The new book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood is warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.
Why is the book so attractive (吸引人的) to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I can not help asking: where is our own Harry Potter?
China has a long history and colorful culture. With a large market of teenagers, China published (出版) many popular books among children. However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones?
Firstly, quiet a number of children’s are of strong sense of teaching, and they have little interest. Reading them, children often have a feeling of being “educated”. Certainly, they don’t like them. Secondly, fewer children like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same. One knows the ending as early as in the beginning. Finally, the writers seldom think about children’s needs.
First-class Reading for children should be interesting, and written in their language.
【小题1】About the present Chinese children’s books, which is NOT right?

最近中国西南地区干旱（Southwest China has a drought.），很多地区庄稼颗粒无收，部分地区饮水都有困难。为此，学校组织同学进行讨论，如何帮助干旱地区的受灾人民，同学们纷纷发表了自己的看法。以下是部分同学的观点，请根据提示，用英语做一个简单的介绍并表明你自己的观点。要求：80~100词。

Protect the environment

Dig wells

Plant more trees

Recycle the waste water

Help them to find a new place to live in……

Last week our school had a discussion about how to help the people in dry places. Here’re some opinions.

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Bicycles in China

Bicycles are very popular in China. In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere. When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and anywhere else. Therefore(因此), China is known as “the kingdom of bicycles”. In China, many families have one or two bicycles.

Compared(与……比) with cars, bicycles have many advantages. First, they are much cheaper than cars. Most Chinese can’t afford cars, but they can afford bicycles. Second, bicycles are small enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park. What’s more, with lower speed, bicycles are safer than cars.

However, bicycles also bring some problems. Some riders don’t obey the traffic rules and some riders don’t think about others’ safety. So they ride too fast. During rush hours, too many bicycles may cause traffic jams. We still have a long way to go to solve the problem.

1.Where can you see bicycles in China?

2.“The kingdom of bicycles” here is saying ____.

3. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of bicycles?

4.What problems can bicycles bring?

5.What does the last sentence mean?

The new book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood is warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.

Why is the book so attractive (吸引人的) to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I can not help asking: where is our own Harry Potter?

    China has a long history and colorful culture. With a large market of teenagers, China published (出版) many popular books among children. However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones?

Firstly, quiet a number of children’s are of strong sense of teaching, and they have little interest. Reading them, children often have a feeling of being “educated”. Certainly, they don’t like them. Secondly, fewer children like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same. One knows the ending as early as in the beginning. Finally, the writers seldom think about children’s needs.

First-class Reading for children should be interesting, and written in their language.

1.About the present Chinese children’s books, which is NOT right?

    A. They have little interest.           B. Our writers seldom know children’s needs.

    C. Most of them are the same.           D. They are better than foreign ones.

2.Harry Potter is so popular, because __________.

    A. it’s the same as Chinese books           B. it can lead children into a wonderful world

    C. it’s not written in children’s language   D. it’s advertised more often on TV or posters

3.The Chinese meaning of the underlined phrase “First-class Reading” is _______.

    A. 第一批读物   B. 一节课的阅读     C. 一流的读物       D. 基础的阅读

4.“Where is our own Harry Potter?” means __________.

    A. the writer can’t find any books for children

    B. Chinese presents should buy Harry Potter for their children

    C. our children should learn from Harry Potter

    D. Chinese writers should write better books for children

5. Which is the best title (标题) of the passage?

    A. Ways to read books.                  B. A magic boy, Harry Potter.

    C. Books and advertisements.            D. Our children need better books.