Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks （点击）away. Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online. Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.

“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ, ”said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China. “Most of my classmates use QQ after school. ”

QQ is the biggest messaging service in China. A record from Tencent, the company which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October.

And probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them. “I log in （登陆）on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel everything around me boring. I usually spend about ten hours chatting （聊天）online every week, ”she said. “But I never talk with stranger, especially boys or men. ”

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with stranger online. “You don’t know who you’re talking to. You should always be careful about whom you believe in online. ”

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to know someone very well. Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match together. 

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, named Bart Simon online, dislikes QQ users. “I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things, ”he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. “I only chat online because I’ve got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore, ”he said. “I want to learn more about foreign cultures（文化）. ”But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and money. 

“If you are really addicted to （上瘾）it, sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons, ”he said. “And friends in your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet online. ”   

1. People meet face to face offline when they think they ________.   

A. have known each other well　　   B. have the same interest　　

C. have enough free time　　　　    D. have nothing to do   

2. Fox’s Shadow thinks QQ is ________.　　 

A. the biggest messaging service in China　　  B. a good place to spend her boring time　　  C. a safe place to chat with strangers　　　　　　 D. the best place to make friends   

3. From the passage, we know “… they are all just a few clicks away” means “_______”.　　  A. it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking　　 

B. it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends　　 

C. it is possible to live much closer to your friends　　 

D. it is popular to make friends online   

4. Which of the following sentence is TRUE according to the passage?　　 

A. All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.　　 

B. Chatting online is a waste of time and money.　　 

C. We should be careful about boys or men online.　　 

D. We should think more of our friends in real life. 

 

We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．
【小题1】According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by sea

【小题2】People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________

A．train

B．plane

C．sea

D．bus

【小题3】______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

A．Traveling by bike．	B．Traveling by train．
C．Traveling by sea．	D．Traveling by car．[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

【小题4】If we travel by car, we can _________

A．enjoy the longest journey

B．travel only fifty miles a day[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

C．make our own timetable

D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

【小题5】When people travel on business, they usually take

A．a boat or a train	B．a car or a boat
C．a plane or a car	D．a train or a plane

阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的六个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）

　　As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult. 　1　 　Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!

　　With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions. 　2　 　You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.

　　Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. 　3　 　But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.

　　It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.

　　This period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.

　　You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. 　4　 　So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely.

　　A. They will help shape the future.

　　B. They may seem to happen quickly.

　　C. You will probably want to be independent.

　　D. You may appreciate what you have in your own life.

　　E. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.

　　F. Your family has been with you since you came into this world.

 

完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项

　　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop hired（雇佣） me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　1　 　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　2　 　interfered（干涉）with how I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　3　 , I would become more mature（成熟的） and responsible about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

　　Like many American parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　4 　　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　5　 　for me. In the end, my father won the argument（争论） on the 　6　 　that I limited（限定）my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins spread out through the country who could 　7　 　shelter（住处）and help if I needed them.

　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　8　 　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　9　 　year working his way on trains and ships to 　10 　　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare（稀少的）for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start 　11　 　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have selected the university they plan to attend and maybe even 　12　 　on their future career, and so on.

1.                A．anxious　　     B．content　　　   C．proud    D．hopeful

 

2.                A．never          B．ever　　　 　   C．always    D．even

 

3.                A．problems       B．mistakes        C．disappointment D．failure

 

4.                A．helped         B．supported       C．shared   D．worried

 

5.                                  A．journey　　 B．experience

C．decision　　　　                  D．possibility

 

6.                A．situation　      B．agreement      C．gesture   D．condition

 

7.                A．promise　　    B．afford          C．provide   D．serve

 

8.                A．set            B．put            C．take D．keep

 

9.                A．unusual        B．hard           C．strange   D．busy

 

10.               A．accept　　     B．earn           C．find  D．search

 

11.               A．bringing　　    B．forcing

　　              C．pushing　　　　　                 D．protecting

 

12.               A．worked　　     B．decided        C．carried    D．tried

 

 

There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare(比较) the prices of the things in different shops. We also need to know how to make the best choice when we shop.

Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill, and we need to practice it in our daily life.

Supermarket W

Business hours: 6:00 a.m – 10:30 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡ 6.50

Apples(1 kilo): ￡3.80

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡18.20

Tomatoes (1 kilo): ￡1.58

Environment: Very good

Service: Good

Supermarket M

Business hours: 5:30 a.m – 10:30 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡6.60

Apples(1 kilo): ￡3.96

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡18.20

Tomatoes (1 kilo): ￡1.50

Environment: Very good

Service: Good

Supermarket Y

Business hours:6:00 a.m – 10:00 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡ 6.20

Apples(1 kilo): ￡3.30

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡17.20

Tomatoes(1kilo):￡1.30

Environment: Need improving

Service: Just so-so

Supermarket T

Business hours: 6:00 a.m – 9:30 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡6.90

Apples(1 kilo): ￡4.00

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡18.60

Tomatoes (1 kilo): ￡1.60

Environment: Just so-so

Service: Bad

1.Which supermarket has the longest Business Hours?

A．Supermarket W.                        B．Supermarket T.

C．Supermarket Y.                         D．Supermarket M.

2.The price of the pork in ___________ is the same as that in ___________.

A．Supermarket W; Supermarket M

B．Supermarket Y; Supermarket T

C．Supermarket W; Supermarket Y

D．Supermarket M; Supermarket T

3.If you want to spend the least money on eggs, which supermarket will you go to?

A．Supermarket W.　　　　　　　　         B．Supermarket M.

C．Supermarket Y.　　　　　　　　           D．Supermarket T.

4.From above, which supermarket may have the fewest shoppers?

A．Supermarket W.　　　                   B．Supermarket T.

C．Supermarket M.　　　　                 D．Supermarket Y.

5.What may be the reason if a shopper usually shops in Supermarket Y?

A．The Environment.                       B．The Service.

C．The Business hours.                      D．The Price.