“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ, ”said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China. “Most of my classmates use QQ after school. ”

QQ is the biggest messaging service in China. A record from Tencent, the company which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October.

And probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them. “I log in （登陆）on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel everything around me boring. I usually spend about ten hours chatting （聊天）online every week, ”she said. “But I never talk with stranger, especially boys or men. ”

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with stranger online. “You don’t know who you’re talking to. You should always be careful about whom you believe in online. ”

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to know someone very well. Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match together. 

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, named Bart Simon online, dislikes QQ users. “I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things, ”he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. “I only chat online because I’ve got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore, ”he said. “I want to learn more about foreign cultures（文化）. ”But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and money. 

“If you are really addicted to （上瘾）it, sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons, ”he said. “And friends in your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet online. ”   

1. People meet face to face offline when they think they ________.   

A. have known each other well　　   B. have the same interest　　

C. have enough free time　　　　    D. have nothing to do   

2. Fox’s Shadow thinks QQ is ________.　　 

A. the biggest messaging service in China　　  B. a good place to spend her boring time　　  C. a safe place to chat with strangers　　　　　　 D. the best place to make friends   

3. From the passage, we know “… they are all just a few clicks away” means “_______”.　　  A. it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking　　 

B. it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends　　 

C. it is possible to live much closer to your friends　　 

D. it is popular to make friends online   

4. Which of the following sentence is TRUE according to the passage?　　 

A. All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.　　 

B. Chatting online is a waste of time and money.　　 

C. We should be careful about boys or men online.　　 

D. We should think more of our friends in real life. 

     be   with   excited   many   offer   promise   popular   again   hobby   take

    Starting a new school term is always ___61___. It is a chance to see your friends ___62___. But most exciting of all, the new term is a chance to take up new hobbies. It is common in Britain for students to take up new interests after the Christmas holidays. ___63___ to start something new is a common new year resolution.

    ___64___ schools offer different kinds of ___65___ classes. Students take them in their free periods or after school. Some classes you have to pay for and others are free. For example, I once took a free Wednesday evening gymnastics class my school ___66___. But when I learnt how to play the drum, my parents had to pay for the lessons.

    ___67___ extra classes at my school ___68___ piano lessons and drama club. Both classes offered exams students could ___69___. Students with many hobbies sometimes felt more stressed than those ___70___ any. But the students with hobbies left school with many extra skills.

Do your kids ask a lot of questions? If they do, that’s great. Because that’s how children learn. Some of these questions may be easy to answer. Others may be hard. And they want to get the right answers. Do your kids ask such questions?
●Why is the sky blue? Why is the sunset red?
●Why are leaves green?
●Why do leaves change color in autumn?
●How do airplanes fly?
Can you answer these questions? If not, don’t worry. Though Science Made Simple can’t help with all of life’s important questions, it can help with those. In this fast changing world, the more your children know about science, the better.
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【小题1】What do we know about the kids who like asking questions?

For those of us who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.

How to get through exams? Here are some advice:

Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills—how to work when you are in an exam.

Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.

Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.

Get enough sleep, and eat healthy food.

You need exercise to work well. Walk, run, play sport—whatever you enjoy.

Stop thinking about the future and failing.

If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed! (84)Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.

If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done. You cannot change what you have written!

To this advice, we could add:

If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be “going round and round”—thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

（A）根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1.Why do some students hate exams?

2.What should you do if the exam upsets you when it is finished?

（B）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3. ______________________________________________________________________

4.______________________________________________________________________

（C）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5. ______________________________________________________________________

Do your kids ask a lot of questions? If they do, that’s great. Because that’s how children learn. Some of these questions may be easy to answer. Others may be hard. And they want to get the right answers. Do your kids ask such questions?

●Why is the sky blue? Why is the sunset red?

●Why are leaves green?

●Why do leaves change color in autumn?

●How do airplanes fly?

Can you answer these questions? If not, don’t worry. Though Science Made Simple can’t help with all of life’s important questions, it can help with those. In this fast changing world, the more your children know about science, the better.

Get the help you need now, and every month you can get Science Made Simple online for only ＄11.95 for 10 issues(期). Click here: questions @sciencemadesimple. Com for more information. Remember, if you are not happy with your first issue, we will give back all your money.

1.What do we know about the kids who like asking questions?

A. They’re clever but lazy.      

B. They often ask easy questions.

C. They are good at subjects.    

D. They want to get right answers.

2.Which is TRUE about Science Made Simple?

A. It is an interesting storybook.    

B. It can help with all of life’s important questions.

C. Parents can buy it on the Internet.

D. Parents can learn to play games with their children from it.

3.Which of the following can be found in Science Made Simple?

A. Painting skills.         B. How airplanes fly.

C. The newest films.       D. Travel routes(路线).

4.How much will you pay if you don’t like the first issue of Science Made Simple?

A. ＄11.95.       B. ＄1.195.      C. Nothing.       D. ＄10.

5.The passage may be a(n)          .

A. advertisement(广告)    B. report     C. instruction      D. invitation