1 . Sometimes you might feel it impossible to get on with your parents. But in fact, it isn’t as difficult as you think. Follow these ways, and then you’ll improve your relationship with them.

Spend more time with your parents. Your parents won’t always be around, so try to spend more time with them. This doesn’t mean just sitting in front of the TV together. Instead, you should do more activities with your parents together. By doing them, all of you will feel happy and relaxed.

Talk with your parents more often. In order to understand them better, you should talk with them more often. Try to learn more about their own childhood. In this way, you will understand them better.

Always listen to your parents. This may seem simple, but it’s often hard er than you think. Look at your parents when they are talking. Don’t interrupt them, and then speak clearly when replying to them.

Share your feelings with your parents. Sometimes your parents also want to learn more about you. Just do your best to open your heart to them. When possible, talk to them about something at school or what you really want to be in the future.

Make your parents feel proud (自豪的). There are always some ways to make your parents feel good about you. By work hard, you can do well at school or win prizes in games. They will think how lucky they are to have you and be more willing to talk about you in front of others.

1. Who is the passage written for?

A．Parents.

B．Children.

C．Old people.

D．Teachers.

2. How can you get on with your parents according to the second paragraph?

A．By watching TV with them all the time.	B．By helping them to do chores.
C．By making up stories about them.	D．By spending more time with them.

3. What might the underlined word “interrupt” mean in Chinese?

A．注视

B．关心

C．打断

D．失去

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Here are five different ways to help you get on with your parents.

B．It’s important to learn to share your feelings with your parents.

C．Your good grades or prizes usually make your parents feel proud.

D．To improve the relationship with your parents, you should do everything for them.

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．When to talk to your parents.

B．How to get on with your parents.

C．Why should we study hard at school.

D．How to make your parents feel proud.

2 . About 130 million books come out in the human history. A reader will read at most 6,000 books in his life. Most of them won’t be so much fun or very unforgettable. Books are like people. We meet many but fall in love with a small part of them.

Maybe we will only remember about thirty books. They will be different for each of us, but they affect (影响) us in similar ways.

_______________ When we see a bird flying in the sky, we have a great feeling, but we may find it hard for us to use words to show our feelings and finally we just say, “That’s so nice.” However, a good writer can describe it wonderfully.

Great writers build bridges for us so that we can talk with each other. They depict the similar experiences of us, and show us how we can share the same thing with each other in a different way.

Great writers also help us to feel. By reading a book, we meet someone. Probably she is very beautiful, young, smart but dying, and we feel sad about her pain (疼痛) and the unfairness (不公平) of the world. Or maybe she is poor but hard-working, and we find the spirit to face the difficulties in life through her story.

1. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

A．A person should read as many books as possible.

B．A person should read at least 30 books in his life.

C．A person can read many books and remember all of them.

D．A person may read many books, but he only remembers some of them.

2. What sentence can we put back into the blank (空白) in the third paragraph?

A．Books make us become great writers.

B．Books make us show our feelings better.

C．Books make us become smarter than others.

D．Books make us want to learn about lots of things.

3. What does the underlined word “depict” mean?

A．control

B．describe

C．share

D．imagine

4. Which question does the passage answer?

A．Why should we read books?	B．How can we choose good books?
C．How many books should we read?	D．Whose books are the best in the world?

3 . Many social media posts (社交媒体帖子) may let you believe that everyone is happy all the time, but being happy all the time is not possible.

As a teenager, you probably expected to get good grades in an exam or to win the most important basketball game, but it didn’t happen. Good results make you happy and bad results make you sad. But sadness can drive you to improve yourself next time.

However, when people get into sadness for a long time and it starts to affect (影响) their lives, it’s called depression (抑郁). You don’t want to get out of bed. You don’t feel like studying or going out with your friends. I remember the same feeling when my dog Rebel died in an accident. I remember that he followed me to school. Now he was gone, and I lost all interests to do anything.

My parents told me dogs don’t live forever. What was more, Rebel had a good life. If I had a good life, Rebel must be happy, too.

Depression is not a person’s mistake. It’s normal to feel sad sometimes. Many great people, like the comedy actor Jim Carrey, once get depressed. But you should know what to do to stop depression or make yourself less depressed.

When you feel down, you must not keep yourself away from the world. Try to share your feelings with a family member or a good friend. Staying at home by yourself will make you more lonely. You should stand up, open the window, and throw away (抛弃) the sadness.

1. What happened to the writer after his dog died?

A．He still had a good life.	B．He lost interests in anything.
C．He lost an important game.	D．He went to school with his parents.

2. What does Jim Carrey’s example tell us?

A．It’s normal to feel sad sometimes.	B．It’s hard to get out of sadness.
C．It’s useful to watch comedies.	D．It’s easy to stop depression.

3. Which is the writer’s advice on depression?

A．Staying at home alone.	B．Keeping yourself away from the world.
C．Getting out of bed early.	D．Sharing your feelings with others.

4. In which part of a magazine can you probably read the text?

A．Story.

B．Culture.

C．News.

D．Health.

5. Why does the writer write the text?

A．To tell us that everyone is happy all the time.

B．To talk about people’s worry about depression.

C．To make us understand depression better.

D．To tell us depressed people sometimes make mistakes.

4 . Do you know a large number of young people are influenced by all kinds of choices today? This can be a good thing or a bad thing, but it leads some young people to experience “mental internal friction (精神内耗)”.

Experts regard “mental internal friction” as the confusion (困惑) that happens when people have to change their thoughts in order to move from “old ideas” to “new ideas”. They have to ask themselves such questions as “Are the new ideas good?” “Do they fit me?” or “Will they make me feel happy?” It is certainly not easy to discover the answers to these questions, especially when you are still too young to have enough life experience to make proper decisions. So there are some suggestions to help you reduce your “mental internal friction”.

Be consistent with yourself. Always act and behave in a way that is true to your values and beliefs. To this end, you will always need to check yourself. As an old saying goes, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom (智慧).” You have to honestly think about your own personal habits, and even fears and worries.

Develop new interests. A friend of mine decided to learn about the Beijing Opera. This may sound strange, but he said that learning about “old things” made it easier for him to deal with the “new things” of modern life and all of those changes.

Spend time with nature. Society and technology may change, but nature remains the same. Being with nature takes some time, but it will help you know yourself and forget the stress of “mental internal friction”.

All in all, we can do something to deal with “mental internal friction”. Hope everything can make you find your inner peace (内心的平静).

1. What may lead to “mental internal friction” for young people?

A．Staying up late to work.	B．Having bad relationships.
C．Giving up hopes.	D．Making too many decisions.

2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A．Most people are used to changing thoughts.

B．Young people have less experience in making proper decisions.

C．It’s easy for young people to make decisions properly.

D．Mental internal friction is caused by old ideas.

3. Which sentence is close to the underlined sentence?

A．Change your habits.	B．Improve your wisdom.
C．Always be true to yourself.	D．Face your fears bravely.

4. What can nature help us with the “mental internal friction”?

A．Let go of our stress.	B．Accept ourselves.
C．Deal with new things easier.	D．Develop new interests.

5. Which can be a proper title for the text?

A．Influence of Getting Too Much Stress	B．Advice on Making Proper Choices
C．Meanings of Having Inner Peace	D．Tips on Dealing with Mental Internal Friction

6 . Are you the type of person who sticks to something once you have made your mind up? Do you set your heart and mind on something and then go for it without stopping? Have you ever been described as strong-minded?

If so, you are probably a very determined character. Determination is about moving forward to achieve your goals and not giving up when you meet difficulties. It is the willpower that helps you control yourself and achieve what you want. It is an inner strength (内在力量) that helps us to stay on course and reach our goals, no matter what.

Being determined is a very good quality to have. So how can we become determined?

Learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of those around you. Learn to look at the past as training for the future. Use those mistakes as a chance to learn something new.

Don’t be scared of failing. Failures are just stepping stones on the road to success. What you should be scared of is not giving your goal 100% effort. Just think about how you will feel if you give up on it.

Don’t waste time worrying about the things you can’t change. Use your strength and your determination to achieve things that you can control.

Be patient. The road to your goal may be long and arduous at times and you need to make great efforts on the way. Sometimes determination is about being prepared to wait for the right chance, and being ready when it comes up.

Don’t stand in your own way. This means believing in yourself and not setting limits (限制) on yourself.

To do something you’ve never done before, you need to become someone you’ve never been before. You have to be prepared to make changes.

1. How does the writer begin the text?

A．By telling a story.	B．By asking questions.
C．By showing a saying.	D．By sending a message.

2. What does Paragraph 2 explain?

A．What does determination mean?	B．How to be a determined person?
C．Who is a determined person?	D．Why is being determined important?

3. What does the writer say about failures?

A．They may set limits on you.	B．They tell us to do something new.
C．They’re stepping stones to success.	D．They waste us a long time to reach goals.

4. Which word is close to the underlined word “arduous”?

A．Boring.

B．Simple.

C．Exciting.

D．Hard.

5. Which can be a proper title for the text?

A．Ideas about Being Determined	B．Keys to Making Changes
C．Meanings of Mistakes and Failures	D．Suggestions on Being Patient

7 . Computers are widely used in the world. As students, we can not only use them to relax, but also study online. Do you have any online classes? It is possible to take classes at home. All you need is a computer and an earphone.

However, most students don’t seem to like online classes. Recently, over 2000 students from 10 cities took part in a survey. According to the survey, only about 35 percent of the students like taking such classes.

Many students said it was hard to focus on studying while taking online classes. This was true for Li Jing, 15, at No.1 High School. “There are no classmates and no real teachers watching me. I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to. It’s harder to always stay focused (专注),” she said.

Li Jing prepares a lot before taking her classes to make sure she will keep her attention. She also pushes herself to communicate with teachers. Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.

Tian Lishan,14, at No.7 High School, thinks online interaction (互动) isn’t enough. “The online teachers don’t really get to know me. When I don’t hand in homework, all I get is a short message instead of real concern,” she said.

However, online classes still have advantages. “It saves time and money compared with taking offline classes. Also, if I don’t understand some parts of a lesson, I can watch it over again,” Li Jing said.

1. In the survey, ______ students like taking online classes.

A．about 500

B．about 600

C．about 700

D．about 2000

2. The underlined word “concern” means “______” in the passage.

A．care

B．prize

C．stress

D．knowledge

3. Taking online classes has the following advantages ______.
①save time ②hard to focus ③enough interaction ④save money ⑤watch lessons over again

A．①②④

B．②③⑤

C．①③④

D．①④⑤

4. What can we learn about according to the passage?

A．Tian Lishan is a student from a high school in Beijing.

B．Li Jing pushes herself to communicate with teachers in online classes.

C．Li Jing thinks that online interaction isn’t enough.

D．Li Jing thinks it is easy to always stay focused.

5. The passage is mainly about ______.

A．what the students think of online classes

B．where the students take online class

C．why the students like taking online classes

D．how the students take online classes at home

8 . Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a few network systems had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way, a computer network system would keep on working all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet easier.

Today, it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among young people. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.

1. How long has the Internet been used?

A．For about 10 years.	B．For about 20 years.
C．For about 40 years.	D．For about 60 years.

2. What would happen when one computer in the network broke down after the new network system was set up?

A．The other computers would wait.	B．The other computers wouldn’t work.
C．Some of the others still worked.	D．The other computers would still work.

3. Which of the following used the Internet first?

A．Hospital.

B．Universities.

C．The government.

D．Banks.

4. What can we infer from the last sentence?

A．People will die without the Internet.

B．All people should set up their own network.

C．People live easily without the Internet.

D．People will more and more depend on the Internet.

9 . China covers large areas and has the most people. Different living habits are always an interesting topic (话题) in the country. These days, another difference between southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: the way to shop at markets.

People from southern China say that they always buy some vegetables for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy one potato or a little beef at a time.

However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual. Also, you can buy a small amount (数量) of fruit, such as an apple or pear each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel and cut them. But shop owners in the north hardly offer such service. And they sell many fruits in baskets and boxes.

The difference could be due to the different weather. Food can be kept for a long time in the north as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of storing food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or the food may go bad.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．Chinese people speak in different ways.	B．Chinese people compete in different areas.
C．Chinese people have different markets.	D．Chinese people have different living habits.

2. How do the shop owners in the north usually sell fruits?

A．By selling an apple or pear each time.	B．By peeling fruits.
C．By cutting fruits.	D．By using baskets and boxes.

3. Which phrase is close to the underlined phrase “due to”?

A．Able to

B．Good for

C．Instead of

D．Because of

4. Why do southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day?

A．Because the weather is hot and wet.

B．Because the weather is cold and dry.

C．Because others may laugh at them.

D．Because they must offer the shop owner some help.

5. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．People and Weather in China	B．Different Fruits and Vegetables in China
C．Different Shopping Habits in China	D．Difference between North and South China

10 . How can you clean up your bedroom? You can follow the advice below.

Step 1. We usually have no tools to clean the bedroom. So we should look for at least two tools for the clean work at first. Then we can finish the work successfully.

Step 2. Put all the dirty clothes together, and put them in a bag. It’s very easy to do it. It usually takes us about ten minutes to finish it.

Step 3. If you have lots of clothes to fold, put them on the bed. Then you can do that after you finish the fifth step. You usually spend about twenty minutes finishing it.

Step 4. Put all the rubbish together in a bag. It usually takes us about fifteen minutes to finish it. We should throw away some different old things that we don’t use again. They will make us feel uncomfortable in such a mess. Sometimes they may smell bad.

Step 5. Make the bed. It’s a meaningful thing. You need to do it at once. In fact. making the bed can make you feel comfortable and beautiful about your bedroom.

1. How does the writer begin the text?

A．By telling a story.	B．By asking a question.
C．By showing a saying.	D．By showing an example.

2. What should we do first if we want to clean the bedroom?

A．We should look for some tools.	B．We should make the bed.
C．We should fold the clothes.	D．We should clean the bed.

3. How long does it take to put all the rubbish together in a bag according to the writer?

A．About 10 minutes.	B．About 15 minutes.
C．About 20 minutes.	D．About 30 minutes.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．There is no need to look for some tools.

B．It’s not easy to put all the dirty clothes together.

C．We should throw away all the old things.

D．It’s meaningful to make the bed.