Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second? Many of these bloggers are teenagers. While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions, or shared their interests by spending time with friends, teens are now using blogs instead. In fact, in the US, one in every five school-aged teens has a blog. Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.

For example, Chloe Spencer’s blog ‘Neopets Fanatic’ gets around 300,000 hits per month. When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website. One reason her blog has so many visitors is because she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site.

Then there is Tavi Gevinson’s blog ‘Style Rookie’. It is said to get 1.5 million hits per month. Tavi, who started her blog when she was just 12, puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers’ collections. Tavi’s blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young, and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way.

Blogs like these are interesting, but they only become really popular after better-known websites link to them or they get noticed by the media(传媒). For example, Tavi’s blog became an overnight(一夜之间) success after being written about in The New York Times. Popular blogs can even earn money, usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers’ sites.

So for some, blogging is just a recreation(消遣), but for others, it can become a source of income and even a full-time job!

1. Teens nowadays ________ than their parents did.

A. have more ways of communication?????????????

B. share their feelings more

C. write in diaries more often ?????????????

D. make more friends

2. In line 4, the underlined word ‘chatter’ means talk about ________ topics.

A. funny????????????? B. clever????????????? C. serious????????????? D. unimportant

3.Chloe Spencer and Tavi Gevinson are both ________.

A. pet lovers????????????? ????????????? B. teenage bloggers

C. interested in fashion????????????? ????????????? D. keen on taking photos

4. From the passage we know that Chloe Spencer is a person who ________.

A. visits many websites????????????? ????????????? B. loves pets

C. is easy to get angry????????????? ????????????? D. rarely gives opinions

5. According to paragraph 4, Tavi Gevinson’s blog ________.

A. is not well-known yet????????????? ?????????????

B. is written every night

C. became popular very quickly?????????????

D. got a lot of money from advertising?

6.The best title for the passage might be ________.

A. How to be good teen bloggers?????????????

B. How teen bloggers attract the media

C. Keeping diaries or writing blogs?????????????

D. Teen bloggers mean business

请根据每个人的需要，选择适合他们的选项。

1.George passed the entrance exam and was admitted (允许进入) to a famous university. These days, his father is looking for a mobile phone for him so as to keep in touch with him closely.

2.Tom is a senior middle school student. He likes sports very much and plays basketball every afternoon. He wants to buy a pair of shoes after school.

3.There’s a party this evening for Mary’s 15^th birthday. Her family are getting ready for it. Her sister’s job is to buy some drinks.

4.Joan doesn’t want to forget the past, especially the happy moments.

5.Bill traveled a lot when he was younger. Now he has stopped his work, he enjoys reading about foreign people, places and customs.

A．“Just do it!” --- This slogan speaks out to teens. It tells them to do something, if they think it’s worth it. And if so, why not do it wearing Nike?

B．“Share moments, share life.” --- This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty. It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them- using Kodak film(胶卷）of course.

C．There are some public service advertisements (PSAS) that educate people about public service projects, such as Project Hope. Its slogan is “Project Hope --- Schooling Every Child.”

D．“Always Coca-Cola” --- Coke’s slogan change every few years, but this one had enjoyed a lasting popularity because it shows the brand’s spirit. It seems to say “Coke is the only drink; there are no other forms of drink.”

E. On hearing the slogan” Make yourself heard “, you will know there is the Ericsson product for you to call anyone.

F. One magazine ad says “Make me your window on the world!” the advertisers say that the weekly magazine can bring the world to your home. Have you ever wondered what the Chinese eat for breakfast? Did you know that the Sahara Desert is getting bigger every year? This fascinating magazine, full of color pictures, is your window on the world.

       Who hasn’t enjoyed eating peanuts? Did you know that although peanuts look like nuts and taste like nuts, they aren’t nuts at all? They belong to the pea family, so they are called peanuts. The peanut grows flowers above ground, but its “fruit” grows underground. It grows in more countries than most other “nuts”.

The peanut is a native South American plant. Scientists believe that it grew wild in Brazil long ago. They think that for several thousand years the early peoples of South America made it a part of their diet. These peoples were nomads who moved on when a natural food could no longer be found in one area. Along the way they probably let fall some peanuts, which got into the ground and grew. This is believed to be the way the plant reached the place where the Incas（印加人）lived. The Incas, from about 1100 to 1532, thought highly of peanuts. The peanuts were eaten in several forms and used as sacrificial offerings（祭品）to the Incan Sun God. Later in the 16^th century, European soldiers had brought peanuts to other parts of the world, including North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Pacific Islands.

Although peanuts were found native in South America, they are now grown in almost every country that has warm weather. India produces the most peanuts. China’s production is next, followed by the United States.

The peanut is special in more ways than one. It can be eaten raw, boiled, roasted, or fried. Hundreds of widely different products have been made from it. Carver, an American scientist, set himself the task of discovering new uses for eating and for many other products.

Peanuts are very highly nutritious and are also high in protein （蛋白质）. Americans use about seven-tenths of their protein in the form of meat. In India, where the poor can’t pay for meat or milk, peanut meal and peanut milk have been produced. These have been a great help to the poor.

New products are continually being made from peanuts, among them peanut cheese and a powder that becomes peanut butter when water is added. The fact is that peanuts are so healthy that they were used by astronauts. The unusual nut that isn’t a nut is one of nature’s most amazing gifts.

1. Although we like eating peanuts, many of us don’t know peanuts belong to _______ family.

2. Which paragraph（段落）mainly talks about the history of the peanut?

3.What does the underlined word nutritious mean?

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

5.What is the purpose of the article?

In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染). They join "environment（环境）club". In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

Here are some things students often do.

    No-garbage(垃圾)lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.

    No-car day. On a no- car day, nobody comes to school in a car- not the students and not the teachers. cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk,

    Turn off the water! Did you know that toilets(抽水马桶)can waste twenty to forty tons（吨）of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In the environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

    We love our environment. Let's work together to make it clean.

1.Environment clubs ask students

A. to run to school every day.         B. to take exercise every day.

C. not to forget to take cars             D. not to throw away lunch bags

2.From the passage we know the students usually have lunch_______.

A. at school     B. in shops    C. in clubs      D. at home

3.On a no -car day,_______ will take a car to school.

A. both students and teachers        B. only students

C. only teachers                       D. neither students nor teachers

4.The writer wrote the passage to ask students to_______

A. clean school    B. make less pollution    C. join clubs    D. help teachers