1 . Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered. He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I should return to my hotel and have a nice dinner." He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel. "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "
| A．go back | B．give back | C．come back | D．pay back |
| A．he went there for a holiday | B．he had work there |
| C．his home was there | D．he went to school |
| A．Because she didn’t know his address. |
| B．Because she wanted to go to New York, too. |
| C．Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York. |
| D．Because she wanted to know when he came back. |
| A．Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city. |
| B．Dick didn’t work on the first night of his arrival. |
| C．Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram. |
| D．Dick flew to New York on January 31st |
| A．I will have a nice dinner with you, dear. |
| B．Please send me my address at this post office. |
| C．Look after yourself well at home |
| D．I will be back soon. |
2 . Everybody says that youth is the best time for our lives. Being young means romance, love and new discoveries, but it is also the most difficult time, because you have to make some very important decisions, which will influence your future life.
Things are not easy nowadays even for adults, but for teenagers, Who have to find their own place in society, it’s even difficult. It is necessary not only to adapt to society, but also to be confident of your position in five, ten or even twenty year’s time.
For the future it is important to have a good job. In order to get a really good job, you have to be well educated.
Emotional problems for young people can be very important, too. The first teenager problem is that “nobody understands me”. Some parents often continue to treat their children as little children when they are starting to consider themselves to be adults.
There are also some global problems. Young people in all countries are facing these problems. Let’s start with smoking. According to studies, at the age of 16, almost 72% of all boys and 37% of all girls in Russia have already tried smoking. Smoking is not a natural need.It’s just that teens try it when they want to appear to be more like adults.
Drugs are also a serious problem. Students know the names of drugs well enough. 32% say they have tried drugs at least once, mainly because they were having fun, their friends influenced them to, they wanted to relax or they wanted to seem “cool”. That’s too bad.
So, you see, problems do happen and they can’ t be ignored. We should pay much attention to them.
1. The author doesn’t think that youth is ________.| A．the best time of our lives | B．the most difficult time of our lives |
| C．the time to make some important decisions | D．the time to get a job |
| A．they are seldom understood by others |
| B．they become confident of their position |
| C．they still seem little in some parents’ eyes |
| D．They still consider themselves to be children |
| A．理解 | B．理睬 | C．忽视 | D．发现 |
| A．They consider it to be a natural need. |
| B．Their friends advise them to do so. |
| C．They wish to be “cool”. |
| D．They want to relax themselves. |
3 . When a terrible earthquake hit, many people were killed and many houses fell down. After the earthquake, all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.
One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touched me. It gave the clothing sizes of each family member. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than ourselves. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan. “ We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We’ll share what we have with them.”
I filled a box with foods and clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys to choose their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys took out their old toys and games and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved doll. She put the doll on top of the other toys. “ Oh, dear,” I said. “ You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.” Meghan said, “ Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make another little girl happy, too.”
I looked at Meghan for a long moment. She taught me a lesson. It’s easy to give something that we don’t want any more, but harder to give what we cherish (珍爱), isn’t it?
1. The writer has _______ children.| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．捐赠 | B．丢掉 | C．展出 | D．放好 |
| A．a girl | B．a game | C．a doll | D．an earthquake |
| A．A Family Story. | B．The Spirit of Giving. |
| C．The way of helping others. | D．A Sad Experience. |
