1 . ①How would you feel if someone decided to take away your park? Well, that’s what’s happening in my community. There’s a park that some people want to turn into a golf course (高尔夫球场). Let me tell you why I think it’s a bad idea.

②First, a community park should open for everyone. But not everyone likes golf, so not every-one will get to use it.

③Second, to build the golf course, lots of playground equipment (设备) will have to be moved away. It is a waste (浪费) of time and money. It’s also a waste of good equipment.

④Third, what about giving young people something to do? Not all kids are interested in golf. Now, there are a skating place and a playground in the park. Children like doing so a lot. If you turn the park into a golf course, these kids won’t have anywhere to go and anything to do. This means that they will stay at home and turn on a video game. It also means that they might be out on the street to play. Wouldn’t it be better to give them something to do at the park?

⑤Finally, golf is expensive. Building and maintaining (维护) a golf course cost a lot of money. Who is going to pay to maintain the golf course?

⑥Turning our park into a golf course is a bad idea. I suggest we should have a community meeting before plans go any further.

1. Some people want to turn the park into ________.

A．a golf club

B．a golf course

C．a park

D．a skating place

2. According to Paragraph 4, having nowhere to go will make some children ________.

A．go to get some exercise	B．go to the school and make friends
C．play video games at home	D．play golf with their friends

3. Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage? (P=Paragraph)

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. The writer writes this passage to tell us ________.

A．to stop building the golf course	B．to make the park more beautiful
C．to ask children to go skating	D．to make plan for building the golf course

2 . Everyone knows that China is changing and developing very quickly now. Many young people from home and abroad thought about the changes. The following are some comments (评论) from young people made on a website message board.

My English name is Carmon. I’m a Chinese student. I’m very proud of China and I’d love to do something to the development of my country. Now, I’m in Canada. When I finish my study, I will go back to China and start a business, so I can give something back to the country. —Carmon, Toronto

I’m a Chinese student. My hometown used to be poor. But it has changed now. Most people in my hometown have a better life and some can now afford (买得起) cars. I’m very happy with these changes and very proud of them. —Zhou Li, Guangxi

I spent two years in Beijing as a student in the late 1990s and I recently went back there on holiday. I couldn’t believe the great changes of China in such a short time. And I admire Chinese people for their wish to succeed, and their family values. I think these qualities (品质) will be very important if China is to continue developing. —Jackson, London

I hope that China will become a successful and prosperous (繁荣的) country. There is still a long way to go. There are many challenges and difficulties ahead, but I am sure we can get them over if we work together. —Susan, Hong Kong

1. Who is not Chinese?

A．Jackson.

B．Susan.

C．Zhou Li.

D．Carmon.

2. Where is Carmon now?

A．In Guangxi.

B．In London.

C．In Canada.

D．In Hong Kong.

3. When did Jackson study in Beijing?

A．In 1909.

B．In the late 1990s.

C．50 years ago.

D．In the early 1990s.

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．Carmon doesn’t want to start a business in China.

B．China is changing and developing very fast now.

C．Jackson dislikes Chinese family values.

D．Susan studied in Beijing for two years.

3 . If a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to write him a thank-you note. But in fact, how many of us sit down to do this? “People don’ t seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often,” Professor Kumar said. Why don’t people like to send thank-you notes? And how do people feel when they get one?

Kumar and his team asked some students to write a thank-you note to another person by email. Then, they asked both the writer and the receiver how sending or getting these notes made them feel. Here is the result.

They found that these writers didn’t like to write the notes because they felt like they had to think too much about them. They worried about what to say and how to say it. The receivers, however felt enjoyable when they got the notes. When you are a receiver, you really care about the warmth of the note, “Kumar says. “How friendly and warm was it?”

Also, the writers didn’t like to write the notes because they thought it might be awkward (尴尬的) for the receiver to get a thank-you note. But in fact, it’s not true. “They feel quite happy,” Kumar says. “They don’t really feel awkward at all.” If people knew that writing a thank-you note could be so important to others, they would do it more often, Kumar says.

In a word, simple and small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in how we treat (对待) other people and how we feel.

1. We know from the passage that if a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to ________.

A．just say thank you	B．write him a thank-you note
C．sit down with him	D．get a thank-you note from him

2. According to the passage, ________ can make a big difference in how we treat other people and how we feel.

A．the warmth of notes	B．not writing and sending thank-you letters
C．the writers and receivers	D．simple and small changes in our daily lives

3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Writing a thank-you note isn’t important to others at all.

B．People like to write thank-you notes when someone helps them.

C．Kumar says that people don’t feel awkward getting thank-you notes.

D．When getting thank- you notes, people don’t care about the warmth of them.

4. If you are to put the passage into parts, which of the following is the best?
(①=Para. (自然段)1；②=Para.2；③=Para. 3；④=Para. 4；⑤=Para. 5

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B．

C．

D．