Peter is a sixth-grader at Woodland Primary School. He is only 12 years old but has been smoking for three years. John, 15, is a Junior 2 student at Woodland Secondary School. He began smoking four years ago. “Smoking is part of my life,” John said. Peter and John are not those boys’ real names. But their problem, smoking, is a very real problem. In many countries, smoking is becoming a bigger problem for young people. Most smokers start in their teens or earlier.

A study of 8,000 London students shows that smoking is a problem for many British kids. More than 21% of middle school students and 6 % of primary school pupils said they smoked. “If young people start smoking early, it will be very hard for them to give up later on,” said a professor.

Every year, about four million people die because of smoking. And if people keep smoking,  that number will go up to about ten million a year by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. So we have to learn and tell others about the dangers of smoking.

1.The sentence “Smoking is part of my life” probably means “__________”

A．I don’t smoke very often.

B．Smoking is very important to me.

C．I don’t smoke at all.

D．I’m going to give up smoking.

2.What will probably happen if a person starts smoking early?

A．He will surely die early.

B．He cannot stop smoking.

C．It will be difficult for him to give up smoking.

D．He will become lazy soon.

3.The study in the passage shows that __________.

A．smoking is a serious problem among British students

B．there are more and more smokers in England

C．some student smokers are having fun smoking

D．most of smokers are young students

4.The main idea of this passage is that__________.

A．smoking is becoming a bigger problem for young people

B．more and more people die because of smoking every year

C．WHO asks young people to give up smoking

D．we needn’t worry about the student smokers

5.As middle school students, what should we do from now on?

A．We should start smoking after middle school.

B．We should ask others to smoke outside.

C．We should laugh at smokers.

D．We should say no to smoking.

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Dear Editor,

I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you about children who are left-behind(留守儿童) in towns around the country. Now, our city is b  1.    more and more modern. That makes a lot of p  2.  leave their hometowns to work on building the cities. But when they work in the cities, their children are waiting for them at home. One of the most s  3.   problems is the loneliness. These left-behind children feel always l 4.   and stressed out because they have no parents’ love. At the same time, nobody can teach them the differences b 5.  right and wrong. So , it’s easier for these children to make m 6.    even break laws. It’s very important for us to pay more a  7.  to these children if we want to build a harmonious society.

So how do we s  8.   this problem? Most of the left-behind children say they miss their parents a lot,  e  9.   during holidays. Maybe the government can set up special group activities for these children during holidays. Of course, the best thing for these families is to be together. As the song says, “If e  10.    gives their love, the world will be better.”

Best wishes to you!

Sincerely,

Mary