Diary of a Do-It-Yourself Book

This book based on Greg Hefley's own "diary" lets kids express themselves in an exciting way．In the book, kids will be asked: What was the best dream you have ever had? The worst thing you have ever eaten? The best secret you have ever heard? This Do-It-Yourself Book is unique and special because it has blank pages for readers to write their own stories and keep their own diaries．

Author:       Jeff Kinney

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Train to Somewhere

Marianne, heading west with fourteen other children on a train, is sure her mother will show up at one of the stations along the way. Stop after stop goes by, and there is no sign of her mother in the crowds that come to look over the children. No one shows any interest in adopting shy Marianne, either. But th at is all right. She has to he free for her mother to claim her. Then the train stopped at its final stop, a town called Somewhere…

Author:        Eve Bunting

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Chinese Children's Favorite Stories

This volume of beloved Chinese stories contains a delightful selection from the store of Chinese legend. Discover many delightful animal characters as well as Change and Guan Yin. Retold for an international audience, the stories with beautiful pictures will give children aged ix to ten in other countries a chance to learn about both the tradition and culture of China.

Author:         Mingmei Yip

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The Way Science Works

The perfect introduction to show how science explains the world around us! Eye-opening experiments and extraordinary photography bring science to life．Discover science in action from the principles that explain everyday facts to the theories behind the technology in today's fast-moving world. Full of facts about famous scientists, technology news and more．                                   

Author:        Robin Kerrod

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1.Diary of a Do – It – Yourself Book is different from other books because you can     .

2.Amazon．com gives no discount on              .

3.Based on Train to Somewhere, how many children head west on the train．

4.Chinese Children's Favorite Stories is written for____

5.Whose book would you like to read if you are interested in science and technology?

Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own．My mother was one of those people．

My father died when I was one-year-old．While I was growing up, we led a very hard life, but my mom gave me a lot of love．Each night, she seated me on her lap and, spoke the words that would change my life, "Kemmons, you are sure to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it．"

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said that I would never walk again．Every night my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me whatever those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to．She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her．A year later, I walked on my own to school!

When the Great Depression broke out, my mother lost her job．Then I left school to support the two of us．At that moment I decided never to be poor again．

Over the years, I experienced a lot of business success．But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951．I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was very angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child．That was too expensive for an ordinary American family．I told my wife that I was going to open a motel （汽车旅馆） for families that would never charge extra money for children．Many people did not believe me at that time．

Not surprisingly, mom was my strongest supporter．As in any business, I experienced a lot of difficulties．But with my mom's words in my heart, I never doubted I would succeed．Fifteen years later, I had the largest hotel system in the world—Holiday Inn．In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $l billion a year．

You may not have started out life in the best situations．But if you find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you．

1.What Kemmon's mother often told him during his childhood was____．

2.Who played the most important role in making the author walk back to school again?

3.What caused Kemmon to start a motel by himself?

4.Which of the following best describes Kemmon's mother?

5.Which of the following led to Kemmon's success?

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示，写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。（每空一词，共10分）

76．Tom hurt Mary so deeply that she would never f        him.

77．She has been taking exercise to lose w          and stay slim.

78．Everyone knows smoking is h          to their health and they try to give it up.

79．A v        earthquake hit Yushu and caused more than 1,000 deaths.

80．Whoever isn’t c     with what he has always feels disappointed.

81．Mary spent her            （童年）in the countryside.

82．If the goes on working hard, he is       （可能） to succeed.

83．It is large organization with offices      （遍及）the world.

84．Sicuak         （风俗）differ greatly from country to country.

85．Most information comes from the direct     （观察）of the stars in outer space.

根据句中所给汉语，完成下列句子。（每空一词，每空0．5分，共10分）

86．既然你不再需要那顶旧帽子，我将把它扔了。

            you don’t need that old cap any longer，I'll    it     .

87．作为我的好朋友，你应该支持我，并尊重我的选择。

As my friend，you should be in                 me and show               my decision．

88．为了确定他在家，我事先给他打了个电话。

To make sure he was at home．I     him                         .

89．如果你不为自己的错误向他们道歉的话，他们是不会放过你的。

If you don‘t      to them for your mistake, they won’t let you                        

it．

90．他父亲的去世使得他的家庭更贫困了。那就是他退学的原因。

His father died，leaving the family even              . That           his dropping out of school．

最近，关于“中国高中是否应该取消文理分科”的网上调查吸引了许多网民的积极参与。请你根据下表所给的信写一封英文信，描述被调查者的不同看法和表明你（李华）的看法，并将信发给对此感兴趣的美国笔友Tom。

注意：词数100左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

网民：netizens；课程：curriculum；文理科：arts and science。

Dear Tom,

Recently many netizens have taken part in the survey about whether the curriculum of senior high school should be divided into arts and science in China.

Yours,

Li Hua

Unfortunately, when I arrived, Mary         , so we only had time for a few words.

--- Johnson, come and have a look at the sea! It is beautiful, isn’t it?

---         If only I lived here by the sea.

The journey was adventurous and they went through great hardship, but it       .

Do you want to have a mobile phone? Have you had a mobile phone already? Nowadays more and more students have their own mobile phones, and mobile phone use has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in China have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

Mobile phone use among children has become a big problem for the school this year. Some children have got mobile phones as birthday gifts, and more students want them.

Wang Pi, an official, said, “Mobile phone use is a distraction (分散注意力的东西) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms.” Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

Wang Pialso said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones, but some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if their was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school offices. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school. They were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

1.Some middle schools have banned students from carrying mobile phones         .

2.Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t        during school hours.

3.The three underlined words “they” in Para. 5 refer to       .

4.The passage tells us that         .

The other day at a supermarket, I saw a naughty boy of about six crying loudly, falling to the floor and refusing to move. All the while the troubled mother was trying to persuade him to behave well but failed．A little smack on his bottom would have done the job，I thought．

Teenagers also cause discipline(纪律)problems．As a teacher, I had a 16-year-old student who had fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant．In fact，she had left home to stay with him．So we decided to put her in the school hostel．She refused．When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the hostel she turned round and said：“Why don't you stay in the hostel if you like it so much?”

My palms were itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her，hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders．It did not．The last I heard，she had run away from home again．

The list goes on and on．Could it be that today's parents are softer and believe that they must not rod(棍棒惩罚)their children for fear of the bad result? Or do they actually believe that the children will get rid of the bad habits and behave well naturally as they grow older? I beg to disagree．I believe it is the parents' duty to discipline the children even at a young age．

My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary．Later when they went abroad，they related to their British university friends on how they were disciplined．Their friends abroad were filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged with child abuse(虐待)．However，my daughter showed great respect for me when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline．

1.The underlined word“cajole”probably means       ．

2.The author would probably          .

3.We can learn from the passage that        .

4.Which of the following could be the best title for this passage?