My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn’t read the book at all.
When I went to high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I became a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was pleased with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story----a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting.
【小题1】What did the writer’s mother do?

下面是5个中学生遇到的难题和某报专栏编辑给他们的建议。请将问题与建议配对。

Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account ( 账户 )each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off( 注销)the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent,  of course \

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning,  it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off,  as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft 透支) . If you fail to use the day's savings,  the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from " tomorrow". You must make good use of it so as to get more in health,  happiness and success!

The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR,  ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH,  ask a mother who gave birth to a premature( 早产 )baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK,  ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR,  ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE,  ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND,  ask a person who just avoided(避免)an accident.

Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called "The Present".

1.The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means_________.

A.平衡    B．贷款    C．余款D．提款

 2. What is special about the TIME bank we each have?

A. We can store time in it whenever we like.

B. Someone puts  $ 86, 400 in it every day.

C. The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it.

D. Someone helps you spend your time every night.

3.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. The Bank of Money           B. The Bank of Time

C. The value of one hour       D. The clock is running

4. In this passage,  the writer tries to tell us_________.

A. what a bank is            B. how to save money

C. the difference of time units      D. to make good use of time

配对阅读? 左栏是五个中学生遇到的难题，某报专栏编辑给他们的七个建议。请根据五个中学生遇到的难题为他们选出最合适的建议，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

1.Sometimes I get angry easily and shout at my friends．That makes them think I’m not being friendly to them．

2.In my teachers’eyes, I am a good student．Both my classmates and my parents also think so．No one knows what my problem is．I often feel worried about my school work．

3.My parents never allow me to play computer games at all．They want me to study all day and do well in my exams．I feel unhappy．

4.I want to join in some after-school activities, but my parents think they are too dangerous and don't allow me to go out alone．

5.My mother gets me to take piano lessons．She makes it a rule that I must practice two hours a day．I really try my best, but I just can't play well． ????????????? A．Let your parents know you will not be alone．Also, you can ask a teacher to talk to your parents about the after-school activities．

B．Don't worry．You can still have some indoor sports．

They are also fun．

C．Don't worry, even great piano players have to practice. Hard work and a lot of practice are the only ways to become a good piano player．

D．When you feel angry you should stop talking and count to ten or walk away until you keep quiet．

E．Tell your friends how you are feeling．You are in a

new class, so you still need their friendship．Also, you can make new friends．

F．Don't worry．Everybody worries about their school

work, even those students like you who study well.　Find a hobby or a sport to help you relax for a while．

G．Tell your parents that many kids play computer games and do well at school, too．Ask them to let you play computer games for a short time on weekends．