As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly. Don’t panic（恐慌）! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!
With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed（知晓）about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.
Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably want to be independent. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world.
It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens. This period is part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey and there will be some people with whom you part（分离）and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again.
You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!
1.Who do the underlined words“some people”（Paragraph 4）probably mean?
A.your parents B.your classmates C.true friends D.your relatives
2.In the writer’s opinion, teenage years are ________.
A.a period of complete freedom
B.too hard for young people to get through
C.an important time for the young to make the right choices
D.a very important period for young students to leave their parents
3.Who is the passage mainly written for?
A.Teenagers. B.Teachers. C.Young parents. D.Adults.
A number of amazing plants grow in the nature world, including bamboo. Many people prefer to call it a tree because of its shape and size. In fact, it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant which grew almost 1.5 metres in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo which grow around the world on both mountains and plains（平原）.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in a variety of colors, from gold to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things, such day-to-day items as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo can also be used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building and supporting new buildings while they are being built. The cables（缆绳）which hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan, China are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1, 000 years, and it is still holding strong.
As we know, pandas feed on the plant of bamboo. But not all of them fill their appetite（胃口）, only about 20 kinds of them can be their fine food.
1.There are over ________ kinds of bamboo around the world.
A.1000 B.20 C.30 D.24
2.Bamboo grows almost everywhere across the world except _______.
A.China B.Sichuan C.Europe D.Japan
3.The word “day-to-day” in the fourth paragraph means _______ .
A.holiday B.everyday C.someday D.weekday
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Bamboo is a kind of grass. B.Bamboo grows only in China.
C.Bamboo is useless in daily life D.Bamboo grows slowly
5.The best title for the passage can be _______.
A.Pandas B.Bamboo C.Grass D.Plant
When it comes to exercise, playground, parks or outdoor activities would come to our mind. Yet you may as well try the following while staying at home.
★Walking It will help to strengthen your legs. It is also low impact aerobic（环保有氧）exercise. Just walk around the house a few times—it may not be exciting, but it will do the job!
★Skipping It is always fun. Who hasn’t done jumping the rope for fun as a child? It is also a good way to lose weight.
★Pushups It’s probably not the most favorite exercise of many people, but you can find easier ways. Do them on your knees instead of keeping your legs straight. Or do them standing up against a wall. You’ll be building up arm strength and working out muscles（肌肉）in your chest area.
★Leg Lifts These are great for building up strength and muscles in your legs. If you find it hard to do it with your legs straight, try bending（弯曲）them a little.
★Jogging in place Slow running is good for your heart. You can jog in place at home while watching TV or listening to music. All you need is a pair of shoes to keep your legs comfortable.
★Dancing It is a wonderful exercise for your heart. Besides, it can lift your spirit and make you full of confidence.
Isn’t that surprising? Let’s get going!
1.________ forms of exercise are mentioned in the passage.
A.Six B.Seven C.Five D.Four
2.Picture ________ shows how to do Leg Lifts.
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B.
C.
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3.The word “jogging” in the passage means ________ in Chinese.
A.竞走 B.跳跃 C.长跑 D.慢跑
4.The passage may be found on the page of ________ in the magazine.
A.Medicine B.Education C.Health D.Science
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all the others, including Love lived on an island. One day they were told the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean, so all the feelings prepared their boats to survive.
Love was the last to leave. Just then Richness was passing by. Love asked, “Can I come with you on your boat? ” “I’m sorry, but it is full of gold, ” answered Richness, “there would be no room for you anywhere.”
Then Love decided to ask Vanity（虚荣）for help. “I can’t help you. You’re all wet and will damage my beautiful boat, ”Vanity replied.
Next Love saw Sadness going by. “Please let me go with you.”Sadness answered, “Love, I’m sorry, but I just need to be alone now.”
Then Love saw Happiness, he shouted for help. But Happiness was too overjoyed to hear her. Love began to cry. Just then, she heard a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you with me.” It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land, the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed（亏欠）the elder.
Later she asked Knowledge, “Who was it that helped me? ” “It was Time.” Knowledge said. “But why did Time help me when no one else would? ”Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom（智慧）, answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how great Love is!”
1.The story took place ________ .
A.in the ocean B.on an island C.in a boat D.in the mountains
2.At last ________ helped Love leave the island.
A.Time B.Vanity C.Happiness D.Knowledge
3.What can we learn from the story?
A.Love didn’t get on well with the others B.Knowledge is powerful.
C.We need time to learn about the value of Love. D.The elder is Love’s best friend.
My son is 27 years old. Yet he______has minds of children and needs to be looked after 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These days they are called People with Special Needs instead of Mentally Retarded（自闭症）I like this one better______it is not only kinder but more exact.
My boy does have Special Needs but he also has Special Gifts. He may only______talk about certain things. The disease has limited his learning and interests.______when he greets people by name, there is a contagious（感染力）happiness in his mind. He______love and hugs much more freely than I do. And he always leaves people he meets______better. That is far beyond anything I have.
______, my son has taught me more about how to live and love than I could have ever learned on my own. The truth is______of us in this life have Special Needs and Special Gifts. It is______us to share our Gifts, meet each other’s Needs, treat each other with kindness and love. Remember, we are all one family here. We are all children of the______mother nature.
1.A.never B.still C.even D.hardly
2.A.although B.unless C.because D.if
3.A.be able to B.can C.must D.need
4.A.Or B.And C.So D.But
5.A.gives out B.gives in C.gives up D.gives away
6.A.feeling B.thinking C.sleeping D.getting
7.A.As usual B.At once C.In fact D.At last
8.A.both B.all C.neither D.either
9.A.up to B.next to C.pleased with D.proud of
10.A.different B.unique C.special D.same
—Could you tell me ________ ?
—A doctor. She saves and helps the sick.
A.what does your aunt do B.how is your aunt
C.how your mother does D.what your mother is
