题目内容
It's Saturday morning and Tony's sitting at the kitchen table, staring（凝视）into space and playing with a piece of bread. He's not even hungry. Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do and there's just one reason: the Internet is down and Tony has nothing to do.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling great. He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other—a great weekend. But that was before he turned on his computer and wasn’t able to go online. No Internet changed everything.
Just as Tony is wondering how he can possibly have a normal(平常的)weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the kitchen. "Is everything OK?" she asks. "No, mum, everything is definitely(的确)not OK," her sad son replies. "I can't go online and I have homework to finish." His mum laughs, "The word program is still working, so what's the problem?"
What's the problem? Tony can't believe his own mother isn’t able to see how serious the problem really is. To start with, he still needs to do research for his homework. He knows his mum will tell him to go to the library but he hates the library. It's so dark and uncomfortable. And forget homework—what about the rest of his weekend! Every weekend, he goes online to email friends. Then he reads the news to catch up on what's happening in the world. He plays a few online games and finishes the weekend off with an online chess game with his cousin Helen. The wonderful weekend-online! Now it's Saturday morning and he's not going to have access to（进入）the Internet for two whole days.
【小题1】Tony stared into space and played with a piece of bread __________.
| A．because he was hungry |
| B．because he was hungry |
| C．because he was alone at home |
| D．because the Internet was down |
| A．great | B．excited |
| C．sad | D．relaxed |
| A．go to the library for work | B．get the Internet fixed |
| C．play his friends outside | D．play chess with his cousin |
| A．how to surf the Internet |
| B．what to do on the Internet |
| C．how the Internet influences teenagers’ life |
| D．why teenagers should go online |
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
解析试题分析：短文通过对托尼在周末的时候，没有网络的时候，感觉到无事可做，并且还很伤感。接下来又对托尼的周末情况进行了详细的介绍，从中说明了一个事实，网络的时代对青少的生活造成了很大的影响。网络应该正确运用。
【小题1】细节理解题。问题：为什么托尼开始呆呆地，玩着一块面包？联系原文：there's just one reason: the Internet is down and Tony has nothing to do.句意：原文提到了原因，互联网上不去了，托尼没有事可做了。因此他才显着这样无聊。故选D
【小题2】细节理解题。问题：当托尼发现他不能上网了，他的感觉如何？通过短文中托尼与母亲的对话中明确看出，在不能上网的时候，他是感觉到很伤心的。故选 C
【小题3】细节理解题。问题：托尼的母亲可能让他去做什么？联系原文：He knows his mum will tell him to go to the library.句意：他知道他的妈妈将会告诉他去图书馆。因此猜测托尼的母亲会让他去图书馆工作。故选A
【小题4】细节理解题。问题：作者通过这个故事，想告诉我们一个什么道理？通过对托尼的周末中在没有网络的时候，那种无事可做的心情，面对母亲对其提出去图书馆，他也感到不愿意。因此说明了网络影响到青少年的生活了。故选C
考点：社会现象类短文阅读。
①"I will think of it."It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power (力量) !
②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father's watch, and he wondered, "Why should I not make a watch?" This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.
④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, end then he got an idea for a new cartoon.
⑤Ideas come at any time, end the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don't lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.
【小题1】Newton wanted to find out ______.
| A．when the apple hit him | B．why the apple fell |
| C．who made the apple fall | D．where the apple fell |
| A．making a film | B．telling a story |
| C．having a meeting | D．sitting in a garden |
| A．we should always ask others for help |
| B．everyone of us likes thinking |
| C．it is easy to see and hear our thoughts |
| D．thinking helps to get new ideas |
Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.
One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
【小题1】Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?
| A．India | B．Ghana | C．Thailand | D．New Zealand |
| A．Teaching young children | B．Health care work |
| C．Saving elephants | D．Teaching Chinese |
| A．The keepers | B．The doctors |
| C．The students | D．The elephants |
| A．It is amazing | B．It is boring |
| C．It is helpful | D．It is expensive |
How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang cross the river every school day. But he is not afraid.“ I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher, He’s like a father to me.” Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true? I think they can! Do you think so?
【小题1】How do the students in one small village in China go to school?
| A．By bus | B．By boat |
| C．By train | D．Go on a ropeway. |
| A．Because they like to go on a ropeway. |
| B．Because there is a river and no bridge. |
| C．Because there is no boat. |
| D．Because they don’t like boat. |
| A．10 | B．11 | C．12 | D．13 |
| A．Yes, he does. | B．No, he isn’t. |
| C．Yes, he is. | D．No, he doesn’t. |
| A．To have a bus. | B．To have a train |
| C．To have a bridge. | D．To have a car. |
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner(客机), you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining－cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable(令人愉快的).
Some people prefer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.
【小题1】From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is _______.
| A．by train | B．by sea |
| C．by plane | D．by car |
| A．make the longest journey enjoyable |
| B．travel to a very far place in a few minutes |
| C．make our own timetable |
| D．visit many other countries |
| A．modern trains in the country |
| B．the comfortable seats and dining－cars |
| C．the travelers on the modern trains |
| D．the slower ways of traveling |
| A．a plane of a car | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
| A．Four. | B．Three. |
| C．Two. | D．Six. |
When something becomes fashionable very quickly , we say that it’s a “craze”. The latest craze is sometimes a style of clothes or a hairstyle. Sometimes it is a game or a TV programme.
In the 20th century a lot of crazes started in the USA and then became popular in the USA andthen became popular in other parts of the world. American youth culture has spread through tourism , TV , films, magazines and music videos.
One of the biggest crazes was the hula hoop（呼啦圈）. Hula hoops are not popular now, but in the1950s they were a sensation. An American company called Wham-O started to make plastic（塑料的）hoops toys, and in the USA the company sold 100 million hoops in a year.
Frisbees（飞盘）were another Wham-O product（产品）. Some people say that the idea
started in the factory of the Frisbee Baking Company in Connecticut. Workers there threw metal pans to each other during their breaks. Two businessmen made a plastic type of the flying pans, and sold their products to Wham-O. They became a big business.
So businesses usually help to produce a craze. Yoyos were another example. In the Philippines, where its name means “comeback”, the yoyo was a popular toy in the 1920s. But it didn’t become a global (世界性的) craze until an American called Donald Duncan bought the idea and sold it to the world. Around 100 million people bought yoyos in 1962 and 1963.
Most crazes come and go, but sometimes they survive. When the big skateboard started in California in 1965, many parents and governments said that the boards were dangerous, and they were not allowed in some areas. But the boards became popular again and they are still an important part of youth culture today.
【小题1】What is a “craze” ?
A. A special culture in the western country.
B. Something that is liked by the young.
C. Something that first spreads in the USA.
D. Something that becomes very popular over a short period (时期) of time.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “sensation” mean ?
| A．昂贵的物品 |
| B．值得珍藏的物品 |
| C．轰动一时的物品 |
| D．昙花一现的物品 |
| A．All crazes in the world come and go quickly. |
| B．Skateboards are not allowed in most areas of America. |
| C．In the last century the USA introduced many new crazes. |
| D．Crazes have nothing to do with culture. |
| A．Something about Crazes |
| B．Wham-O products |
| C．A successful Company |
| D．American Youth Culture |
Much has been said and written about heroes now, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they usually seem to have two things. First, heroes show their great power by actions. Second, heroes can be tested by the time. Because of these good points, we need to choose our heroes carefully.
Olympic winner Jackie Joyner-Kersee tells young people to work hard. She hopes that if someone tries to copy her, it will be because she has got success by working hard. She says that a hero should affect another person’s life.
Poet Maya Angelou believes that a hero encourages people to treat others well. A hero should show politeness, courage, patience, and strength all the time. A hero should encourage others to follow him with actions, even though only in small ways.
Author Daniel Boorstin suggests that, “Celebrities are people who appear on newspapers, but heroes are people who make history.” If a person is truly a hero, he or she will not be soon forgotten.
We all need heroes. We need to be able to respect (尊重) people around us. Many times , the greatest heroes are the people we can see every day — our relatives, friends, and neighbours — who will never give up when facing difficulty. The parent who supports our family, the teacher who will make more money at another job but chooses to help students — all these people can be considered as heroes. A hero sets a good example, an example that encourages others to follow.
【小题1】Joyner-Kersee hopes that young people ___________.
| A．will work hard | B．will become heroes |
| C．will follow her | D．will achieve her goal |
| A．志愿者 | B．记者 | C．政客 | D．名人 |
| A．there are fewer heroes than before |
| B．many common people set examples to us |
| C．heroes should be polite, patient and famous |
| D．heroes have to do some great things |
| A．What Heroes Do | B．Who Are Heroes |
| C．How Heroes Live | D．Where Heroes are |