What’s your favorite English letter ? Many of you may say Q. Why ? Because so many of you chat with your friends on QQ .
What do you like about QQ? What do you talk about ? The CCTV reporter ,Miss Wang interviews three kids . Let’s listen to what they say .
When do you chat on QQ ? What do you talk about ?
Lin Yuhan , Xi’an : On weekends . We talk about homework and chat with each other .
Tang Yuting ,Shanghai : On weekends and when I don’t have much homework .We exchange test answers and chat .
Yang Yuhang , Dalian : Our class goes online together at 4—6pm on weekends , We complain about homework ,chat and talk about computer games .
What do you put on your QQ blog (博客 )?
Lin : I put good articles. I have found online on my blog . I also write articles myself . They are about funny things that have happened in my class .
Tang : I put pictures on my blog . Not my own photos , but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons like Tennis Prince and Conan .
Yang: I put DV films on my blog . I shoot  ( 拍摄 )them during sports meetings and school parties .The most popular one is about a dancing teacher .It is so funny that everyone watches it .
How do you like QQ?
Lin : It’s a good place for us to make a record of our lives of both good times and sad times .
Tang : My friends and I may not have time to chat at school .But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships .
Yang : If you chat with your friends on the telephone ,your parents sometimes listen in on your convercation . There is no such problem with QQ . You can relax and talk freely .

1. 1.

   How many kids are interviewed about QQ?

   1. A.
      Nine
   2. B.
      Six
   3. C.
      Three
   4. D.
      Two
2. 2.

   What does Yang Yuhang talk about QQ on weekends ?
   ① homework       ② chat     ③ test answers  ④computer games

   1. A.
      ①②
   2. B.
      ②③
   3. C.
      ①②④
   4. D.
      ②③④
3. 3.

   What does Lin Yuhan put on her QQblog ?

   1. A.
      Some pictures .
   2. B.
      Good articles .
   3. C.
      DV films .
   4. D.
      Japanese cartoons .
4. 4.

   Which one is TRUE according to this article ?

   1. A.
      Lin says QQ is very helpful to their friendships .
   2. B.
      Yang says he can chat freely with many friends and relax on QQ .
   3. C.
      Tang says QQ is a good space for them to make a record of their lives .
   4. D.
      Tang says he chats on QQ on weekdays though he has lots of homework .

What’s a typical（典型的）day like in Buenos Aires（布宜诺斯艾利斯）? For Diego, who lives with his parents in a house in Buenos Aires, a school day starts    1  . If his mother doesn’t wake him up at 6:00 a.m., his dog Luna will. Diego    2    himself quickly and takes Luna for a walk.

Then it’s time to get ready for school. Diego puts on his school clothes and eats a quick  3  . He slings（抛）his heavy schoolbag over his shoulder and gets onto the city bus for the 25 minutes’  4    to school.

Diego is in the seventh year of primary school. Classes start at 8:00 a.m. with math, followed

  5   history and music．At 1:00 p.m., Diego and his friends have their lunch. After lunch, Diego heads to English class. This is one of his favorites,    6   the students practise English by writing e-mails to students in    7    countries.

       When the    8    class ends, Diego and his friends    9   the bus to a city park to play football. Then he’s back home to start on homework. If he finishes in time, Diego will cook dinner. His parents come home from work at about 8:00 p.m., and    10    they sit down to dinner. After dinner, Diego does some reading or watches TV before getting ready for bed!

（   ）1．A．quickly                B．early                       C．late                         D．slowly

（   ）2．A．dress                  B．dressed                   C．dressing                  D．dresses

（   ）3．A．lunch                  B．breakfast                 C．supper                    D．dinner

（   ）4．A．walk                   B．way                        C．ride                        D．road

（   ）5．A．at                       B．for                         C．by                          D．about

（   ）6．A．because               B．if                            C．since                      D．unless

（   ）7．A．other                   B．others                     C．another                   D．the others

（   ）8．A．first                    B．second                    C．third                       D．last

（   ）9．A．fetch                   B．carry                      C．take                        D．bring

（   ）10．A．only                  B．just                         C．also                        D．then

A new term has begun．Teachers are   1   about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with．They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school．What is   2   , some students even use cellphones   3   out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun．Some   4   students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in．

       Are these new students really that   5  ? “Yes．” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University．   6   she adds it’s not their fault．   7   , the teachers should be blamed（责备）． Mrs. Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago． “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other．It seemed that   8   well had nothing to do with them．” she says．“At first, I got worried about this．” but then I said to   9   , “You’re giving   10   , and you need to manage this kind of situation．These students need to know more about manners．It’s time to help them develop some good   11   ．They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young．Sooner or later, they may regret the time they 12   ．”

       Mrs. Kirk also   13   a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes．The following are among her suggestions:

l         On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit（受益）by taking the class and the importance   14   listening carefully in class．

l         Do not allow them to bring cellphones or MP3 players to the class at all．

l         Tell them how to use cellphones or MP3 players   15   ．

（   ） 1． A． excited           B． worried                 C． surprised        D． interested

（   ） 2． A． bad                B． worse                   C． good              D． better

（   ） 3． A． do             B． doing                C． to do       D． did

（   ） 4． A． other          B． the other             C． others        D． another

（   ） 5． A． rude                     B． polite                    C． friendly          D． boring

（   ） 6． A． But                B． However               C． And               D． So

（   ） 7． A． Such as        B． For example         C． Instead of   D． Instead

（   ） 8． A． learn         B． learned             C． learning       D． learns

（   ） 9． A． me            B． myself             C． I            D． mine

（   ） 10． A． math            B． English                 C． Chinese          D． lessons

（   ） 11． A． ideas            B． speeches             C． habits            D． classes

（   ） 12． A． had wasted B． waste                       C． have wasted D． will waste

（   ） 13． A． makes          B． brings                   C． gets             D． takes

（   ） 14． A． on               B． of                       C． at                  D． by

（   ） 15． A． careful               B． carefully                C． proper           D． properly

A．Happy Spring Festival!

B．Where are they from?

C．How are you?

D．How is the weather in Canberra?

E．I'd like to.

W: Oh, I see. Are you getting on well（进展顺利）with your English learning?

M: Most（大多数）of them are from Australia. Some are from Canada, and some are from the U.K. and the U.S.

W: You can help each other（互相）.

M: 4　　 But I'm afraid not（恐怕不能）. The Spring Festival isn't a holiday in Australia.

W: Oh, I see. Then take good care of yourself（好好照料自己）.

Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum(论坛) asking what “PK” meant.
“My family has been watching the ‘I Am the Singer’ singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what ‘PK’ meant, but I had no idea,” explained the puzzled father.
To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, “PK” is short for “Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other.
In the case of the “I Am the Singer” singing competition, “PK” was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition raking.
Like this father, Chinese teachers at Middle schools have also been finding their students using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write the compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didn’t understand.
“My ‘GG’ came back this summer from college. He told me I’ve grown up to be a ‘PLMM’. I loved to ‘FB’ with him together; he always took me to the ‘KPM’,” went one composition.
“GG” means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother). “PLMM” is Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl).“FB” means Fu Bai (corruption).“KPM” is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.
Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language. If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, meaning an ugly looking femal) or a Qing Wa (frog, meaning an ugly looking male ) is, you will possibly be regarded as a CaiNiao!
【小题1】By writing the article, the writer tries to _________.