Which of your two hands do you use most? Very __ of us can use both of our hands equally（相等的） well. ___of us are right-handed. Only about five   _out of a hundred are left-handed. New-born babies can hold things __either of their hands, but__ about two years they usually like to use their right hands. Scientists don’t know _     this happens.They _    that we inherited(遗传) this from our animalvancestors(祖先)but this may not be _   .Monkeys are our closest relatives(亲戚)in the animal _   . Scientists have found that monkeys prefer to use one of their hands more than ___ --,but it can be __ hand. There are as many right-handed monkeys_   _ left-handed ones . Next time you visit the zoo, ___ the monkeys carefully. You’ll see that some of them will use their left hands. But most human beings use their right hands _   and this __    life difficult for the left-handed people.     We live in a right-handed world.

This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__  children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.

1. A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

2.A. with               B. on              C. to                     D. in

3.A. saying           B. telling     C. speaking           D. talking

4. A. go to work   B. go to bed   C. go to school       D. go home

5. A. a lot              B. 1ot of        C. a lot of              D. much

6. A. schools        B. cities         C. houses           D. families

7..  A. can’t                  B. will              C. should              D. mustn’t

8.  A. teachers           B. girls           C. boys                D. all the children

9.  A. look up    B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

10.  A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

11.  A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

12.  A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

13.  A. all                    B. some       C. many              D. most

14.  A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

15.  A. not                   B. never        C. hardly               D. really

Food or friends? Lip salve (润唇膏) or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers’ lives today? Let’s take a look.

Some find that they can’t do without people.

“My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn’t do much,” said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy.

With others, food always comes first.

“I do not think that I could live without chili con carne (辣子肉丁). I eat it every day. And if I didn’t have it, it’s all I would think about,” said Max Wu, an 8th-grade boy.

Sometimes, the things teenagers can’t do without are strange.

Take 14-year-old girl Hannah Sacchini for example. “I cannot live without lip salve, especially in winter,” said Hannah Sacchini. “I go mad if my lips get dry.”

Of course, today everybody uses mobile phones and computers. Some teens can’t live without these high-tech (高科技的) things.

Justin Beck, a 15-year-old boy, feels like this: “I would not be able to live without my iPod. I use it for so many different things. I always have it with me,” he said.

So, now we know the things US kids really must have. What about you and your classmates? What can’t you live without?

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 （10分）

1.To Adrian Fernandez, 　　　 is the most important.

A．a friend           B．lip salve           C．a computer        D．chili con carne

2.How often does Max Wu eat chili con carne?

A．Once a week.                          B．Every day.

C．Twice a day.                            D．Three times a week.

3.Hannah Sacchini will become 　　　 if her lips get dry.

A．fat               B．excited           C．shy              D．annoyed

4.We can learn that Justin Beck 　　　 takes his iPod to school.

A．never            B．sometimes         C．always            D．hardly ever

5.The passage mainly tells us 　　　.

A．what things the US kids really must have

B．what the US teenagers do every day at school

C．what the most important food in the US teenagers’ lives is

D．how the US teenagers’ lives are every day at school

Look! Some boys are _____ at the pool and some girls are ______ near the pool.