Food is very important. Everyone needs to   36  well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   37  . We begin to get knowledge(知识) even when we are very young. Small children are  38  in everything around them. They learn  39   when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 40  story books, science books and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __41  to find out the answers.

What is the best  42  to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves（自学）, we will__43 _the most knowledge. If we are  44  getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will not learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn __45  and understand better.

When are you an adult (成年人)？

When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.

Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .

Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.

Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .

Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

3..

13.A,as if           B.even though    C.ever since    D.above all

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Miracles（奇迹）will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  31 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 32 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  33 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  34  she started to look for other ways.

My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  35 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   36 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  37 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 38   .I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  39  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  40 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother   41  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   42 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   43  person. I get best   44 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer.   45  my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

1.                A．achieved       B．failed          C．suggested D．told

2.                A．legs           B．hands          C．arms D．eyes

3.                A．patient         B．confident       C．frustrated D．proud

4.                A．or             B．and            C．if    D．because

5.                A．forgot          B．changed        C．succeeded    D．worked

6.                A．nothing         B．somewhere      C．anywhere D．everything

7.                A．time           B．exercise        C．medicine D．shopping

8.                A．away           B．from           C．into  D．up

9.                A．her            B．my            C．his  D．its

10.               A．advice         B．end           C．chance    D．start

11.               A．hardly         B．never          C．always D．nearly

12.               A．dreams         B．experiments     C．jobs  D．difficulties

13.               A．excellent       B．dangerous      C．busy  D．special

14.               A．presents        B．friends         C．books D．grades

15.               A．According to    B．Instead of       C．Thanks to  D．Together with

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41．When do the volunteers help others?

　 A．In their spare time． B．At weekends．

C．On weekdays．　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．In the evenings．

42．______ can be a volunteer．

　 A．Children　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Old women

C．Anyone aged 12-70　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Young people

43．Volunteers want to get ____ when they help others．

　 A．money　 　　　　　　 B．computers　 　　　 C．everything　 　　　 D．nothing

44．Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________

　 A．animals　 　　　　　 B．children　 　　　　　 C．computers　 　　　　　　 D．older people

45．We can read such a passage __________

　　 A．in a newspaper　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．in a storybook　

C．in a picture book　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．in a text book

When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I __31__ my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could __32__ have that money.

　　On my birthday my parents told me they had my __33__ outside in the back yard. At once, I __34__ out to the yard. There was my bike, __35__ it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so __36__! I thought I __37__ my parents’ feelings because I could see the disappointment __38__ their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I __39__ the old bike and rode it, feeling __40__ that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didn’ t __41__.

　　As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me __42__ much more than just a rusty（生锈的）old bike. They gave me a life lesson about __43__. When you give something out of love, it doesn’ t matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this __44__ because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that __45__ two dollars isn’t any less valuable（有价值的）than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even more.