My uncle ______ until he was forty –five.

A. married        B. didn’t marry       C. was not marrying       D. would marry

I can’t count how many times people have complained, while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment,“just don’t know what is with teenagers today.”

The other day I was in my car on my way to the farmers market when I passed two teens standing by the side of the road with a car washing sign. My car was filthy and my heart was full, so I pulled over. There was a group directing the cars and another group spraying them down. As sponges(海绵) were wiped over every square inch of my dirty car, I sat enjoying the little water bottles. I was amazed at why forty to fifty teenagers had devoted their Saturday to washing cars.

After I handed them a twenty-dollar bill I asked what they were raising money for. They explained to me that a friend of theirs, C.T.Schmitz, had recently died of cancer. He was only fifteen years old. He had gone to school with a lot of the teenagers who were there that day and each of them had memories of a boy sweeter than any they had known. His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together because he wanted to honor his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop(童子军). He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and if they raised enough money they would put a plaque(纪念匾) there also. Both would be in memory of their friend C.T.

They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt(收据) saying“Thanks for helping us plant a tree of C.T.”

Yeah! I don’t know what is with teenagers today!

1.From the passage we can know that the boys were raising money to ______.

A．buy a plaque for their school .

B．help those who suffered from cancer.

C．first plant a tree in memory of their friend.

D．put a plaque near their friend’s home

2.From the passage, we can infer that C.T.Schmitz was _____.

A. kind-hearted but lonely          B. brave and popular with his classmates

C. shy and sensitive               D. a boy you can get a good impression of

3.What does the underlined word  “ filthy”mean?

A．new             B．dirty             C．good-looking       D．ordinary

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Teenagers Today                        B．A Special Day

C．My view on Teenagers                    D．An Exciting Experience

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old．My mother told us that we would not be   26  Christmas gifts because there was not enough money．I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 27 ?" Just when I started to  28  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women  29  at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they brought a doll．I felt such a sense of  30  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school．I wasn't   31 ．Somebody had thought  32  of me to bring me a gift．

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  33 Christmas there special and memorable, I  34  remembered the women's visit．I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  35  for as many children as I could possibly reach．

So I   36  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤儿） at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,   37  with a child's name．We wanted all of them to know they were  38 ．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   39  them that they couldn't open their presents   40  every child had come forward．Finally the   41  they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three．Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  42  up the room．The   43  in the room was obvious, and   44  wasn't just about toys．It was a feeling — the feeling I knew   45 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn't forgotten．Somebody thought of me．I matter．

A．sending        B．receiving        C．making        D．exchanging

A．found         B．prepared         C．got             D．expected

A．doubt         B．hope            C．suggest          D．accept

A．broke in       B．settled down    C．turned up       D．showed off

A．relief          B．loss            C．achievement  D．justice

A．blamed        B．loved          C．forgotten        D．affected

A．highly         B．little           C．poorly         D．enough

A．present        B．first            C．recent           D．previous

A．hardly         B．instantly         C．regularly        D．occasionally

A．strength        B．independence   C．importance      D．safety

A．kept up with  B．caught up with C．came up with   D．put up with

A．none          B．few           C．some           D．each

A．fine           B．special         C．helpful         D．normal

A．reminded      B．guaranteed      C．convinced       D．promised

A．after          B．until            C．when         D．since

A．chance         B．gift           C．moment         D．reward

A．lit            B．took            C．burned          D．cheered

A．atmosphere    B．sympathy        C．calmness        D．joy

A．it            B．such          C．something      D．everybody

A．by            B．till            C．for            D．from

Many adults in the United States can remember crying the nursery rhyme in the street "Hot cross buns!" But only a few people realize this was an early form of advertising.

Written advertisements probably began with hieroglyphics more than three thousand years ago, but only a few people could read these symbols. So merchants made signs with pictures or hung their tools over their doors to identify their businesses.

In the time of the Roman Empire, wall paintings were a popular form of advertisement. An ad for a play, or some other performance was painted on part of a building or on a wall around a city. People often advertised a house for rent or a freshwater bath in this way, too.

Today, large wall signs are still used for outdoor advertising. But outdoor advertising is only a small fraction of the total advertising. About forty per -cent of all ads are printed in daily newspapers. Radio commercials also provide this kind of information. Some people think they are the best form of advertising because radio broadcasts reach almost everyone in a nation.

Advertisements in magazines and on television reach many people, too. However, usually only large companies can advertise on a national network, because TV commercials shown across the country can cost many thousands of dollars.

Then there are ads that are almost part of daily living. If you use public transportation, you will see large printed ads, called ear cards, on buses and taxis and in trains. Ads are painted on the trucks that deliver products people are buying or selling.

1.Which is the passage mainly discussing?

A．Modern advertising                     B．Significance of advertising

C．Development of advertising               D．Origin of advertising

2.Which of the following is the original form of advertising?

A．Signs with pictures                      B．Wall signs

C．Street crying                           D．Wall painting

3.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “hieroglyphics” in Paragraph 2?

A．A signal           B．A signature        C．A symbol          D．A form

4.Why did the merchants make signs with pictures or hang their tools over their doors ?

A．To have their houses decorated.

B．To make their business known by public.

C．To enable people to learn how to read

D．To advertise their houses to rent

5.Radio commercials are the best form of advertising because ____________.

A．they can be heard everywhere in a country

B．they are cheap and fast

C．they are most recently developed

D．they can be understood by those who can neither read nor write

Moral science is taught as a subject in most schools but with little effect. Perhaps part of the problem lies in the fact that morality is not a science, strictly speaking. It is too much of a social phenomenon, and also has too much of the personal and subjective things mixed within. Besides, morality itself changes with generations. So it is impossible to be defined in a textbook.

I remember sitting through forty minutes of moral lessons, which told stories about little children who never told lies and were rewarded for their goodness. It had little effect and left no impression on me, though.

If moral science has to be taught as a subject in schools, it needs a participatory(参与其中的) approach. When you tell a child about morals, you also have to deal with social norms（规范）and cultural differences. You have to explain that morality can be subjective, and be able to co-exist in society. You will probably have to refer to the morals of the present time.

The best way to tell a child how to live is to show him what is valued. If a child likes his friend, you have to make the child think about why. Once the child notices and recognizes goodness in others, he or she is likely to develop it as well.

In fact, children learn most of their morals by watching people around them. They absorb behavior patterns from teachers and older students. They watch to see what is rewarded and who is punished. They learn on the sports field and through social work. Moral science lessons should simply consist of letting them live and interact, and watch you support correct values and reward good behavior.

1.Which is NOT the reason that moral science is taught in schools but with little effect?

A．Morality doesn’t strictly belong to a science.

B．Morality is more like a social phenomenon.

C．Morality can’t be written down in textbooks.

D．Different generations have different moral ideas.

2.The author describes his own experience of having moral lessons in order to _____.

A．explain telling lies is not moral for little children

B．advise people should be rewarded for their goodness

C．show he has no opinions about moral science

D．prove moral lessons in schools have little effect

3.When you tell a child about morals, you should________.

A．teach him to share personal moral ideas with others

B．tell him about social norms and cultural differences

C．explain that nobody can influence his moral ideas

D．say that the present morals are likely to be changed

4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The influence of people’s behavior on morals.

B．The value of teachers’ setting a good example.

C．The best way of teaching children about morals.

D．The importance of rewarding good behavior.