My dad was never the kind to offer many words of love or encouragement. But we knew he loved us... he just had his own way of showing it.

    When I was a teen, we were seasonal campers at a family campground almost an hour outside the city where we lived. Each family had their own campsite with water and electric, and you basically parked your camper there from May through October. Most "Seasonals" visited them every weekend during those months, with the occasional weeklong stay. There were plenty of other kids who camped seasonally each weekend, and they came to be some of my closest friends. Of course, many of them were boys.

    We kids paired up with our little boyfriends or girlfriends, and we'd hold hands as we'd walk around the campground. We'd play ping-pong, have some snacks, and play songs. Most weekends were pretty similar, but the couples would change. You'd see so-and-so with a different so-and-so than they were with the weekend before. You know how it is when you're a teen — a three-week relationship is a really long time.

    So, needless to say, my teen years were spent with quite a few different boys. But every single one of them had something in common... they'd all received The Evil Eye.

    The Evil Eye was a magical sort of thing. One simple look from my dad, and the boy immediately knew not to mess with me. It was as if he could send his warnings through invisible laser（激光）beams that shot directly from his eyes to the boys' brains.

    "You will not put your hands on my daughter... You will not kiss my daughter... You will not even whisper sweet nothings into my daughter's ear."

    I remember one night in particular, walking with a boy around the campground after dark. We came from one direction, and my dad from the other. The boy and my dad locked eyes for a brief second, then the boy dropped my hand like a hot potato and turned away, giving me a quick, "See ya later."

    Yes, the Evil Eye. Best way ever to keep wandering teen boy hands away from your daughters.  

1. The Evil Eye in the passage implies that__________.

A. Dad gets angry easily                    B. Dad’s eyes are like evil’s

C. Dad’s eyes are ugly-looking         D. Dad’s eyes are protective to his daughter

2. The underlined words “mess with” in paragraph 5 most probably means_________.

A. cause trouble        B. make untidy      C. get married to       D. talk to

3.A. As teenagers, we went camping every weekend.

B. We made lots of friends during the seasonal camping.

C. We had regular boyfriends or girlfriends and enjoyed ourselves.

D. The boy dropped my hand and turned away because he loved The Evil Eye.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that the author ___________.

A. is a teenage girl who loves her father

B. is a teenage boy who hates his father

C. is now an adult who has come to understand her father’s love

D. used to be a naughty boy who changed girlfriends now and then

阅读下列句子，根据所给开首字母，写出符合句子意思的本学期所学单词，注意必要的形式变化。

1.There are two hundred boys r_______ from seven to fourteen in age.

2.Dr. Yuan Longping searched for a way to increase a rich h_______ without increasing the area of fields.

3.When Liu Xiang won the 110-metre hurdle race, he was s________ by the clicking cameras of the media.

4.You’d better b________ yourself or else you’ll be in deep trouble when Mr. Wang comes in.

5.The Spring Festival Gala has developed into an occasion that most Chinese find it hard to ignore, and millions of v________ are watching the performance being broadcast live.

Directions：Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．

A

Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.

　First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favorite food, but you'd better eat something different, if you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients your body needs.

　Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No.l choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium your body needs to grow strong bones.

Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.

　Fourth, limit screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.

　Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.

　Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.

You should eat different foods especially ___.

A. meat 　　B. hamburgers　　 C. sweets 　　　　D. fruit and vegetables　

Which kind of drinks can give you more calcium?

A. Juice　　B. Milk　　　　　 C. Cold water　　 D. Tea

According to the passage, you should follow　＿＿rules if you want to be healthy.

A. five　　 B. nine　　　　　 C. fifteen　　　　D. thirteen

According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. When you're eating, you don't have to notice how your body feels.

B. You can eat your favorite food as much as possible.

C. You can watch TV whenever you like to get more information.

D. We should try to live in an active way in our life.

Which is the best title of the passage?

A. How to make yourself important

B. How to be a healthy kid

C. How to be a popular kid

D. How to make your parents healthy

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.

First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favorite food, but you'd better eat something different, if you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients (营养物质) your body needs.

Then, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No. l choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium (钙) your body needs to grow strong bones .

Next, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.

Afterwards, limit (限制) screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.

Finally, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.

Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.

You have to eat different kinds of foods especially _________.

A. meat 　　B. hamburgers　    C. sweets      D. fruit and vegetables　

Which kind of drinks can give you more calcium?

A. Juice.　　    B. Milk.　　　　C. Cold water.　D. Tea.

According to the passage, how many rules should you follow if you want to be healthy?

A. Five.　　      B. Nine.　　　　　   C. Fifteen.　　　D. Thirteen.

According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. When you're eating, you don't have to pay attention to how your body feels.

B. You can eat your favorite food as much as you can .

C. You can watch TV whenever you like to get more information.

D. We should try to live in an active way in our life.

Which is the best title of the passage?

A. How to make yourself popular        B. How to be a healthy kid

C. How to be a popular kid           D. How to make your parents healthy

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids but we made them worse. For my naughty boys, I’d know better. I’d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I really would.

My cherished boys, I hope you learn humility (谦逊) by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl (爬) under the covers (被子) with you because he’s scared, I hope you’ll let him. And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along, I hope you take him.

　　I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract (减) in your head.

May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole (旗杆). I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don’t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won’t like it.

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.

I hope your father punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor’s window, and that your mother hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold (一个石膏模型) of your hand.

　 These things I wish for you—tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.

1.Who wrote the letter?

2.What does the author hope for the boys?

3.It can be inferred from the text that the boys _________________.

4. Why does the author write the letter?