There are a lot of educational TV programmes for kids．Some educational shows for kids will not only  1  their lives，but also make their parents’ lives a little  2  ．

At school，our kids learn a lot of  3  ．On TV，they  4   learn more of the same．But．there’s a lot of life information that kids need to learn，  5   how to keep their drawers clean and tidy and how to   6   their study．Some people may say，“It’s parents’ job to  7  them．”That may be so，  8  who says a parent can’t teach indirectly（间接地）by making a kid see a TV show with useful information?

Most parents will be more likely to agree  9  teachers and other authority figures（权威人士）．But sometimes they seem to  10  more weight to our kids．At school，for example，my kids try to get their coats on the hooks（挂钩）when they  11  at classroom．These same coats are never hung up at  12  ．One reason is that we think it’s quicker to do these things by  13  instead of asking our kids to do their parts．That’s  14   many kids go off to college without any idea how to deal with basic things．

So，I’ll let my kids  15  more programmes like“THE FLOOR IS NOT A DRAWER”，“I’M OLD ENOUGH” and so on．

1．A．experience                B．increase                  C．improve                  D．live

2．A．slower                      B．busier                     C．harder                    D．better

3．A．programmes             B．courses                   C．books                     D．passages

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

5．A．instead of                 B．because of                     C．as well                    D．such as

6．A．organize                   B．educate                   C．expect                    D．join

7．A．promise                    B．teach                      C．save                       D．influence

8．A．and                          B．so                          C．but                         D．if

9．A．at                             B．in                           C．with                       D．to

10．A．add                        B．put                         C．reduce                    D．lend

11．A．get                         B．reach                      C．take                        D．arrive

12．A．hotel                       B．home                      C．restaurant               D．hospital

13．A．ourselves                B．themselves              C．itself                       D．them

14．A．when                      B．where                     C．because                  D．why

15．A．watch                     B．make                      C．write                      D．direct

April 20th is an ordinary day in 2013, it is in this day that shocking earthquake happened again in Sichuan province, China. The earthquake was terrible. We can’t describe the scene what we saw with any words. Thousands of people were injured even died. And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers. They longed to have families to continue their lives. I am sympathetic to their fate! But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it. For example, there are many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake!

What an unbelievable thing it is! Their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans! However, they must keep fighting against the death. Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever. Sadness, hopelessness and different kinds of danger spread out here and there!

But, fortunately, love is around us: the Communist Party helps us, the army helps us, the people all over the world help us. They offer us money, goods, love and so on ! With the help of such a large love, we will overcome the damage of the earthquake and face our beautiful future!

1.Many people keeping living without food or water because ____________.

A . they were very strong.         B. they could fight against the fate and longed to live on.

C. they were not hurt.            D. they lost fathers and mothers.

2.The meaning of fortunately in third paragraph is ___________.

A .good             B. unbelievable        C. luckily      D. wonderful.

3.The underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refers to___________.

A. the children who survived

B. the parents who survived

C. the children who survived but lost parents

D. the parents who survived but lost children

4.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. An Earthquake.   B. Unbelievable thing.  C. Beautiful future.    D. Love in disaster.

April 20th is an ordinary day in 2013, it is in this day that shocking earthquake happened again in Sichuan province, China. The earthquake was terrible. We can’t describe the scene what we saw with any words. Thousands of people were injured even died. And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers. They longed to have families to continue their lives. I am sympathetic to their fate! But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it. For example, there are many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake!
What an unbelievable thing it is! Their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans! However, they must keep fighting against the death. Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever. Sadness, hopelessness and different kinds of danger spread out here and there!
But, fortunately, love is around us: the Communist Party helps us, the army helps us, the people all over the world help us. They offer us money, goods, love and so on ! With the help of such a large love, we will overcome the damage of the earthquake and face our beautiful future!
【小题1】Many people keeping living without food or water because ____________.

Last week our reporters asked how people prefer to shop．People were asked where they preferred to shop，what they bought，and about advantages and disadvantages．

Larry is a twenty-seven-year-old engineer．He buys all his food，clothes and other things he needs in the shops near his home．He likes the friendly shop owners and the fresh food．However，he says there are two main problems．First，buying things from small shops costs more money．Secondly，he can't find the tracks he reads in the small bookstore near his home．He has to go to the big bookstore downtown（市中心）．

Jan is a thirty-year-old mother of two children．She and her husband both work as teachers．They like to shop at the mall with their children because it's safe and clean．There are always interesting things for the whole family to see．Another advantage is that the prices are good．Malls also have many more kinds and sizes of everything than mall shops．Jan says that the main disadvantages are that the mall is always crowded，and it's so big that children can easily get lost．

Roger is a twenty-year-old student who prefers to shop on the Internet．He thinks the main advantage is that he can shop at any hour of the day or night．Besides this，he can buy fascinating（吸引人的）things from all over the world．According to Roger，the biggest difficulty is that it isn't safe to buy things on the Internet．Last year，someone stole his credit card（信用卡）number and bought things with it．Also，once he paid for things and never received them．

根据短文内容，完成下列句子。（所填内容可能是单词或短语）

1．Larry thinks the shop owners are very            ．

2．From the passage we know that the big bookstores downtown are           from Larry’s house．

3．Jan's family like to see           at the mall．

4．Both Jan and her husband work in          ．

5．Roger thinks buying things on the Internet is not          ．