An old woman lost her only son. The sad woman went to a clever man and asked, “Is there any way I can throw away my ______ ?”

The clever man said to her, “Go and bring ____ a seed (种子) from a home that

has never known sadness. I will ______ it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman went off at once to look _____ that magical seed.

First, she came to a beautiful house, knocked at the door, and asked ____ , “Excuse me, I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is this such a place? It is very important to me.”

They told her, “You’ve certainly come to the _____ place,” and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is able to ____ these people that have had such sadness like me?” She stayed to cheer them up _____ she went on looking for a home that had never known sadness.

But wherever she went, whether in the homes of the poor or the rich, she found one sad ___ after another. She became so busy helping other people that she ____about looking for a seed that would magically end her own sadness. She even never realized that her helping others had driven the sadness out of her life.

1.A. happiness B. kindness C. sadness D. illness

2.A. me B. you C. her D. him

3.A. push B. use C. lend D. lose

4.A. at B. up C. for D. after

5.A. politely B. happily C. proudly D. angrily

6.A. right B. wrong C. clean D. dirty

7.A. catch B. order C. hide D. help

8.A. before B. after C. when D. while

9.A. man B. woman C. story D. trip

10.A. knew B. worried C. thought D. forgot

A survey has found more teens are smoking in Beijing.A lot of primary and middle school

students are picking up the habit of smoking.The number is more than twice than a few years ago.

The survey showed about 17percent of students at the primary and middle school picked up cigarettes last year,however it was only 7percent in 2005.

Among the students,23percent of boys and 11percent of girls tried smoking in 2008,compared with 11percent of boys and 3percent of girls in 2005.The survey also found 51percent of vocational high school students tried to smoke last year.The number is 11percent higher than in 2005.

"Influenced by television,magazine and other public media,and environmental factors,more and more teenagers are picking up cigarettes,"an official said.

The survey found that:83percent learned about smoking and health information from television.70percent from teachers.65percent from parents.56percent from newspapers.

Wang Guan,a school health official of Beijing CDC(疾控中心),told China Daily that most teenage smokers are light smokers,with 77percent smoking fewer than five cigarettes a day.But the age when teenagers smoke their first cigarette is getting younger,she said.Some parents seem not to be worried about their children's bad habits.

This year,Beijing will organize several health education activities on tobacco control,involving a tobacco control poster competition,community﹣level communication and the launch of a website promoting a smoke.free atmosphere.

In May 2008,the capital banned smoking in public places,including restaurants,hotels,offices,hospitals and schools,to meet China's pledge of a smoke﹣flee Olympics.

1.From the passage,we can learn that the problem of teenagers smoking is becoming   

A. better and better

B. less and less

C. more and more interesting

D. more and more serious

2.Among the students,more   tried smoking than   in 2008.

A. parents;children

B. teachers;students

C. boys;girls

D. parents;teachers

3.The students learned about smoking and health information from the following ways

EXCET   

A. television B. teachers C. parents D. Internet

4.The age when teenagers smoke their first cigarette is getting   

A. elder B. younger C. higher D. lower

5.In May 2008,the capital   smoking in public places,including restaurants,hotels,offices,hospitals and schools.

A. allowed B. didn't allow C. asked D. let

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