an instant（紧迫的） liking to "German" and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement(地下室) until the next day. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks. The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results. Saturday night he was still with us.
On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. He stayed again Sunday night.
Monday morning I let him out for a run while the children got ready for school. He didn’t come back. We thought we’d never see him again. On Friday evening, German was back again. We took him in, and again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived. It went like this for almost 10 months. We looked forward to his coming each Monday morning he left home.
Each week, between German's visits, I grew a little braver, but every weekend I enjoyed his company. Then one Monday morning we patted his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back.
1.How long did the German shepherd stay with the family every week?
A.One day. B.Two days.
C.Three days. D.Four days.
2.What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?
A. trying to keep calm in public
B. trying to get attention from other men
C. showing her high spirit in the face of trouble
D. managing to continue to live
3.When the author’s husband died, ______.
A. she couldn’t raise the six children on her own
B. she couldn’t relax on the weekends
C. The housekeeper only came on weekends
D. she was too busy to feel lonely
4.Which of the following is Wrong according to the article?
A. German was fond of living with the family.
B. The writer felt safe and protected with German around.
C. The dog stayed until the writer was strong enough to go on alone.
D. The writer was too busy that weekend to go find the dog’s owner.
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. A homeless dog B. A friend’s strength
C. How to keep a dog D. Keep up when in trouble
We humans live in different parts of the world, but we have the same “mother”. She gives us everything we need in our daily life. She is our Mother Earth.
April 22 is Earth Day. The theme of this year is “Green Cities”.
A green city is a healthy and pleasant place for people to live, according to the United Nations. A green city can get its energy from regenerative sources like solar (太阳能的) and wind power. Also, it is connected by clean public transportation. Moreover, a green city is made up of facilities (设施) that can save energy and reduce waste.
Around the world, many cities and countries have done well to build themselves in a green way. Chicago is well known for its green roof (屋顶) program. These roofs are covered with plants. The plants get a great amount of rainwater. Later, the water evaporates (蒸发) to help make the air cool and clean. So far, there are about 360 green roofs in Chicago, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Curitiba, Brazil, has great transportation(运输). It opened the world’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system in 1974. BRT runs on special lanes. This makes sure that buses are on time even in traffic jams. With the help of BRT, the city has the lowest level of air pollution in Brazil. Today, many other countries have copied BRT, including China and Mexico.
Singapore is home to the first zero-energy building in Southeast Asia. Zero energy means a building is able to create more energy than it uses. Zero-energy buildings work with solar panels (板) mainly on roofs. These panels can make electricity which powers the buildings. By 2030, Singapore plans to build 80 percent of its buildings like this.
1.What is a green city according to the United Nations?
A.A city with many green trees and flowers.
B.A green place for people to live.
C.A healthy and pleasant place for people to live.
D.A place is green for people to live.
2.The theme of Earth Day this year is “ ”.
A. Green Roofs B. Green Cities
C. Reducing and Recycling D. Environmental Protection
3.The underlined word “regenerative” in Paragraph 3 means “ ”.
A. getting terrible things and smells
B. giving new life and freshness
C. reducing waste things
D. producing old materials again
4.From the passage, we learn that in the three cities .
A. people are encouraged to grow plants on their roofs
B. special lanes (车道) are designed to solve traffic jams
C. people make good use of solar and wind energy
D. people are provided with a pleasant place to live
5.The passage is mainly developed by .
A. giving examples B. explaining reasons
C. listing suggestions D. showing different opinions
You may have known several kinds of police, traffic police, and street police. But have you ever heard of energy-saving (节能) policemen?
A group of 22 of these new policemen went to work last week in Beijing. They go around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and other public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these places have set their air conditioning (空调) no cooler than 26 ℃.
"If everyone sets their air conditioning at 26 ℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in one summer. That's one-third of all the usage of the city in the season," said a TV advertisement.
Other Chinese cities, like Wuhan in Hubei Province and Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province, are going to follow Beijing's steps in setting up a similar police team.
From 1986 to 2005, China met 20 warm winters. It means that Chinese cities have to spend billions of yuan solving the environmental problems every year.
At the beginning of this month, China made its first action plan to fight pollution. It aims to reduce energy usage by 20％ and increase renewable energy up to 10％ from 7％ by 2010.
To introduce a green life to the public, Beijing also held a show on energy-saving technology and productions last week. It attracted lots of attention.
"We want to tell people that there are certain ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find right ways to do it in our daily lives," said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer in Beijing.
1.The job of the energy-saving policemen is ___________.
A. to set the air conditioning cooler
B. to check the use of energy in public places
C. to stop people using air conditioning
D. to make sure that more energy will be produced
2. Beijing will use ___________ million kilowatt-hours electricity in one summer.
A. 1200 B. 800
C. 400 D. 133
3. Which of the following years' winters were all warm in China?
A. 1984-1988.B. 1999-2003.
C. 2002-2006. D. 2005-2009.
4.According to Liu Qianguang, ___________.
A. there are few ways to protect the environment
B. it's difficult to find good ways to save energy
C. it's easy for one to do something good for the environment
D. it's not easy for one to do something good for the environment
5.In the year 2010 China’s energy usage is going to be cut by________.
A.20% B.10%
C.7% D.17%
