“When can I get a cellphone？”The answer is when your parents think you need one，though many
kids seem to be getting them around age 12 or 13. Some younger kids may have them because their
parents see it as a matter of safety and convenience. For example，a kid can call mom and dad when
sports practice is over. And a cellphone can give kids almost instant access(快捷通道)to their parents if
something goes wrong or they need help.It can give parents quick access to their kids so they can check
on them and make sure they're OK.
     If you do get a cellphone，make some rules such as how many minutes you’re allowed to spend on the phone， when you can use your phone，when the phone must be turned off，and what you will do if
someone calls you too often，and so on.
    You’ll also have to learn to take care of the phone in your life. Keep it charged (充电)and store it in the safe place so it doesn’t get lost. And whatever you do，don’t use it in the bathroom. I know someone
who dropped her phone in the toilet!

1.Parents buy cellphones for their kids because_______.

A. they think it is necessary    
B. they think their kids are old enough    
C. they have asked the author for advice    
D. they want to follow their kids wherever they are

2.The author of the passage________.

A. wants to describe how children use cellphones    
B. knows nothing about when children can have a cellphone    
C. may have done a survey on kids using cellphones
D. has been a teacher for many years

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. It is too young for kids aged 12 or 13 to get a cellphone.    
B. A cellphone is useful for kids and their parents.    
C. The author is against the idea of kids to have cellphones.
D. Most kids are considering having cellphones.

4.Who is the passage most probably written by?

A. Parents who have bought cellphones for their kids.    
B. Someone who does cellphone business.    
C. A teacher who cares most about school safety.    
D. Someone who works for children’s education.

5.Which might not be a rule for kids with a cellphone?

A. Keep it on all the time.
B. Make a call if something goes wrong.
C. Don't use it in the bathroom.
D. Take care not to lose it.

    Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a
survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.
    The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for
information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The
average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29 hours, respectively.
    Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news;
62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment
opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get
entertainment messages from the internet.
    Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees
choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
    Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked
top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
    Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the
United States.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A. Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV.
B. There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the
     internet.
C. There are more people using e-mail compared with those searching information on the internet.
D. There are more people using e-mail compared with those reading news on the internet.

2. The survey shows that             .

A. Only 10.4% reported use the internet to send and receive email.
B. Less than half of the people use the internet for entertainment.
C. All of the people reported like to play games on-line.
D. Most of the people reported read online news.

3. Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?

A. TV
B. Sina
C. telephone
D. QQ

4. The underlined word "exceeded" means             .

A. increased to
B. increased by
C. risen
D. decreased

5. —Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo aren't Five major web sites in the Chinese language, are they?
    —              .

A. Yes, they are
B. No, they aren't
C. Yes, they aren't
D. No, they didn't

      Different job choices
      Many students have already had clear ideas about what jobs they would like to have in the future. We believe
boys' choices are different from girls'. To find out how different their choices are, we made a survey in Green
High School. The following diagram (图表) shows the results of the survey.
 

1. The diagram shows the results of ______ job choices in Green High School.

A. the teachers'
B. the boy and girl students'
C. the girl students'
D. the boy students'

2. About 45％of the girls would like to be _______ in the future.  

A. bank clerks
B. reporters
C. teachers
D. scientists

3. About _______ of the boys want to be teachers.

A. 5％
B. 15％
C. 30％
D. 50％

4. There are _______ number of girls want to be scientists.

A. large
B. the largest
C. the smallest
D. small

5. Which of the following sentences is RIGHT?

A. Gifts would like to be reporters more than boys.
B. Boys would like to be bank clerks more that girls.
C. Boys would like to be reporters most.
D. Girls would like to be teachers least.

      People are often killed while crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old
people are often killed because they usually can not see or hear very well. Children are often killed because
they are not careful. They have to look and listen before they cross the road.
     A car, truck or bus can not stop very quickly. If the vehicle (汽车) is going very fast, it will travel many
meters before it stops. People don't always understand this. They think a car can stop within a few meters.
The faster a car is traveling, the longer it takes to stop. It is very difficult for a person to know how far a car
is traveling. 
     The only safe way to cross the road is to look both ways, right and left. Then if the road is clear, it is
safe to cross. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It is not safe to run. If people run across
the road, they may fall down.

1. Who are often killed while crossing?
                                                                                                                                                       
2. Why are children killed when crossing the road?
                                                                                                                                                       
3. Is it easy for a driver to stop his vehicle when he finds something wrong some meters in front of him?
                                                                                                                                                       
4. What had you better do when you cross the road?
                                                                                                                                                       
5. Even though the vehicle is going very fast, it can stop within a few meters, can't it? 
                                                                                                                                                        

     In today's world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of  them even lost their lives
 for it.  Money does have its most useful effect  (作用)  on the poor, but if a person has a rich life,  a 
lot more money  doesn't mean more happiness.        
      If money were everything, all millionaires (百万富豪) would have true love, real friendship, health 
and long life. However, this is not always true.          
      Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words "I love you". But can love be bought? I'm 
afraid not. Love means "give", not "take" . Health and a long life are probably the most precious  
(宝贵的)  things for every person.  Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The 
answer is "No".  Of all the people who live longest in the world,  few of them are millionaires. Real 
friendship can't be bought either.             
     In a word,  where money is worshiped,  money can cause brothers to quarrel, lovers to hate, 
and strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have,  it is still not enough to make
 you a happy person  if you have no one to laugh with and no one to cry for.

1. What's the most important thing for every person in the  writer's opinion?                                    

A. Money.           
B. Health and a long life.                 
C. Friendship.       
D. Love.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?              

A.  If you don't have much money, you can't get more  happiness.              
B.  You may have a long life even if you are poor.              
C.  Every year many people die because their families are  poor.              
D.  If you are rich,  you will have real friendship.

3. What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?   

A. 崇拜    
B. 贬值  
C. 鄙视  
D. 挥霍

4. The passage mainly tells us that ______.     

A.  money is as important as true love    
B.  money isn't necessary     
C.  money is important, but not the most important   
D.  money can cause some problems

5. What does the underlined sentence mean in Chinese?    

A. 爱意味着给你，而不是带走。     
B. 爱是可以得到的，不要走开。     
C. 爱意味着奉献，而不是索取。     
D. 爱是可以索取的，而不必付出。

　　We talked to 300 people. One hundred were aged 11 to 18. One hundred were between 19 and 26 years of age. One hundred were 27 to 35 old. We asked them what they liked to do in their free time. The results are in the chart.

1.People aged 11-18 least enjoyed _____.

A. taking a walk
B. watching TV
C. going to the movies
D. playing computer games

2.In the 19-26 group, how many people enjoyed playing computer games?

A. 75
B. 80
C. 60
D. 25

3.What did most people enjoy doing?

A. Watching TV and playing computer games.
B. Playing computer games and taking a walk.
C. Taking a walk and going to the movies.
D. Going to the movies and watching TV.

4.Which of these sentences is true?

A. People aged 27-35 enjoyed playing computer games best.
B. People aged 11-18 enjoyed going to the movies best.
C. People aged 19-26 enjoyed playing computer games more than watching TV.
D. Most people like watching TV.

     An increasing number of children are flying and traveling around China on their own.
     Eleven-year-old Guo Yongyi quickly finds her place in Row 38 on the three-houi morning flight
from Beijing to Shenzhen , Guangdong province. She takes the window seat and calls for the flight
attendant (乘务员) to ask for a blanket,places her purple backpack under the seat in front of her and
fastens her seat belt. Guo has just spent her summer vacation with a cousin in Beijing and is re-turning
home for the new school term. She is among a growing number of children, aged between 5and 12,
traveling on their own by air during their school holidays. Like Guo , many children make visits to see
family members , while others fly to attend vacation camps.
     Guo first traveled all by herself when she was 7. At that time she had no idea about security
checks or what a boarding gate was. In the plane she was too to ask for a drink or a blanket.
Now, everything is different. She behaves naturally as if she is at home.
    When Guo's flight returns from Shenzhen, it has two other children on the plane, 9-year-old He
Yinnan and 10-year-old Gong Hao.  He, a beautiful little girl with large clear eyes,needs more help.
After finding out He feels sick , Ma Ning , an attendant, gives He a cup of water and suggests that she
takes a walk. "We try our best to become helpful 'aunts' for children," she said.

1. 判断正误（“T” 表示正确“F”表示错误）。
    (     ) Guo Yongyi is ten years old.
2 . 完成句子。
     Many children are traveling around China by _______ on their own.
3.  Why does Guo Yongyi retum to Shenzhen? 
                                                                                   
4. What does Ma Ning do?
                                                                                   
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
     _______________________________________                     

     Schools and parents in Shenzhen City have been asked to take better care of children's eyesight as
 45 percent of them were found to be shortsighted. Too much reading, poor lighting and too much TV
 are blamed (责备). Of the city's high school graduates (毕业生) who applied to study at colleges this
 summer, two thirds had to have their choices limited because of poor eyesight. Shenzhen Special Zone 
 Daily said.   

1. The purpose of this passage is to ______.

A. criticize (批评) children who are shortsighted. 
B. blame parents and schools for children's being shortsighted.
C. ask the high school graduates to pay attention to their eyesight.
D. draw people's special attention to eye hygiene(卫生).

2. Only ______ of the children in Shenzhen City have good eyesight.

A. 45 percent  
B. less than half  
C. 55 percent  
D. two thirds

3. Generally speaking, high school students have ______ eyesight than primary school students.

A. poorer  
B. better  
C. brighter  
D. good

4. Because of being shortsighted many school graduates ______.

A. weren't allowed to enter college  
B. couldn't graduate from high school 
C. couldn't choose to study what they liked best  
D. lost their limited time

5. In order to take care of eyes, children shouldn't ______.

A. read books
B. watch TV 
C. make their eyes too tired 
D. see things far away