Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers. He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry. The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit. Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time. Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don ?t do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.

1. 1.

   The new law makes life difficult for             .

   1. A.
      Obama
   2. B.
      tobacco industry
   3. C.
      White House
   4. D.
      US Food and Drug Administration
2. 2.

   What do we know about Obama?

   1. A.
      He no longer smokes.
   2. B.
      He still smokes as usual.
   3. C.
      He began to smoke at eighteen.
   4. D.
      He is trying hard to give up smoking.
3. 3.

   According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about           .

   1. A.
      children
   2. B.
      officials
   3. C.
      his family
   4. D.
      Businessmen

C

What is blood? It is the red liquid which comes out of your finger when you cut it. There are bout thirteen pints(???) of blood in a man' s body. He can give a pint of blood at a time to

blood bank for the use of other men who may need it. A healthy body makes up one pint of bloo

quickly.

What does our blood do for us? It takes food to all parts of our bodies and takes waste awa

from them. All the parts of our bodies are made up of cells, and these cells, which are very small

all need food all the time.

The blood is like a stream. The cells take what they need out of the blood stream, as plants an fishes take their food out of water. The blood stream carries food and oxygen which it has taken up our lungs to all the cells in the body.

What makes the blood go on moving round the body in a stream? The heart sends it round.

man' s heart is about the Size of his fist. The heart is a pump. It has rooms in it with doors betwee

them. It pumps blood in and out through these doors by changing the size of the rooms so that th

doors open and shut.

The heart keeps stream of blood going all round the body and back again to itself. Everywhel the blood stream does two things: supplies the cells with food and oxygen and takes away the waste It is as if the blood kept the little fires in the cells burning and took away the ashes.

49. Blood is the_____

A. red liquid which comes from your finger    B. red liquid which we can see

C. red liquid which flows in a man's body     D. red cell

50. The blood in a man' s body__________.

A. makes food all the time

B. takes food to all cells in the body and takes waste away

C. supplies the cells with food and oxygen from them

D. takes waste away from the cells

51. __ makes the blood go on moving round the body in a stream.

A. The heart          B. The lung          C. The cell          D. The pump

52. This article tells us about__________.

A. a stream of blood                        B. the use of the heart

C. a wonderful pump                       D. something about blood

All over Britain there are ruins of castles that reflect their entire past. Over the years, legends have focused on these castles.

Castell Coch

This castle was built in the 1870's. Lfor Bach was once the owner of this castle many decades ago, and it is told that he hid a treasure in the nearby tunnel（地道）. Rumors say that it is guarded by three eagles waiting for Lfor to return to collect his treasure.

Luffness Castle

In the basement(地下室) of this castle is a huge door leading to a room. The family kept this door open at all times, but one day the door was found locked and the key was missing. The whole family was surprised. The door was so big that it could not be broken down. One day the son of the family shone of a torch the door. He discovered that the key was on the inside of the room. To this day the door remains locked from the inside.

Toddington Castle

　　This castle was built during the 13th century. This castle has a local legend that tells about a witch who was put in prison within the castle and died. It is told that her spirit remains and if you put your ear to the floor at Easter, you can hear her cooking below.

Castell Gwynionydd

A legend rests on this castle that states the devil(魔鬼) was the one who built it. It is said the devil had a problem with some people and had planned on punishing them. On his way, the devil met a cobbler（修鞋匠）.The cobbler pointed out that it was still a reasonable distance until he would reach his destination. The cobbler displayed how many shoes he had worn out. Listening to him, the devil did not think his plan was worth so much effort and gave up his plan.

50．Which of the castles mentioned in the passage is said to be guarded by several birds?

A．Castell Coch.          B．Luffness Castle.      

C．Toddington Castle.   D．Castell Gwynionydd.

51．Which of the following castles is related to the legend about a witch?

A．Castell Coch.         

B．Luffness Castle.      

C．Toddington Castle.  

D．Castell Gwynionydd.

52．We can learn from the passage that          .

A．Castell Coch is said to be built by the devil

B．Castell Gwynionydd is a great place to celebrate Easter

C．Luffness Castle was once broken down

D．Toddington Castle dates back to the 13 th century

Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers．He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry．The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products．
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday．
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit．Every now and then he still smokes in secret．
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time．Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes．Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No．” Obama said at a news conference．
“I don' t do it in front of my lads．I don’t do it in front of my family．I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said．
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important．The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up．What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said．
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases．
【小题1】The new law makes life difficult for             ．

Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it cheaper by making the words shorter. You can do this by taking out “unimportant” letters in the words and using numbers instead of words (2 =" to," 3 =" free," 4 =" for," 8 =" ate," so h8 =" hate," etc.). You can also keep away from using punctuation (标点).       Here is an example: Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite (Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?)
What do you think these text messages mean?
Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.
Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll.
I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy.
Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols (符号) to show how they feel. They are called emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways. For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face.
【小题1】Why are text messages popular?