Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.

But genes don't decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.

No doubt you're wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There's no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about 2 inches (6 centimeters) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).

Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you're at now, how you've been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.

Don't be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt（高峰）during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later ----between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.

You'll usually begin to notice that you're growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty. 

1.. The Chinese for the word “puberty” is 　　　　　　　　　.

   A. 童年时期          B.婴幼儿时期        C.习惯养成期        D. 生长发育期

2. If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow, _____.

   A. you should have enough exercise   B. you can ask doctors for help

   C. you should save the environment   D. You can record your growth during puberty

3. This passage is mainly about 　　　　　　　　　.

   A. how the genes work in your body           B. when is the time you grow fast

   C. why you look like your parents                D. how you grow to a certain height 

4. After reading this passage, we can explain 　　　　　　　　　.

   A. how good it is to be a doctor             B. how much sleep time we need

   C. why genes can’t decide everything            D. what healthy diet is

5. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?

   A. Your height most probably depends on how high your parents are.

   B. Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys’.

   C. The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed.

   D. You may be scared sometimes when you grow too fast.

A thief returned a mobile phone and thousands of yuan he had stolen from a woman after receiving 21 text messages from her, a local newspaper reported.
Pan Aiying, a Chinese teacher at Wutou Middle School in Qihe County, in East China’s Shandong Province, didn’t think her text messages would help to get her belongings back.
A young man riding a motorcycle robbed her of her bag, in which there was her mobile phone, bank cards and 4,900 yuan, as she was riding her bicycle home on Saturday evening.
Pan said at first she considered calling the police, but then decided to try to persuade（说服）the young man to return her bag. Pan called her lost phone with her friend’s, but couldn’t get through. So she began sending messages.
“Hey, I’m Pan Aiying, a teacher from Wutou Middle School. You must be going through a difficult time. If so, I will not blame you. ” Wrote Pan in her first text message, which got no answer. “Keep the 4,900 yuan if you really need it, but please return the other things to me. You are still young. To make mistakes is human. Correcting your mistake is more important than anything. ” Pan wrote in another message.
She gave up hope after sending 21 text messages without any answer and planned to call the police the next morning. However, as she left her home on Sunday morning, Pan found her stolen bag lying in the courtyard. Nothing was lost.
“Dear Pan: I am sorry. I made a mistake. Please forgive me. You are so kind even though I stole from you. I’ll correct my ways and be an honest person,” said a letter left with the bag.
【小题1】Where was Pan Aiying robbed?

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通畅。
【小题1】How many ____________(图书馆) are there in your city?
【小题2】Mary likes ____________( 穿 ) red clothes to go to some parties.
【小题3】We can’t go out to play soccer because it is raining ____________.( 大)
【小题4】The American President（总统） Barack Hussein Obama ‘s father was from an ____________(非洲的) country.
【小题5】His father is a policeman . His job is to catch____________ .(小偷)
【小题6】---How is it going ?
---T____________! We don’t have any good news about him.
【小题7】The children have great fun v____________the zoo.
【小题8】The beautiful girl hopes to be an a____________ when she is older.
【小题9】--Excuse me . Can you tell me how I can get to the nearest bookshop?
---Ok. Just walk s____________ down this road for around 50 meters and turn right. You can find it across from a bank.
【小题10】If you feel h____________，you can go to the supermarket to buy something to eat.

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通畅。

1.How many ____________(图书馆) are there in your city?

2.Mary likes ____________( 穿 ) red clothes to go to some parties.

3.We can’t go out to play soccer because it is raining ____________.( 大)

4.The American President（总统） Barack Hussein Obama ‘s father was from an ____________(非洲的) country.

5.His father is a policeman . His job is to catch____________ .(小偷)

6.---How is it going ?

---T____________! We don’t have any good news about him.

7.The children have great fun v____________the zoo.

8.The beautiful girl hopes to be an a____________ when she is older.

9.--Excuse me . Can you tell me how I can get to the nearest bookshop?

  ---Ok. Just walk s____________ down this road for around 50 meters and turn right. You can find it across from a bank.

10.If you feel h____________，you can go to the supermarket to buy something to eat.

For us students who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they
are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.
How to get through exams? Here are some①         （建议）：
Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills-how to work when you are in an exam.
Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.
Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.
Get enough sleep, and eat ②         （健康）food.
You need exercise to work well. Walk, run, play sports-whatever you enjoy.
Stop thinking about the future and failing.
If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed!③Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.
If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done. ④ 你不能改变你已经写的东西！
To this advice, we could add:
If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be“going round and round”-thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.
【小题1】Why do some students hate exams?
                                                                          
【小题2】在①处和②处填上恰当的单词。
①                                 ②                       
【小题3】将文中划线的句子③译成汉语。
                                                                       
【小题4】将短文中划线的句子④译成英语。（每空0.5分，共2分）
You                              what you                               .
【小题5】请给短文拟一个适当的标题。（2分）