People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive carelessly up and down America’s main streets. And at least some of the time those things are true. But we shouldn’t forget that there are hard moments in the life of a teenager too.

I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman’s funeral which happened in a church. A teenage grandson stepped forward. Softly he began:“ I want to share a few values that Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would attack her, what would Nana say? ‘Oh, what beautiful markings that dog has.’ That was Nana.

“She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for Grandpa’s career,” he said, with a voice now trembling. “That was Nana’s way.”

Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, “Nana taught me courage. She put up a fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana’s way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner.”

There are no hearts as sensitive as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven’t learned to be controlled. When that boy rose to speak about the woman who had been his dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide. I was moved and learned a lot.

According to the first paragraph, ______.

A. young people are living a hard life 

B. people don’t think highly of the teenagers

C. people shouldn’t forget the young people

D. young people should keep quiet before the public

From the boy’s speech, we know his grandmother ______.

A. was a weak woman living in the shadow of his grandpa

B. liked dogs very much even if they often attacked her

C. could see everything around her though she was old

D. had great influence over the boy when she was alive

We can infer from the passage that the boy ______.

A. was filled with sadness and gave up finishing his talk

B. was always very good at expressing himself

C. practiced a lot in order to give a moving speech

D. had great difficulty in accepting the loss of Nana

The writer wanted to tell the readers ______.

A. the young people were too weak to face certain facts

B. the young people have learned to control themselves

C. the adults could learn something valuable from the young

D. the adults should teach the young how to deal with the death


IN a 30-minute film called The Chase, a girl tries to catch a thief and finally takes him down with martial arts (武术) skills.
Anything special? Thirteen-year-old US girl Sophia Tran wrote, shot and performed in the film. She played the girl in the movie and her father, Steven, played the thief.
Now an eighth-grader at Ladera Ranch Middle School, California, Tran wrote The Chase over the summer of 2008. She shot the film in the fall of 2008 before holding the premiere (首映式) at her home in January the next year.
“It is important to have passion in filmmaking or you are not going to make it,” the quiet teenager said with a smile. “Also, you should read a lot of books about filmmaking.”
Tran thinks that many screenplays don't have any “suspense (悬念) as the film progresses.” She is now working on a movie which she says will be a suspense story.
Steven says his daughter has enjoyed drama and action movies since she was 7.
“She started to be interested in how stories are adapted (改编) to a screenplay,” Steven said. “And she wrote her own books when she was in second grade.”
But Tran also has a big heart. She sold DVD copies of her film The Chase for $10 each to family and friends. She then donated $400 from the DVD sales to her school to buy new computers.
57.   Sophia Tran played _____ in her movie.
A. a thief          B. a doctor                       C. a girl           D. a police woman
58.   Sophia Tran shot the film _____.
A. last year        B. in January                            C. last summer     D. less two years ago
59.   Sophia Tran thinks ______ are important for successful filmmaking.
A. characters         B. stories       C. passion and knowledge D. passion and experience
60. According to Sophia Tran, many screenplays are poorly written because _____.
A. they don't keep readers excited                      B. they mostly end in an unexpected way
C. their dialogues are not interesting                   D. they are not inspiring



LONDON, England(CNN)--- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.
Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.
“It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.”
Mike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.
The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.
Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.
The teenager's school --- which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip --- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments,” according to Mike's Web site.
There haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.
Bad weather in the Southern Ocean --- between Australia and Antarctica --- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.
“My feet were on the ceiling at the time,” he told CNN. “That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, ‘Why am I here?’ But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, ‘This is brilliant!’”
Mike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.
49. Mike Perham returned to Britain in ________.
A. August      B. November      C. October          D. September 
50. Mike Perham is ________ that went on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.
A. the first       B. the bravest     C. the luckiest     D. the youngest
51. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. the English school is the same as ours
B. the English school gives students a lot of course work
C. the English school has a humane management
D. the English school doesn’t care for students
52. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. Mike’s exciting sail trip around the globe
B. how Mike’s father taught him to sail a boat
C. why CNN wanted to report the news to the public
D. the introduction of the Guinness World Records

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1.Austin E. Meredith, who graduated Northwest Normal university in 1985 and has worked for 14 years and now an expert in a research institute on morality and education in the city. He wrote several works concerning about psychological behavior, issues on educational management, etc. He’s a scholar full of creativity and passion.

2.Johnson Bolton, a professor of macroeconomics, is currently on a tour to Shenzhen, China and is due to give a lecture on the tendency of the world economy in Shenzhen People’s Auditorium soon. He’s keen on the information and news about the eastern world.

3.Luise Chen, a would-be Chinese senior high school graduate, is longing for a certain international higher education. She’s never been abroad and eagerly know something about international recognition, the degree, yearly tuition fees and accommodation.

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5.Patrick Henry, an energetic teenager aged 16, feels like physics at school, fascinated with automotive vehicles. As a consequence, he teaches himself mechanics and learns to maintain machines timely.

 

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with  21    problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very  22  . But what makes bolgging different from writing in a(n)       23   diary?

   The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 24   than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of  25   that he does not want to  26   with others.

   It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog  27  a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

   I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her  28  . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.   29  I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but  30   in my dairy. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was  31   that my sister might read it.

  The biggest  32   with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something  33   about him in my diary, he would never know.  34  , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 35    her blog and get angry.

   There are also  36   to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “ Nobody cares about me”, because no one would   37   about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly  38   and tell her how much they 39    her. Blogs help people  40  in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

1.A. the same           B. interesting                     C. difficult                  D. daily

2.A. simple                          B. special                             C. similar                    D. different

3.A. personal            B. ordinary                          C. meaningful           D. traditional

4.A. attractive          B. public                               C. exciting                  D. quick

5. A. thoughts           B. puzzles                            C. ideas                      D. secrets

6.A. tell                                B. share                               C. publish                   D. solve

7.A. instead of          B. as well as                       C. except for             D. besides

8.A. blog                     B. diary                                C. report                    D. web

9.A. Although            B. Since                                C. When                     D. Because

10.A. only                            B. already                            C. still                        D. never

11.A. angry                         B. sad                                   C. glad                        D. worried

12.A. problem                    B. doubt                               C. question                D. mistake

13.A. boring                        B. wrong                              C. mean                      D. funny

14.A. So                     B. However                         C. Therefore              D. Then

15.A. steal                          B. break                               C. write                      D. read

16.A. reasons                     B. wishes                             C. shortcomings       D. advantages

17.A. care                           B. know                                C. think                       D. ask

18.A. prepare                     B. begin                               C. respond                 D. feel

19.A. like                    B. miss                                 C. need                       D. stand

20.A. lose                            B. stay                                C. leave                      D. find

 

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