Parents should stop complaining themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted(坚持) that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling（四肢摊开）himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was only a quick look at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don't know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”

He hasn't forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She admitted（承认）that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

1.This text is most probably written by ______.

A. a specialist in teenager studies

B. a headmaster of a middle school

C. a parent with teenage children

D. a doctor for mental health problems

2.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child

B. the way that parents often complained about themselves

C. the opinion that a child has of his parents

D. the advice that parents want their children to follow

3. The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ______.

A. clever B. quiet

C. unusual D. rude

4.From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______.

A. pay no attention to them

B. are too busy to look after them

C. have come to hate them

D. feel helpless to do much about them

5.What is the author' s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change.

C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D. Parents cause the change in their children.

词与短语填空（共5小题,每题2分,满分10分）

阅读下面5个句子,然后用方框中所给的单词或短语填空,使每个句子在结构和意义上正确。（提示：选项中有一个是多余的）

1.I’ve got a cold. So I’ve lost my sense of .

2.It is that some people were hurt in that accident.

3.Rich had a trip to Lushan Mountain last spring,

4.With the of science. We can enjoy life better.

5.My uncle will come back from England. I’m looking forward to him.

阅读理解填词（本题共10分,每小题1分）

Sitting in the play area of the doctor's office, my children, Paul, four, and Bailey, three, built a Lego tower while we w 1. to be called for Paul's examination.

"Good job, you guys, "I said, trying not to s 2. too tired. My husband was away on business, and it was difficult being a 3. with the kids. "Don't put the Lego in your mouth, Bailey, " I said. Paul grabbed it from him. "That's not nice, Paul, " I said. He gave back the Lego. I looked around and saw an old gentleman in a c 4. was reading something, I wished I could sit q 5. for a while. I wanted to be able to take a rest, or go shopping alone. At once, I was ashamed of myself. What kind of mother was I?" God, " I thought, "help me to be the very best mom I can be." The nurse came into the waiting room to get us. Just at that moment, the old gentleman in the waiting room put down his m 6. and came up to me. With a smile on his face, he said, "Your children are l 7. to have such a wonderful mother." "Thank you, "I replied in a low v 8. and watched him walk back to his seat. We f 9. the nurse into the examination room. While she weighed Paul, I told her how that man had made my day.

Now when I feel tired I remember the encouraging w 10. of the old gentleman.

书面表达

假如你是Zhang Xue,你在申请参加一个目的地为美国的夏令营活动,请你用英语写一份申请。申请的开头和结尾已经给出。要点如下：

1. 参加的目的是为了提高英语和了解美国文化；

2. 爱好运动和流行音乐；

3. 希望住在有三到四个孩子的美国家庭。

4. 适当自由发挥自己的兴趣爱好。

注意:字数60-80词,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总数字；文章不要提及真实的校名和人名。

参考词汇：①summer camp n. (夏令营)；

②American culture n. (美国文化) ；

③pop music n.流行音乐

Dear Sir or Madam:

I’m looking forward to your reply. Thank you.

--It was a beautiful, cloudless sunny day at the end summer.

A. of B. for C. at D. from

- --What's your brother?

- --He's a teacher. He art at a school。

A. taught B. has taught

C. teaches D. will teach

--- Mary doesn’t remember when and where she this skirt.

A. buy B. have bought

C. will buy D. bought

— Do you like playing piano, Tom ?

— No. But I like playing basketball.

A. a, a B. the , the C. the, /

Mary does well ____English ____listening to the English program.

A.in,on B.at by C.in by

--Kate has made great progress these days.

--___,and____.

A.So she has,so you have.

B.So she has,so have you.

C.So has she,so have you.