As a child, you have to talk to your parents about something. 1. What can you do? Here is some advice for you.
Write down what you want to say.2. It will help you organize what you want to say and make your talk easier and more relaxing.
3. Make sure your parents listen to you carefully when you are talking with them. Never go to public places or when they only have a short time to talk to you. Try to make them be interested in everything you are saying.
Know who you want to speak to. Your relationship with each parent is different, so ask yourself whom you'd like to talk with more. 4. So it may be best to talk to your kind parent first and then talk to the other parent together.
Listen when your parents speak. 5. You may even repeat what your parents say to make sure you understand them and to let them know that you're listening to them carefully.
A.Find the right time and place.
B.If your parents have problems, you should offer to help them.
C.One parent might be kind while the other is easier to get angry.
D.Maybe you could do more jobs around the house to help your parents.
E.You don't have to write down everything but at least a few main points.
F.But it's sometimes hard for you to spend time talking openly with them.
G.Try to think about what your parents are saying to you and reply to them in time.
School backpacks are always a hot topic in China. Some Chinese parents buy hardcover school backpacks from Japan, although they can be as expensive as 5,000 yuan, according to Chinese newspaper Urban Express. These backpacks are popular because the hard cover helps hold books in place. This can help kids keep their balance and preserve their spines (脊柱). But it turns out that the bags can be hardly fit in the students' desks.
A good backpack is important for children's health. "It can make pressure less on the shoulders," says Dr. Rob Danoff from the US. He also says students need a backpack that's made for the child's size. Cushioned (加垫的) backs and shoulder straps (带子) will help them avoid pain.
However, the biggest problem for school backpacks is that they are too heavy, noted Hou Weiguang, a doctor in Chengdu. "In China, students have many textbooks and exercise books. The weight makes many kids suffer from side-bending (侧弯的) spines," Hou said. He suggests that a backpack should be no more than 15 percent of a child's body weight to avoid pain or injury. That means if a student weighs 50 kg, the backpack should be less than 7.5 kg.
Parents need to make sure their kids only carry what they need. Schools and governments need to help too, added Zheng Yongshun, an education official from Hong Kong. He said schools should offer locker (储物柜) space and shared books so kids can carry fewer books.
1.The underlined word "preserve" in the passage means "________".
A.invent B.protect C.refuse D.improve
2.According to Hou, how heavy should be a backpack?
A.Less than 7.5 kg. B.No more than 50 kg.
C.Less than 15 percent of a child's body weight. D.No more than 50 percent of a child's body weight.
3.The last paragraph is written to offer tips on ________.
A.how to choose good backpacks B.how to reduce the weight of backpacks
C.how to encourage students to share books D.how to design lockers for students
Many people think that cities don't have farms and that people only grow fruit and vegetables in the countryside. However, they are wrong. There are more and more farms in cities all over the world. According to Ms. Sullivan, a person studying urban agriculture (都市农业) in New York City, "There was urban agriculture long long ago."
More and more people live in cities now. And more and more people want to garden in city areas. Ms. Sullivan said, "In small gardens, on the rooftops and indoors, city people grow fruit and vegetables or raise animals to produce vegetables, eggs, honey, and meat." However, they still need to live on food grown in the countryside. This is because a city doesn't have enough places to grow enough food for everyone.
In New York City, there aren't a lot of places for growing food, but city farmers use many different ways to grow things. For example, Brooklyn Grange has three rooftop vegetable farms in New York City.
Brooklyn Grange grows tomatoes, potatoes and many other things. It sells its vegetables to people and restaurants in its city. People use the place that is not needed for anything else. As more urban farmers find ways to grow food in cities, people in the city will be able to get fresher vegetables for their meals.
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.There aren't farms in cities. B.Urban agriculture is important.
C.Many people are studying urban agriculture. D.Urban agriculture isn't new to people.
2.People in cities may grow food ________ according to the passage.
①on the roof of their houses
②in their gardens
③on the side of the street
④in their houses
A.①②④ B.①②③ C.②③④ D.①③④
3.What's the problem of growing food in cities according to the passage?
A.People there are too busy to grow food. B.People there are not good at growing food.
C.The food grown there is hard to live. D.There isn't enough room to grow food.
4.What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
A.Food grown in the countryside is better than that in cities.
B.Urban agriculture becomes more and more popular.
C.The vegetables people in the city eat are not fresh.
D.People in the city get enough food from urban agriculture.
It was a Friday afternoon. Mason was shopping at a store when he met a boy and his mom. When Mason overheard (偶然听到) the mom telling her son Zach that she was only able to spend $ 20 on new shoes, he decided to buy Zach any pair in the store.
"The mother told him that they only had twenty dollars to spend on his shoes and that they should be careful with what they chose," Mason said. "She was working with a budget (预算) and I got that. We all get new shoes and clothes at this time of the year before going back to school," said Mason, "I asked the boy what type of shoes he would like. He said that he just wanted something comfortable. At that point, I said I was going to get him anything he wanted."
Zach chose a pair at last and Mason paid for him. He was so excited that he ran to his mom and showed her the new shoes.
Zach's mom couldn't believe what a stranger did for them and posted a photo of Mason with her son on the Internet to remember this great act of kindness.
1.From the first paragraph we can learn that ________.
A.the mom and her son lived a poor life B.the mom and her son often buy shoes in that store
C.the son felt angry for not buying the shoes D.the mom didn't want to buy her son shoes
2.Zach's mom posted the photo on the Internet to ________.
A.get more help online B.show she had a rich friend
C.make them famous online D.show her thanks to Mason
3.What's the best title for the passage?
A.A birthday gift for a boy B.An interesting photo of a boy
C.A kind act from a stranger D.A pair of free shoes from a mom
Four boys sat in the headmaster's office, waiting for their punishment. When the headmaster came in, he told the boys, "You have ______ a lot of work for our janitor (看门人) by writing on the walls today. But he won't do the cleaning. You boys will clean the ______ every day after school for a week."
After school that day, the boys went to the janitor's office to get the tools and ______ their cleaning work. It took a long time and they worked all week.
On the last day, when they ______ finished the job and turned to leave, the janitor said, "Hey, boys, let me tell you ______. In the country where I grew up, we had few ______. We hardly had books or teachers. Even to ______ a new pencil was a big thing."
"You used pencils to write on the walls. A pencil is a lot like a person. For a person, there is the point on the outside, ______ it's what's in the inside that does all the work," he explained. "Every once in a while, you have to get a painful sharpening (磨砺). That's what you've had this week," he said. "From now on, ______ leaving your mark on the walls, leave your mark on life. Write your own ______ using what's inside you."
The boys understood and they never wrote on any walls again.
1.A.kept B.found C.caused D.listed
2.A.windows B.walls C.roads D.floors
3.A.finished B.continued C.stopped D.began
4.A.usually B.finally C.possibly D.especially
5.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything
6.A.schools B.banks C.libraries D.factories
7.A.raise B.break C.get D.make
8.A.or B.but C.so D.unless
9.A.instead of B.according to C.because of D.as for
10.A.name B.story C.mistake D.number
I would like to be an actress. I know it sounds strange for somebody, but that's _______ I really want to be. I used to be outgoing with my family, but I was very shy in front of the other people. Drama (戏剧) classes helped me _______ this problem.
I started practising dramas three years ago, because I thought it was _______ great way to improve my acting skills, and help me become confident (有信心的). Confidence would help me achieve my dreams. I was _______ at how fast this went. I became more and more confident, and I could see real results. I was very anxious before I went on stage for my first performance, but I was so proud of myself when the play _______. And I could feel how great my improvement had been.
During the second performance, I was confident and I enjoyed _______ very much, embodying (体现) a character, being my parents' pride and receiving their praise. I've just started high school. Now I'm able to express _______ in front of people, feeling comfortable.
I've just acted in some short movies and one video, _______ I hope that I will have a wonderful job! It's _______ to know what your skills and abilities are so that you can do many things and make your dreams come true.
As Mohamed Ali said, "If your ________ don't scare you, they aren't big enough." I'm scared, but I won't give up.
1.A.when B.what C.whose D.why
2.A.dealing with B.working on C.work on D.deal with
3.A.a B.an C.the D./
4.A.surprising B.to surprised C.surprised D.surprises
5.A.ended B.would end C.will end D.has ended
6.A.to acting B.to act C.acting D.act
7.A.me B.I C.mine D.myself
8.A.or B.and C.if D.until
9.A.importantly B.difficult C.important D.difficultly
10.A.dream B.lessons C.lesson D.dreams
