_____ exciting news!  We’ve never had  ____ long vacation before.

Having Fun "Growing" and "Stealing" ?

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even "steal" "vegetables", "flowers" and "fruits" on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more "seeds", "pets" and even "houses",

Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.

Harold: I don't quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.

Allan: I enjoy putting some "bugs" in my friends' gardens and we've become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.

Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for（渴望） the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure (压力); besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a "thief".

Ivy: Well. It's just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on（专注于） their study.

1.According to the passage, people can't __________ things in this game.

  A. grow         B. borrow .         C. steal            D. sell

2. Among the people Joyce interviewed, _________ likes the game while _________ dislikes the game.

      A. Laura; Allan      B. Allan; Harold       C. Harold; Ivy      D. Ivy; Allan

3.Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?

     A. They are longing for country life.

     B. They can have fun with friends.

     C. The game can relax people and give them a new experience.

     D. They are confident enough to face the real world.

4.Where can you find this passage?

     A. In a car magazine.                      B. In an advertisement.

C. In a newspaper.                        D. In a science book

Richard found a job in a big office after he finished college. He liked to use his (1)_______ and was good at his job. So he was often paid more than (得到的报酬多于) his workmates and he worked (2) __________. But something was wrong with the young man a month ago. He couldn't fall (3) _________ at night. So he was always (4) _________ in the daytime and often made mistakes. He had to go to a hospital. The doctor (5) _________ and told him to buy some sleeping pills. He took them (6) _________ he went to bed. Soon after that he went to sleep. Richard  (7) _________ in the morning. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter to seven. He got up and went to work after (8) _________ . As soon as he went into the office, he said to the head of the office, "Good morning, Mr Clarke! I've (9) _________ had a good sleep like last night's and I'm feeling much better now!" "Skunk (混蛋)!" the head (10) _________ loudly. "We've looked for you for two days! I wanted you to do something important, but it's too late now!"

1.                A．hand           B．head           C．eyes D．feet

2.                A．hard           B．fast            C．harder   D．faster

3.                A．asleep         B．alone          C．afraid    D．awake

4.                A．well           B．hungry         C．thirsty    D．tired

5.                A．looked for him   B．looked at him    C．looked after him    D．looked him over

6.                A．after           B．because        C．before   D．if

7.                A．stood up        B．woke up        C．sat down  D．lay down

8.                A．lunch          B．dinner          C．supper   D．breakfast

9.                A．always         B．usually         C．never    D．often

10.               A．laughed        B．shouted        C．smiled D．asked

Three kids have been learning chemistry for only a few months. But they have already begun to challenge (挑战) a world famous scientist!
Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan are from Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School in Guangdong. They have just found a red cabbage that could be a new kind of acid-base indicator (酸碱指示剂). They want it to take the place of litmus (石蕊) paper.
"We’ve learnt to think of and ask questions about life by ourselves," said Li, "We work well with each other."
British scientist Robert Boyle discovered the use of litmus paper over 300 years ago. Now it is used widely in experiments all over the world.
But when the kids did some experiments in class last winter, they saw that the litmus paper didn’t turn very blue with base matter. It’s hard to get a clear result.
Will there be a better indicator than litmus paper? The three kids decided to try and find out!
How? They went to collect over 40 plants in parks, gardens and markets. Then they ground (研磨) leaves, flowers and stems (茎) to get the pigments (色素) from them.
The kids mixed pigments with acid and base. They spent months watching carefully to see which paper showed the best colour change. They decided it was the litmus paper!
"It’s our first scientific journey, Huang said, "But it makes me want to try harder."
【小题1】 Whom did the three kids want to challenge?

Martin looks so well. We’ve never seen him ______ so well before.