Rita stepped into the cool, moving water. She pushed a black inner tube(内胎) in front of her. She had a worried look on her face because she had never floated down a river before.

    “Let me hold your tube while you climb on,” said her father. He smiled at her. “There’s not a cloud in the sky. It’s a great day to be in the river, isn’t it?”

    Rita looked out across the water. People were floating by on tubes. Some talked and laughed as they floated easily down the river. Others leaned(倚靠) back with hats pulled over their faces. None of them looked terrified.

    “We’ll stay together,” said Rita’s father. “I’ll hold on to your rope(绳子).”

    “Will we go very fast?” Rita asked.

    “No,” said Dad. “We’ll move slowly for a while, and then it will get a little faster near the river’s bend(拐弯). Don’t worry, Rita. You’ll be fine.”

    Rita looked at her tube. It gently(轻轻地) moved up and down in the water. She saw a girl of her own age float by. The girl seemed to be having fun. Suddenly Rita’s worries disappeared（消失）.

    “I’m ready to climb on and ride, Dad,” she said.

1.The underlined word “floated” in the reading means “________”.

A. 划船         B. 乘坐     C. 漂浮     D. 移动

2.What is Rita’s problem in this story?   

A. She doesn’t like to be in cool water.

B. She is worried that she will get sunburned (晒伤的).

C. She is afraid to try something new.

D. She is afraid of boating.

3.What’s the weather like in the story? 

A. Cloudy.      B. Rainy.  C. Windy.   D. Sunny.

4.Which of these happened last in the story?  

A. Rita pushed her black tube.         B. Rita saw a girl of her own age.

C. Rita stepped into the water.         D. Rita looked worried.

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Rita’s Ride.    B. Rita’s Trip.   C. Rita’s Visit.   D. Rita’s Tube.

When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could   1  this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my   2  I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “  3  You are going to college (大学).” I was very   4  when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later,   5  took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends   6 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I   7  I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we   8   the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (门卫) and one minute later we were   9 . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was   10 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the   11 ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage(婚姻) is even   12 !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard   13  I could get into a good college. I   14  studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our   15  to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

The Teens newspaper has a little test for young students each week. Here below is Frank’s completed test this week.

1.How many points did Frank get in the week’s test?

A．8                B．9                C．10               D．11

2.From Frank’s result, we may know that          .

A．he has many close friends and enjoys having fun with them

B．his family comes first although he loves being with friends

C．both his family and his friends are of great importance to him

D．he is a confident young student with only a few close friends

3.By taking this test a student is supposed to find out              .

A．how to solve teenage problems

B．how to make good friends

C．what his lifestyle is like

D．what kind of person he is

Children are having a good time in the park.

A. have fun      B. enjoy themselves   C. having fun       D. playing games

 
Peter is a sixth-grader at Woodland Primary School. He is only 12 years old but has been smoking for three years. John, 15, is a Junior 2 student at Woodland Secondary School. He began smoking four years ago. “Smoking is part of my life,” John said. Peter and John are not those boys’ real names. But their problem, smoking, is a very real problem. In many countries, smoking is becoming a bigger problem for young people. Most smokers start in their teens or earlier.
A study of 8,000 London students shows that smoking is a problem for many British kids. More than 21% of middle school students and 6 % of primary school pupils said they smoked. “If young people start smoking early, it will be very hard for them to give up later on,” said a professor.
Every year, about four million people die because of smoking. And if people keep smoking,  that number will go up to about ten million a year by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. So we have to learn and tell others about the dangers of smoking.
【小题1】The sentence “Smoking is part of my life” probably means “__________”