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Everywhere I go, people are speaking on their cell telephones regardless of their surroundings (环境) . This happens when people are walking around a lake or through town, or even driving. I have even seen a person attempting to speak on her cell phone while ordering ice cream at Dairy Queen, thus speaking to two people at once.

As the over-spending of technology increases, people begin to take less joy in the simple pleasures of life—joys that don’t cost money—from observing clouds, playing with children to thinking or reading. And it is not just telephones that take the responsibility; too much value is placed on items (物品) from computers to cars. Many things are purchased (购买) merely(仅仅) to show off. Do you really need a cell phone that plays games, shows movies and takes pictures? No, cell phones should be purchased to use in urgent situations.You do not need to use your telephone when you are at someone else’s house or in a restaurant.

Technology and possessions (财产) do not bring joy. While some technology is necessary, it can get ridiculous(可笑的). Each possession just makes us want more, while simple pleasures can be enjoyed now and then.

Instead of spending our time buying a third television or looking into the newest cell phone models, we should be acting more productively to improve the world by volunteering, for example. Or, we should reconsider playing computer games or taking pictures on our cell phones and read a book or imagine what shapes the clouds are in the sky instead.

1.The author mentions cell phones at the beginning just to show _________.

2.People have less joy of simple life nowadays mainly because they _________.

3.We can infer that ________.

This Weekend!

       Saturday, May 24

Star Wars II bus leaves N flagpole at 5:45 pm. Return leaves immediately following the movie. Cost $ 15. Sign up on SWIS by noon on Thursday.

BLOCK PARTY! Bands , volleyball. Starts at 6:00 pm.

Grandin Cinema Presents: Hearts in Atlantis. Asingle mother and her son change when a nice -looking stranger enters their life. Grandin, 7:00 pm.

NMH Theatre presents a modern play by Don Nigro. Silverthome Theatre, 7:30 pm. Tickets are $2  for NMH students, teachers and staff and $4 for all others. Anyone wishing to book tickets should SWIS Jake Kavanagh.

       Sunday, May 25

Trip to Six Flags Amusement Park! Bus leaves N flagpole at noon, MH Holbrook 12:15 pm.

       Return leaves park at 21:00 pm. This trip includes the following two films and is only for those students not attending the Chat .Cost $ 33 . Sign up on SWIS or at the ticket office by noon on Thursday.

★Dolben Cinema Presents: Heroes and Heroines . Jennifer Lopez in Anaconda A “National Geographic” film crew is taken hostage by a hunter with a gun , who takes them along in his search for the world’s largest and deadliest snake. Dolben ,8:00 pm.

★Grandin Cinema Presents: The Others. A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two children becomes sure that there are ghosts in their house. Grandin, 8:00 pm.

1．According to the passage, NMH is a      .

       A．company             B．theatre                 C．school                 D．travel office

2．How many movies will be on this weekend?

       A．One.                   B．Two.                   C．Three.                 D．Four.

3．What can we learn from the passage?

       A．All the weekend activities were organized by Jake Kavanagh.

       B．Two of the movies mentioned in the ads are about social problems.

       C．Those who go to the amusement park will stay there for more than 10 hours.

       D．An NMH student inviting his parents to watch the play together should pay $ 10.

A British scientist arrives in a world inhabited by gentle, selfless people called Eloi. The scientist believes that he has discovered the perfect society. Then all of a sudden, the Morlocks appear, evil, ape-like man who live in machine-filled caves, emerging at night to eat the Eloi. The scientist realizes that this is the Earth of the future – these monsters are what human beings will become.

British writer H. G. Wells published The Time Machine in 1895. As Western scientists in the 20th century challenged natural “laws” and flew into space, people began to wonder about the “fourth dimension” （四维空间） - time – and time travel became a hot topic in the West. The top Western time travel destination became the future- and not just as an excuse for erazy special effects in movies.

Time travel stories from the US and Europe often contain warnings about technology or society going out of control. Some stories contain figures whose job is to stop the laws of time from being broken. In the British TV series, Doctor who ,“The Doctor” does nettle with aliens（外星人）and robots that look like dustbins that have broken into the “wrong” time.

In others, time is flexible（变通）, In the bugely successful children’s book Thief! By British author Malorie Blackman, a girl is thrown into the future to discover that her town has become totally dependent on computers – computers controlled by an evil tyrant. Luckily the girl is able to return to the present and stop this future from h appending.

But not every future can be changed. In the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes, a world is run by monkeys who perform experiments on humans. The final seine, when the hero comes across the Statue of Liberty on the beach, has gone down in movie history.

Western time travel stoniest go back and forth. Yet they always ask us to look at our own world, our own time-and ourselves.

39．Eloi’s peaceful life is broken by         .

       A．a British scientist  B．the Morlocks       C．a machine            D．human beings

40．According to the passage, British may not have written          .

       A．The Time Machine                               B．Doctor who

       C．Thief                                                  D．Planet of the Apes

41．What do the authors of the western travel stories worry about?

       A．Film development may come to an end.  B．The earth will be damaged.

       C．The human can’t control technology.     D．Travelling is certainly in danger.

42．The passage is mainly about           .

       A．going through time                               B．introducing famous stories

       C．worrying about future                          D．advertising space travel

When a child is told he is "uncool", it can be very painful. He may say he doesn't care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But ultimately, these are simply ways to handle sadness by pretending it's not there.
Helping a child feel better in school had to be careful. If you say, "Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesn't matter!"  Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, "I'm going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school."
If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child's popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.
There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider "super". When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.
What you can do is to give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.
【小题1】A child who has been informed of being "uncool" may ________.

When a child is told he is "uncool", it can be very painful. He may say he doesn't care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But ultimately, these are simply ways to handle sadness by pretending it's not there.

      Helping a child feel better in school had to be careful. If you say, "Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesn't matter!"  Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, "I'm going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school."

      If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child's popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.

      There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider "super". When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.

      What you can do is to give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.

1.A child who has been informed of being "uncool" may ________.

   A. care nothing about it                       B. develop a sense of anger

   C. do something uncool purposely          D. pretend to get hurt very much

2.A teacher can help an unpopular child by ________.

    A. seeing the child as the teacher's favourite

    B. asking the child to do something for partners

    C. forcing other children to make friends with the child

    D. offering the child chances to show his good qualities

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

    A. Children don’t care others' comments on them.

    B. It's only teacher's work to make children popular.

    C. Parents should take their children out for picnic and shows more often.

    D. Inviting children's friends to family activities is good for them to make friends.

4.The passage mainly talks about ________.

    A. how to help an unpopular child

B. why some children are unpopular

    C. who is responsible for unpopular children

    D. how to find out good points of unpopular children