The new book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood is warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.

Why is the book so attractive (吸引人的) to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I can not help asking: where is our own Harry Potter?

    China has a long history and colorful culture. With a large market of teenagers, China published (出版) many popular books among children. However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones?

Firstly, quiet a number of children’s are of strong sense of teaching, and they have little interest. Reading them, children often have a feeling of being “educated”. Certainly, they don’t like them. Secondly, fewer children like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same. One knows the ending as early as in the beginning. Finally, the writers seldom think about children’s needs.

First-class Reading for children should be interesting, and written in their language.

1.About the present Chinese children’s books, which is NOT right?

    A. They have little interest.           B. Our writers seldom know children’s needs.

    C. Most of them are the same.           D. They are better than foreign ones.

2.Harry Potter is so popular, because __________.

    A. it’s the same as Chinese books           B. it can lead children into a wonderful world

    C. it’s not written in children’s language   D. it’s advertised more often on TV or posters

3.The Chinese meaning of the underlined phrase “First-class Reading” is _______.

    A. 第一批读物   B. 一节课的阅读     C. 一流的读物       D. 基础的阅读

4.“Where is our own Harry Potter?” means __________.

    A. the writer can’t find any books for children

    B. Chinese presents should buy Harry Potter for their children

    C. our children should learn from Harry Potter

    D. Chinese writers should write better books for children

5. Which is the best title (标题) of the passage?

    A. Ways to read books.                  B. A magic boy, Harry Potter.

    C. Books and advertisements.            D. Our children need better books.

David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small village for fifteen years. ?? 1.??? His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he opened a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His family moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had few friends here. 2.???

His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. ???? 3.? Now they’re good friends.

One afternoon, Cathy told David, “???? 4.??? I'll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?”

“Certainly. I’m glad to,” the boy said happily.

David got home and thought of a present he could give to Cathy. ? 5.??? He couldn’t telephone her because he didn’t know her number. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?”

“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?”

“Nothing,” the woman said, “I just wish I were sixteen.”

Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining(疼痛) too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction(减少) of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called Goreader has created a “school bag” which is the size of a laptop computer, weighing about 2.5kg. The Goreader has a colour screen and can “hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in “The Asian Age” newspaper.

The company plans to work closely with the publishers of test books so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to download their textbooks. Making notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.

At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of the company is having his creation tested at Chicago’s DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the newspaper, and the smell of the black ink?

1.What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?

A. light       B. small      C. big and heavy      D. old

2.What would Indians do to solve this problem?

A. They would reduce the textbooks.

B. They would tell the parents to help students.

C. They would tell the teachers to help students.

D. They would take students to school by bus.

3.The writer may think that Americans have a ______ way to solve the problem.

A. more stupid   B. worse    C. better      D. quicker

4.The Goreader may be a machine ________.

A. that can work as a teacher

B. that can be used as textbooks

C. that can cheat(欺骗) students.

D. that can hurt students

5. When the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.

A. students might study harder 

B. students might study at home

C. students might not need teachers 

D. students might study without paper textbooks