Kid Power in Action!

Kids wanted a Chicken Soup book of their own, so here it is! Children Soup for the Kid’s Soul is for kids ages nine through thirteen, and it’s “all that!”

       Sometimes you feel like life is a complete blast（冲击）, from scoring the winning goal to hanging out with your friends. Yet other times, life is too difficult: You seem to see violence（暴力） everywhere you turn, more parents are getting divorced（离婚）, your best friend moves away, or you feel like you don’t fit in.

Now there is a place to find answers and encouragement and to help you realize that your dreams really can come true.

With funny stories about friendship and family, and serious stories about brave kids and difficult choices, this book will make you laugh, cry, think, and feel good about yourself.

Ever since the first Chicken Soup for the Soul was published in June 1993, we have been getting requests（请求） from kids all over the world asking for a Chicken Soup book just for them. So here it is, the first full-length Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul, written by kids and by grown-ups who haven’t forgotten what it’s like to be a kid.

We would like to know how the stories in the book will affect you and which ones are your favorites, please write to us and let us know. We also invite you to send us any stories that you would like us to consider for the second book: Helping of Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul. You may send stories and poems that you have written, or ones that you have read and liked.

      For more information, you can visit the Chicken Soup for the Soul site on American Online at keyword: chicken soul.

（  ）1. Choose the proper answer according to the passage.

A．This book is written to help parents who get divorced.

B．Only people aged from thirteen to nineteen will get help from this book.

C．This book was specially written for kids ages nine through thirteen.

D．Other people are not allowed to read it.

（  ）2. How many years has the first book come out?

            A．exactly 10 years                               B．nearly 15 years

C．over 16years                                    D．less than 13 years

（  ）3. What problems might the kids meet with in their life according to the passage?

            A．Your best friend moves away

B．Your schoolwork is too heavy

C．You fail in the exams

D．Your parents don’t buy you birthday presents

（  ）4. The first book was written by _____.

            A．Kids                                                 B．Grown-ups

C．An  English woman                           D．Both kids and Grown-ups

（  ）5. If you want to know more information about the second book, please ______.

            A．Come to our office                             B．Call us

C．Get on American Online                      D．Write to us

　　___5___ , ads also bring people all kinds of disadvantages. For example, some of the manufacturers（业主）, in their hope to win a big ___6___ for their products, are even so dishonest that they don't ___7___ about their products. When you are watching an interesting TV play, it is suddenly ___8___ by some ads and they are appearing on the screen. All above, people may get tired of ads. Also some ads ___9___ children, and they ask their parents to buy them something in the ads. From this point, ads ___10___ have some disadvantages.

It is very difficult to find a public place without advertisements now. We can   1  them in the newspaper, on the television, and hear them over the radio,   2  when we watch a ball game, ads will meet our eyes.

   It is true that in the activities of business ads are  3 a more and more important part. They tell people about new products and help more in  4  . In this way they help to be on the increase of products. This is a big advantage.

  5  , ads also bring people all kinds of disadvantages. For example, some of the manufacturers(业主), in their hope to win a big   6   for their products, are even so dishonest that they don’t   7   about their products. When you are watching an interesting TV play, it is suddenly   8  by some ads and they are appearing on the screen. All above, people may get tired of ads. Also some ads   9  children, and they ask their parents to buy them something in the ads. From this point, ads   10  have some disadvantages.

1．A．read                   B．see                      C．feel                        D．realize

2．A．and                 B．only              C．even                 D．even though

3．A．playing             B．taking            C．getting                 D．doing

4．A．sellers              B．sales             C．shopping              D．producing

5．A．But                B．Also             C．Anyway                D．However

6．A．shop                 B．supermarket      C．production             D．market

7．A．tell the truth           B．say anything      C．think a lot               D．describe anything

8．A．continued            B．stopped           C．attacked                D．performed

9．A．fit                   B．encourage        C．prefer                D．attract

10．A．hardly               B．badly          C．really                    D．nearly