Child labor — the employment of children in industry, often against their will — has been a problem for many years. Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue almost unchanged today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today employment of children is confined（limited）to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and particularly farms, rather than to large factories.

Girls suffer more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is often light, it is often harmful to the health. Recently, children as young as six years were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working conditions. Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the payment going to a parent or older relative. The children not only receive nothing or very little for their long hours of work, but also they are prevented from attending school. Therefore, when they become older they are unable to do any other kind of work.

The solution to the problem of child labor is clearly better laws to protect young children, greater supervision（监督）of industry and heavier fines for those who break the laws. Only in this way can young boys and girls be allowed to enjoy the most valuable time of their lives—childhood.

1.Which’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

2.Girls’ work is ____.

3.Young children go to work ____.

4.To solve the problem of child labor, the writer suggests the following BUT ____.

For most students, school is over and summer fun is here. Even kids who are going to summer school don't need to be cooped up indoors during these bright sunny days. Why? Thanks to technology, many kids now have the option of attending "virtual" summer schools online.

These "virtual" classes are not new. Many colleges and universities offer online courses where the students never meet; they correspond with their teachers and classmates on the web. Even some traditional schools add to daily classes with internet-based assignments and feedback.

There are a lot of benefits to online schooling, and that's why public schools have started participating in this non-traditional type of education. Instead of students riding the bus, going to class, eating lunch at school, and going home in the early afternoon, they can now log on（登录）at any time of day or night and learn. This flexible online option requires just as much work and participation as normal summer school. However, the timing is different.

Online summer school is not for all students, just like it isn’t for all adults. The student needs to be an excellent reader in order to obtain as much information as possible from the lectures. In addition, students must understand computers and be self motivated（激发）in order to complete the class successfully.

If the students meet these requirements, then online summer school has many advantages. Written lectures can be read and reread until the student understands them. The students can email each other and the teacher if they need help. Students who participate in online summer school often earn higher grades because the teachers can answer more questions without slowing down the entire class progress. And because of this new technology, summer school students can still go to the beach, travel around the world, and take family vacations!

1.Online schooling has the following advantages and benefits EXCEPT ____. 

2.What does the underlined word “option” probably mean? 

3.Online summer school is not suitable for ____.  

4.Which of the following people is most supposed to choose online schooling?  

I stepped into my hotel room to a pleasant surprise. Lots of room surrounded an inviting king-size bed, with armchairs nearby resting against sliding glass doors that opened onto a private yard. A small dining table sat next to a kitchen with a refrigerator and coffee machine. "Wow," I thought to myself. "Nice place."

I love hotels. I love to enter a clean room, hang my clothes and gaze out the window, walk out in the morning and when I return, someone else will have made the bed. I like in-room dining and the way they greet you so professionally. "Nice to have you with us again, Mr. Goldsborough." Very cool.

The problem is that unless Alison travels with me, I never sleep well in hotels. I miss my family, even though Linus and Camille, at ages 4 and almost 2, find a way to interrupt even the best night's sleep at home.

I'm deeply troubled by the number of parents who wake up too late with the realization:

"My children grew up too fast. In the busy career and corporate rat race（剧烈竞争）, I missed their childhood.” What they fail to say but too often think causes me even more pain: "...and I barely even know them."

A hundred years from now, no one will remember the size of your bank account, the car you drove or the size of your house. The world might differ greatly however, based on your impact in the life of a small child. If you pay attention to your significant others, make the choice to put them first.

Think of one specific action that you can take, and take it. Then think of another one and take that, too. Challenge yourself to find new ways to express your appreciation and love on a daily basis. It will pay off ten-fold（十倍）at home.

1.We can infer from the passage that the author ____.

2.According to the author, what is the most important for us is that ____.

3.Through para.4 and para.5 what the author really means is that ____.

4.Which of the fowling is the best title for this passage?

对话填空（满分 10分） 阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Tell me, Jack. Do you look t   1.  the Web much?

M: Well, to tell you the t2.  , I’m so busy with work. I don’t really have much time to s  3.     the Web. Let me think…I s    4.    I log on a couple of times a week, for about two or three hours.

W: So, What do you do o  5.   the Internet when you log on?

M: Well, I do a little e-mailing. I only get about two or three e-mails a week. Actually I p    6. writing real letters, with pen and paper.

W: Yeah, I’m the same way. Anything e   7.      you do on the Internet?

M: Well, sometimes I look up i   8. I need for my job. It s  9.    a lot of time looking through books in libraries.

W: Yes, it sure d  10.   

假定你是陈华，现在美国读书。请你根据你的朋友兰英的要求，给她写一封回信，告诉她有关美国学生学习生活的情况。下面是书信的内容：

1、在美国，孩子六岁开始上学；在一些州,要求学生校一直必须一直读到十六岁；大多数学生十七、八岁才毕业；

2、现在多半的高中毕业生都要上大学；

3、为了在经济上独立，几乎一半的大学生一边读书一边做兼职工作，诸如当保姆、除草坪、送报纸、年幼一点的卖报或者洗车等；

4、美国孩子还常常走进自然，到课堂外去学习。

[写作要求]

1、词数：100词左右（不包括已经给出的部分）；

2、内容应包括上述要点，但不要逐字翻译；可适当增加信息；

3、句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear Chen Hua,

I received your letter yesterday. ____________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Love from,

Lan Ying

________its low cost, the appeal of iron as a building material lies in its strength, its resistance to fire, and its potential to span long distances.

-----Hi, Peter. Long time no see.

-----Oh, it’s you, Jack. I’m sorry I didn’t ________you at first.

The doctors has_________ a new idea on the treatment, which is well thought of by his companions.

Frank made a good_______ _on the first interview, so the manager gave him the job.

I’ll remind him_______ what he has promised to us so that he won’t forget it.