Teenagers in England do much the same as children in America do. They enjoy sending messages by their mobile phones and they also like swimming, listening to the latest music, watching TV and surfing the Internet.

How do teenagers in England spend their free time and holidays? Let’s follow Sally, a British teenager, and spend five days with her during her school holiday.

Day One

After breakfast, Sally’s mother went out and left her alone at home. She checked her mobile phone during lunch—one of her friends sent her a message early in the morning. Dinner was at 6:30 pm. After that, she finished her English homework. Then she surfed the Internet.

Day Two

Sally and her mother paid a visit to their friends and went swimming together. Later, they went shopping for clothes and books, and had dinner in a restaurant.

Day Three

She went to the supermarket with her mother to buy fish and chips for lunch as well as some pens. After she got back home, she spent the next few hours surfing the Internet and watching TV.

Day Four

She surfed the Internet. Her mother took her out for lunch before she went to work. She then read stories after lunch.

Day Five

She woke up at 2 pm, and so did her mother. They went to a park. Her mother met some friends there. When they got home, it was already time for dinner. Afterwards, she did her homework until 10 pm.

1. When did Sally do her homework?

A．In the morning.	B．In the afternoon.
C．At lunch time.	D．In the evening.

2. Sally and her mother went shopping for the second time to buy 　　　.

A．food for lunch and pens	B．some books and pens
C．some fish and clothes	D．food and books

3. Which of the following things did Sally do on Day Four?

A．She went swimming.

B．She went out for breakfast.

C．She read books.

D．She went shopping.

4. According to the passage, it can be inferred that 　　　.

A．surfing the Internet has become an important part of teenagers’ lives

B．parents shouldn’t leave teenagers alone at home

C．teenagers don’t usually do their homework during their school holidays

D．a park is the best place to meet a friend

About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little excited, but I worried I would never fit in with the other sixth graders.
Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was pretty sure she hated me. I would ask her a question, and I could tell she thought I was a total fool.
My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was horrified (惊骇的). I didn’t wear make-up (化妆品), and I didn’t wear those terrible bell-bottom pants. I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.
Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her “cool” friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends. Lucy, the girl who hated me, called me her best friend. After that, we still were good friends a whole year later.
I may have moved to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. It’s funny — I still remember her birthday. She was a great friend. And to think, she considered me her enemy at first. Though it was hard, and it felt like I was wasting my time, and losing my dignity (尊严), I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I’m not stupid, I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with it. And we became great friends.
About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” Immediately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy. That sentence just reminded me how great it was for me to change Lucy into my friend in that state of Iowa five years ago.
5. When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried ________.

A．she looked stupid when asking questions

B．she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class

C．she was not ready for change at all

D．she couldn’t get along well with her classmates

6. How did the author change Lucy’s attitude towards her?

A．By wearing make-up.

B．By keeping smiling at Lucy.

C．By wearing bell-bottom pants.

D．By sitting beside Lucy in class.

7. From Paragraph 5, we know the author thought ________.

A．it was right of her to suffer when making friends

B．it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy

C．it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did

D．it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time

8. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Patience is important in making friends.

B．Friendship needs to be cared for.

C．Making friends means losing enemies.

D．Kindness can defeat any enemy.

When a child is told he is “uncool”, it can be very painful. He may say he doesn’t care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But these are simple ways to handle sadness by pretending it’s not there.

Helping a child feel better in school had to be careful. If you say, “Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesn’t matter!” Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, “I’m going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school.”

If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child’s popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.

There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider “super”. When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.

What you can do is to give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.

9. A child who has been informed of being “uncool” may ______.

A．care nothing about it	B．pretend to get hurt very much
C．develop a sense of anger	D．do something uncool on purpose

10. A teacher can help an unpopular child by ______.

A．seeing the child as the teacher’s favorite

B．offering the child chances to show his good qualities

C．forcing other children to make friends with the child

D．asking the child to do something for partners

11. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Inviting children’s friends to family activities is good for them to make friends.

B．It’s only teachers’ work to make children popular.

C．Parents should take their children out for picnic and shows more often.

D．Children don’t care others’ comments on them.

12. Which is the best title of the text?

A．Who Care About Unpopular Children

B．Why Some Children Are Unpopular

C．What Good Qualities Unpopular Children Have

D．How an Unpopular Child Can Be Helped

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Jack and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We’re not exactly sure why we were doing it. Part of     28     (its) was to test ourselves; to see     29     we could face the challenges. When I was a teenager, I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States after     30    (graduate) from high school.    31     , I didn’t do that.

Before I knew it, I was     32    my thirties，married, a job, yet still had this idea in my mind with each passing year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity     33    (pass). Then, a few years ago, I met Jack, who     34     (be) thirty­five years old and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States. He wasn’t doing it for a cause as part of an organization. He was doing it     35    (simple) because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and taking some days off     36    (rest), so we expected that the walk will take about 6 months, realizing it could take     37    (long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100 miles.