Are only clever and good-looking students happy in the school? Best-selling 1 Xiao Nizi(Nini)doesn’t think so．
“ 2 has his own place in the sky．" she said．"We're all special in our own ways．”
Nini, from Hunan, writes stories about young people in the school．Her books, 3 Devils Kiss and Un-e on Midsummer’s Night, are very 4 with students．
In her stories, the main characters arc usually common girls who are neither pretty 5 smart．But they always win the love of a Prince Charming(白马王子)，or 6 successful stars．
"It’s not because of luck．"' said Nini．""They are 7 honest and they don't lie．They know what they arc good 8 and work hard to realize their dreams．"
Nini herself is like one of the characters in her stories．She was a shy girl at school．But she thought a lot and liked languages, and that made her 9 to be a writer．She hopes her stories 10 make more kids happy．
Text messaging, or simply “texting”, with allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today．
The advantages of texting are obvious．Texting helps to save money．If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling．Texting helps to save time．Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second．Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone．Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don't want others to hear what you are talking on the phone．These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it．They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking．
However, texting has its disadvantages．Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then．When your phone box gets too full, you can't receive any more messages．You may therefore miss some important information．
What's more, if you don't do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous．It can cause injuries and even death．It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year．In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011．Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60％ more probably to have an accident than others．When people are texting, they don't notice other people or things around them．To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving．About 32 countries have passed laws restrictingthe use of mobile phones while driving．
Texting is a wonderful way of communication．However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings．
(1)
How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
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A．
Two．
B．
Three．
C．
Four．
D．
Five．
(2)
What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
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A．
Texters are easier to have an accident．
B．
Texting is a good way of communication．
C．
6,000 people were killed and injured．
D．
Many people text to greet families and friends．
(3)
The underlined word restricting probably means ________．
Mark Twain，the famous American writer，liked to play jokes on others．But once a joke 1 ndline on him．
One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town．2 ndline lunch he met a young man，one of his friends．
The young man said that he had an uncle with him．He told Mark Twain that his uncle 3 ndline laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh．“You 4 ndline your uncle to my talk tonight，”said Mark Twain．“I'm sure I can make him laugh．”That evening the young man and his un-cle sat in the front．Mark Twain began to speak．He told several funny stories．This made everyone in the room 5 ndline．
But the old man never even smiled．Mark Twain told more funny stories，6 ndline the old man still kept quiet．Mark Twain told his 7 ndline stories．Finally he stopped.He was tired and quite 8 ndline．Some days later，Mark Twain told another friend of his about 9 ndline had happened．
“Oh，”said his friend，“I know that old man．He's been 10 ndline for years．”
