Alice is my pen friend. She is a 16-year-old girl from the UK,but now she lives in China. She is a middle school student in Nanjing. She likes going to school,but there are some things she doesnJt like,such as P. E. She enjoys playing sports. She thinks sports are interesting and exciting. But she doesn5t like doing physical exercises in P. E. classes. She feels that they are boring!Her favorite subject is Science. It seems that the amazing and useful Science attracts her. She thinks she is on the way to be a scientist. She wishes to invent things to make the world more and more beautiful.

   In her free time,she often goes to the beach. She loves just sitting around and talking to friends there. She's getting better at understanding boys,but she hates listening to hours of talking about foot-ball. “It's not interesting at all!” she once said to me.

   That is my pen friend Alice.

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A： Have you r 1 today's newspaper?

B： No,I haven’t. W 2 there any important news?

A: There's a r 3 about the population of our country. It says we have got another 16 ,000,000 people this year.

B： Oh,the population is growing faster and f 4 .

A： If the population goes on g 5 ，it will be the b 6 problem in our country.

B： Of course. The population of the babies born in one year in China is a 7 as large as the population of Australia.

A： Tm afraid there will be only s 8 room for us some day.

B： But if every family has only o 9 baby,things will turn b 10 .

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     People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the church and have made up their minds to 1 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗议) against heavy trucks which run 2 through the narrow High Street. 4<They not only make it 3 to sleep at night,but they are doing damage (损害) to our houses and shops of historical 4 ,” said John Norris,one of the protesters.

    “ 5we must have these noisy trucks on the roads ,” said Jean Lacey,a biology student, “why

don't they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 6 village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic”.

     Harry Fields also studying 7 said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand. “Most of them don't live here any-way ,” he said ,“they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof (隔音的) ,so they probably don't 8 . It's high time they realized the problem. The fourth student,Liza Vernum,said she

thought the public were mostly on their side,and even if they weren’t they soon would be.

     I asked if they were 9 that the police might come to stop them.

   “Not really ,” she said ,“actually we are suitable bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no 10 against practising.”

   I left the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

() 1. A. change   B. repair   C. ring   D. shake

() 2. A. now and then   B. day and night   C. up and down   D. over and over

() 3. A. terrible   B. difficult   C. uncomfortable   D. unpleasant

() 4. A. scene   B. period   C. interest   D. sense

() 5. A. If   B. Although   C. When   D. Unless

() 6. A. pretty   B. quiet   C. large   D. modern

() 7. A. well   B. hard   C. biology   D. education

() 8. A. notice   B. mention   C. fear   D. control

() 9. A. surprised   B. afraid   C. pleased   D. grateful

() 10. A. point   B. cause   C. need   D. law

   The rapid growth of Smartphones and electronic tablets (平板电脑) is making the Internet favorite for Americans reading news,a report said.

    News consumption online increased 17% last year from the year before. Television news,newspapers,radio and magazines all lost audience last year. For the first time,the number of people who get news online at least three times a week is larger than the number of people who get news from the newspapers. TV news has been the most popular since the 1960s. It has replaced the afternoon news-papers. But now the online news seems to be more popular than the TV news.

    People are used to having the Internet available on phones or small tablets. In December,2010,41% of     

    Americans said they got most of their news on the Internet,more than double the 17% who said that a year earlier,the report said. In January,2011,7% of Americans owned electronic tablets,nearly double what it was three months earlier. It was the fastest-growing new digital technology, ahead of mobile phones when they were introduced. The online ad income was expected to surpass (超 过) print newspaper ad income for the first time in 2010.

     The news business used to be the intermediary (中介). You needed newspapers and TV stations to

reach your customers. In this age of the computer,it5s the software developers that you need.

() 1. Americans like getting news from best today.

   A. TV news   B. the Internet   C. newspapers   D. radios

() 2. About % of Americans got most of their news on the Internet in 2009.

   A. 7   B. 17   C. 24   D. 51

() 3. Which of the following media has more readers?

(1 ) TV news (2) the Internet (3) the afternoon newspapers

   A. (1) >(2?(3)   B. (2) >(1) >(3)   C. (3) >(1) >(2)   D. (3) >(2) >(1)

() 4. About 3. 5% of Americans had electronic tablets in .

   A. October,2010   B. December,2010   C. February,2011   D. March, 2011

() 5. The news business depends on today.

   A. the reporters          B. the readers

   C. the newspaper sellers   D. the software developers

  I am 15. Now Tm studying English in London. I want to invent a language machine that can help me understand as many languages as possible.

                                                           Marie,France

  I am 13. I dream of going to a top university after I graduate,I want to be a reporter in the future.

                                                            Michiko,Japan

   I am a 12 year-old girl. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit Egypt some day!

                                                              Masha,Russia

   I am a 16 year-old girl in Tibet. The Qinghai Tibet Railway has been built. Til be able to reach Beijing by train in about 48 hours. My dream is to visit the Bird Nest in Beijing.

                                                             Joma,China

  I am 14 years old. I dream of inventing a machine that can send things or people from one place to another in a minute.

                                                           Andrew,the USA

() 1. Who is from the USA?

   A. Masha. B. Marie. C. Michiko. D. Andrew.

() 2. What is Michiko's dream?

   A. Visiting Egypt. B. Going from one place to another in a minute.

   C. Going to a top university. D. Inventing a language machine.

() 3. What is Joma's dream?

   A. She wants to visit Tibet. B. She wants to visit London.

   C. She wants to visit Bird Nest. D. She wants to visit Guangdong.

() 4. Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. People in Tibet will be able to get to Beijing by train in about two days.

   B. Marie is now studying English in the USA.

   C. The Qinghai Tibet Railway hasn’t been built yet.

   D. Masha wants to be a reporter when she grows up.

   A. I have a dream!       B. Different students from different countries

   C. Five middle school students   D. Our inventions

     I am a student in Grade Three. I began to learn English three years a^o. English isn’t very 1 to learn. But I like it very much. 2 do I study English?

      In the first year,I found 3 very difficult to memorize new words. At first I 4 a lot of time

on them. I learned new words only 5 reading and writing. 6 a few days later I forgot them. Later,with the help of my teachers,I came to know how to do it well. I paid more attention to 7 and spelling. For example：

    8 I have learned a lot of new words. Every morning after I get up,I do some reading. At school I 9 to speak English with my classmates and go over 10 I have learned.

     Nothing is too hard if you put your heart into it.

() 1. A. hard   B. excited   C. easy   D. fast

() 2. A. Why   B. What   C. Unless   D. How

() 3. A. this   B. it   C. that   D. /

() 4. A. took   B. paid   C. spent   D. cost

() 5. A. with   B. for   C. as   D. by

() 6. A. And   B. But   C. Then   D. However

() 7. A. pronunciation   B. words   C. reading   D. writing

() 8. A. By the way   B. In this way   C. To begin with   D. Later on

() 9. A. join   B. lose   C. try   D. realize

() 10. A. that   B. what   C. which   D. when

    Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In lots of ways,they are very different. But what are the differences?

    Hu Peng and his four friends decided to find them out. Earlier this month,they went to live for a week at Huagui Village near Xishui. They went door to door there and asked kids there lots of questions. They wanted to learn more about village kids 5 everyday lives,so they asked questions like these： Do your parents teach you how to do housework? How much money do you usually spend on dinner? What would you do if a thief comes into your houses? They also asked 150 city kids the same question.

    On April 12 ,the team gave a report to their class. They told about lots of differences between children's lives in cities and those in villages. The biggest difference is independence. Hu's team say that more than 60 percent of city kids can't do much housework,but more than 80 percent of village kids can take care of themselves.

    City kids told Hu they cared about school a lot,and they had no time to wash clothes or make their beds. Village kids said they helped their parents with a lot： they cook,clean houses and feed farm animals,HuJs team also saw that village kids had less pocket money. Many never use computers. They play in rivers or on mountains. Some don't really like to make new friends.

    Hu's team said their trip gave them more self-confidence (自信心) because they were doing some-thing by them selves. But it also worried them a bit because they saw they still had a lot to learn. uWhen we grow up,our parents can't take care of us”’ Hu said. “We have to learn to take care of ourselves. ”

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     This is Lin's first long t 1 by train. His brother,Jin told him not to forget where he came from. Lin n 2 , unable to speak. He h 3 Jin in his arms. With t 4 in his eyes,Jin pushed

    Lin away. Lin jumped onto the train and found a young man was sitting i 5 his seat. The young man was w 6 jeans and a very smart jacket,and was smoking a c 7 The young man would get o 8 the train at Hangzhou. At first,he didn't agreed to m 9 .     But with the help of a man w 10 glasses, Lin got back his seat in the end.

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    Having a few days off always sounds so great. Everyone needs a 1 And so does the U. S. President. The U. S. President Barack Obama went on holiday with his family in 2 in 2011. Where did they go and did the first family enjoy 3 ? Now,Obama is trying to 4 his experience (经历)with us. Let's listen to him.

  “We traveled to Honolulu,Hawaii,in December 2011 for 5 . Of course we went there by air.

We spent 17 days there. Hawaii is my hometown. We had a wonderful time there. This was one of the 6 vacations in my life.

    My wife Michelle and I visited U. S. Marines (海军) and their families in Hawaii on Christmas Day. I 7 held the eight-month-old baby of a captain in my arms.

     I also spent part of Christmas Eve playing golf with my old friends from Hawaii and some White House staff.

    I went to Hanauma Bay Nature Park with my 8 daughters. That's our favorite place. We dived there, 9 set four sea turtles free.

     We all had a good time. And both my daughters said that they wanted to go there for a 10 time later. ”

() 1. A. friend   B. weekend   C. job   D. vacation

() 2. A. winter   B. autumn   C. summer   D. spring

() 3. A. himself   B. themselves   C. ourselves   D. yourselves

() 4. A. tell   B. show   C. share   D. solve

() 5. A. Easter   B. Christmas   C. Halloween   D. Thanksgiving Day

() 6. A. sweetest   B. worst   C. saddest   D. cheapest

() 7. A. too   B. still   C. even   D. as well

() 8. A. one   B. two   C. three   D. four

() 9. A. or   B. so   C. but   D. and

() 10. A. fourth   B. third   C. second   D. first

    Sales of laptop computers passed desktops in the U. S. for the first time ever this fall,according to market-research firm ID C. That's bad news for backs,necks and shoulders.

     Laptops are bad for our body. When you work at a computer,the keyboard should be at elbow height and the monitor should be roughly at eye level? so you can sit well in a chair.      But most users simply set their laptops on a desk or table. The keyboard is too high> which makes your arms reach up? your shoulders feel tired and your wrists bend down. The monitor is too low,which pulls your head and neck forward and down and your back may feel hurt.

    That s OK if you use your laptop for a short time. But if you use one for hours without stopping—— as do millions of college students? business travelers? telecommuters) video-gamers and growing numbers of office workers —your body may feel hurt. Ergonomics experts have warned about laptop problems for years. But people still like laptops better than the desktops. And they use laptops anywhere—— in bed,on the floor-in all kinds of positions.

    “How can a mouse or a keyboard hurt you?” says Thomas Caffrey,the founder of Myofactors  LL C. Wrong positions can be bad for your body. As time goes by,a wrong position can lead to pain in the neck,shoulders,back and arms,as well as headaches. ”

() 1. When you work at a computer,the keyboard should be.

   A. at elbow height   B. at eye height   C. on a desk   D. on a table

() 2. The writer asks us not to use the laptop.

   A. for a short time   B. to play video games

   C. for hours without stopping   D. to buy things on the Internet

() 3. From the passage,we know that laptop computers.

   A. are not so popular as the desktops   B. are more popular than the desktops

   C. are not bad for our body   D. have no mouse now

   A. people s  sight lower   B. people have cancer

   C. people s  arm longer   D. people feel pain in the body

() 5. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

   A. When you use a laptop,you should put your monitor at eye height.

   B. Laptop computers sold more than desktops this autumn.

   C. To keep healthy,you should use laptop computers.

   D. Business travelers often use the laptop computers for a long time.