Recently a specialist(专家) in teenager studies does some research on teenage problems. He thinks parents shouldn’t be blamed of themselves because there is nothing they can do to deal with the teenage problem. Whatever they do, sometimes a wonderful, kind and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, should stand up, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman whenever anyone entered the room. I saw him last week when I visited them. Lying on the sofa, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in. His mother was angry. “I don’t know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”
He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She said that she would like to throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress, it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.
“Where did we go wrong?” Her parents are now very sad. Probably nothing is wrong with the parents.
【小题1】This text is most probably written by________.

A．A specialist in teenager studies

B．a headmaster of a middle school

C．a parent with teenage children

D．a doctor for mental healeh problems

【小题2】This underlined word ”it” in the second paragraph refers to________.

A．the change of the children from good to bad

B．the way that parents often blame themselves

C．the opinion that a child has of his parents

D．the advice that parents want their children to follow

【小题3】The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ________.

A．lazy	B．quiet
C．unusual	D．rude

【小题4】What is the author’s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A．Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B．Parents should pay more attention to the change.

C．Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D．Parents are a fault for the change in their children.

My family and I are going to take a holiday in the USA, Colombia, England, France and Switzerland in three hours. Now we are getting ready for it. Mum and Dad have already __【小题1】__(浇水) the plants. My brother has packed the__【小题2】__(毛巾). They’re in the suitcase, __【小题3】__(在……旁边) the guidebook. But he hasn’t locked the windows yet. I’ve already surfed the Internet and found out a lot of information about the cultures and customs in these countries. Here is what I’ve learned online. In the USA, just like in China, people are supposed to __【小题4】__(摇动)hands when they meet for the first time. In England, people should kiss each other when they meet for the first time. In Japan, it’s polite for you to bow when you meet someone for the first time. You’re supposed to use your chopsticks in a __【小题5】__(合适的)way. It’s rude to __【小题6】__(指) at someone with your chopsticks while eating. And you are also supposed to make a noise while eating noodles. It shows you like the food. In France, it’s bad manners to say “I’m __【小题7】__(饱的).”. You should say “It was delicious.” if you don’t want any more food. In Colombia and Switzerland, people have quite different attitudes __【小题8】__(对于) time. Colombian people are very __【小题9】__(宽松的) about time. It’s OK if you arrive a little late. But Swiss people think being on time is very important. It’s the __【小题10】__(国土) of watches, after all.

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   A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the tables.

   A waiter went up to him and gave him the menu.

   The man read it carefully, then ordered(点餐) all the most expensive foods and began to enjoy himself.

   Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man’s table.

   The waiter came up and said to the man, “What would your little boy like, sir?”

   “Oh, just an ice cream, ” the man told him. Then he said to the waiter, “I’m just going out to buy a newspaper.”

   He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice cream. The boy ate it, and then stood up and walked to the door.

   The waiter ran to him.

   “Excuse me,” he said, “but your father hasn’t come back and he hasn’t paid for his meal or for your ice cream.”

   “I’m sorry,” The young boy said, “He’s not my father, I don’t know who he is.”

   The waiter did not understand. “What do you mean?” he asked.

   “The man came up to me in the street, ” the boy said. “He asked me if I liked ice cream. I told him I did. Then he told me to come into the restaurant at 2:00pm and sit down at his table. He said he’d give me some.”

    After knowing the truth, the waiter felt so sad, because he had to pay money for the meal.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.What did the man order in the restaurant?

                                     

2.Where did the little boy sit?

                                     

3.Was the small boy the man’s son?

                                   

4.When did the man tell the boy to come into the restaurant?

                                    

5.Who paid money for the meal?

                                 

 

完形填空

　　An angry woman sat in the station office. “The railway should pay me ＄12,”she said to Harry, the man who sold the ticket. “My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was (1) train from Jersey that night. My daughter and I had to (2) in a hotel. It (3) me ＄12.”

　　Harry was (4)　　. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. (5) he checked the Jersey timetable for May 22nd, he knew she was right. However, had he made such a careless mistake? Wondering (6) to do, he smiled at the woman's child. “Did you have a nice (7) in Jersey?” he said to her.“Yes,” she answered shyly. “The seashore was lovely. And I can swim, too !”

　　“That's fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can't swim at all. Of course, she's only three...”

　　“I'm four,” the child said (8) .“I'll soon be four and a half.”

　　Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. (9) you didn't buy one ticket (10) your daughter, did you?”

　　“Well,” the woman looked at her child, “I (11) she hasn't started school yet. She is only four.” “A four-year-old child (12) pay for a ticket, madam. A child's return ticket (13) Jersey costs ＄13.50. So (14) we pay your hotel hill, you will owe ＄ 1.50. The law is the law, since the mistake was mine...“ Saying (15) , the woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the station office.

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用所给词的适当形式填空（10小题*1=10分）

1.Do you think watching too much TV is useful? No, I think it is       (use).

2.It is one of ______(famous)parks in the world.

3.You can learn English by        (test) your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.

4.A lot of trees ________ (plant) on March 12^th every year.

5.What a pity! The tickets of the concert            (sell) out yesterday.

6.“We are proud of your_____________(successful), Daniel.” said father.

7.These clouds were so beautiful that I could not stop           （take）photos

8.Your mother _____________(get) everything ready for you , hasn’t she?

9.He        (be) ill for three days.

10.He made a _______________(decide) not to go there this week.