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  Nearly every parent says that we never grow up.In fact, maybe we are 16 or 17 years old.In their eyes, we are always little ones and always do wrong things.For example, when I need to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.

  Most parents always think that they have offered the best things they can to make their children live in a comfortable world.They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, strange but expensive school things, and always a thousand-yuan-cost bike.They think that they have done everything they can to their dear little children.In return, they only want their little boy to give them good results in the examinations.

  But why can’t their little babies still understand them? Why? Does it mean that they still want more material(物质的)things? No.As a matter of fact, what they want is a true family.What does a true family mean? I think it means a place where we can hide ourselves from the outside cold world.From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation(安慰), and we can get happiness.And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident in the outside world because we know that we have a family.

  So I think that parents should save their money and sit down to talk with their children to let them know that they have a true family, so the child and his parents could understand each other more and more.Then, no boy will be regarded as a little boy.

1.What are we always like in our parents’ eyes?

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2.What do parents expect of us when they give us so much?

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3.Do children want a true family? What does a true family mean?

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4.How can parents no longer regard us as little children?

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5.Discuss in groups if your family is a true family.

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    Mr. Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This made him very angry.
He had put up a board, which said, “ No parking” in the garden facing the road, but nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey(遵守) only a police notice with letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE
NO PARKING
Mrs. Brown suggested that he could steal a police notice. He was afraid to do so. She then suggested that he could make one just like a police notice. He said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters:
POLITE NOTICE
NO PARKING
“ Oh!” Mrs. Brown said, “You told me you weren’t going to use the word  “police”, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked, “Look again.” She started to laugh. “You are really clever.”
【小题1】How many notice boards did Mr. Brown make altogether?
A.Only oneB.TwoC.ThreeD.None
【小题2】Mr. Brown made a notice board which ________________ in the end.
A.was just the same as a police notice
B.was different in colour from a police notice
C.looked just like a police notice
D.said “ POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”
【小题3】We can infer(推断) that ____________ after he put up the blue board.
A.more people will park their cars outside his house
B.more policemen will come to park their cars at noon
C.fewer people will visit him at noon later on
D.fewer people will park their cars outside his house

1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let  computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create  share their information with the rest of the world.
Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn’t interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.
【小题1】 The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “       ” .

A.strange
B.terrible
C.important
D.difficult
【小题2】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.The address system was used to make make web pages.
B.The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland.
C.The fist web browser was very expensive to buy
D.Many people could use the Internet before 1990
【小题3】 What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?
A.He was encouraged to be creative.
B.He didn’t do well at school.
C.He is a very poor businessman.
D.He is well-known all over the world.
【小题4】 Where does Berners-Lee live today?
A.England.
B.Switzerland.
C.America.
D.Canada.
【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?
A.The events that took place in 1990.
B.The history of the Internet.
C.The invention of the Internet browser.
D.The man who created the World Wide Web.

You either have it, or you don’t—a sense of direction, that is. But why is that some people would find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?

   Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory(理论) is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t have it, we lose it.

   “Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, Research Director of this project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”

   Jim Martland also emphasized(强调) that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:

   If you are using a map, turn it to the way you are facing.

   If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.

    The simple way of finding your direction is by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or walls in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which can help you find out where you are.

   Now you will never get lost again!

1.Scientists believe that            .

A. only some babies are born with a sense of direction

B. people never lose their sense of direction

C. people learn a sense of direction as they grow older

D. everybody has a sense of direction from birth

2.What is true of seven-year-old children according to the passage?

A. They never have a sense of direction without a map.

B. They have a sense of direction and can find their way around.

C. They should never be allowed out alone if they lack a sense of direction.

D. They can develop a good sense of direction if they are driven around in a car.

3.If you leave your bike in a strange place, you should             .

A. tie it to the tree in order to prevent it from being stolen

B. draw a map of the route to help remember where it is

C. take the different routes when you come back to it

D. remember something easily recognizable(可辨认的) on the route

 

A saint (圣人) found a group of family members shouting angrily at each other on a river bank. He asked his disciples(信徒), “  1  do people shout when they are angry with each other?” The disciples 2  for a while and one of them said, “Because they lose their calm.”

“But why should they shout when the other persons are just 3  them? They can tell them what they have to say in a  4  manner.” Asked the saint.

The disciples gave some other answers but  5 made the saint pleased. Finally the saint  6  , “When two people are angry with each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout in order to  7 each other. The angrier they are, the they will have to shout to cover that great distance. What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close. The distance them is very small or doesn’t exist(存在).”

The saint looked at his disciples and continued, “So when you argue with other people, do not say words that distance each other, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the  10  to return.

1.                A.What          B.When          C.Where   D.Why

 

2.                A.thought        B.laughed         C.cried D.rested

 

3.                A.far from        B.next to         C.across from    D.in the front of

 

4.                A.hard           B.lively           C.soft  D.bad

 

5.                A.everyone       B.anyone         C.someone D.none

 

6.                A.explained       B.answered       C.replied   D.asked

 

7.                A.see            B.watch          C.hear D.listen to

 

8.                A.softer          B.louder          C.larger    D.higher

 

9.                A.by             B.near           C.among   D.between

 

10.               A.way           B.answer         C.home D.person

 

 

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