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Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”

The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead. The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.”

The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless !” “So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean. “Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”

1. What puzzled the grandson most was ________.

A. whether it was useful to read books

B. why he forgot what he read soon

C. what kind of book he could understand

D. how he could read books like his grandpa

2.Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water?

A. To train him to run faster.

B. To clean the dirty basket in the river.

C. To punish him for not reading carefully.

D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.

3.What lesson can we learn from the story?

A. The old are always wiser than the young.

B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket.

C. Reading books can change a person gradually.

D. You can’t expect to remember whatever you read.

4.What can be the best title for the text?]

A. Grandpa and grandson

B. Carrying water in a basket

C. Reading for total changing

D. Baskets and books

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A PRANK (恶作剧) is naughty behavior that is at most scolded if it gets too much. This is three Chinese students studying in California in the US described what they had done.

Zhai Yunyao, Yang Yuhan and Zhang Xinlei, all 19, called it a “prank” when they took their classmate Liu Yiran to a park where “Liu was … beaten, spat (吐痰) on, with cigarettes and forced to eat her own hair during a five-hour attack”, the Associated Press.

However, their “prank” in March 2015 was a crime in the US. The punishment was years in prison for kidnapping and assault (攻击). Zhai was to 13 years in prison, Yang to 10 years and Zhang to six years on Feb 17. They will be sent back to China serving their sentences, reported The Los Angeles Times.

The bullying (欺凌) case has caused quite a discussion in China where school bullying is not 42 but is seldom considered a crime. According to a survey done by China Youth Daily in July last year, 73.3 percent of the 1,002 said they had experienced or seen bullying cases at school.

However, offenders (冒犯者) receive proper punishment. In most of the cases, offenders only get criticism from schools. Offenders under 14 have no criminal . Those aged between 14 and 16 usually get a light punishment only when they serious crimes like murder and rape (强奸), according to China’s laws.

“The articles about protecting minors (未成年人) have started to get punishing school bullies,” commented an article in Bandao Metropolis Daily. “Some bullies even use the laws as a shield (挡箭牌) for their violent .”

In , the US is quite tough on bullying.

A(n) of 46 of the 50 US states now have their own anti-bullying laws, according to the US Department of Education. Bullying, according to those anti-bullying laws, not only direct physical contact like hitting, but also verbal assaults like name-calling.

Also, judges in the US have the right to minor offenders as adults if the cases are serious or if they have criminal records.

China could learn from the US, its legal system to stop bullying, some people have suggested. Huang Zhiyuan, a procurator (检察官) at the Henan People’s Procuratorate, advocated lowering the criminal age in Procuratorate Daily. Li Fangchao of China Daily advised China to make a anti-bullying law.

A more profound (深刻的) message the case showed to us is that “the common tolerant toward bullying should be changed”, commented Jiaxing Daily. “When teenagers do something wrong, we should tolerate and help them when necessary. But all of these have a limit.”

1. A.what B. where C. how D. why

2.A. forced B. burned C. thrown D. punished

3.A. committed B. described C. commented D. reported

4.A. actually B. really C. badly D. terribly

5.A. taken B. sent C. put D. sentenced

6.A. while B. before C. after D. on

7.A. often B. rare C. regular D. common

8.A. respondents B. consultants C. assistants D. accountants

9.A. a few B. few C. many D. none

10.A. opportunity B. challenges C. worries D. responsibility

11.A. murder B. commit C. act D. take

12.A. rid of B. along with C. in the way of D. out of

13.A. behavior B. belief C. mistake D. bully

14.A. conclusion B. disbelief C. a word D. contrast

15. A. number B. group C. total D. quantity

16. A. includes B. contains C. confirms D. indicates

17.A. think B. play C. treat D. punish

18.A. improving B. correcting C. benefiting D. changing

19.A. terrific B. clear C. related D. specific

20.A .reaction B. attitude C. understanding D. consideration

1.We should _________(分析) what they said and not just agree with everything.

2. As ancient _________(文明), China and Egypt have long and splendid cultures, and both have made great achievements in modern culture and art.

3. It hurts us deeply to see half of all woodland and forests __________(毁坏).

4.The radio ______ (预报)said that the mist would become a thick fog in the afternoon.

5.The book is available on Amazon in both ______ (简化) and traditional Chinese.

6. I’m f ______because the people I'm working with and learning from are true experts in their fields.

7.The bell for the class rang suddenly, i______ their heated discussion.

8.Teenagers should be encouraged to keep healthy m______ and physically.

9.The office reminded that graduates need to visit o______ sites of the competition – www.qccy.org or newjobs.com.cn for online application.

10. Donors and planters will have their names hung on the new trees in r______ of their efforts.

11.They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully______the operation.

12.When my old friend Brian ______ me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.

13. I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt _________.

14.There were six million visitors in all, and the ______from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.

15.Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched ______up and down in front of the camp.

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