Now, there is a new-type school in New York, which has no everyday lessons, no class teachers and even no school buildings. It is called “City-as-School”. The name just means the city itself is the place where students learn their lessons. They are from the age of 15 to 18. The students choose areas of work which interest them. Then they help to do that work. One girl spends her week in a government office helping the public with problems like housing. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends a week for first-year courses at college.

Well, students have to pass Maths and science exams before they enter the “school”. These subjects are not easy to provide in “City-as-School”. Teachers watch the progress of the students. The success rate (比率) is high. 80% of the students go to college after the “City-as-School”.

The students like the duty of their work. They have the sense of purpose. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. One of the students, Lizette Martinez, writes “ I want to say that I do not know where I would be right now if I had never become part of City-as-School. Leaving my regular high school and going to City-as-School was the best decision I have ever made. The way the school works to get you to go out there and learn different fields instead of sitting in a classroom is wonderful. For all those who are in between school and dropping out, go to CAS and it will change your life forever.”

City-as-School High School is the nation’s leading (引导) external (外部地) learning or experiential (来自经验的) learning model for high school students.

（     ）77. What can we know about “City-as-School”?

A. It has no teachers.                       B. It has no school buildings.

C. It has only girl students.               D. It is the only school in the city.

（     ）78. What do students do in “City-as-School” most of the time?

A. They do whatever they like.                 B. They learn Maths and Science.

C. They help with work in a certain area.   D. They learn all the college courses.

（     ）79. According to the passage, “City-as–School” can help _________.

A. all the students go to college       B. students forget the duty of their work

C. students earn (赚) much money while studying

D. students learn a lot about different kinds of work

（     ）80. What does the underlined word those in the last paragraph refer to?

A. teachers     B. students    C. subjects    D. work

Many students now like the Internet very much. Lin Gang likes 41 , too. What does he like doing on the 　42 ? He likes playing games and 　43 music. He often 44 some nice songs from the Internet. Does he use it for 　45 ?Yes, sometimes he 　46 English on it. 　47 does Lin Gang play games on the computer? 48 Saturday and Sunday. And he often does that 　49 . Because he doesn’t 　50 a computer at home. He asks his 51 to buy one for him, 　52 she doesn’t agree（同意）.Her mother 53 to him, ”It’s not 　54 for you to play computer games too 　55 .”

(　　　　　　 )41.A. them　　　　　 B. they　　　　　 C. its　　　　　　　　　　 D. it

(　　　　　　 )42.A. computer　　 B. table　　　　　 C. mouse　　　 D. printer

(　　　　　　 )43.A. singing B. writing　　　 C. listening to D. making

(　　　　　　 )44.A . buys 　　　 B. downloads（下载） C. opens D. sings

(　　　　　　 )45.A. play　　　　　 B. studying　　　　　 C. emails　　　　　　　 D. talking

(　　　　　　 )46.A. needs　　　　 B. takes　　　　　　　　 C. brings　　　　　　　 D. learns

(　　　　　　 )47.A. How　　　　　 B. Where　　　 C. What　　　　　　　　　　　 D. When

(　　　　　　 )48.A. In　　　　　　　 B. To　　　　　　　　　 C. On　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. From

(　　　　　　 )49.A. at home　　　 B. at school　　　　　 C. at work　　　　　　 D. in his bedroom

(　　　　　　 )50.A. have　　　　　 B. has　　　　　　　　　 C. plays　　　　 D. know

(　　　　　　 )51.A. mother B. father　　　　 C. sister　　　　 D. grandmother

(　　　　　　 )52.A. but　　　　　　 B. and　　　　　 C. so　　　　　　 D. because

(　　　　　　 )53.A. likes　　　　　 B. calls　　　　　 C. sounds　　　　　　 D. says

(　　　　　　 )54.A. bad　　　　　　 B. careful　　　 C. unhealthy　　　　 D. good

(　　　　　　 )55.A. many　　　　 B. well　　　　　 C. often　　　　　　　　 D. only

Angela Zou hardly writes text messages now. Sitting at her office desk, Zou asks her iPhone, where they should go to eat. When it buzzes seconds later, she lifts it to her ear for her friend's reply. The conversation goes back and forth through these pieces of words before they decide on the place for lunch.

Like millions of others across Asia, Zou is using WeChat, a smartphone app（应用程序）developed in China, to send voice messages, snapshots（快照）and emoticons（表情符号）to her friends. Now that its walkietalkie-style（对讲机式）messages have become everywhere, she said typing feels like hard work.
WeChat's popularity has grown quickly since it came into use in 2011. Tencent, the company that developed the app, announced in September that its users had doubled in six months to 200 million. Most users are in China, though WeChat is being used across Asia and already has users in the US and the UK.  
Historically, it has proved difficult for Chinese internet firms to develop in foreign countries. But WeChat is becoming the first Chinese social media application with the possibility to go to the whole world.
WeChat is similar to the popular US-based mobile messaging service WhatsApp, but it does more. It comes in eight languages including English, Arabic and Russian.
"I used WhatsApp before I came back to China from studying abroad and found all my friends were using WeChat," said Zou, who is 25. "Now when I want to contact someone I use WeChat first." The app's features include Look Around, which allows users to chat to strangers nearby, while Moments works like Instagram（图片分享）.
【小题1】Why does Angela Zou hardly write text messages now?
                                                                        
【小题2】What is WeChat used to do?
                                                                           
【小题3】Which company of China developed WeChat?
                                                                         
【小题4】Where is WeChat used?
                                                                          
【小题5】What do you think of WeChat?
                                                                           

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________.