At this moment in different places of the world people are doing different things. In Beijing it's early morning. People are sleeping.
In London people are leaving work to go home. They are waiting for buses or running for trains. Some people are driving their cars. Some are having      afternoon tea at home or walking to the pubs(酒吧) to have a drink.
In Moscow(莫斯科) it's evening and people are having supper at home or in restaurants. Some are going to watch a ballet(芭蕾舞). Some are drinking in the pubs.
In Los Angeles(洛杉矶) it's morning. People are working in their offices.     Children are starting their lessons.
New York is midday now. People aren't working but having lunch. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking coffee or Coke. Some people are seeing friends or shopping.
【小题1】When children in Los Angeles are starting their lessons, people in Beijing
are                 

While most kids are playing iPad games or going out with friends, American boy Dean Miller is helping out at a fire department in Ohio.

Dean is 14 years old. He wants to help in every way he can. He goes out on calls with the fireman and helps clean the trucks, windows and floors.

“It feels really great because you know you were helping people to keep them safe,” said Dean.

Dean’s grandfather and great-grandfather were both firemen. His grandfather was once a fire chief(长官), so Dean was able to start helping early on. Dean knows what firemen do, so it is natural for him to become a volunteer. Dean is the youngest volunteer at the department. The older he becomes, the more responsibilities(责任) he has to take on.

The volunteer work also helped him a lot. He learned skills for the future. Dean wants to be a fireman someday.

“I feel that volunteering is important. If you volunteer for something, you know what you’re doing when you get a job there, and you don’t need as much training,” Dean said.

Because the fire team cannot be everywhere at once, the volunteers must play important roles(作用). They need to stay at certain places to call the fire team if there is a fire. He also talked about how much he had learned from volunteering at the fire department. “I’m learning that it takes courage(勇气), and it takes a team to help people,” he said.

44. Dean dreams of being ______ in the future.

　 A. a volunteer　　　　　 B. a fireman　　　　　 C. a truck driver　　　　 D. a chief

45. Dean learned _____ by working as a volunteer.

　 A. how to get a good job　　　　　　　　　　 B. some new iPad games

　 C. some skills for the future　　　　　　　　　 D. how to drive the fire truck

46. The writer wants to encourage people to _____.

　 A. do some volunteer work　　　　　　　　　 B. be a fireman someday

　 C. call the fire team at certain places　　　 　　 D. visit the fire department in Ohio

47. What can we learn from the passage?

　 A. Dean enjoys playing iPad like other kids　

B. Dean wants to be like his grandfather

　 C. Dean makes much money as a fireman　　

D. Dean will take on fewer responsibilities at 15.

　 If you tell others you are from the 1980s generation, probably you are not as cool as you might have expected. The cool kids today, or the so called “Post-90s” generation, have become much “cooler” than the 1980s’ group, as they can speak “Martian (火星的) languages”, an even more difficult language created by themselves.

　　 Mrs. Li, the mother of a 15-year-old girl, got worried recently, because she could hardly understand what her daughter was writing in her blog (博客). She said, “My daughter likes talking with her friends on the computer. I want to know what they are talking about, but I can’t understand what they are writing on the computer. They use Chinese, English, numbers and pictures. Sometimes I asked her, ‘Do your friends know the meaning of them?’ She said, ‘Yes, they do. Many of my friends talk with the language. It’s our powerful secret tool which parents and teachers cannot figure out at all.

　　 A 14-year-old boy said, “The students in my class often use ‘Martian language’ to communicate. It can help us hide our secrets from our parents or teachers.”

Some people say “Martian language” is good, but some people say it is not good. What do you think?

66. The “Post-90s” generation probably means the children who _________.

　 A. were born before 1990　　　　　　　　　 B. started school after 1990

　 C. were born in the 1990s　　　　　　　　 D. started working after 1990

67. Mrs. Li’s daughter is _________ years old.

　 A. sixteen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. fifteen　　　　　

C. fourteen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. thirteen

68. Why did Mrs. Li get worried?

　 A. Because her daughter didn’t write to her.　

B. Because she worried about her daughter’s health.

C. Because she couldn’t understand what her daughter wrote.

D. Because her daughter spent too much time playing computer games.

69. What does the underlined phrase “figure out” mean in Chinese?

　 A.　　　　　　　　 B.　　　　　　　　 C.　　　　　　　　 D. 弄明白

70. Which of the following is WRONG?

　 A. Martian language is a kind of official language.

　 B. Martian language is very popular with many students.

　 C. Many students like to use Martian language to talk with their friends.

　 D. Martian language can keep students’ secrets when they are chatting with each other.