It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by 1. . I was taken to a small room. Lina 2.(lie)sleeping quietly on a table. This wasn’t 3. first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours 4. the poison had stopped doing its harm.
I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around5.. “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room that I gave birth 6. Lina seventeen years ago.7. happy I was then!
Lina used to be such a bright,8.(health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her9.(take)dope to destroy themselves? There must be something10.(serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”
1. . One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. 2.. Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. 3.. All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.
4. .You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That’ll keep you busy for ages.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5. . Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.
So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!
A. That’s easy.
B. Enjoy your own club!
C. Invite a designer to join you.
D .What are you interest in?
E. Some vacation is just around the corner.(即将来临)
F. Then you need to pick a name for your club.
G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.
Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right—stamps.
Victor’s favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition*. It was very hard to find.
He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.
“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”
“I hope so,” Victor said.
Victor also liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.
“You see,” his father said. “You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life. ”
“What are they?” Victor asked.
“Friends and patience.” He answered.
1.It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________.
A. 1954 B. 1974
C. 1994 D. 2004
2.Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?
A. Phillip. B. Phillip’s mother.
C. Victor. D. Victor’s father.
3.The passage mainly tells us that ________ is（are）important to people.
A. a happy family B. a good hobby
C. relatives and friendship D. friends and patience
One sixth of undergraduates (本科生) in Beijing this year have registered at a driving school . The students , mostly from majors such as business management or international trade , will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so .
Training costs have dropped to ,2,600yuan for students , according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing . The price is not really low , but students will accept it , seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future . Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job . But a driver’s permit has become another factor.
“In the job market , owning a driver’s permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position ,” says Zhou Yang , an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law .
Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years , and it’s difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time . “Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive . We senior students have plenty of spare time , plenty of opportunities to learn.”
Xu Jian , an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious , and could grasp in an hour what it took ordinary people four hours to learn . In this driving school, middle-aged people , young women and college students are the main customers .
To get a driver’s permit , a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test .
1.The undergraduates are learning to drive because .
A. they like to drive cars
B. they need this skill to find a good job .
C. most of them will be able to buy cars in the future
D. they want to become full-time drivers after graduation
2.Which of the following is Xu Jian’s opinion of students learning to drive ?
A. He decided it was a waste of money and time .
B. He thought they must learn it at school .
C. He thought they would spend three times more time .
D. He agreed that young people had an advantage in learning to drive .
3.Which of the following would be the best title of this passage ?
A. Students Learn to Drive
B. Welcome to Driving School
C. It’s Better to Learn to Drive at College
D. Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now
Most children now chat daily either online or through their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge number of other children all over the world. Some are shy “in real life” but are confident to communicate with others online; others find support from people of their own age on relationship issues, or problems at home.
Sometimes the online world, just like the real world, can introduce problems, such as arguments. Going online is great fun, but there are also a few people who use the Internet for offensive (冒犯性的) or illegal aims. Children must be made aware of both the good things and the dangers.
To keep children safe your management must cover the family computer. Just as you decide which TV programs are suitable, you need to do the same for the websites and chat rooms your children visit. Remind your children that online friends are still strangers. Reminding them of the risks will keep them alert (警惕).
Computer studies are part of schoolwork now, so it’s likely that your children may know more than you do. We get left behind when it comes to the latest gad-gets and the interactive areas of websites, like chat rooms and message boards, which are especially strange. The language of chat is strange to many parents, too. Chatters love to use abbreviations (缩写) such as: atb — all the best, bbfn — bye bye for now, cul8er — see you later, gr8 — great, Idk — I don’t know, imbl — it must be love, kit — keep in touch, paw — parents are watching, lol — laugh out loud, xlnt — excellent!
1.The passage is meant for ______.
A. children B. parents
C. teachers D. net bar owners
2.Which of the following will the author probably agree with?
A. The Internet is no good for children.
B. The chat language is strange to adults.
C. Children shouldn’t chat so much online.
D. The Internet is a good place for children.
3.In order to keep children safe online, you’d better ______.
A. choose suitable websites and chat rooms for them
B. teach them to use correct net words
C. surf the Internet together with them
D. forbid them to use the Internet
4.If you stand beside him when your son is chatting about something secret online, he may use ______.
A. bbfn B. lol
C. paw D. cul8er
______ makes this shop different is that it offers more personal service.
A. What B. That
C. Which D. Who
