What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and it would keep you slim or help you do
well in exams? Would you take it?
    Students at Shenzhen Luohu Foreign Language Middle School have learned to keep themselves safe
by saying "no". In fact, what those strangers want to give them are drugs (毒品). Drugs are dangerous
to your health!
    "Because teens don't know much about drugs, they might want to try them," said Zhang Dongsheng,
the director of Shenzhen Drug Control Office.
    Now, many schools arrange courses or organize some activities to help students know about drugs.
    Liang, 16, was a good student before trying drugs. One day, some old friends told him it would be
fun. After taking drugs only once, he found it very hard to stop. Liang began to spend all his time and
money on drugs. Soon, he stopped going to school and started stealing. In the end, he was put in prison.
    In China, taking drugs is becoming a big problem for teens. According to a survey, about one million
people in China were using illegal drugs last year, and 72% of them were young people. Worse still, there
are about10,000 drug users under 16 now.
    Zhang has some good advice on staying clean. He said, "Drugs are dangerous. Never try them, even
if you're curious! It is the most important for you to keep safe and healthy."

1. According to this passage, drugs can ______.

A. do harm to your health
B. help you do well in exams
C. keep you slim and lovely
D. make you stay well

2. Teens wants to try drugs because ______.

A. they are 18 years old
B. they aren't curious about drugs
C. they have enough money
D. they don't know about the harm of drugs

3. From Liang's story, we can know that it's ______ to give up drugs even if one tries only once.

A. easy
B. hard
C. foolish
D. possible

4. According to a survey, about ______ young people in China were using illegal drugs last year.

A. 1,000,000
B. 100,000
C. 10,000
D. 720,000

5. What does the phrase "staying clean" here mean?

A. Being clean.
B. Keeping clothes clean.
C. Staying away from drugs.
D. Wearing clean clothes.

    "I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends." Do you know any people like these?
They are part of a new addiction (瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to
forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug (毒品) use. People
lose control (控制) of the time they spend on the Internet. 
    For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they
called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab. He was surfing the net for several days
straight. 
    Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens
because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace
than in the real world of friends and family. 
    Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these
symptoms (症状):
   ·You do not go to important family activities or you do not school work because you like to spend hours
on the Internet. 
   ·You can't wait for your next online time. 
   ·You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. 
   ·You go out with your friends less and less.

1. What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．How to become an Internet addict.
B．What an Internet addict usually does.
C．Where to find an Internet addict.
D．Why to write this passage.

2. How does the writer describe the addicts' use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.
B．It is a way of producing drugs.
C．It is like taking drugs.
D．It is terrible to imagine.

3. Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens are wasting too much money.
B．They used to work on the Internet.
C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.
D．More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.

4. The example in the passage shows that ______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students
B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep
C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted
D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts

5. Which of the following is not a symptom of the internet addiction?

A．You do not want to go outside with your friends a lot.
B．You feel uncomfortable without the online time.
C．You like doing your homework very much.
D．The time flies when you are online.

6. What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A．Don't be addicted to the Internet.
B．Go to family activities more often.
C．Do things as you have planned.
D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

    "If I had one million yuan, I would buy you a big house! Do I have one million yuan? No, I don't! So I
only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes!"
    Today, SMS-Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile (中国移动) says that every second,
there are 410 messages being sent.
    Look around you! People are watching their mobiles, smiling or laughing. Thumbs (拇指) are moving
quickly on mobiles, bringing happiness to their friends. Through SMS, we know the weather report, share
jokes and news, show love and friendship.
    SMS is becoming more and more popular. It says that 67% of young people like to send short messages
to greet each other. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people. I am thankful because SMS saves me
much money. Just on the top end of a thumb, you can find so much joy!

1. SMS can help people do the following except ______.

A. knowing the weather report
B. sharing jokes and news
C. showing love and friendship
D. spending more time travelling

2. The writer thinks that ______.

A. SMS helps people a lot
B. young people dislikes SMS
C. he makes SMS more popular
D. he will buy a house for his friend

3. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to search Internet
B. the joy of SMS
C. how to send short messages
D. ways of saving money

    Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names?
There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier
for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual
name because he wants to be different.
    People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other
famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary (普通的), or
that have special sound. They chose the "new name" for themselves instead of the name their parents
gave them when they were born.
    Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and
want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he
moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and
Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their
new country.
    In many countries, a woman changes her family name (姓) to her husband's after she gets married
(结婚). But today, many women are keeping their own family names and not using their husbands'.
Sometimes, women use their own names in some situations (情况) and their husband's in other situations.
And some use both their own names and their husbands'.

1. Hanna changes her name to Anne because "Anne" is ______ for people to remember.

A. louder
B. easier
C. prettier
D. harder

2. Famous people want their new names to ______.

A. have special sound
B. be ordinary
C. have no meaning (含意)
D. be unknown

3. Mr. Li uses his new name when he ______.

A. stays with his family
B. is at his job
C. is among Chinese friends
D. comes back to China

4. What is the best title (标题) of this passage?

A. Family Names.
B. Women's Names.
C. Changing Names.
D. Special Names.

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Some women don't change their own family names after they get married today.
B. Some women use their husbands' family names after they get married.
C. Some women don't have family names after they get married.
D. Some women use both their own names and their husbands'.

        If you are a member of a social networking (社交的) website such as QQ, Kaixin, MySpace or Facebook,
you can add a new friend by sending someone a friend request (请求). If you later fall out with that person,
what do you do? You can hit the "unfriend" button (操作框) and remove (移走) him or her from your friend list. That means you won't talk, exchange information, or see each other's updates (更新) on the website any more.
       That is a quick way to solve problems, isn't it? In fact, "unfriend" is often used on social networking
websites. It has become so popular that Oxford University Press recently chose it as the 2009 word of the year.
       Experts at Oxford University Press look at how the words of the English language change from year to
year. They choose words that are popular and have important cultural meanings. 
       Christine Lindberg, editor for Oxford's dictionary program, said the word "unfriend" is popular now and
may stay popular for a long time. People understand its meaning in the online social networking context
(上下文), and also accept it as a modern verb. So it makes an interesting choice for the Word of the Year. 
       How to use the word? You can say "I decided to unfriend my roommate on Facebook after we had a fight"
or "I unfriended Alice on MySpace when she said something bad to me."

1. How many social networking websites are mentioned?

A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.

2. You can add a new friend by ______.

A. calling the person on the phone
B. meeting the person face to face
C. inviting the person to dinner
D. sending the person a message

3. If you hit the "unfriend" button, you can ______.

A. remove a person from your friend list
B. share information with a person
C. send a person a friend request
D. send messages to a person

4. The phrase "fall out with" probably means ______.

A. break up with
B. get on well with
C. make friends with
D. fall in love with

5. "Unfriend" was chosen as the 2009 word of the year because of the following EXCEPT_______.

A. it is widely used on the web
B. it has important cultural meanings
C. it is a good way to solve problems between friends
D. it is understood and accepted by many people

    Today we find that school students hardly spend much time on sports. Is it because they aren't interested
in sports? No, they often say they have other more important things to do.
     What are these important things? Examinations! They have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations
at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from going out for sports.
Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of
their time on books. As for the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies.
So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports.
    In fact, education (教育) can't go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes
along with a weak body. If you don't have a strong (强壮的) body, you can never get anything or any great
success in your life.

1. Because of ______, the school students can't spend much time on sports.

A. no interest
B. examinations
C. education
D. exercise

2. The word "pressure" means ______.

A. 幸福
B. 压力
C. 好办法
D. 深深的爱

3. If you don't have a ______, you can never get anything.

A. good father
B. strong body
C. weak body
D. good face.

4. The writer means the students should ______.

A. work all day and all night
B. not play sports
C. have all kinds of sports after studying
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports

5. Which of the following is wrong?

A. The students don't go out for sports because of their parents.
B. The students stop their school sports because they are busy with their studies and examinations.
C. Without a strong body one can't get a great success in life.
D. Education also depends on physical exercises.

    Many people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky. Either they have
very interesting jobs or they make a lot of money Most people are not so lucky. Either their jobs are not
very interesting or they don't make much money. 
    The most interesting jobs are often the most difficult. People take a long time to learn how to do them.
Doctors study for at least six years after finishing school. 
     Some young people have interesting and high-pay jobs. Many young players do their work successfully.
Football and tennis stars are usually under 35 years old. Older people usually can not play these sports very
well. They cannot move fast enough. Golf, however, is a good sport for older people. Many golf players
are quite old, but they can play it successfully.
     Most people work until they are 60 or 65 years old. Then they retire (退休) and have a lot of free time.
Some people never retire though. These people usually have very interesting jobs Writers, artists, scientists
and actors (演员) usually work until they die. Their work is their life.

1．Do most people have interesting and high-pay jobs?
     ______________________________________________________________________________
2．Why do some jobs have to be taken a long time to learn?
     ______________________________________________________________________________
3．What sports are young people good at?
     ______________________________________________________________________________
4．Why is golf a good sport for older people?
     ______________________________________________________________________________
5．When do some people who have interesting jobs retire?
     ______________________________________________________________________________

       A great new invention by a British student will help children who are overweight. It will also reduce the
number of hours of television they watch every day. The technology is nicknamed "Square-Eyes". It is a tiny,
computerized sensor (感应器) that fits into children's shoes. It measures the number of steps the child takes
during the day and sends the information to the family computer. Software then tells the child how many hours
of TV he or she can watch that evening. One hundred steps equal (等于) one minute of TV. If children use up
all of their viewing time, they must do more walking.
       The designer Gillian Swan says this will help children to include exercise in their daily life from an early age.
Ten years ago children were healthier because they played outside with their friends. But today's children spend
too much time in front of TV and don't exercise. This means children have weight problems and become fat.
"Square-Eyes" is nickname often given to children who watch too much television. It may now have a new
meaning. The new technology is the beginning of computers that become a part of our clothes. What we wear
will soon monitor our health.

1. The invention can help children who have ______ problems.

A. weight
B. feet
C. walking
D. computer

2. If Jim wants to watch TV for half an hour, he should walk ______ steps.

A. one million
B. fifty thousand
C. three thousand
D. forty thousand

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragragh 2?

A. "Square-Eyes" makes it easier for children to watch TV.
B. Children ten years ago liked watching TV with their friends.
C. Today's children like playing outside more than the children ten years ago.
D. The invention can help children take more exercise from an early age.

4. What does the underlined word "monitor" mean in Chinese?

A. 影响
B. 监视
C. 主持
D. 变化

       October 16 is World Food Day. This day is also the anniversary (纪念日) of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) (联合国粮农组织). More than 100 countries are holding special events. All of
these aim to celebrate the establishment of the FAO in 1945. The theme chosen for this year's World Food Day
is "Water: Source (资源) of Food Security".
       A UN report says that over 6 million people have died from hunger and related diseases so far this year
alone. More than 850 million people, or about one in seven, around the world do not get enough food, and the
need for food will increase as the world's population grows. The UN also reports that by year 2030, the world
may need 60% more food. Most of that increase will have to come from agriculture supported by water
irrigation (灌溉). However, fresh water is already in short supply in many countries.
       Jacques Diouf, the director of the FAO, says that there are 20 countries that do not have enough water to
produce enough food for their populations. Ten nations use more than 40% of their total fresh water for
agriculture. He fears that the problem will only become worse as the need for water by people and by industry
grows. So water is one of the most important things in the world today.

1. What Mr. Diouf says shows that he most worries about _______.

A. the future of the FAO
B. the short of water
C. the overgrowth of population
D. the development of the environment

2. The reading above implies (暗示) that _______.

A. fresh water for us is quite enough
B. the world's population is getting smaller
C. we will need more water to irrigate
D. industry is the most important thing today

3. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. how to celebrate World Food Day
B. the increase of food in many countries
C. the importance of water for food
D. the UN Food and Agriculture Organization