From James Dean to Growing Pains, Hollywood has long had a love affair with the relationship between teens and their parents. As the fascination with this relationship attests, parents play a crucial role in the development of their children's personalities.
Teenagers learn by closely observing what people around them do. Parents are literally their first teachers and serve as role models. From hygiene to habits, from time management to personal manner, parents form the foundation of their children's characteristics. These tiny individual factors on our everyday behavior collectively constitute who we are.
A second influence occurs at the spiritual level. Parental treatment of children is reflected in children's relationship with others. For example, my dad was quite angry with my study habits a few years back and lost his temper.I clearly remember that I too would easily lose my cool and shout at people, often saying things I later regretted, in those difficult days.
Parents of my fellow classmates often tend to be anxious about the studies of their children, which can lead to a lack of confidence in their children. If we are boats weathering a storm as we navigate toward maturity, then parents should be our captains. It is as easy to lead us to shipwreck as is to take us ashore safely.
To be fair, the guidance and influence of our parents are not the sole factors in molding us. There are numerous examples of teens forging their own paths and becoming something of which their parents never dreamed. Even so, parents must be a fundamental force that positively influences their children. At their best, they can help to solve teenage problems with a respect for their children's thoughts.
1. James Dean and Growing Pains in the first paragraph are described as follows EXCEPT .
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A．they are about love affairs in family life |
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B．they are mentioned at the beginning of the passage to introduce the topic |
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C．they reflect a very important role parents play in childhood development |
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D．they are typical presentations of the relationship between teens and their parents |
2. If parents are worried about the studies of their children, their children will .
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A．easily lose their temper |
B．lack self-confidence |
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C．follow their own paths |
D．tend to shout at people |
3. We can conclude from the passage that .
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A．teens will always be what their parents expect them to |
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B．parents' behavior influences their children both physically and mentally |
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C．the guidance and influence of parents are the only factor in molding teens |
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D．parents should be our captains when we teens are on boats in a storm |
4. The passage is intended mainly for .
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A．teens |
B．teachers |
C．students |
D．parents |
Let's travel the world together
Nickname: Zaloxx
Email:jdlxx8@yahoo. com
When to travel: Feb 2010－Apr 2010
Self-introduction.. A 40+ male with strong physical and financial abilities. Hope to travel in
India, Singapore and Thailand for business as well as for fun.
My travel plan: Fly to Delhi and spend 3 weeks in India travelling mostly in north. Fly to
Singapore and Thailand for a few business matters and mainly for fun.
Whom I am looking for: A female to travel with me. She should be an attractive 30－40 healthy romantic lady and love travelling and relaxing.
Together for Christmas and New Year?
Nickname: Rue Rose
Email: sofitsao@taishin, com. tw
When to travel: Dec 2010－Jan 2011
Self-introduction: I am a fit, young, looking 40 years old female, who is easy-going, fun to be with.
My travel plan: Would like to go somewhere hot－Cuba, Africa, Morocco, and so on. Perhaps the Christmas and New Year there are more interesting.
Whom I am looking for: A male much with similar interests. A non-smoker and light drinker.
Travel in good company!
Nickname: Louise
Email: misskennedy@hotmail, co. uk
When to travel: Jan 2010
Self-introduction: 40 years old, fun-loving and easy-going.
My travel plan: I need a break and I am open to anywhere.
Whom I am looking for: A male travel companion(同伴), 24－40. A non-smoker who enjoys
outside activities. Prefer someone that speaks Spanish.
Need a travel companion in Thailand!
Nickname: Gio
Email: esteban407@yahoo, com
When to travel: Feb 2010－Apr 2010
Self-introduction: I am 28 years old from London. I like to keep fit and enjoy hiking and camping.
My travel plan: I plan to visit Thailand and travel around the country to enjoy nature and the sunshine.
Whom I am looking for: Someone around my age. A male who is willing to have an active holiday.
1. If the Londoner and his companion travel in March, 2010, they will probably be in
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A．Cuba |
B．Singapore |
C．India |
D．Thailand |
2. Why does Rue Rose plan a journey with her companion?
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A．To adventure in cold places. |
B．To spend festivals outside. |
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C．To learn Spanish. |
D．To solve business matters. |
3. A lady who wants to be a travel companion can send email to
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A．jdlxx8@yahoo, com |
B．sofitsao@taishin. com. tw |
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C．esteban407@yahoo, com |
D．misskennedy@hotmail. co. uk |
4. People in the advertisements above want to .
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A．introduce their travel experiences |
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B．make friends with strangers while traveling |
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C．find proper travel partners |
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D．look for someone to look after them while traveling |
We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”
She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
1.The underlined expression make a big to do over (paragraph 4) means _____.
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A．show much concern about |
B．have a special effect on |
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C．list jobs to be done for |
D．do good things for |
2. The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her _____.
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A．beautiful hair |
B．pretty clothes |
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C．lovely smile |
D．young age |
3.Kristen felt sad and cried because _____.
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A．the guest gave her more coats to carry |
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B．she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly |
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C．the guests praised her sister more than her |
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D．her mother didn’t introduce her to the guests |
4. We can conclude from the passage that _____.
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A．parents should pay more attention to the elder children |
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B．the younger children are usually more easily hurt |
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C．people usually like the younger children more |
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D．adults should treat children equally |
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.
1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Traveled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper job.
f. Learned to write stories.
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A．e, c, f, b, d, a |
B．c, b, e, d, a, f |
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C．e, b, d, c, a, f |
D．c, e, b, d, f, a |
2.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _____.
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A．they had surprise endings |
B．they were easy to understand |
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C．they showed his love for the poor |
D．they were about New York City |
3.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
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A．He was well-educated. |
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B．He was very good at learning. |
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C．He was devoted to the poor. |
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D．He was not serious about his work. |
4. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
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A．His life inside the prison. |
B．The newspaper articles he wrote. |
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C．The city and people of New York. |
D．His exciting early life as a boy. |
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Long time ago, if a child had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his 21 . Now, a child with the same problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog（博客. In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 22 .So, what makes blogging different from writing in a 23 diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more 24 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of 25 that she does not want to 26 .
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 27 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her blog. She 28 about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 29 I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but 30 in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 31 that my sister might read it!
The biggest 32 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I were angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 33 about her in my diary, she would never know. 34 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend 35 read her blog and get angry.
There are also 36 to blogging, of course. If I were feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,” 37 would know about it. However if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would 38 respond（回应）and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people 39 in contact with their friends and to hear what the people 40 them are doing.
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—What does this modern-day dinosaur look like?
—The tongue of this animal can be extended _____ of its body.
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A．more than twice the length |
B．twice more than the length |
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C．more than the length twice |
D．more twice than the length |
