In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．

Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”

“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”

1.Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

A．is not             B．are not           C．many             D．must

2.When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him．

A．by               B．for               C．with              D．without

3.On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that

bar for______.

A．the first time       B．once             C．many times        D．eighteen times

4.Father wanted to tell his son ______．

A．the time to drink                        B．something about the light

C．when to stop drinking                    D．something about the bar

5.In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar．

A．was one light                           B．were two lights

C．were three lights                        D．were four lights

 Mrs. Thompson came to the 5^th grade class and noticed that Teddy was always alone. Also, he did badly in his studies．When she reviewed Teddy’s past records，she find he was a good child at first，but he began to change when his mother got ill. Finally he lost interest in school after his mother’s death.

    Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and felt sorry for him．She felt even worse when her students brought her beautifully-covered Christmas presents．His presents were covered with some old paper. Some children laughed when she found a bracelet(手镯)with some of the stones missing, and a bottle with a little perfume(香水). But she said how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some perfume on her hand．Teddy stayed after school for a long time just to say，“Mrs. Thompson，today you smelled just like my mom used to.”After the child left，she cried for quite a long time.

On that very day，she taught not only knowledge but also children. As she worked with Teddy，his mind seemed to come alive. By the end of the year，Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

A year later，Teddy left school. She found a note under her door，from Teddy，saying that she was the best teacher he ever had in his life. After that, these words were repeated in each of his letters to her.

Then after he finished college, Teddy wrote telling her that he had met a pretty girl and was going to get married. He explained that his father was dead，and that he wondered if Mrs. Thompson might sit at the wedding in the place for the mother of the groom(新郎).

Of course，Mrs. Thompson did. She wore the bracelet and the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together．

They hugged(拥抱)each other，and Teddy whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear，“Thank you，Mrs. Thompson，for making me feel important，and showing me that I could make a difference．”

Mrs. Thompson，with tears in her eyes，whispered back，“Teddy，it’s not like that. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

【小题 1 】What made Teddy change before Mrs. Thompson came?

A. His mother’s illness and death.        B. His classmates’’ laughing at him.

C. His past records by his teachers.       D. His interest in some other things.

【小题 2 】Teddy left a note for Mrs. Thompson when he left school mainly to say _______.

A. sorry        B. hello       C. thanks       D. goodbye

【小题  3】What kind of person was Mrs. Thompson?

A. Wise and humorous.              B. Kind and helpful.

C. Selfish and impatient.             D. Strict and stubborn．

【小题 4 】 We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. Mrs. Thompson became Teddy’s mother at last.

B. Mrs. Thompson didn’t know how to teach all her life.

C. Teddy didn’t finish college before he got married.

D. Mrs. Thompson and Teddy each made a difference.

The willful blindness  in hockey toward concussions (头部撞击) has dropped. Hockey Canada has followed the lead of USA Hockey in preventing bodychecking (身体拦截) below age 13. A bad head injury of Sidney Crosby, the hockey's greatest star, opened the eyes of hockey people everywhere. This country's children have been facing similar danger at early ages, and Hockey Canada had to deal with a deep worry in the minds of Canadians to make the rule change. The liking for bodychecking from an early age is part of what makes Canadian hockey what it is.

    The change in rules should be taken as a chance to draw special attention to skill development in an environment free of danger.  It may also control the loss of thousands of young players who don't enjoy that environment.

    For years, many Canadian hockey parents and coaches have insisted that bodychecking at early ages is necessary to ensure that players can do it safely at older ages. True or not, there may be a safer way to teach hitting than to make younger players pay a price for it in head injuries. When USA Hockey changed its rules for the 2011-2012 season, it also created bodychecking-education programs that will be mandatory(强制的) for all coaches,  including those teaching players in  the pre-checking ages. And it began to encourage more "touch" - without real bodychecking - from 9 t0 12. It also made the rules for 13 and up stricter. The USA is trying to show that it's possible to teach hockey protective skills without putting11 and 12-year-olds in greater danger. It's worth the try.

    Hockey Canada has taken serious steps to do away with hits on the head. However, it's hard to change a sports culture so connected with who we are as a country. Too often, bodychecking has been used to try to separate a player from his head rather than from the ball. Children were paying a price for this country's love of the game.

    There are always changes in Canada's game, and the change in the bodychecking age sends the clearest message yet to coaches and parents that player safety is paramount(至上的) in the game.

1.We can tell that the problem of bodychecking in Canada____________.

A. is controlled strictly

B. is taken more seriously now

C. is caused by players' carelessness

D. is connected with players' interest

2.What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 2?

A. The safe ways of controlling the loss.

B. The steps of drawing special attention.

C. The possible results of changing the rules.

D. The methods of improving the environment.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The USA found a safer way to teach bodychecking.

B. Bodychecking-education programs in the USA are successful.

C. Bodychecking is a good way to value players' skills in the USA.

D. The USA has tried to create an environment of less bodychecking.

4.What is probably the best title' for this passage?

A. Which is more important?

B. How do we change the rules?

C. Why is hockey a dangerous game?

D. When should bodychecking be prevented?

Students learn their lessons in class. They sit in the 1.c            listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the 2.o     way for students to learn? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is students can teach themselves. For 3.e         , if you can’t remember something when you are doing your 4.h       , what will you do? You can look at your books to 5.f       the answer.

How to teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are6.i          in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. A clever student is usually 7.g        at asking questions. The third is to answer the questions yourself by 8.t         hard, by reading books, and sometimes by asking

9.o         people. These are the ways of teaching yourself. If you keep doing like these for a long time, you are 10.s       to make great  progress in your study.

For many American teenagers, having a part-time job is an important part of growing up. A part-time job can teach teenagers important skills like responsibility（责任）， independence（独立），teamwork and leadership.

Young people can expand(扩大) their social circles beyond their classmates by making friends with co-workers. And many teenagers find that earning their own money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.

The US Department of Labor allows teenagers to apply for jobs at the age of 14. Popular part-time jobs include working in ice cream stores, coffee shops, and clothing stores. During the school year, teenagers may go to work a few times a week after their classes get out, then work for longer on the weekends.

In the summer, top jobs for teens include working at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks. These jobs are great for young people who want to be active and have fun while making money.

A favorite job for many teens is babysitting(临时替人看小孩), and they can start before 14 if the parents agree. After the children are sleeping and before the parents come home, babysitters have lots of freedom.

As long as they stay in the house and make sure the kids are okay, babysitters can do their homework, enjoy a snack, watch TV, or talk on the phone with friends.

It can be stressful to balance school, homework, and a part-time job. Still, many American teenagers value their work experience and the skills they gain on the job.

1.The author thinks a part-time job can teach teenagers many skills except _____.

2.American teenagers can work when they are _____ years old by law.

3.Where do American teenagers like to work most in the summer?

4.American teenagers like to babysit because they _____.

5.We can infer that American teenagers _____ from the last paragraph.