My grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren't families the way they used to be. A lot of families have broken down. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not anymore. Everyone's working. No one has time to look after children at home.
And the cars! No one walks anymore; everyone drives. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now we don't. And in school, the children don't have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in our heads. Kids don't use their heads anymore; instead, they use calculators(计算器).
Most families have computers now. In the past we didn't have computers. We didn't even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now nobody eats home-cooked food anymore.
And people don't talk to each other anymore. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think ..
Life used to be simple, but it isn't anymore.
1. What does the grandfather think of the life now?
A. He thinks the life is the same as it used to be.
B. He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be.
C. He thinks the life now is better than it used to be.
D. He thinks the life now is very good.
2. What does the underlined word "marriage" mean in Chinese?
A.生活 B.工作 C.婚姻 D.家庭
3.What has happened to students these years according to the passage'?
A. The students don't have to think anymore in school.
B. The students use calculators in math class.
C. The students used to walk to school, but now they don't.
D. All of the above.
4. What changes have happened to some families?
①There are lights at home
②People like to eat home-cooked food
③Lots of families have computers
④Lots of couples live apart because of unhappy problems
A.①②④ B.②③④ C.①②③ D.①③④
5.Which is RIGHT according to the passage?
A. People have too much time to talk with each other.
B. Life now is very simple.
C. Some families have become single-parent families.
D. Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children
Ian Scott Wilson, 13, studies at a middle school in the US. He thinks kids don’t ___ enough respect from the grown-up world.
“Kids are usually ignored by adults”, he said.” They say： ‘That’s a _ _ idea. You can’t do that.’”
That’s why he took part in a national __ _ for student made documentaries. He wanted to be heard. A documentary is a film or TV show that_ _a serious issue. Ian had never made one and wanted to try.
Ian made a __ _film about problems at Walter Reed, a hospital in Washington. He won first __ _ in the competition for middle school students.
Walter Reed is taking care of many injured _ _ of the Iraq war. Earlier this year, reports said that the hospital had problems. For example, some said the rooms were _ _.
Ian paid much attention_ _ the issue because his 23-year-old brother is a soldier in Iraq.
“I thought about how terrible it would be _ _ these things happened to my brother,” Ian said.
“It was that feeling that helped make Ian’s film _ _ out”, said Joanne Wheeler. Wheeler helped run the competition. “Ian was very passionate, but he was _ _ a good listener.”
Ian interviewed 100 people for the _ _. He reported on what was wrong. But he also _ _ on efforts to fix the problems. Ian got a prize of $1,000. He decided to give the money to an __ _soldier staying in the hospital.
1.A. get B. take C. make D. release
2.A. good B. silly C. surprising D. exciting
3.A. meeting B. competition C. lecture D. interview
4.A. talks B. tells C. says D. speaks
5.A. 10-minute B. 10-minutes C. 10-minute’s D. 10-minutes’
6.A. room B. place C. area D. price
7.A. doctors B. nurses C. soldiers D. engineers
8.A. clean B. unclean C. polite D. impolite
9.A. on B. in C. to D. at
10.A. if B. so C. when D. while
11.A. take B. put C. work D. stand
12.A. also B. either C. both D. all
13.A. contest B. hospital C. agreement D. film
14.A. reported B. wrote C. put D. held
15.A. ill B. injured C. amazing D. interesting
I found ______ difficult to learn English
A. it’s B. it C. that D. this
The young man is ______ carry the heavy bag
A. strong enough to B.enough strong to
C.not enough to D.strong enough
Although Jim loves KFC, he tries _____ it too often
A. to eat B. not eat
C. to not eat D.not to eat
When the teacher came in, the students ______ about the film
A. are talking B. were talking
C.talked D.talks
