Without question, the most stressful years for parents are when their children are between 13 and 20. With young children, control seems to be quite easy. If a child doesn’t do what he is told to do, he is just made to do it. If a child is leaving the house and doesn’t listen when the parent calls him back, the parent simply goes after the child picks him up and brings him back. But as the child grows older and bigger, parents can’t do that any more. They can’t just pick the child up and bring him back. With older children, control is best achieved when the parents do those things the children want. In this way, the things do the controlling for you. For example, parents may think it is necessary for the child to clean his own room, but the child may think it’s no use and refuses to clean his room. It is important for parents to understand how their use of control must change as their children grow older.
【小题1】Many children do what they are ___________to do ___________ they are under the age of thirteen.
【小题2】A child sometimes _______________to his parents when he grows older.
【小题3】If a child leaves the _______ without permission (同意), he will be brought _________.
【小题4】When a child __________ to clean his room, he may think it’s not _________.
【小题5】It’s important for parents to ___________ their children and __________ their way of controlling as time goes on.

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This is a story about a famous American woman．Her name is Helen Keller．When she was only nineteen months old．she got an illness．It made her blind（瞎的）and deaf（聋的）．She couldn't see or hear anything．So she couldn't learn to speak．When she was six，a young teacher came and taught her to read and write．Her name was Ann Sullivan．

Later，when she was ten，Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher，Sarah Fuller．Sarah Fuller taught her to speak．Helen put her fingers（手指）on Miss Fuller’s face and into her month．In this way，she learned to speak．She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak．She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world．Her hard work and her courage（勇气）made people in all countries love her．

1.How old was Helen Keller when she was blind and deaf?

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2.Why couldn't she learn to speak?

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3.What did Miss Fuller teach her to do?

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4.Why did she become famous?

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5.What made all people love her?

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词语填空 （共10小题，计10分）

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

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The summer vacation is over. It’s true that time always   1. fast. During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could not do much work, but I lived   2..

As the afternoon was hot. I did my work in the morning. I used to get up at 6:30 and take a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast, I began reading English and Chinese and did some   3. in math,  4. took me three hours or   5. . I worked quite   6. and made good progress.

I spent the afternoon outside. I went to swim and it was  7.. I would not go home until it was about five or six o’clock. Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me and we would spend some hours  8.to music.

In this way I spent my vacation slowly. And I not only studied well but also became a good  9. . now I am in good10.and high spirits

 

This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. And you don't even have to give up the food you love or join a gym (参加体育锻炼). You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.
(1) Wake - up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend（弯曲） forward until you feel sore（酸痛） in your back. It will burn about 10 calories.
(2) Start with soup
When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes.
(3) An apple (or more) a day
Apples are full of fiber（纤维） and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.
(4) Stand up and walk around
Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average (平均) two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 0r more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
【小题1】Why does eating apples make one's stomach want less food?

A．Because apples are delicious.

B．Because apples are full of fiber and water.

C．Because apples are sour.

D．Because only apples are filled with calories.

【小题2】Which of the following may the author DISAGREE?

A．Sitting up slowly without using your hands helps burn calories.

B．Eating apples every day is good for people's health.

C．You have to join a gym if you want to lose weight.

D．It's good to walk around while talking on the mobile phone.

【小题3】What's the purpose of the passage?

A．To give some advice on how to lose weight.

B．To advise people to eat apples every day.

C．To tell people how to enjoy a better life.

D．To advise people to give up bad habits.

【小题4】In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A．Shopping.

B．Teaching.

C．Family.

D．Health.

Kelly is an African elephant. Now she is 19 years old. She lives in the zoo. Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year. She has made over $ 3,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻). She rubbed out(抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Kelly was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.
This is how Kelly does the painting. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint.
【小题1】We most probably read this story in     .
A. a magazine     B. a newspaper      C. a history textbook
【小题2】Kelly first learned to draw pictures      .
A. in the sand with her trunk      
B. to make money
C. when she was 5 years old
【小题3】People asked for Kelly's pictures because      .
A. they just wanted to have fun
B. the zoo leaders asked them to do so
C. the zoo workers asked them to do so
【小题4】Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to        .
A. make other ones        B. clean her trunk       C. ask for more brushes and paints
【小题5】From the story we can know that       .
A. Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself
B. Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all
C. Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers