1 . How to Choose Friends

The word “friend” as well as its meaning is the one that can be related to all generations, age groups, and all types of people.     1     During teenage years when we begin to move around in a social circle of our own, and come across different people, we get to know them, spend more time with them and one day they become our friends.

Then how does a teenager choose his or her friends wisely? You can’t call every building in town your “home”.     2     Every person you meet isn’t a friend; many may just be like “ships that pass in the night”.

    3     Choose friends who have thoughts similar to yours, who reflect（反映）your family values, who think the way you do. The company we keep both reflects and helps determine the kind of people we become. So if you want to be more brave, choose a friend who is brave.

    4     Friends do have an influence on your present habits and new habits that you may develop. It’s important to have friends who are similar to you, but it’s equally important to have friends with different kinds of qualities that will lead you to positive（积极的）growth.     5    

Above all, choose friends you can trust.

A．Friends influence you.

B．Friends mirror each other.

C．It’s the same with friendship.

D．Friends quarrel with each other.

E．Then your friends will make that happen to you.

F．Whether you’ re young or old, you need friends to survive.

G．If you are easy to get angry, choose a friend who has a cool head.

2 . For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. Not long ago, the 11-year-old girl discovered that her mom had been posting her photos for much of her life. “I’ve wanted to bring it up. It’s strange to see myself up there, and sometimes there are pictures I don’t like of myself,” she said.

Like most other modern kids, Cara grew up under the influence of social media. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were all founded before she was born. Instagram has been around since she was a toddler. While many kids may not yet have accounts themselves, their parents, schools, sports teams have been organizing an online presence for them since birth. It is a shock to know that details about their lives have been shared online without their                    permission or knowledge. And this has become a common、experience for many teenagers.

Recently a parenting blogger said that despite her 14-year-old daughter’s horror at discovering that her mother had shared years of highly personal stories and information about her online, she simply could not stop doing it.

But it’s not just crazy mommy bloggers who share their children’s information on social media. Plenty of average parents do the same. There’s even a special word for it: sharenting (晒娃).Almost a quarter of children begin their digital lives when parents upload their prenatal sonogram scans (产前超声波扫描) to the Internet to a study conducted by the Internet-security firm AVG. The study also found that 92 percent of kids under the age of 2 already have their own unique digital identity.

1. What does the underlined word “toddler” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A．Teenage girl.	B．School student.
C．Daughter.	D．Very young child.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．AVG is the name of an Internet company.

B．25% of children begin their digital lives before they are born.

C．Fathers don’t like to share their kids’ information on social media.

D．The word “sharenting” has been appearing on the Internet recently.

3. What can be a suitable title for the article?

A．Growing up on the Internet	B．A New Term Born
C．Parents Addicted to Blogging	D．The Children’s Horror

3 . My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations, and is hesitant to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants," Girls rule, boys drool." But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.

This has been challenging for me at times. "Shy"is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids' triathlon(三项全能).

On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son's birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her, we got all the equipment she'd need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.

And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen.She dominated(主宰)that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.

I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn't because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered(克服) that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn't seen before.

All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.

Shine on, sweet baby.

1. Kelly is nervous when          .

A．situations are new to her	B．boys are around her
C．she changes into a leader	D．she is away from her mom

2. We can know from Paragraph 3          .

A．the race began in the early morning

B．the whole family gave Kelly support

C．Kelly was eager for her turn in the race

D．Kelly prepared for her brother's birthday party

3. Seeing Kelly's performance in the race,the author felt          .

A．excited and proud	B．anxious and uneasy
C．curious and concerned	D．worried and hesitant

4. The author"felt like I won that day"because Kelly          .

A．expressed love to her	B．won the gold medal
C．took part in the sport	D．overcame the fear.

4 . “BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回声). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always put his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on th e streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived , I saw that the light was still on.
I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”
In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can’t stand his outrageous(蛮横的)words: “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers?”
All the lights were off except father’s.
Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist(存在) at all. Love—it second to none.
1. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
a. I opened the door and entered the house.
b. Sadly I ran out into the street.
c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.
e. I walked about in the street without any aim.

A．b, e, d, c, a	B．b, e, c, d, a
C．b, e, a, c, d	D．b, e, c, a, d

2. What made the writer think of his childhood?

A．The sight of the street lights.

B．The sight of the empty street.

C．The sight of a father with a child in his arms.

D．The sight of light in his own house.

3. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

A．perhaps the father is getting older and older.

B．perhaps the son has already grown up.

C．perhaps they never agree with each other.

D．perhaps the father has got used to doing that.

4. What conclusion（结论）can you come to after reading the passage?

A．The father treats his son in an unfair way.

B．The father is actually kind to his son.

C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.

D．The father is always finding fault with his son.

5 . Do you always concern yourself with your kid’s play dates? Do you send them upstairs to get changed?     1     Put that red pen back in your purse, because micromanaging your kids is likely to do more harm than good.

Micromanaging or over-parenting comes in many forms. However it presents itself, it can give children the impression that parents don’t have confidence in them, and this can lead to problems. Kids who are micromanaged could also grow used to an unearned level of success, which may do harm to their attitude towards work and life. Parents who micromanage their kids sometimes struggle with a sense of control.     2    

So what should parents do? For modern parents, it can be a balance between healthy involvement in your kid's life and micromanaging. It can be especially difficult to know where the line is when it comes to the internet. We live in a digital age.     3     To help you walk that fine line, parents should be frank about it. If they're hiding their phone or acting secretively, a slightly different conversation about the health of their online activity might be needed.

Breaking a micromanaging habit isn't easy.     4     You could relax your grip in fairly inconsequential areas, like letting your child decide what clothes to wear. The plus side is that if you back off about little things, your words might carry more weight when it comes to the big things.     5     Therefore, you can let your children succeed, fail, and figure out life on their own.

A．But like any bad habit, start small.

B．Do you like talking with your kids?

C．Micromanaging can be a sign of anxiety in them.

D．Do you stay with them while they're doing homework?

E．You can also form a healthier relationship with your kids.

F．Keep your eyes open for the changes in your kids' behavior.

G．It's important for parents to care about their kids' activity online.

6 . Jim found himself exhausted during a trip. When he came home, he went to see a doctor. “The reason why I was fatigued (精疲力竭),” Jim says, “was that my kidneys were gone.”

Jim, 69, a former Air Force pilot, immediately started dialysis (透析) three times a week. A person of his age on dialysis usually lives only about four years. Transplants are a long-shot alternative. The National Kidney Foundation estimates that 13 people die every day while waiting for a donor with the right blood and tissue types.

Jim’s wife, nephew and four family friends offered but weren’t a match. Jim was so discouraged that he was even considering not attending a reunion of some Air Force buddies (铁哥们). But his wife encouraged him to reunite with his old friends, among whom was one he hadn’t seen for nearly 50 years: Doug Coffman. The two had met. When they both were learning Vietnamese before they went overseas.

Doug, then 70, felt a strong bond with his band of brothers, even though he hadn’t seen some of them for decades. Their connection went beyond the battlefield in ways most, soldiers never experience.

Doug had received help from his friends when he was in trouble, so he felt like it was a time that he could pay that ahead by donating a kidney to Jim. Fortunately, series of testing revealed not only that Doug’s tissue type matched Jim^’s but also that he had the kidneys of a 35-year-old.

The transplant was a success. “It’s pretty miraculous to be able to take an organ out of one person’s body—a living organ—put it in another person’s body, and have it work.” Doug says. “And there’s nothing finer than knowing I’ve helped another person live a better life.”

1. From paragraph 2 we know that kidney transplant is ________.

A．expensive	B．dangerous
C．a matter of luck	D．an unwise choice

2. How old was Jim when he went overseas?

A．About 17.

B．About 19.

C．About 22.

D．About 25.

3. What can we infer from Doug’s words in the last paragraph?

A．Doug is happy to donate a kidney to Jim.

B．Jim is having a better life than Doug.

C．The kidney transplant was very successful.

D．Modern medical science is very advanced.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To share his good luck.	B．To tell us to pay it forward.
C．To introduce a kidney transplant.	D．To encourage us to make friends.

7 . When Dominick Cabalo noticed four years ago that his son Nicholas, then in Grade 4, was struggling to make new friends at school, he came up with a creative way to help him “break the ice”. The graphic artist from Glendale, Calif, started creating amazing drawings on his sons brown paper lunch bags.

From Captain America to Darth Vader to Kobe Bryant, Cabalo has drawn about 400 pictures of animals, superheroes, movie characters and pop culture icons (偶像）on his son’s lunch bags. The Grade 8 student told CTV News Channel on Wednesday that he had noticed the influence his father's artwork had on social life at school.

“It would encourage a conversation. If it was a movie, then we would talk about what happened or our favorite scenes,” Nicholas said. “People I don’t talk to would start talking to me about what my father has drawn on bags.”

Although Cabalo said he couldn’t see his son’s schoolmates’ reactions to his drawings first-hand, Nicholas would often let him know which ones were hits at school. “If I do something funny or draw something quite humorous, Nicholas will report back to me and say, ‘Oh yeah, they really liked this one,’”Cabalo said.

Cabalo said his son’s favorite drawings are the ones about superheroes. He explained that, every time a new superhero movie is released (上映）,he will make sure to include that character on a lunch bag. With so many lunch bags and superhero movie series, Cabalo admits there have been a few repeated characters over the years.

1. Why did Dominick Cabalo decide to create drawings on his son’s lunch bags?

A．To become famous.	B．To show his talent.
C．To sell them and earn money.	D．To help his son make friends.

2. The underlined word “hits” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to drawings that__________.

A．are popular with Nicholas's classmates

B．are about the latest superhero movies

C．express deep thoughts and feelings

D．influence Nicholas's classmates greatly

3. What kind of drawings did Nicholas like most?

A．Animals.	B．Superheroes.
C．Movie characters.	D．Pop culture icons.

4. What would be the best title of the text?

A．A Son Learns to Make Friends	B．A Son Is Influenced by His Dad
C．A Dad Creates Drawings on Lunch Bags	D．A Dad's Artwork on Lunch Bags Helps His Son

8 . A few weeks ago, I picked up my 14-year-old daughter and her friend from dance class. The two girls chatted happily until I reached her friend’s house. And then 1 began the drive home and my daughter, who had been talking nonstop a minute before, went completely silent. I assumed she was lost in thought.

When I came to a stoplight, I looked in the mirror. My daughter wasn’t looking out of the window or staring into space - she was on her phone. I felt my anger rise.

“Get off your phone. That is rude. You make me feel like an Uber driver.” I shouted.

“But I’m texting friends about biology homework!’’ she said.

“That can wait.” I was mad and she was angry.

Back home, she disappeared into her room, and I thought about how I was still trying to take control of my daughter’s growing independence, which was fruitless.

The next day I was thinking about my outburst when a parenting program on TV caught my eye, in which the hosts interviewed Dr. Ken Ginsburg, the author of a famous parenting book. It completely changed my attitude.

Ginsburg said. “Why are our teens pushing us away? It’s not because they hate us - it’s because they love us so much and yet they know they have to become independent. So this is a process of figuring out how to push away the things they love the most. It is crazy to fly from a comfortable nest, so teens get ready for it by temporarily pushing their parents away.”

I need to honor her independence and create space for both of us to face this monumental developmental challenge as teammates, not adversaries((对手).

1. What made the writer mad?

A．She served as an Uber driver.

B．The two girls were chatting happily.

C．Her daughter was playing with the phone.

D．Her daughter forgot her biology homework.

2. What do we know about the daughter?

A．She is being under her mother’s control.

B．She is on the way to being independent.

C．She enjoys making friends using social media.

D．She hates making conversation with her mom.

3. Which of the following best describes the mother?

A．Open-minded.	B．Hardworking.
C．Inspiring.	D．weak-willed.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．I was pushed away by my teenaged daughter.

B．Life of a teenager is moving at its own slow pace.

C．Parents completely rely on parenting experts to educate children.

D．My relationship with my daughter was improved by a suggestion.

9 . “I have cancer.”Mom said and held me in a tight hug.I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but failed.

For all of my twenty-four years,my mom had been supportive.Strength and protection had always flowed from her to me.Now I knew it would have to flow the other way.

Mom didn’t stay down for long.After the shock of breast-cancer,she armed herself with a notebook and a pen and a thousand questions for the doctors.She took notes on white blood cell counts and medications(药物)with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school.”The not-knowing is the worst.”she said.

The operation was successful.The chemo(化疗)was the harder part.I went with Mom to every chemo treatment.She rarely complained,though her hair was gone and her toenails and fingernails fell out one by one.She joked that she could save money on nail polish and put it toward the doctor bills,even though she never wore nail polish.”Cancer can take my hair,my nails,my health,my very life. But it can’t take my smile.”Mom said.

Mom learned to share her fears with me,and it formed an even deeper bond between us.Yet I am certain there were fears she didn’t share because she was still protecting me-worries she only shared with Dad.Even in the darkest hours,she would just joke about the cancer. Mom always said,”When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it,you take away some of its power.”

Mom was one of the lucky ones.She did beat her cancer,though not without scars.From her,I’ve learned I may not get to choose what I face,but I do get to choose how I face it.

1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．There were other ways to treat cancer.

B．Knowledge of cancer would be helpful.

C．Mom had to stay stronger to beat cancer.

D．I should be the one being there for Mom.

2. Which of the following words can best describe Mom?

A．Humorous and generous.

B．Considerate and ambitious.

C．Optimistic and determined.

D．Caring and knowledgeable.

3. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?

A．The fear Mom shared with me.

B．The ways Mom faced fear.

C．The jokes Mom told me.

D．The bond Mom and I formed.

4. What lesson did the author learn from Mom?

A．Luck counts in beating diseases.

B．Complaint does no good to one’s health.

C．Positive attitudes get one through hardship for

D．Sharing feelings helps reduce sufferings a lot.

10 . It was my mother who first thought of sending me to school．Of course I was of the school going age．When my mother expressed it，I thought that she was a heartless woman．

My mind was disturbed at first．Although I had heard about school，I had not visited it earlier．My father took me to school which was an unknown place for me．Teachers and students were strangers to me．It was a big building with a wide yard．As a small child I could not feel frightened at the sight of the building．The atmosphere of the school was calm and quiet．I was not used to such atmosphere earlier．

It was an old and famous school in our district．My father was student there in his childhood and youth．The headmaster was well known to my father and greeted him with a smile．My father introduced me to the headmaster and requested him to admit me to the school．Then I was enrolled as a student．My father left me in the classroom and went away．I was about to cry．

However，the kind behavior of the headmaster and the class teacher calmed me．The class teacher asked my name and where I lived．He patted me on the back．I replied some of his questions quickly．He became pleased．Other students looked at me curiously．At first，I was not able to understand why there were so many teachers．The bell rang．The class teacher left our class and another teacher came．Then the bell rang again．

1. It can be inferred form the second and third paragraphs that     ．

A．I hated the atmosphere of school at first

B．I had known nothing about school earlier

C．Teacher and students were strangers to me

D．I thought my father was as heartless as my mother

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the headmaster？

A．He was famous all over the city．

B．He was my father's class teacher．

C．He left my father in the classroom．

D．My father had known him well．

3. What is most likely to follow the passage？

A．Another class began

B．A hard maths class began

C．Stories about my best friend

D．The memory of a pleasant sports game

4. What's the best title for the passage？

A．My new teachers

B．My first day at school

C．My terrible childhood

D．The first school I studied in