Dear Annie,
I’ve never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing. I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself, 1. .
Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess. And that’s why I’m writing this letter to you.
I have a happy family. I love my children and they love me. I’m a mother of three children. I know well how to bring up(养大) children, and two of them are already over twenty, so it is nothing new for me.
But now I have a serious problem: the Internet problem. My little son is just sixteen, and I feel he should do a lot of homework now, 2. . He can happily spend six or eight hours at a time on the Internet every day. He chats with people that he has never met before, 3. . He does lots of meaningless things on the Internet. And he sees red(大怒) if you ask him to do his homework.
I just want him to be a good student. Now he seldom does his lessons at home. I’m afraid he will drop behind in his class soon. His father is a doctor, a very kind man. 4. .
What can I do? And don’t tell to talk to him. We’ve tried that and it didn’t work. But this is really a big problem in our family. I have tried everything I can think of. 5. . You are my last hope. Please tell me what I can do!
Yours,
Ellen Smith
Life is like a train ride. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays(延误).At certain stops, there are surprises. Some of these will change into great moments of joy; some will result in bad results.
When we are born and we first get on the train, we meet people who we think will be with us for the whole journey. Those people are our parents. Sadly, this is far from the truth. Our parents are with us when we completely need them. They, too, have journeys they must complete. We live on with the memories of their love, support and so on.
There are others who get on the train and who finally become very important to us. These people are our brothers, sisters and friends, whom we will learn to love and take care of.
Some people regard their journey as a pleasant tour. They will just go happily along. Others will encounter many upsets, tears and losses(失落)on their journey. Some others will stay on to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.
Some people on the train will leave a deep impression(印象) when they get off. Some will get on and get off the train so quickly that they will hardly leave a sign.
We will sometimes be upset that some passengers, whom we love, will choose to sit in another compartment(车厢) and leave us to travel on our own. Then again, there’s nothing that says we can’t look for them anyway. But when we find them, we may not even be able to sit next to them because that seat will already be taken.
That’s okay… everyone’s journey will be filled with hopes, dreams, challenges, difficulties and goodbyes.
1.When we first get on the train, the people we meet are our ________.
A. parents B. brothers
C. sisters D. friends
2.The underlined word “encounter” in Paragraph4 probably means “_____”.
A. collect B. expect
C. experience D. imagine
3.What does the writer mean by saying “They will hardly leave a sign”?
A. Nothing will happen to some people on the train.
B. Some people on the train won’t offer a helping hand.
C. Some people shouldn’t get on or get off the train so quickly
D. Some people won’t leave an impression on other travelers.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Some people will just go on their journey happily all the way.
B. Parents are the people who will be with us for the whole journey.
C. Some surprises will become great moments of happiness in life.
D. Anyone that we love is very important to us on the journey of life.
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Memories of a train ride
B.A pleasant train tour
C. Life is like a train ride
D. Life is full of hope
She is a cute ,quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help(忍不住) worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early for her age. After all, she is reaching the “dangerous time”. These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother’s mind.
One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed, and she couldn’t help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that time the noise of a car pulling up drew her to the window and---there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, just like nothing had happened. “Mum, I’m back.” “Yeah.” “Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?” “Yes. Oh, that … Who’s that boy? ” The daughter fell silent for some time. “Ah. It’s my monitor(班长). He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I’m going to bed.” “All right. Go to sleep early.”
The next morning when the mother went to the daughter’s room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left on the bed. After a few minutes’ thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It reads: Mum, It’s love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn’t.
1.Which is the correct order according to the story ?
a. She was given a lift back in her monitor’s car.
b. She went to see a film with her classmate.
c. Her mother read what she wrote the night before.
d. She wrote a diary to her mother.
e. Her mother worried about her daughter’s returning late.
A. b,e,a,d,c B. e,b,a,d,c
C. b,a,e,d,c D.b,e,a,c,d
2.Which of the following is True according to the story ?
A. The girl knew her mother would ask her about the boy.
B. What the daughter did these days worried her mother.
C. The mother knew the boy who saw the film with her daughter.
D. The girl’s diary was always on the bed.
3. From the diary, we can see the daughter _______.
A. thanked her mother for asking her
B. complained(抱怨) her mother cared too much about her
C. thought it was her mother’s duty to ask
D. thought her mother didn’t understand her
4.The main purpose(目的) of this article is to show that parents should _________.
A. care about what their children really think and feel
B. not give too much freedom to their children
C. talk with them about their early love
D. not read their children’s diaries
5. Which can be the best title for this story ?
A. Mother’s True Love
B. Early Love Between Students
C. To Ask or Not To Ask
D. Dangerous Age
It was the last day of the examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building , a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin soon. This was their exam---then on to graduation and jobs. On their faces was . With four years’ hard study in the college, they felt and able to take it. The coming exam, they knew, would be an one, as the professor(教授) had said they could bring books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not from each other during the exam.
they walked into the classroom. The professor gave the papers. And the students found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed, the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. The professor looked at the faces before him, and then asked: “How many all five questions?” ,No hand was . “How many answered four?” Still no hand. “Three? Two?” Still no one. “One, then?” But the class silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ”, he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are still many things you don’t know.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all this course, but remember----even though you are now college graduates, your education has just . ”
1.A. first B.next C.final D.main
2.A.pleasure B.confidence C.surprise D.interest
3.A.glad B.ready C.sorry D.nervous
4.A.interesting B.important C.easy D.unusual
5.A.both B.either C. neither D.all
6.A.listen B.look C. talk D.copy
7.A.Normally B.Peacefully C.Quickly D.Carefully
8.A.up B.away C.down D.out
9.A.worried B.scared C.moved D.tired
10.A.regarded B.considered C.completed D.replied
11.A.put up B.lift C.risen D.set up
12.A.refused B.reported C.remained D.reminded
13.A.learned B.enjoyed C.hated D.expected
14.A.pass B.fail C.take D.start
15.A.achieved B.finished C.started D.succeeded
-Hey, Jack! I’ve worked on this math problem half an hour ,but it’s got me nowhere. Could you give me a hand ?
- ______ . I’m good at math.
A. Sounds easy B. Thank you
C. Good luck D. My pleasure
- It’s reported that the Ebola epidemic(埃博拉疫情) in West Africa is under control now!
-But much more international help _____ to end this serious crisis(危机) that the whole world has never met before.
A. requires B. is needed
C.will ask for D. is discussed
