America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends : It is opposite in America ,Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real.

For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1may mean “_______”.

A. keep out                  B. give up                     C. pay no attention to          D. continue

2.Which of the following is the typical（典型的）way of American hospitality?

A. Treating friends at home.

B. Taking days off to be with friends.

C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.   

D. Sharing everything they have.

3.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?

A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

We sometimes call the lion “the king of the jungle” Because it is stronger and more dangerous than other animals. 1.  It is the highest animal in the land food chain.

 In the sea, the shark is one of the animals at the top of the food chain. It can swim faster than most other sea2.

3. People are! We are not the biggest or fastest. but we are the cleverest. We could not run faster than cheetahs, so we invented cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than joins. so we invented puns. Now we ran hunt the best-People's inventions are clever, but they can be dangerous, too. For example, people invented lactones, and now they make the air and rivers dirty. 4.Dirty rivers kill fish. hen bears cannot eat the fish and die. If we kill one part of the food chain. other parts also die. Remember that we are a part of the food chain. so we are in danger, too! 5. We should and we could do something for the world!

Mobile phones and the Internet have improved our life in many ways. However, along with improvements, they also brought a number of worrying problems.

Many car accidents are caused by mobile phones. You can use many new mobile phones to get on the Internet .This can be very convenient, but some drivers get on the Internet while driving. Driving needs all our attention. By looking at their mobile phones and not at the road, these insensitive(不专注的) drivers are a danger to us all.

Many of the dangers of the Internet are well known. Children who visit websites without their parents’ permission sometimes talk to older people they don’t know and put themselves in great danger. People with blogs(博客) sometimes post（张贴） embarrassing photographs of people they don’t know on their websites without permission. There are also people who use the Internet to get personal information that we do not want them to have.

Mobile Phones and Internet Safety Tips

l If you need to use a mobile phone when you drive, use a “hand –free” phone.

l In difficult driving situation such as rain or snow, don’t use your phone at all.

l Do not make very important phone calls while driving. They take your attention off the road.

l Tell your children not to talk with anyone they do not know on the Internet.

l In an embarrassing situation, pay attention to people around you. People will be shy about taking your picture if they know you’re paying attention.

l Refuse to give out any personal information on the Internet.

1.Which of these dangers of mobile phones or the Internet is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. You can have a car accident

B. Someone can post your photograph on the Internet

C. Someone you do not know can call you

2.Children should ______ on the Internet.

A. give out their important personal information

B. talk to older people they don’t know

C. ask for their parents’ permission sometimes to visit some websites

3.A “hand-free” mobile phone is probably a mobile phone that _____.

A. is free to use

B. can be used without your hands

C. can be used with only one hand

4.What advice is given in the passage to stop someone from taking an embarrassing picture of you?

A. Pay attention to the people around you

B. Don’t give out your personal information

C. Use a “hands-free” mobile phone

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Internet Problems

B. Mobile Phone and Internet Dangerous

C. The Development of Mobile Phone and Internet

The television has been an important part of many families’ life. Many children like to sit in front of the television instead of doing something else. When many experts (专家) say that television is bad for children, some believe that television can really have a good effect on a child’s life, if it is used properly.

There are many television programmes that both provide fun and education. Spending some time on these types of programmes is good for your child’s development. The television can be more efficient at teaching a child certain (某种) tasks.

Parents can also use the television to help children read. After watching an educational programme, your child may become more interested in a topic. Use that interest to drive your child toward reading.

The television can also help to make a family closer. After a programme ends, you can start a decision about it. This can help encourage a healthy family.

The television can introduce your child to new cultures. This can help your child learn a lot from them.

The television can also help build a bridge for difficult communication between parents and children. If a child refuses to talk about a topic with his or her parents, he or she is willing to talk about it with his or her parents after watching the programme about the topic. This is an example of television’s role as a bridge to tough communication.

1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the first paragraph?

A. Fewer and fewer families enjoy watching TV in daily life.                         

B. Many children prefer watching TV to doing other things.                                  

C. Some people believe that watching TV is good for children.                    

D. Many experts think the television has a bad effect on children.

2.The television can be more efficient at….Here “efficient” means ___________.

A. 有效的                  B. 缓慢的                   C. 困难的                   D. 强硬的

3.The television can help children ___________.

A. to build bridges in the future                

B. to practise English speaking skill

C. to become more interested in reading          

D. to become stronger

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. The television can help improve the family relationship.

B. The television can bring children both fun and education.

C. Children can learn much about different cultures by watching TV.

D. Children can make more friends by watching TV.

5.This passage mainly talks about _______________.

A. children’s favourite TV programmes               

B. good efffects of the television on children

C. the great importance of television                    

D. children’s different habits of watching TV

When you live with other people at school, it’s important to keep a good relationship with your roommates. Here is some advice.
★ Set rules together.  Rules are important. It’s necessary to set up rules with your room-mates together. You can talk about things you like and dislike. 【小题1】              
This can make all of you comfortable to live in the same room.
★ Clean up the room. 【小题2】             If you just throw your dirty clothes away or don’t take out the trash, no one in your room can be happy.  Although it’s hard to clean up your room every day, you need to clean it up at least twice a week.
★ Respect others’ privacy (尊重…隐私). Don’t take or use anything from your roommates without asking! If your roommates know that, he or she must be unhappy. 【小题3】                
★【小题4】             If you want to keep a good relationship with your roommates, you should spend some time together. In this way, you can know more about each other and find out what you have in common.

【小题5】 Which of the following is TRUE?