Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia．They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life．The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is．So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education．Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter．

       However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap．

       Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others．What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack （缺乏） self-respect and self-confidence．

       The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever．

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework．

       Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life．Cooking demands patience and time．It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment．A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully．His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence．

       Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious （好奇）and arouse his interest He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up．These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind．And that is more important．

1．Parents in China, according to this passage, _________．

       A．are too strict with their children

       B．are too rich to educate their children

       C．have some problems in educating their children correctly

       D．are too poor to educate their children

2．Generally speaking, children’s skills_______．

       A．come from their parents

       B．have nothing to do with their education

       C．may be different

       D．have something to do with their marks in the exams

3．The writer of this passage doesn’t seem to be satisfied with_______．

       A．the parents’ idea of educating their children

       B．the education system

       C．children’s skills

       D．children’s hobbies

4．Doing some cooking at home helps children_________．

       A．learn how to serve their parents

       B．learn how to become strong and fat

       C．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

       D．make their parents believe that they are clever

5．According to the last paragraph, we can conclude that_________．

       A．broken radios and television sets are useful

       B．one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

       C．an engineer must fix many broken radios

       D．a good student should spend much time repairing radios

Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss．The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories of loud music or other common sound at home and at work．A person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected．

       An American scientist has found that using aspirin （阿斯匹林） increase the temporary （暂时的）hearing loss or damage from loud noise．He did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing．He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability．He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin．The hearing loss was about two times as great．

       The scientist said millions of persons in the U．S．use much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in his experiment．He said these persons face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noise．

1．Doctors have long known that__________．

       A．one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise．

       B．one may become deaf when he hears a loud noise．

       C．loud noises can cause damage to the hearing of the young people only

       D．common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear

2．This passage suggests that one’s hearing________．

       A．will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second

       B．will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise less than one second

       C．will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second

       D．will not be damaged if he has little more than one second to get ready

3．One conclusion you can draw from the passage is that aspirin________．

     A．makes hearing damage from loud noise worse

     B．should never be taken more than four grams

     C．can damage one’s hearing when it is given more than four grams daily

     D．always increases hearing loss by two times

4．Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they__________．

       A．take too much aspirin

       B．often take air trips

       C．like listening to loud music

       D．have too much loud noises at home and at war

5．The American scientist did his experiment in order to find ________．

       A．how much aspirin would affect a person’s hearing

       B．how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noise

       C．whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noises

       D．whether the people who had hearing damage should use aspirin

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin （顽童） was walking around the shining car．“Is this your car, Paul?” he asked．

       Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas．” The boy was surprised．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated．

       Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He wished he had a brother like that．But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly．

       “I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that．” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

       “Oh yes, I’d love that．”

       After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

       Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew what the boy wanted．He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong again．“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked．

       He ran up to the steps．Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast．He was carrying his little crippled （残疾） brother．He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car．

       “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs．His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent．And some day I’m going to give you one just like it… Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about．”

       Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car．The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride．

1．The street urchin was very surprised when __________．

       A．he saw the shining car

       B．Paul told him about the car

       C．he was walking around the car

       D．Paul received an expensive car

2．From the story we know that the urchin __________．

       A．wished to give his brother a car

       B．wished Paul’s brother to give him a car

       C．wished Paul could be a brother like that 

       D．wished he could have a brother like Paul’s 

3．The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______．

       A．to show he had a rich friend

       B．to show his neighbors the car

       C．to let his brother ride in the car

       D．to tell his brother about his wish

4．We can infer from the story that __________．

       A．Paul couldn’t understand the urchin

       B．the urchin’s wish came true in the end

       C．the urchin wished to have a rich brother

       D．the urchin had a deep love for his brother

5．The best title for the story probably is __________．

       A．A Christmas Present                            B．A Street Urchin

       C．A Brother Like That                             D．An Unforgettable Ride

Many students eat their breakfasts on the way to school or in the dinning-room．But some of them don’t really know how to eat well when eating out．

       Here is some important advice．The first is to eat less fast food．The most obvious harm of eating too much fast food is weight gaining because of too much fat．Young people and adults are at risk of disease related to weight．

       Too much fast food can drag your body down．French fries, for example, were recently found to contain much more acrylamide（丙烯酰胺） than other food．This may cause cancer．Actually, deep fried food all contains acrylamide．So don’t eat it too often．

       Soda is another thing you should watch out for．Cokes and other sodas contain a lot of sugar and can slow down a person’s calcium absorption, so it’s best to drink as little soda as possible．

       Food in the dinning-room may not be as tasty as fast food, but it’s actually easier to make healthy choices．Human bodies need variety．You can have a dinner that balances lean proteins, vitamins and complex carbohydrates（碳水化合物）．In other words, a meal with fish or meat, vegetables and some bread or rice will provide you with most nutrients that the body needs．

       Some snacks, on the other hand, will help keep you going until your next big meal．It is natural for teenagers, especially boys, to feel hungry during school time．Don’t forget to take some foods, like whole-grain biscuits or low-fat milk in your school bag．

Title: Advice on 1．____________

暑假将至，同学们就自己暑假生活及安排进行了相互交流。假设你是李华，请你用英语向美籍教师Mr. Brown介绍有关情况以及自己的暑期计划。

       内容应包括以下要点：

       1．有的同学打算与家人一起外出旅游，放松一下。

     2．有的同学计划在家中多读书，按时按质按量完成暑假作业，为将来的学习做好充分准备。

       3．有的同学准备积极参加体育锻炼，保持身体健康。

       4．谈一谈自己的暑期安排。

       要求：

       1．不要逐词翻译，文中不要提及真实的校名和姓名。

       2．可适当增加细节和连接词，使文章通顺连贯；

       3．词数100词左右，开头部分已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Brown，

       The longing summer vacation is approaching, it is the best part of the school year for us．___________________________________________________________________________

                                                                 Yours,

                                                                 Li Hua

Mr. White graduated from _____ Cambridge University with a degree in ____ physics．

A．the; a        B．a; a             C．a; the          D．/; /

With tags（标签） _____ to the luggage, it won’t take long for the passengers to find theirs correctly．．

A．attaching          B．attached        C．to attach         D．attaches

You’d better not phone me between two and six o’clock this afternoon; I ___a speech then．

A．will give                                    B．will have been giving

C．will be giving                                   D．will have given

Mary _____ be in London because I saw her in town just now．

A．mustn’t        B．isn’t able to         C．needn’t      D．can’t

While ____ in tea with that dealer, Mr. Smith had himself ____．

A．trading; ripped off                              B．buying; ripping off

C．selling; ripped off                               D．purchasing; rip off