Have you ever thought about your body changes? Up to about the age of eight or nine, girls and boys look almost _____. They have similar shaped bodies(相似的形体) and their______ sound alike. As they grow, all their organs (器官) grow, _____.

At the same time after the age of ten, often at eleven or twelve, both _______ bodies start changing. This time of change _____ puberty(青春期). The changes mean their bodies are getting ready so that they’ll be able to have children when they are _____ enough.

But the changes don’t _____ everyone at the same time. Each person has his or her own body changing timetable. By the time they’re eighteen, they should be finished. Girls start changing some years _____ than boys. Until they’re fifteen or so, they grow faster than ____ of the same age. As years go by, boys can catch up and grow _______. What’s more, their faces become fuller. Not only the changes you can see are happening, but also other important changes that you can’t see are happening inside your body at the same time.

1.A. the same B. different C. strong D. wonderful

2.A. personalities B. voices C. feelings D. looks

3.A. either B. also C. too D. neither

4.A. girls’ B. boy’s and girl’s C. boys’ D. boys’ and girls’

5.A. called B. calls C. was called D. is called

6.A. strong B. healthy C. old D. clever

7.A. take place B. happen to C. come out D. care about

8.A. later B. fewer C. less D. earlier

9.A. boys B. teenagers C. children D. girls

10.A. taller B. shorter C. younger D. funnier

My parents took me to Japan when I was little. I lived there for five years. ______ I came back, my Japanese was very good. “Can I do something useful with my Japanese?” I asked myself. Then, one day last spring, I got a good opportunity(机会). Everyone was afraid of SARS, so I stayed at home with ______ to do. My father brought me a Japanese book. “Why don’t you translate it into Chinese? It will be better than _____computer games all day.” I promised to do 2,000 words each day. But _______I found it was hard to keep the promise. One day in May, the weather was beautiful. But I couldn’t go out. Those 2,000 words were still ______me. After translating only three pages, I already lost interest in the book. I looked at it for a long time. But I couldn’t make myself turn the pages. How I wished I could just go outside and______ football with my friends! I counted the words again and again. I just wanted to give up. I felt as if two people were fighting ______my mind. One said, “Don’t give up! Keep working hard, and you’ll do well!” But then the other one said, “Go and play! It will be more ______ than translating. Do your work tomorrow.” I stood up and would______the computer. But then I remember______ my parents had told me: “Whatever you do, don’t stop halfway.” So I sat down and went on with it.

1.A. Because B. Until C. Since D. When

2.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

3.A. be played B. playing C. played D. plays

4.A. just then B. right now C. soon D. suddenly

5.A. talking to B. looking at C. smiling at D. waiting for

6.A. play B. give C. buy D. watch

7.A. in B. with C. about D. for

8.A. fun B. important C. useful D. dangerous

9.A. turn on B. turn off C. open D. close

10.A. how B. where C. which D. what

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