How to apply (申请) for a free mailbox (邮箱)? First you have to connect to the Internet and go to the homepage of the ICP providing free mailboxes. Then you will find an icon (图标), an agreement about the rules for using the free mailbox will appear. If you want to go, click the icon “I agree”. Then you have to fill in a form about your basic personal data, and the name and PIN (密码) of the mailbox. The PIN is the key to the mailbox. After finishing these, you will get a mailbox like this：your name @ mail server (for example：tvguide@mail.cctv.com.cn. “tvguide” is the name of the mailbox, and “mail.cctv.com.cn” is the name of the mail server.). The mailbox is separated (分隔) into two parts by a separator “@”, which is read as “at”. The former part is the name of the mailbox. The latter is the domain name (域名) of the mail server. All mails to you will be received by the server and put into your mailbox. You can read these mails on any computer on the Internet in the world, if you have the name and PIN of the mailbox.

If you want to send or receive an e-mail, you should first ____ .

       A. apply for a mailbox   B. buy a computer

       C. go to the post office  D. fill in a form

When you get a FREE mailbox, you can send an e-mail ____ .

       A. by paying some money     B. to anyone

       C. without paying money     D. anywhere

The mailbox’s name in the e-mail address “editor@ew.com.cn.” is ____ .

       A. ew      B. ew.com.cn  C. com.cn       D. editor

The writer mainly wants to tell us how to ____ in this passage.

       A. send a letter by e-mail      B. read the e-mail on computers in the world

       C. get a free mailbox     D. find out one’s e-mail address

We can find the similar information in the book “____”.

       A. Who Moved My Cheese    B. Surfing on the Internet

       C. Bill Gates’ Story D. Harry Potter

Let Harry play with your toys as well, Clare, you must learn to ________.

A．support    B．care    C．spare    D．share

Harry Potter stories are____both the teenagers and adults.

Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum’s storytelling to Dad’s, researchers said.

They carried out a study that showed younger children aged 3-4 were most hungry for more stories, with over three-quarters saying they wished their parents read to them more often.

More than half of all children aged 3-8 said story time was their favourite pastime with their parents.

"The results of our research confirm the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful learning and emotional resource in children's lives," said child psychologist Richard Woolfson.

Storytelling ranked higher than television or video games among pastimes for kids, and 82 percent said reading a story with their parents helped them sleep better, according the survey of 500 children aged 3-8 in Britain.

The best storytellers were mothers who used funny voices to illustrate different characters or made their own special sound effects to keep the story moving, researchers said.

When mum and dad are not at hand, celebrities(名人) will do: over 30 percent of children said they would like to hear a bedtime story from Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, with teen idols(偶像) Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus and Emma Watson.

"It can be very difficult for parents to find the time to read with their children, but these moments can help build strong relations and play a vital part in their child's development," said Woolfson.

1.The underlined word “pastime” in the passage most probably means          .

A．old time          B．entertainment      C．emotion           D．character

2.The author develops the passage mainly by        .

A．pointing out similarities and differences      B．following the natural time order

C．comparing opinions from different fields      D．providing examples and statistics

3.Reading a story with their parents helped most kids aged 3-8         .

A．grow stronger      B．become more emotional                  C．sleep better D．become more powerful

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1.___________  __________ .The people all over the country will help you rebuild  your homes.

振作起来,全国人民都会帮助你们重建家园的。

2.They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere , which  ________ heat  ______  ________from the earth into space.

他们把过多的二氧化碳释放到大气层中，这阻止了地球上的热量释放到太空去。

3.You should never  _________  ________ when driving a car.

开车时绝对不应冒险。

4.He could not __________   ___________ his absence from school.

他不能对他没去上学作出解释。

5.It doesn’t seem ugly to me; _______   ________  _______ , I think it’s rather  beautiful.

对我来说，这一点都不丑。正相反，我认为相当美。

6.She did not look happy but ________  __________  him .

她瞪着他，看上去很不高兴。

7.Harry has been out of work for six months, so he has difficulty in _________  _______   ___________. 

Harry 失业6个月了，因此他已经生活很困难了,难以谋生了。

8.I had been waiting for you in the cold wind for 3 hours, but you didn’t_________  _______ .

我在寒风中等了你3个小时，但是你还没出现。

9.I  ________  ________for the company earlier in order to avoid the heavy traffic.

为了避开拥挤的交通，我早早动身去公司了。

10.She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would _________  _______  __________.

她说她会7点钟到那儿，而且他认为她会遵守诺言的。

11.I don’t want them to  _________ me  _______ her .

我不想因为它们而想起她来。