For the first time, Zhang Shengyu, a student from Laiyang Middle School in Shandong, didn’t ask her mother to buy her a new schoolbag or any new pens for the beginning of the school term. “My old schoolbag can still be used, so there is no need to buy a new one,” Zhang said, “I’ve decided to be thrifty from now on.”

       As the center of the family’s attention, many of the one-child generation (一代人) do not know about the hardships of life. They sometimes have no idea of the value of things. Many students would throw away pens and erasers that haven’t been used up and buy new ones. Some like to compete with each other to see whose clothes and school things are more expensive.

       On its website in January, the Ministry of Education called on students to form good habits such as working hard, being helpful and thrifty, to avoid wasting food and to pay more attention to study and others.

       Many schools consider teaching the value of money to be an important lesson and encourage their students to be thrifty.

       Students at No. 44 Middle School of Shijiazhuang, Hebei planted many fruit trees in their school. Through taking care of the trees, the students learned how to value things.

       At Tie Yi Middle School in Xi’an, students organized a group to collect waste and reuse them. “What we students do are small things, but I think with everyone’s work, we can make a difference,” said Li Dongdong, 16, a student from the group.

1 The underlined word “thrifty” in Paragraph 1 means ______.

A. giving money to the poor              B. spending lots of money

C. spending no money at all                       D. using money carefully and wisely

2 Many of the one-child generation usually ______.

A. waste things                                      

B. know about the hardships of life

C. don’t know the prices of many things  

D. like competition with each other in study

3 In January, the Ministry of Education called on students to do the followings EXCEPT _________. 

A. working hard                                   B. being thrifty          

C. helping others                                 D. protecting environment

4 We can conclude that Li Dongdong ____________.

   A. took care of trees                     B. planted fruit trees

   C. collected waste                                       D. didn’t ask his mother for a new school bag

5 What is the best title of the passage?

A. School activities                                  B. Waste not, want not

C. Make a difference                    D. The problems of one-child generation 

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult. However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development. Although we seldom(很少) worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competition among classmates and expectations(期待) from parents. These experiences are very useful to our future, but in fact, they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood. Unluckily, we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to feel this invisible pressure come upon us. We get up before sunrise and return after sunset. We work and study like an adult, even harder. What we do is in order to get an excellent mark. Oh, growing up is completely boring. We must try to find happiness while growing up. I think the friendship among our friends, the support(支持) from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us. Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
【小题1】The Chinese for the underlined word "invisible" is __________.

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult. However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development. Although we seldom(很少) worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competition among classmates and expectations(期待) from parents. These experiences are very useful to our future, but in fact, they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood. Unluckily, we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to feel this invisible pressure come upon us. We get up before sunrise and return after sunset. We work and study like an adult, even harder. What we do is in order to get an excellent mark. Oh, growing up is completely boring. We must try to find happiness while growing up. I think the friendship among our friends, the support(支持) from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us. Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?

1. 1.

   The Chinese for the underlined word "invisible" is __________

   1. A.
      不显眼的
   2. B.
      无所谓的
   3. C.
      无形的
   4. D.
      不露面的
2. 2.

   What do you think the writer is?

   1. A.
      A parent
   2. B.
      An adult
   3. C.
      A teacher
   4. D.
      A student
3. 3.

   How does the writer think we can find happiness?

   1. A.
      From friends, parents and teachers
   2. B.
      By studying hard like an adult
   3. C.
      With the help of classmates
   4. D.
      Through talking with parents
4. 4.

   The best title of the text is “__________”

   1. A.
      My dream
   2. B.
      My worries
   3. C.
      My pleasure
   4. D.
      My school life