Dear Mr Zhu,

I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.

Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!

What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.

How can I help my son without harming our relationship?

Yours

Liu Zhenhua

1. What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?

A. A teacher.                                                                      B. A magazine columnist. 

C. A youth worker.                                                        D. A doctor.

2.From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.

A. friendly                  B. thankful           C. polite          D. rude

3.What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?

A. To blame his son.

B. To ask for help with his son.

C. To say something about his son.

D. To complain to him about his son.

4.What do you think is the possible answer for the father?

A. The father should let the son alone.

B. The father should give his son a beating.

C. The father should allow his son his freedom.

D. The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.

Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on  mobile phones, becomes very popular today.

The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.

 However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.

What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.

Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.

1. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.       B. Three.        C. Four.      D. Five.

2. What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?

A. Texting is a good way of communication. 

B. 6,000 people were killed and injured.

C. Texters are easier to have an accident.

D. Many people text to greet families and friends.

3. The underlined word restricting probably means _________.

A. not telling   B. not allowing    C. enjoying   D. making

4. This passage is written to tell us that __________.

A. we should do less texting

B. texting has many advantages

C. texting is better than phone calling

D. we should do texting properly

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）。

1.My son wants to go to see the          in the zoo. He thinks they are lovely.

2.Mr. Green ______ English in No. 1 Middle School when I was ten years old.

3.Do you know that Bill Gates donated（捐赠）____4____ of dollars in 2010?

4.If we work hard ,we will          at last.

5.He had to talk to          when there was nobody at home.

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

At   1.   ( 目前 ), teenagers want to be independent ( 独立的) from their parents as   2.   ( 快地 ) as possible. Many parents are   3.   ( 焦虑的 ) about it . Most teenagers are the only child in their family. They are always  4. （视为）as the little kids by their parents. But I think teenagers should be allowed to be independent because they have to   5.  ( 面对 ) the challenges and difficulties in the future by   6. ( 他们). So learning to be independent   7.  ( 似乎) very important.  8.  （无论什么）they do, I think teenagers should learn to do it on their own.It’s a really exciting experience. Teenagers shouldn't be   9.  (害怕的) of learning to be independent,   10.  (虽然）there will be some trouble. Nothing is impossible and they will take pride in themselves in the future.

任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）请阅读下列文字材料，从方框A、B、C、D、E、F六个选项中选出五项与71—75题中的描述一一对应。

_______ 1. Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Nowadays pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals.

 _______2. Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller because people in the future will be living in much smaller places. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.

_______3.It’s said that some day you might own a panther as a pet. Scientists might have to start turning wild animals into pets. This might be the only way to save them from dying out.

_______4. What about a robot for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or chew on things the way real pets do.

_______5. Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to order a pet, as well as room service, at a hotel.

A. Pet hotels

B. Smaller pets

C. Robots for pets

D. A panther for pet

E. Pet restaurants

F. Assistant needed in pet hospitals

我校开展“读好书，促成长”的活动，读书恰好是你最喜欢的课外活动，请你根据这次活动的主题，参考表格中所给的的信息并适当发挥，写一篇倡议书，向全校同学发出倡议。

要求：1．词数：80词左右。

      2．倡议书必须包含所有要点，行文连贯，表达清楚，书写规范

      3．开头结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

My dear friends,

    Reading is very important in our life.________________________________________

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___________________Let’s start reading now!

 Learning        country’s language is a better way of knowing ________ culture behind it.

A. the; a                      B. a; the                       C. 不填; the                        D. a; 不填

---Excuse me, I want to buy some food. Where can I find a supermarket？

       ---I know ________ not far from here. You can easily find ________.

A. that; it           B. it; one            C. one; it           D. one; one

I heard Lucy ________ happily in her room when I passed her house.

A. sing                          B. to sing            C. singing                     D. sings

 –Kate, do you know ________ it is from here to the gym?

–About twenty minutes’ walk.

A. how long                          B. how far                   C. how soon                         D. how often