In a few years, most people will know that a healthy, happy, loving family is a joy and it is a necessary part for building a strong society. But there are still some people who don’t believe family life can be an enjoyable experience.
Some people already accepted the idea of the “me generation” so they fail to understand that there is a time in life when they have to give up their time to something more valuable.
At a time when adults need to think about the needs of their family, they will be doing other important things. Some people will spend too much time working for a more powerful car or a bigger house so that they can proudly say that they have them. Some will be doing dangerous things so that they may tell their stories to their friends, and others will recite things like “ I must become the best I can be.”  or “I don’t want to be at the bottom.” The needs of their family will be forgotten and they never seem to have time for the family.
Many people have not experienced a strong helpful perfect family life, so they have never discovered its worth. Many people have always experienced family life as a flight, so they can’t find time and energy for work.
But it is really very important that we all expect good family relations. We need to realize and value the importance of what can be achieved by loving each other in the family. It is also important for our society to encourage family members to create happiness.
【小题1】What does the writer expect family life to be like?

A．Happy experience.

B．A strong society

C．Too much work

D．A flight

【小题2】What is meant by “me generation”?

A． I will do whatever the family want me to do.	B．Nothing is more important than myself.
C．I always agree with people around.	D．The generation is my age group.

【小题3】Why haven’t some people discovered the worth of family life?

A．They are not married.	B．They grow in a happy family.
C．They don’t live with the family.	D．They have never enjoyed family life.

【小题4】What is the writer’s purpose of writer the passage?

A．To ask people to study family life.

B．To tell people to work hard for the family.

C．To advise people to create happy family life.

D．To give people some examples of family members.

在B中选择最佳答案填入A中括号

A                           B

1. teenager      A. belonging to a particular place or district

2. hallway      B. waste material

3. director      C. corridor

4.mystery       D. person who manages, esp. as a member of board; person who in charge of a film

5. local         E. mass of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface

6. ocean        F. person in his or her teens

7. garbage       G. make oneself appear to be (doing) sth. in order to deceive others or in the play

8. alien         H. things of which the cause or origin is hidden or impossible to explain

9. creature       I. foreign

10. pretend      J. living being, especially animals

 

Classes resumed (恢复) Thursday for the students of a school in Newtown, Conn, where a gunman last month killed 20 children and 6 adults in the second-largest school shooting in U.S. history.

With their school still being treated as a crime scene, more than 400 students of Sandy Hook Primary School attended classes in neighbouring Monroe.

Returning students, teachers and administrators were met by a large police presence outside their new school. Several officers guarded the entrance and checked IDs of parents dropping off children.

Law-enforcement officers guarding the new school called it “the safest school in America.”

Students found the same chairs and desks, when possible. Their classroom walls were painted the same colours and hung with the same pictures. Other details, such as the location of bookshelves and cubby holes, were replicated (复制) as much as possible.

The school district said parents who wanted to be close to their children were welcome to visit and stay in classrooms or an auditorium.

Newtown superintendent Janet Robinson said officials would do their best to make the students feel at ease.

“We will be doing a normal day.” She said.

1.The students of Sandy Hook Elementary School resumed classes in a new school in Monroe because       .

A．their school fell down because of a natural disaster

B．the government needs to use the land of their school

C．their school is too small to hold more than 400 students

D．a shooting crime happened in their school and it was still treated as a crime scene

2.Why do the law-enforcement officers call the new school “the safest school in America?

A. There are few policemen outside the new school.

B. The school has the newest classrooms and buildings.

C. Any adult who is near the new school needn’t be checked his ID.

D. There are some officers who guarded the entrance of the new school.

3.A lot of things in the new school were replicated as much as possible except       .

A．chairs and desks

B．classroom walls

C．the location of the fans and air conditioners

D．the location of bookshelves and cubby holes

4.“… to make the students feel at ease.” The phrase “feel at ease” most likely means       .

A．feel at home                           B．feel fresh and curious

C．feel happy and lucky                     D．feel safe and relaxed

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The students have resumed classes in a new school.

B．A shooting crime happened in an American primary school.

C．The officials will do their best to make the students feel at ease.

D．The school children’s parents are not allowed to stay with their children in school.

 

In a few years, most people will know that a healthy, happy, loving family is a joy and it is a necessary part for building a strong society. But there are still some people who don’t believe family life can be an enjoyable experience.

Some people already accepted the idea of the “me generation” so they fail to understand that there is a time in life when they have to give up their time to something more valuable.

At a time when adults need to think about the needs of their family, they will be doing other important things. Some people will spend too much time working for a more powerful car or a bigger house so that they can proudly say that they have them. Some will be doing dangerous things so that they may tell their stories to their friends, and others will recite things like “ I must become the best I can be.”  or “I don’t want to be at the bottom.” The needs of their family will be forgotten and they never seem to have time for the family.

Many people have not experienced a strong helpful perfect family life, so they have never discovered its worth. Many people have always experienced family life as a flight, so they can’t find time and energy for work.

But it is really very important that we all expect good family relations. We need to realize and value the importance of what can be achieved by loving each other in the family. It is also important for our society to encourage family members to create happiness.

1.What does the writer expect family life to be like?

A．Happy experience.

B．A strong society

C．Too much work

D．A flight

2.What is meant by “me generation”?

A． I will do whatever the family want me to do.	B．Nothing is more important than myself.
C．I always agree with people around.	D．The generation is my age group.

3.Why haven’t some people discovered the worth of family life?

A．They are not married.	B．They grow in a happy family.
C．They don’t live with the family.	D．They have never enjoyed family life.

4.What is the writer’s purpose of writer the passage?

A．To ask people to study family life.

B．To tell people to work hard for the family.

C．To advise people to create happy family life.

D．To give people some examples of family members.

 

Future Plan

Thomas I’m not very sure what I will be doing in ten years from now. Maybe a cook or a film director? But I can tell you what I’ll be doing next week – having a birthday party with friends.

Emma There is one thing I really want to do and that is to travel around the world. Hopefully I will be living somewhere different in ten years, like Australia, or even Japan – who knows? I’d like to be a teacher and I’ll probably be teaching English.

Ken When I was little I always said I wanted to be a doctor and that hasn’t changed. I will study medicine after I finish school. It will be a lot of hard work, but it’s my dream. So in ten years I hope I will either be working in a hospital or as a doctor with my own surgery.

Mary I’m not really sure about the future. I’m interested in the environment, so maybe I’ll probably be working as a scientist and help develop energy or something like that.

【小题1】Who will have a birthday party with friends next week?

A．Emma.

B．Ken.

C．Thomas.

D．Mary.

【小题2】What would Emma like to be in the future?

A．A teacher.

B．A cook.

C．A doctor.

D．A scientist.

【小题3】What’s Ken’s dream?

A．To live somewhere different.	B．To travel around the world.
C．To help develop energy.	D．To study medicine in the future.