We take most of our photos when we travel, but teens from Massachusetts, US, took photos of every corner of their own communities. And they found things they didn’t know before.

Gang graffiti（青少年团伙涂鸦）on public walls, a mother hugging her son, and abandoned（废弃的）buildings—these are photos teenagers took in Smerville, a city in Massachusetts.

It’s part of program to ask teenagers to care about the safety of their communities. They took photos and found problems.

“I found I was a photographer and I wanted to show people what I saw.” said Faith Blass, 15. Blass found some leaves with holes burned by cigarettes on a street, which expresses a possible smoking problem among teenagers.

“Even though I’ve lived in Somerville my whole life, from this program I got to see a new side of the town,” said Judcine Felix, 16. “I saw it more carefully and saw things I hadn’t seen before.

Felix took pictures of broken benches and a broken light bulb in the area where she used to live. She said she was shocked to see how bad the condition of the area is, compared with where she lives now.

More than 400 photos are on display in a city hall. One police officer said the photos were wonderful and caught people’s attention.

“This project taught us to read between the lines. Everything is not simply what it seems. Blass said. She said that the project is more than just adults getting children to do things instead it gave them a voice and taught them responsibility.

53. What did the teenagers from Massachusetts really do?

A. They draw pictures on public walls.　

B. They helped clear the abandoned buildings.

C. They worked for their communities as volunteers.　

D. They took photos of their communities and found problems.

54. When Blass found some leaves were burned with holes, she suggested that ____.

A. the area might not safe because there have been a fire.

B. it was done by some teenagers and they might smoke.

C. no other photographer had ever found this problem.

D. the cleaners on this street didn’t work hard.

55. From the story, we know that Felix _____________.

A. took pictures of the communities where she lives now.

B. doesn’t like the area where she lives now.

C. once moved from one community to another.

D. couldn’t believe the bad condition of her living area is.

56. What does the phrase “read between the lines” mean?

A. To learn how to read and memorize the lines.

B. To watch the blanks carefully between the lines.

C. To try to understand one’s real feelings from what they say or write.

D. To learn what responsDoes working out a math problem give you a headache?

Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computing time and the founder(创建者) of Apple. He was also one of the great persons of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.

Apple Ⅱ Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer Company in 1976. A year later, the apple Ⅱ was invented. This was the world’s first personal computer.	The iMac Under Jobs’ leadership, Apple introduced the iMac computer in 1998. The iMac became the first machine, which offered a CD-ROM slot.(插口)
The iPad By 2010, Steve Jobs was sure the world was ready to have a computer that would be great for watching movies and playing games. The touch-sensitive iPad is a great success.	iPhone 4s It came out on October 4, 2011 in America. It looks like iPhone 4. It has a larger and wider screen and a slimmer but wider case. It has a better camera and faster data transfer(文件处理)speeds.

Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have   1  . If you still come back to school   2 only these things , you are falling out-of-date(过时的) . Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and   3 to show off these things to   4 . Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries, the list is endless.
Young people think that , living in the 21^st century , they must keep up with the times . They don't want to fall   5  . Besides, they think that they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones. They also like to   6  the pop music , so they need CD players . They explain that just like electronic dictionaries, these can be   7  in their study, too. They think that their parents should understand   8  they want these things .
Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they return to school at the beginning of a new term.   9  , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to   10  these high-tech things that they want .

I was walking around in a store. I saw an assistant pass this little boy his money back, saying, “I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough money to buy this doll.” I walked toward him and asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
“It’s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.” he said.
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus will bring it to her, and he shouldn’t worry. But he replied to me sadly, “No, Santa Claus can’t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.” His eyes were so sad while saying this. “My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.” My heart nearly stopped. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy, “What if we checked again, just in case (万一)you do have enough money?”
“Ok,” he said. “I hope that I have enough.” I added some of my money to his without letting him see and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money left . The little boy said, “Thank you God for giving me enough money!”
I left the store, feeling as if my life had been changed forever.
【小题1】Whom did the boy want to give the doll to?