High school seems bigger. There are  36 kids and it’s a totally new environment. It could be a  37 time for new students,  38 ,in fact, it isn’t really that bad.

The first day of course is always terrifying, but, then again, the first day of middle school was probably the  39 .Of course you might get lost during the first few days  40 your classes, but after a while what seems like a large school really isn’t.

One thing that’s really cool about high school is that there are so many more classes that you can  41 .For example, if you like  42 ,there are many art classes. At the same time, there are  43 classes, which you can’t take in middle school  44 photography and psychology(心理学).There are many new things in high school that make it much more  45 .

In high school, you’re able to join more clubs, play more sports, and take part in more  46 ,and at the same time make new friends with kids with the same  47 as you. Also, these activities can give you a  48 to learn something that you might not have had the opportunity to learn in  49 .

High school is different  50 everyone, but there’s one thing that’s  51 .You’re going to have just as much fun here as you  52 before. But having fun isn’t enough though! You’re  53 so you have to be more responsible. Everything changes when you get  54 ,but the changes aren’t that bad. You  55 worry too much about growing up.

As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods. “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse. If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone(语气) of airy acceptance. It is similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk.” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while.

We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring(探索). Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today. History seemed to be mostly about explorers. Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way. Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Indian burial mound.

Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were. If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical: the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees. There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.

It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end. By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence(青春期). In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring. We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree. Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.

1.The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _______.

   A. spend their free time                    

B. play golf and other sports

   C. avoid doing their schoolwork             

D. keep away from their parents

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 2 ?

   A. The activities in the woods were well planned.

   B. Human history is not the result of exploration.

   C. Exploration should be a systematic activity.

   D. The author explored in the woods aimlessly.

3.The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.

   A. calm         B. doubtful        C. serious    D. optimistic

4.How does the author feel about his childhood?

   A. Happy but short.                       

B. Lonely but memorable.

   C. Boring and meaningless.                

D. Long and unforgettable.

CCTV—1 Channel 2

18:00 TV Classroom: Computer

18:30 China Music TV

19:00 News

19:30 Weather Report

19:40 Today’s Focus

20:05 40-part Serial（连续剧）The Gate of Reign（39）

21:25 Stories on the Map

22:30 China Sports Report

23:00 On the Screen Next We

CCTV—2 Channel 8

17:30 Foreign Light Music

18:10 Children’s Programme:

Cartoon City

19:05 World-famous Cities: Toronto

20:55 The Story of Earth

21:30 Economy 30 Minutes

22:00 News in English

22:30 Special Sports:  Football Match (China-Indonesia）

( TV programmes in Beijing Sunday, May 26, 2010   CCTV )

If an Englishman wants to know about what’s happening in China, but he doesn’t know any Chinese, he may watch TV at ________． 

       A．19:00 on CCTV—1 Channel 2

       B．20:05 on CCTV—1 Channel 2

       C．22:00 on CCTV—2 Channel 8

       D．21:30 on CCTV—2 Channel 8

If you are interested in football games, which of the following programs will you choose

first？

       A．China Sports Report．    B．Special Sports． 

       C．Today’s Focus．       D．China Music TV． 

If you are going to Guangzhou by plane from Chongqing Airport, you’d better pay attention to the programme ________． 

       A．Weather Report

       B．World-famous Cities

       C．Economy 30 Minutes

       D．The Story of Earth        

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bai Bingju was dressed up in front of a small mirror to prepare for the next play. In 15 minutes, she would        on the stage (舞台) for her favorite role. Now she was well ready for the performance. She was        that her team could be a        competitor at the 6th Animation (动漫) Festival of Yunnan.

Bai’s team        more than a thousand times before arriving at Kunming. “We as well as other competitors will face bitter competition,” says Bai, who once won a third        in the competition. “But the point of costume play is not all about winning but having fun.”

About two years ago, Bai first        something called costume play (古装表演) and the curiosity (好奇心)        her to see how the competitors got the colorful costumes and played their favorite        in some well-known plays. In her childhood, Bai was        in painting and dancing, which helped her new hobby.

Bai’s story was about        social conception (观念) has changed on costume play. It has become so        in many cities that more than 3,000 players from all over the country competed        the championship (冠军). The young people can        more time on their own interest with enough money from their parents.

The interesting costumes showed the exciting side,        there were difficulties behind it that others couldn’t feel.

Bai’s mother Li Yao says she could        accept the new fashion of dressing in the beginning. “It was really        to my husband and me.” Li says. “But        we let her try it because we didn’t want her to be too       .”

At Bai’s school, costume play was once not        for students because it was regarded as a huge distraction (分散精力) from classes and tests, which are the first for most Chinese parents and students. Therefore, Bai and her        must practice during the weekend. “If you are interested in something, you must spend your spare time,” she says.

1.A. stay             B. appear                    C. share                   D. introduce

2.A. worried         B. afraid           C. confident                D. proud

3.A. strong           B. polite                                C. suitable                 D. weak

4.A. organized       B. changed                 C. suffered                D. practiced

5.A. prize            B. time                     C. turn                     D. gift

6.A. came over      B. heard of                  C. picked up                D. tried on

7.A. gave             B. helped                  C. drove                    D. found

8.A. toys                    B. sports                   C. songs                   D. roles

9.A. trained          B. examined                C. noticed                  D. caught

10.A. what                   B. when                    C. how                     D. why

11.A. clear          B. popular                  C. noisy                     D. different        

12.A. for                           B. against          C. at                               D. in

13.A. waste        B. cost                      C. take                     D. spend

14.A. but            B. and                      C. or                D. so

15.A. often          B. ever                    C. never                   D. always

16.A. expensive    B. strange                  C. wonderful               D. fearful

17.A. really          B. finally                    C. naturally                  D. happily

18.A. excited        B. surprised               C. frightened               D. disappointed

19.A. allowed        B. taught                   C. discussed                D. suggested

20.A. parents      B. coaches                 C. teammates              D. friends

Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms—football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion of climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

   Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “ matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1. What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?

A. Soccer and golf.              B. Skiing and skating.   

C. Cycling and hockey.           D. Mountaineering.

2. The underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ______.

A. strong emotion               B. good way  

3.Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because_______.

A. it has man-made rules               

B. it is too dangerous for climbers

C. it can’t bring people joy or leisure    

D. it is free for climbers to use their own methods

4. We know from the passage that _______.

 A. mountaineering has no appeal for people 

B. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers

C. a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirty

D. it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Sports in winter             B. Team work in climbing

C. Mountaineering             D. The quality for mountaineering