Are you the only child in the family? If so, you are the most important in your family. Parents are the closest people to you in the world. But most middle school students have a problem. They feel they're not as close to their parents as before.

Some students complain that their parents often say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some say their parents ask them not to play computer games when other classmates are doing that. Others say when they’re making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if the children are speaking to a boy or a girl. These make them very unhappy. Some students even decide to leave home because they’re afraid to tell their parents when they have done something wrong. Then they usually think running away is the only choice. But they don’t know running away may bring them some more problems.

Problems are parts of life. Here are some suggestions for you to solve the problems.

·Find a good time to talk with your parents. Don’t be afraid to tell them your feelings.

·Get help from others like good friends or teachers.

·Keep a diary to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.

·Show your parents you’re growing up. Then they’ll feel you’re not a small child.

If you follow the advice, you’ll have a happy life and never think of running away.

1.Who are the closest people to you if you are the only child in the family?

  ________________________

2.Do most students feel they are not as close to their parents as before?

  ________________________

3. What do some parents like to do while their children are making phone calls to friends?

  _________________________

4.What could you do to understand more about yourselves and your feelings?

  _________________________

5. How many suggestions does the writer give?

  _________________________

1. Sunny English Club is for ____________

A. nurses               B. policemen            C. businessmen          D. students

2. One can get free examinations in Health Centre if he is ____________.

A. 9                    B. 17               C. 67                   D. 73

3. If you are interested in the life offish, you should go to ____________.

A. Health Centre        B. Ocean Museum     C. Sunny English Club       D. 16 Yong Le Street

We can find ads everywhere. Here are four ads. Please read them carefully.

1.______ are needed in AL Hotel.

A. Cleaners                                               B. Reporters                                    C. Waiters

2. If you like children and have two —day free, you can call at ______ for a job.

A. 8556779                                               B. 8558336                                       C. 8766588

3. If the owner of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house once a day, how much will the cleaner get in a week?

A. $ 120.                                                    B. $ 140.                                           C. $ 160.

4. If you’re a college student of English who enjoys writing, during your summer holidays you will be more interested in the job in ______.

A. ad（1）                                               B. ad（2）                                       C. ad（3）

5. The above job ads are probably from ______.

A. a science book                                    B. a story book                                C. a newspaper

根据短文内容从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并将其填到相应位置。

A Want Ads

1. WANTED

Are you hard-working? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is "yes", then we have a job for you as a waiter, Call AL Hotel at 556779!

2. SUMMER JOB

Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? If you want to work for our magazine as a reporter, please call Jack at 558366.

3. HELP WANTED                                                         

Do you like babies? Can you look after one baby for two days? If you are sure to take care of him, call us at 766588, $80 or more 

4. CLEANER WANTED                                                   

Can you make a large house clean and tidy? If you hope to get the job paid at $20 once, call us this evening, 18:00-20:00. Tel: 633800.                                  

1.The above (上面的 ) job ads are probably (可能) from       .

2.If you like children and have two days free, you can call at     for a job.

3.        is needed in AL Hotel.

Lunch Made of Love

In those poor times, many of my classmates couldn’t bring a nice meal to school for lunch. My deskmate’s meal was always cabbages, while 66  （我的）was ham and fried eggs. Sometimes, my deskmate would first pick the hair out of his lunch and then eat it as if   67 （没事）had happened. This continued for a long time.

“His mother is so lousy（邋遢的）that her hair drops in the meal, ”my classmates said. I  68  （想）it was really dirty, but I couldn’t show that because I didn’t want to hurt（伤害）his feelings. Still, I started to think that he was   69 （肮脏）, too.

One day after school, he called me and said, “Would you like to come to my house if you are  70 

（有空）? ”

Though I didn’t want to go, I knew it would be impolite to refuse because this was his first invitation. Following my friend, we   71  （到达）at a poor village.

“Mom, I brought my friend home. ”

His old mother opened the   72 （门）, “My son’s friend is here. Let me have a look. ”But to my

  73 （惊讶）, his mother was blind. She couldn’t see anything.

I felt sad. Now I understood why my deskmate’s lunch had hair in it. His mother got ready for it

  74  （仔细）for him every day, even though she was blind. It was not only a lunch, but also a   75  

（母亲）love.