I have a twin sister, Anna．She has （ 1 ） hair than me．I don’t like long hair．Many people think we （ 2 ） have lots of things in common．I’m afraid this is not true．When my parents’ fiends come to my home, Anna often sits there and says （ 3 ）, but I like to talk with them．So she is （ 4 ） than me．Anna likes reading, drawing and cooking．I just like swimming and playing basketball．She has （ 5 ） hobbies than me, but she is not as athletic （ 6 ） me．Because Anna does （ 7 ） than me at school, my parents say to me, “ （ 8 ）Anna is younger than you, you should learn （ 9 ） her．” We do have some similarities （相似之处）, however．For example, we （ 10 ） like eating fast food, going shopping and listening to pop music．

1．A．long                  B．longer              C．short               D．shorter

2．A．can              B．should         C．must          D．need

3．A．nothing           B．something      C．anything       D．everything

4．A．younger                 B．quieter         C．wilder         D．busier

5．A．much                   B．less           C．more          D．fewer

6．A．than              B．like           C．so            D．as

7．A．worse            B．better         C．bad           D．good

8．A．But              B．Because       C．Although       D．If

9．A．from             B．with          C．as            D．by

10．A．all             B．both          C．either         D．two

Mr．Lin is a farmer who lives in western China with his wife and two kids．Two months ago, he was told that he had cancer and he needed        at once．And he knew he would spend a lot of        on the operation．It was too much for Mr．Lin’s family．They had no jobs and both their children were at school．The situation seemed        ．
After two weeks,        , Mr．Lin got a piece of good news．He was told about a health care project which provides medical treatment for         patients in western China．They need to pay only half the cost or even less．      the project, he was able to receive an operation just in time to stop the illness from getting        ．Now he has returned to his family．
The goal of this health care project is to improve the situation for poor people in      China．So far, the project has helped more than 5,000 people to       medical aid．The Chinese government is also working together with other       and international organizations to do this．They hope to develop a new health care model for China．

US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑战) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations (上一代人).

The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a test.

However, 93 percent of the students said they were satisfied (满意) with their honesty. And 77 percent said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”

Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results. Some, however, defended (为……辩护) today’s students.

“The competition is greater and the pressures (压力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that make it easy for students to be dishonest.”

“I think these students are better than other generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning is more important than having the right answer.”

1.According to the survey, what challenge do US teenagers face today?

A．They have trouble getting pocket money

B．They don’t get along well with teachers

C．They are not so honest as older generations

D．They have too many tests to take each week

2.We can learn from the survey that children in the US nowadays         .

A．behave worse

B．work harder

C．are less healthy

D．are busier at school

3.According to the survey results,   _ percent of the students are satisfied with their honesty.

A．30               B．64               C．77               D．93

4.What’s Mel Riddle’s opinion about the idea that students are dishonest?

A．He gets really angry about it

B．He thinks parents must do something to stop it

C．He thinks the students should change their behavior

D．He thinks there are some reasons for being dishonest

5.What advice does Mel Riddle give on improving the honesty of students?

A．Do not let students do anything

B．Make it easier for them to learn

C．Ask students to find right answers

D．Give students more free time to have fun

Vitamin（维生素）D is called “sunshine vitamin，”and it is very important to health，yet more Americans are not getting enough，U．S．researchers said on Monday．Researchers found that 75 percent of Americans can’t reach the levels of vitamin D，up from about 50 percent of them 20 years ago．Getting enough vitamin D can be easy：spend 10 minutes in the sun with legs and arms exposed （暴露），or take vitamin pills．

    “But people’s habits have changed…they are less active and outdoors less，and also protecting their skin from the sun because of skin cancer risk（皮癌风险），”said Dr．Adit Ginde，who did the study．Traditionally, vitamin D has been seen important to bone（骨）health and to prevent rickets（软骨病），but recent discoveries show many kinds of cells（细胞）use vitamin D in some way, Ginde said．

    Food can boost（提升）vitamin D levels，but only a few foods．Those include some kinds of fish（salmon，sardines，tuna and mackerel）and milk．But the amounts in milk are not enough to keep people healthy．In the last few years，vitamin D has gained more attention．People are paying a lot more attention to it．A second study in the journal supposed the idea of providing more vitamin D for bone health．Researchers did a research on some people aged 65 or older．They found that spinal bone fractures（脊椎断裂）decreased（卜降）20 percent when the patients took vitamin D every day．

    Researcher Heike Bischoff-Ferrari wrote in the report．”it is possible for people to increase the amount of vitamin D earlier to keep healthy．”

1．Why Vitamin D is called“sunshine vitamin”?

A．Because it is like sunshine

B．Because people can get vitamin D in the sun．

C．Because it is very important

D．Because there isn’t enough vitamin D in the food．

2．If people have enough vitamin D．they can avoid __________．

A．cold                       B．cancer                   C．rickets                   D．fever

3．We can get vitamin D by __________．

A．eating some food                                        B．spending time in the sunshine

C．taking vitamin D Pills                                  D．all of the above

4．Americans get __________ vitamin D than before．

A．more                   B．less                       C．better                     D．worse

　　Can a computer（计算机）think? The answer is ___1___ yes nor no. It depends on what is meant by thinking.

　　A computer can work much ___2___ and faster than any human（人类）head. But on the other ___3___, the human head can do ___4___. It can put thoughts together in ___5___ ways and can think of new ideas. Such ___6___ ideas may have never been thought of before.

　　___7___ example, shortly after the radio was ___8___, ___9___ began to think of sending ___10___ by wireless（无线电）. Through many ___11___ of hard research work, a scientist invented（发明）the ___12___ TV set in the world. Another example is ___13___ the computer itself was ___14___ invented by humans. So a computer can't ___15___ the place of human head. It can only“think”as man wants it to.