The website “FarmersOnly.com” calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.

As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.

So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.” 

You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.

Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.

1.Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to     .

A. help farmers                                         B. represent farmers

C. support traditions                               D. understand farmers

2.Which of the following is true of singlesinag.org?

A. It provides dating services.

B. Only farmers can become its members.

C. Its services are free.

D. Farmers in France can’t benefit from it.

3. The author of the text intends to     .

A. advertise for the two websites

B. urge readers to help farmers

C. intro duce two websites

D. encourage social activities

4.It can be inferred from the text that     .

A. farmers are easy to meet new people

B. the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life

C. all farmers desire marriage

D. more farmers get divorced in the USA

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A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?

  Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work.  1. What they look for is your presence to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express their worries and fears, but don’t let them focus on those fears.

  Help them get organized. 2. Together, you and your teen can work out a time-table in which he can study for what he knows will be on the test.

  Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It’s important for your teen to eat a healthy, balanced diet during exam times to focus and do his best. 3. If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress.

   4. Persuade your teenager to get some sleep or do something active when he needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation, and exercise is important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance his time so that he will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.

  Show a positive attitude. 5. Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for his efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are.

A.They will only make the situation worse.

B.Encourage your teen to relax.

C.Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.

D.A parent’s attitude will affect their teen’s emotions.

E.Exams stress can make some teens lose their appetite.

F.The best thing is simply to be there.

G.Help your teen think about what he has to study and plan accordingly.

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     When our six children were total young, suppertime was always being

interrupted by neighborhood children ring the bell. They wanted one child or

another to come out and played. Finally we had good idea. We hung a sign on the

front door that was read: “We’re having dinner. Come back later.”  That night, we

sat down to what they thought would be a pleasant, uninterrupted meals. But as

soon as we began dinner, the doorbell rings. On the front door stood a five-year-old

boy from across the street. He looked up at us and said, “I just want to know which

the sign says.”

It is reported that the US uses ______ energy as the whole of Europe.

 A as twice      B twice much      C twice much as      D twice as much

Always read the ______ on the bottle carefully before taking medicine.

 A instructions      B explanations      C descriptions      D introductions

From his ______ look, we can see he is ______ in the film very much.

 A exciting; interesting      B excited; interesting

 C excited; interested      D exciting; interested

The cakes ______ nice in the bakery attract many customers.

 A to taste      B tasting      C tasted      D to be tasted

Did he ______ the lecture the other day?

 A join      B take part in      C attend      D join in

I would rather you ______ there.

 A walking      B to walk      C walk      D walked