What do you like most when you can get one of such things: freedom, true friends, love, honesty and so on? Here are some choices of students:

Chen Cheng, 14, Jiangsu: I think I need a true friend. I had some friends before. However, it seemed that they didn't treat me well. I told them my secrets but they didn't share theirs with me. What's worse, they told my secrets to others, which made me very unhappy. I hope to find a true lifelong（终身的）friend who can share happiness and sadness with me and keep my secrets.

Gan Xiaoning 14, Heilongjiang: Freedom is what I want most. I am a bird in two cages. In school, I have to follow the school's rules and listen to teachers. At home, my parents don't allow me to do what I like, either. I have to do everything that they tell me to do: study, study and study some more. So, freedom is the only thing I really want!

Yuan Siyu, 15, Guangxi: I am a boy from a poor family. My father works very hard but only makes a little money every month to support the family. I want to go to a key university （重点大学）so that I can find a good job in the future. Then, I can earn enough money to get my family out of poverty(贫困) and offer my parents a happy life.

Qu Yi, 15, Hebei: I want a complete family. My parents got divorced(离婚) three years ago. Since then, I have had no chance to be together with both of them any more. Now, I am living with my mom and get her love, but I also want my dad's love. I am envious(羡慕) of my classmates who live with their parents. So, I would have a complete family if I could.

1. What is not mentioned in the passage?

A．freedom          B．love              C．a true friend       D．hobby

2.Who is facing the problem of poverty and decides to fight?

A．Qu Yi             B．Chen Cheng        C．Gan Xiaoning       D．Yuan Siyu

3.As for Chen Cheng, she wants a friend_______.

A．who often tells lies to her                 B．who only cares about her own happiness

C．who can play with her                    D．who can share her feeling and keep secrets

4.What does the underlined word “earn” mean in this passage?

A．Gave             B．Make             C．Lend             D．Borrow

5.Which of the following is true?

A．Qu Yi's father works very hard and makes much money to support his family.

B．Chen Cheng gets along very well with his friends

C．If Qu Yi's parents didn't get divorced, he would be much happier.

D．Gan Xiaoning says he is a bird because he wants to fly like a bird.

根据对话内容，在每个标有题号的空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情景。

A: Hello, Lucy. May I ask you some questions?

B: Sure. What are they?

A: I hear you like collecting stamps. 1.                                     

B: Since I was ten years old.

A: 2.                                      

B: Because I can learn a lot of history and culture from them.

A: 3.                                     

B: I have had 500 stamps.

A: 4.                                        

B: I put them on my shelf.

A: 5.                                      

B: Yes, my parents allow me to practice my hobbies as much as I want.

A: Thank you.

B: You’re welcome.

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an
36   girl in Britain, hopes to bring the   37   to the young people.
Daisy has   38   an online learning website to teach the language to as   39   people as possible, all over the world.
With China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   40   important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.
Daisy has been learning Putonghua   41   the age of five. Two years ago,   42   she decided to pass on what she had learned, she   43   the idea for the website, kidschineseclub.com.
She said: “People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44   language to learn, but I have had fun   45   it .And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.”
Her   46    offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.
Daisy’s website has   47   the support of several important persons —the teenager says she has received a letter praising(赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown,   48   is the British Prime Minister(首相).
She said: “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49  . He said that what I was doing was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that   50   was supporting what we’re doing.”

阅读下面短文，把A—D填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确，然后完成题。
Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming vegetarians in most Western countries. They are thought of as vegetarians and they refused to eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese and milk. 1. _______Some of them just don’t eat animal products such as milk, eggs, or yogurt, but some others are strict vegetarians and they eat mainly fruit and vegetables. As we know, it is very important to have a balanced diet, especially for the teenagers who are growing up. 2. _______ Well, each person chooses to become a vegetarian for different reasons. The main reasons are they want to protect animals and they want to stay healthy.
I decided to be a vegan when I was 15 years old. But as a vegetarian, I have had a difficult time in getting the proper nutrition(营养). 3. _______   Of course, being a vegetarian isn’t for everyone. 4. _______ 
A. So why are they becoming vegetarians?
B. Most experts and doctors say that being a vegetarian is very healthy, but many people disagree.
C. So don’t get discouraged(泄气的) if you can’t give up hamburgers and meat dumplings!
D. There are many different types of vegetarians.
5. Which of the following is NOT true？
A. There are many vegetarians in most Western countries.
B. The main reason for being vegetarians is they don’t like eating meat.
C. Not everyone should be a vegetarian.
D. Keeping healthy is important to teenagers.

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China．  36  , Daisy Raffan, an   37  girl in Britain, hopes to bring the language to the young people．Daisy has   38  an online learning website(网站) to teach the language to as   39  people as possible all over the world．  40  China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   41  important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later．Daisy has   42  Putonghua since the age of five．Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, this teenager   43  the idea for the website, kids Chinese club．com．She said, “People are afraid to learn Putonghua．One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44  language to learn, but I have had fun   45  it．And I hope what have done is easy and fun．”Her   46  offers a series(系列)of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture．

Daisy’s website has   47  the support of several important persons—the teenager   48  she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister(首相)．

She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49 ．He said that what I was doing was a really good  50 ．I thought it was amazing．I was excited that someone so important was supporting what we’re doing．”

1.                A．Otherwise      B．Therefore       C．However  D．By the way

2.                A．5-year-old      B．18-year-old      C．8-year-old D．28-year-old

3.                A．invented        B．discovered      C．wrote    D．set up

4.                A．much          B．few            C．many D．little

5.                A．As             B．When          C．With D．But

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．/

7.                A．taught          B．learnt          C．drew D．talked

8.                A．came out       B．came on        C．came over D．came up with

9.                A．impossible      B．interesting      C．excellent D．easy

10.               A．telling          B．learning        C．writing    D．speaking

11.               A．e-mail          B．magazine       C．essay D．website

12.               A．won           B．made          C．given D．beaten

13.               A．wonders        B．asks           C．doubts    D．says

14.               A．in             B．back           C．down D．up

15.               A．girl            B．design         C．idea  D．person