In many places in China, _____ bicycle is still _____ popular means of transportation．
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高中学习任务非常繁重，因此同学们对于参加学校活动有着不同的看法，请以“Taking Part in School Activities”为题，根据下列提示，并结合自己的所见所闻，用英语写一篇120~150词的短文。
部分同学积极参加学校活动，因为……
另一部分同学则不愿参加，因为……
我认为……
阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
One thing Britain is famous for is pubs, and no trip to the UK would be complete without a visit to one of the thousands of pubs across the country．
Pubs play an important part in the social structure of the country．They are places where all ages and social classes mix to talk, do business, or just spend a couple of quiet hours before heading home in the evening．
There are many different types of beer available in pubs．Traditional British beer is called bitter, or ale, and is usually served at room temperature．As a result, the British are famous for their ‘warm beer’! If you prefer a cold beer, ask for lager．This beer is a light yellow in colour whereas bitter is usually a darker brown．All beers are served as pints （500 ml） or halves （250ml）．To order, you need to ask for a pint or half, and then name the beer．So, you could say “ ．”
Wine, red or white, is normally available in all pubs, as are spirits such as whisky, gin or vodka．
It is not, however, necessary to drink alcohol．Non-alcoholic drinks are called soft drinks．You can have juice, lemonade or cola, among others．
If you visit a pub in a group, it is important to pay for your ‘round’．This means that you buy a drink for everyone in your group．Not buying your round is a big social mistake! Remember that you need to order and pay for your drinks at the bar．
So, follow these tips if you want to get the most out of visiting a pub, and, “cheers!”
1.What is the best title of the passage? ? （Please answer within 10 words．）
2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
If you don’t buy a drink for everyone in your group, you are socially wrong．
3.Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（Please answer within 10 words．）
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4.If you are in a pub, what would you like to drink? Why? （Please answer within 30 words．）
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．
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Psychiatrists（精神病专家），who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset（资产） in child raising----older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with children．But raising kids takes money and energy, many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child．Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest and often unspoken fear．Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later．” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream．
Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids．But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first．Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that, young at heart doesn’t mean young．Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy．” My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that．”
Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock．Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at．“They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school．” Says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist ．But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one．“that they will not be alive long enough to support and protect their child, ” she says ．
Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time．After marrying late and undergoing years of fertility（受孕） treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins．“We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth．The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family．”
Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives．“The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr．Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting．”
1.Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child raising?
A．Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands．
B．Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children．
C．Older parents are often better prepared financially．
D．Older parents can take better care of their children．
2.What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”
A．They have to go on working beyond their retirement age．
B．They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years．
C．They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of．
D．They are unwilling to retire when they reach their retirement age
3.The author gives the examples of Henry Metcalf to show that______．
A．many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age
B．taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy
C．older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies
D．older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children
4.What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joann Galst?
A．Being laughed at by other people B．Slowing down of their pace of life
C．Being mistaken for grandparents D．Approaching of death
5.What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?
A．They thought they were an example of successful fertility treatment
B．Not until they had the twins did they feel had formed a family
C．They believe that children born of older parents would be smarter．
D．Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children．
After their 20-year-old son hanged himself during his winter break from the University of Arizona five years ago, Donna and Phil Satow wondered what signs they have overlooked, and started asking other students for answers．
What grew from this soul searching was Ulifeline （www．Ulifeline．org）, a Web site where students can get answers to questions about depression by logging on through their universities．The site has been adopted as a resource by over 120 colleges, which can customize it with local information, and over 1．3 million students have logged on with their college ID’s．
“It is a very solid Web site that raises awareness of suicide, de-stigmatizes mental illness and encourages people to seek the help they need,”said Paul Grayson, the director of counseling services at New York University, which started using the service nearly a year ago．
The main component of the Web site is the Self-screening program developed by Duke University Medical Center that tests students to determine whether they are at risk for depression, suicide and disorders like anorexia and drug dependences．Besides helping students, the services compiles anonymous student date, offering administrators an important window onto the mental health of its campus．
The site provides university users with links to local mental health services, a catalog of information on prescription drugs and side effects, and access to Go Ask Alice, a vast archive developed by Columbia University with hundreds of responses to anonymously posted inquires from college students worldwide．For students concerned about their friends, there is a section that describes warning signs for suicidal behavior and depression．
Yet it is hard to determine how effective the service is．The anonymity of the online service can even play out as a negative．“There is no substitute for personal interaction（个人互动才能解决），” said Dr．Lanny Berman, executive director of the American Association of Suicidology, based in Washington．
Ulifeline would be the first to say that its service is no replacement for an actual therapist．“The purpose is to find out if there are signs of depression and then direct people to the right places,” said Ron Gibori, executive director of Ulifeline．
Mrs．Satow, who is still involved with Ulifeline, called it “a knowledge base” that might have prevented the death of her son, Jed．“If Jed’s friends had known the signs of depression, they might have seen something,” she said．
1.The first paragraph is written to_________．
A．report a suicide of a young man
B．show the suffering of Mr．And Mrs．Satow
C．describe the Satows’ confusion over their son’s death
D．introduce the topic of a website called Ulifeline．
2.One reason that many colleges adopt the website is to _________
A．provide their students with campus information
B．offer medical treatment to students in mental disorder
C．encourage their students to seek advice about depression
D．give their students various help they may need
3.Go Ask Alice as mentioned in the passage is________
A．a side effect caused by some prescription drugs
B．intended to counsel college students in mental problems
C．a collection of medical responses from students the world over
D．meant to describe the various signs of mental disorders
4.The underlined sentence of the seventh paragraph implies that ______
A．only actual therapy can ensure adequate treatment
B．the help given by the web service is doubtful
C．doctors have expressed a negative view of the service
D．a therapist’s office is the first place for the depressed to go
5.Mrs．Satow would probably agree that _________
A．Jed’s friends can prevent her son’s death
B．her son’s suicide is unavoidable
C．Ulifeline is a worthwhile website
D．depression is the final cause of suicides
Is there a magic cutoff period when children become responsible for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, “It’s their life,” and feel nothing?
When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital passage waiting for doctors to put a few stitches（缝线） in my son’s head．I asked, “When do you stop worry?” The nurse said, “When they get out of the accident stage．” My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing
When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked continually and disrupted the class．As if to read my mind, a teacher said．“Don’t worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them” My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing．
When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open．A friend said, “ They’re trying to find themselves, Don’t worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying．They’ll be adults．” My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing．
By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired of being weak．I was still worrying over my children, but there was a new wrinkle, there was nothing I could do about it．My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing．
I continued to suffer from their failures, and be absorbed in their disappointments．My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life．I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted（萦绕心头） by my mother’s warm smile and her occasional “You look pale．Are you all right?” Call me minute you get home．Are you depressed about something ?” Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry?
One of my children became quite anxious about me recently, saying, “ Where were you ? I’ve been calling for three days, and no one answered ．I was worried．”
I smiled a warm smile
1.The author intends to tell us in the passage that_______．
A．parents long for a period when they no longer worry about their children．
B．there is no time when parents have no worry about their children．
C．it’s parents’ duty to worry about their children
D there should be a period when parents don’t have to worry their children
2.We can infer from the underlined sentence “My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing” that ______．
A．her mother shared the same idea as the nurse
B．her mother didn’t agree with the nurse
C．her mother thought the nurse was lying
D．her mother wouldn’t express her opinion upon the matter
3.The author mentioned her ages of twenties, thirties, forties and fifty in order to show_______．
A．the hard times she experiences in her life
B．the different stages of her children
C．the support she received from her mother
D．she had been worrying her children in her life
4.What can we infer from the last sentence?
A．The mother was happy that her child began to worry about her, too
B．Finally the mother didn’t have to worry about her children．
C．At last the mother could live her own life without worry．
D．The mother succeeded in turning her children into adults．
5.Which of the following should be the best title?
A．Life B．Parents C．Worry D．Children
