Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends.      Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. “Problems and worries are normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don’t talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”
Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents shout it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just kept thinking. “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve (解决) them.” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them.
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!
【小题1】Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph One?

A．What can they do about this?

B．Where do the problems come from?

C．When did they have these problems?

D．Why do they have so many problems?

【小题2】In Paragraph 2, the writer used the story of Laura to ______.

A．answer a question	B．give an example
C．introduce his friend	D．share his experience

【小题3】According to the passage Robert Hunt might be ______.

A．Laura’s teacher	B．the writer of the passage
C．a person with a problem	D．an expert on students’problems

【小题4】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Few children are careful with their money.

B．Parents are more experienced than children

C．Talking to someone helps to solve problems.

D．Students often have a lot of worries at school

If you open today’s newspaper, what do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.

      Here are some ways ads get us to buy. Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? There people may be famous, but they may not know about what they are selling.

      Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use Bright and White,” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.

      Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? But ads may show their product with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts. Ads are full of strong words. Words like “new” and “improved” have strong influence. They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.

      Some ads make promises（承诺）. But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” they say. “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think. All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.

1.Why do famous people appear in ads?

      A. Because they know every product well.

      B. Because they want to serve the people.

      C. Because they can make money from the ads.

2.The underlined word “expert” in Paragraph Three probably means _____.

      A.主持人                   B.专家                      C.演员

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

      A. The famous people may not know about what they are selling.

      B. Some ads make promises to people and they can keep them.

      C. Ads are full of strong words, such as “new” and “improved”.

4.According to the passage, we know that “Tiger” might be the name of _____.

      A. a kind of car            B. a kind of computer   C. a kind of soap

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

      A. We should not always believe the ads.

      B. We should buy things that ads ask us to buy.

      C. We should think about ads before buying things.

 

Be Thankful

Be thankful when you don’t already have everything you want.

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something,

for it gives you the chance to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for each new challenge(挑战) ,

because it will build your strength(意志) and character(品格).

Be thankful for your mistakes.

They will teach you important lessons

Be thankful when you’re tired,

because it means you’ve made a difference.

It’s easy to be thankful for the good things

A life of rich fulfillment(满足) comes to those

who are also thankful for the setbacks(挫折).

Gratitude(感激) can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,

and they can become your blessings.

1.According to the poem, ________ make us grow.

A．difficult times                          B．good things

C．challenges                             D．blessings

2.We should thank for new challenges because they will _________.

A．give you the chance to learn               B．build your strength and character

C．teach you important lessons               D．make your life different

3._________ can turn a negative into a positive.

A．Troubles          B．Gratitude          C．Mistakes          D．Chances

4.The underlined word “blessings” probably means “_________” in Chinese.

A．幸事             B．烦恼             C．困境             D．霉运

5.The writer thinks that we should learn to be _________.

A．thankful          B．helpful            C．important         D．negative

 

One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of （一摞）cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
【小题1】The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.

A．upset

B．exciting

C．terrible

D．amazing

【小题2】What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?

A．Kevin is not as clever as his brother.

B．He is neither the youngest nor the oldest.

C．Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others.

D．Kevin is not good at playing basketball.

【小题3】What do we know about the writer?

A．She has two children in her family.

B．She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before.

C．She used to show her love to Kevin.

D．She has a closer relationship with Tommy after that.

【小题4】What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Everyone should show how they love their family members.

B．It’s hard to get on well with family members.

C．It’s important to keep peace in the family.

D．We should try our best to stop our children from fighting.

disappeared    save    Since   family     chance(s)  dark travelling       harmful       away safety   able   to     press    how   while

Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. MH370 first 【小题1】__________ in the early hours of March 8th, 【小题2】________ flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
We should know how to 【小题3】________ ourselves when the crash happens. Australian professor Galea, summed up 6 golden rules after years of research. It might be 【小题4】_______ to help you escape in case of emergency.
【小题5】________ 1985, Australian professor ED Galea has interviewed 2,000 survivors（幸存者) of 105 plane crashes, searching for the keys【小题6】__________ survival.
First, if you are traveling in a【小题7】_______ group, you should insist (坚持) that the airline does not separate （分开）you throughout the aircraft. Why? It’s natural that if you’re involved in that kind of situation that you’re going to want to meet the family before you move out.
Second, how do you untie(解开） your seat belt in a plane? You 【小题8】_______ a button. If you can’t untie your seat belt, then, you can’t run away and your 【小题9】__________ of survival will drop.
Third, sit within seven rows of an exit and count exactly how many rows you are from the nearest two exits. Count so that you can find an exit in the【小题10】________.
Fourth, we would all be safer if airline seats faced backward. But the difficulty with this is that the most of the tourists don’t like 【小题11】________ with their back facing the direction of travel.
Fifth, “Smoke is 【小题12】______ to your health. If you take in enough of them, you will die,” explains Galea. You must learn 【小题13】_____ to use a smoke mask (防烟面具). Otherwise, you’ll waste time trying to put it on -- time that could be used for running 【小题14】_______.
At last, listen to the preflight bricfing by the flight attendants and read the 【小题15】______ instructions. Always be prepared. Good luck to you.