What do you think of stress? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Most of the students think stress can do harm   16   them in some ways. There’s a story about a teenager in a middle school. He even   17   his study because of the stress from school and family. We also usually   18   that someone turns to psychological doctors because of heavy working stress. There is no doubt that some people think stress is a dangerous wolf.

On the other hand, other people argue that stress is not a bad thing. They  19   stress can produce momentum(动力）in the end. For them, right attitude and action can reduce stress and make it   20   . When I was a child, my mom always pushed me to study hard. She wished I could go to an ideal   21   for further education. I experienced stress for the first time. Porn to a poor family, I deeply knew   22   was not easy for us, and everything my mom did to me was just to hope I could live a better life in the future.   23   the saying goes, “no pains, no gains.” So I did what my mom expected because I didn’t want to let her down. At last, I did measure up(达到标准） to my mom’s expectation and go to college   24  . Thanks to my mom’s push! Thanks to the stress! In this way, I don’t think stress is a bad thing.

Overall, stress is not a bad thing in   25  . The key is how we deal with it.

16. A. for     B. in     C. to     D. of

17. A. began with     B. showed off     C. gave up     D. cheered for

18. A. wonder     B. decide     C. promise     D. hear

19. A. doubt     B. believe     C. disagree     D. forget

20. A. useful     B. difficult     C. strange     D. terrible

21. A. company     B. college     C. factory     D. farm

22. A. life     B. spirit     C. opinion     D. silence

23. A. Then     B. But     C. As     D. Or

24. A. quietly     B. wildly     C. specially     D. successfully

25. A. himself     B. myself     C. itself     D. herself

Today there are 6 billion people on the earth．By the year 2050 there may be 12．5 billion． This is a lot of people to feed．We need more food．

One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants．For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better．Every season, they pick the best plants for the next season．It works very slowly．Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material（遗传物质）． Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods（转基因食品）, or GM foods．

By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new plants．They make plants which are strong against plant diseases．They can also help with our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared （准备）, for example, which stops people from becoming blind．

Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and bring in more money．Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food．

GM plants are not natural．No one knows how good or bad they are．Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050． There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural．They may feed people, then hurt them or their children later．But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away．In 2050, we may think differently about them．

1． GM foods are made up by         ．

A． farmers                 B． workers            C． Scientists               D． plants

2． What are the good things about GM foods?          ．

A． They make plants strong against disease     B． They are unnatural

C． they can help in human disease              D． Both A and C

3． GM foods         ．

A． are a quick way to produce food                B． grow in the wild

C． are safe                                                    D． are grown only in rich countries

4． Why do some people not like GM foods?            

A． Because they are not useful．                    B． Because are not helpful

C． Because they are not natural              D． Because they are not cheap．

5． From the reading we know that        ．

A． GM foods will disappear one day in the future

B． GM foods will not disappear in the future 

C． people will be interested in GM foods

D． people will have to stop using GM foods

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It's March, 2050.
Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.                                                
There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world's leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5,000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.
As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.
Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels - the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.
Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.
Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as
important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.
According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a
few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.
【小题1】Do Frank and Mary get the latest news on the computer in the morning?
【小题2】Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?
【小题3】What does Frank do?
【小题4】What are the two world languages in 2050?
【小题5】What do you think of Louise's life in 2050? Why?

Hello, I’m Tom. I’m a middle school student. It’s nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you _  16    about my family. There are five people in my   17  . They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and I.
My father is a worker. My mother is an English teacher. My sister is eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I’m fourteen. We  18   go to the same school. We all enjoy _19  football games.
My_  20   is in West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple _ 21  .   22   there  23   any pears or apples on them now.   24 _ a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We_  25   them very much.