Iphones may be the most popular mobiles in the world now. Not only do adults use them, but little children also like them.
Natasha Shykes is a mother of two kids in America. When her daughter, Kelsey, was only two years old, she became interested in her father’s iphone. “She pressed the button (按钮) and the phone lit up. It seemed to be amazing for her,” said Natasha. “Then she got serious about the phone. She always cried for it. It seemed that she also wanted an iphone.”
Iphones are easy to use. So it is not difficult for little children to use them. Many applications (应用软件) on iphones are designed for children who are too young to go to school. For example, children can learn more about the animals in the world by watching the videos on the phones.
However, parents are very worried about this. They don’t know whether they should buy their children iphones or not. There are two main reasons. One is that they are afraid that children may destroy the iphones. Another reason is that they are not sure whether iphones can really be used as educational tools.
【小题1】Natasha’s daughter felt very ___________ the iphone.
A. afraid of               B. surprised at            C. interested in   
【小题2】The underlined words “lit up” mean “___________” in Chinese.
A. 点燃                B. 发出响声                 C. 点亮
【小题3】The third paragraph mainly tells us__________.
A. iphones are difficult for adults to use.
B. Many children can’t use iphones because they are too young.
C. Parents can do many things on the iphones.
【小题4】Parents are worried about the iphones because________.
A. their children may destroy the iphones.
B. Iphones are useless to their children’s study.
C. Iphones are bad for their children’s health.
【小题5】What’s the best title for the passage?
A. An Interesting Tool      B. A Popular Mobile     C. A Colorful World

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Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed（种子）of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!”
【小题1】How old was Jim when his parents died?
【小题2】Did he help a young lady when her bags dropped?
【小题3】Why did the boy repeat the words “Thank you, dear! You’re a nice little boy”?
【小题4】What made the boy start his new life?
【小题5】What’s the best title of this passage?

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Mrs. Smith was looking at the show window of a shop selling shirts. She wanted to buy a

  1  for Mr. Smith, her husband. There were so many beautiful shirts that she couldn’t decide

 2. At last, she chose one and bought it home.

While Mr. Smith was reading a newspaper, she showed him the shirt. She wanted to know whether it would fit her husband or not. Her husband   3  the shirt. But it didn’t fit him   4 . It was both too long and too big. Then Mrs. Smith washed it in order to make it become smaller. But the shirt   5  didn’t fit him. Now it was too small for him. She asked Tom, his son, to   6 , and he did so. The shirt didn’t fit him,   7 . Then the woman began to wash the shirt once more to make it   8 . But this time the shirt became too short after she washed it again.

Now the little girl, her daughter was   9  when her mother dressed her in the shirt. Why? Because it was too large, she didn’t like it at all. None of them knew   10 . Mrs. Smith felt so upset.

"I didn’t hear them call my name," explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. "Are you ready?" is what she heard. Then she said, "I shook my head no, and then they said ‘yes’ and it was announced again."
It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen-year-old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana—she was still on cloud nine.
"I was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen." Present in the audience that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.
Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there, AT asked why her dance teacher had traveled so far to see her compete（比赛）."She’s always been my role model. I’ve danced with her since I was six. She’s been through so many difficulties and came through them all. I’ve learned to get over bad life’s experiences and learned how to move on because of her."
One of those bad life’s experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the hard days. She said, "I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot, a lot...”
As Miss Louisiana Teen, she traveled around the state speaking to teens about the dangers of drinking and driving. In her role as Miss Teen USA, Shelley will continue to speak to youth about safe driving, in addition to(除…之外) many other things to help the youth.
When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, "Don’t let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way, it is easy to be yourself."
【小题1】What do the words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?