Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”？

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students．People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow’’, “sell” or even “steal”“vegetables”, “flowers” and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets” and even “houses”.

Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions．

Harold：I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game, Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.

Allan：I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game．Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it．

Laura：You know, people in the city are longing for(渴望) the life in the countryside．It reduces my work pressure(压力)；besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”．

Ivy：  Well. it’s just a waste of time．Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on (专注于)their study.

1.According to the passage, people can’t _______things in this game.

2.From Laura’s words, we can guess that she’s most probably_________

3.Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?

4.Where can you find this passage?

Do you want to be a top student in your class? Here is some advice for you to make more progress.

Plan your time carefully. When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After       this list, you should make a       of your time.

First, plan your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc; then decide a good, regular time for studying. Do not forget to set aside(留出) enough time for what you like and having fun!

Find a good place to study. You should have a quiet room and there should be no other things but study meterials on your desk. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, condertrate(集中) on your subject.

 Make good use of your time. Listen to everything the teacher says. Listening carefully in class means less work later. (2) Taking notes will help you remember what the teachers says.

  Develop a good attitude (态度) to tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learnt about a subject. Remember the world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be too worried.

1.在（1）句的空白处填入适当的词使句子完整通顺___________ , _____________

2.将（2）句译成汉语 ___________________________________________________________

3.回答问题： How many ways of making progress are there in this passage? ______________

4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子：Remember to spare some time on your hobbies and enjoy yourself.______________________________________________________________

5.找出文章中最能表达主题的句子________________________________________________

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I felt studying very boring, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. There were only two ways for me to do this—working in the toy factory in my town, or getting married. I chose the first one. I was nervous when I told my father that I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” Instead,  he took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the toy factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory, looking at the buildings, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And you have another choice, but I think getting married is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day. From then on, I studied as hard as I could. Finally I got into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】The writer lived in ________ when she was a teenager.

150 Years of Cool

Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.

Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person.

Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool.

People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.

Jeans now can be seen everywhere: However, in many places, it’s not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it’s often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But, when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choice.

1.The story is talking about_____________.

A. Levi Strauss               B. young people           C. cool        D. jeans

2.Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans_____________.

A. when he was 44            B. when he was 24         C. in 1853     D. in 1924

3.___________ wore jeans after they were first made.

A. American soldiers          B. American cowboys     

C. Levi Strauss               D. The people in Europe

4.Jeans can be cool for nearly 150 years because _____________.

A. they have different styles                      

B. they have different colors

C. they make us feel youth, comfort and energy      

D. they are working trousers.

5.When you _____________, you’d better not wear a pair of jeans.

A. go to an important meeting       B. go on a trip

C. have a party                    D. are having fun