Mary parents buy everything their children want. If they go on(继续) doing so, the children won’t know that money  61  from hard work. When they grow up, they will waste(浪费) money but not  62  it.
Some parents like having birthday parties  63  their children. If they go on doing so, the children will think they  64  enjoy birthday parties every year. They may forget their parents’ birthdays and only remember  65 .
Many parents don’t let their children do chores. They think children have only one thing  66  . They should study hard  67  be good at their lessons. If parents go on doing so, children will think their parents should do  68  and won’t like cleaning the floor or the desk   69  they find a job. Parents should teach children to do chores because it can make them  70  and help them like work.

小题1:	A．keeps B．leaves C．comes D．goes

小题2:	A．save B．take C．make D．cost

小题3:	A．with B．without C．to D．for

小题4:	A．need B．should C．may D．would

小题5:	A．theirs B．they C．them D．themselves

小题6:	A．do B．to do C．did D．doing

小题7:	A．but B．also C．and D．so

小题8:	A．chores B．homework C．shopping D．reading

小题9:	A．after B．before C．until D．till

小题10:

A．bored B．nervous C．sad D．healthy

Do your kids ask a lot of questions? If they do, that’s great. Because that’s how children learn. Some of these questions may be easy to answer. Others may be hard. And they want to get the right answers. Do your kids ask such questions?
●Why is the sky blue? Why is the sunset red?
●Why are leaves green?
●Why do leaves change color in autumn?
●How do airplanes fly?
Can you answer these questions? If not, don’t worry. Though Science Made Simple can’t help with all of life’s important questions, it can help with those. In this fast changing world, the more your children know about science, the better.
Get the help you need now, and every month you can get Science Made Simple online for only ＄11.95 for 10 issues(期). Click here: questions @sciencemadesimple. Com for more information. Remember, if you are not happy with your first issue, we will give back all your money.
小题1:What do we know about the kids who like asking questions?

A．They’re clever but lazy.

B．They often ask easy questions.

C．They are good at subjects.

D．They want to get right answers.

小题2:Which is TRUE about Science Made Simple?

A．It is an interesting storybook.

B．It can help with all of life’s important questions.

C．Parents can buy it on the Internet.

D．Parents can learn to play games with their children from it.

小题3:Which of the following can be found in Science Made Simple?

A．Painting skills.	B．How airplanes fly.
C．The newest films.	D．Travel routes(路线).

小题4:How much will you pay if you don’t like the first issue of Science Made Simple?

A．＄11.95.

B．＄1.195.

C．Nothing.

D．＄10.

小题5:The passage may be a(n)          .

A．advertisement(广告)

B．report

C．instruction

D．invitation

How can you think in English? I think the best way is to practise as what a football player 26_____ every day. During the __27__  the football player will pass the ball to his teammates over and over again. So he won’t have to  __28___ passing the ball in the game; he will just do it.
You can train yourself ___29 ___in English this way. The first step is to think of the words that you use daily, simple everyday words __30___ book or shoe or tree. For example, whenever you see a “book”, you should think of it in English instead of in your mother language.
After you __31__ to think of several words in English, then move on to the next step-thinking in sentences. Listening and repeating is a very useful way to learn __32___ . Listen first and don’t care too much about ___33 ___you fully understand what you’re hearing. Try to repeat what you hear. The more you listen, the ___34__ you learn. After you reach a higher level, ___35___ having conversations with yourself in English. This will lead you to think in English.

小题1:	A．do B．did C．does D．is doing

小题2:	A．practice B．game C．match D．day

小题3:	A．think about B．wait for C．give up D．look at

小题4:	A．to thinking B．to think C．thinking D．thinks

小题5:	A．in B．about C．like D．from

小题6:	A．had learned B．have learned C．learn D．are learn

小题7:	A．the languages B．language C．a languages D．a language

小题8:	A．which B．whether C．how D．why

小题9:	A．harder B．less C．later D．more

小题10:

A．remember B．stop C．start D．finish

It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often, and friends tell other friends how good they look. Sound like a fashion? In fact, it’s another trend (流行趋势): “blog”. What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. The word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online.
Many bloggers are teenagers who log (进入) onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about parents and homework. They share diaries, post songs from the latest bands (乐队) and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their girlfriends or boyfriends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.
However, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words,” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two.
Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place they can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them.
小题1:The word “it” means ________ in the sentence “People talk about it”.

A．the Internet

B．the blog

C．the website

D．talking online

小题2:Parents think it’s dangerous for their kids to use blogs because _______.

A．their kids use a surprising language

B．their kids talk about how they don’t like studying

C．teen bloggers get messages from strangers

D．their kids talk about their girlfriends or boyfriends

小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to (依据) the passage?  

A．It’s easy for teenagers to give up blogging.

B．Many teenagers know it’s not safe to use the blog on the Internet.

C．A blogger’s information about himself can be seen by anyone on the Internet.

D．Most of today’s teenagers aren’t afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives.

Height is just one of the thousands of features (特征) that your genes (基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then maybe you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you’re going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.
But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential (潜力). Getting enough sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the right height.
No doubt you’re wondering how fast you should grow. There’s no perfect or right answer. Kids grow about 2 inches (5 centimetres) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).
Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimetres here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you’re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.
Don’t be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a very quick growth during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later – between 7 and 13 for girls, 9 and 15 for boys.
You’ll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.
小题1:The Chinese for the underlined word in the third paragraph “puberty” is           .

A．童年时期

B．婴幼儿时期

C．习惯养成期

D．青春期

小题2:If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow,          .

A．you should have enough exercise

B．you can ask doctors for help

C．you should protect the environment

D．you can record your growth during puberty

小题3:This passage is mainly about            .

A．how the genes work in your body

B．when is the time you grow fast

C．why you look like your parents

D．how you grow to a certain height

小题4:After reading this passage, we can explain ___________.   

A．how good it is to be a doctor

B．how much sleep we need

C．why genes can’t decide everything

D．what an unhealthy diet is

小题5:Which is NOT mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A．Your height most probably depends on (取决于) how tall your parents are.

B．Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys’.

C．The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed.

D．You may be scared sometimes when you grow too fast.

International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.
Canberra, the nicest city in Australia
I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.
Siggi Siebold from Germany
The small city of Mount Isa
I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.
Indra Ekanayake
Lake Moondarra and a mine (矿)
In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水坝) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.
There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.
Ida Robb from Indonesia
小题1:Siggi Siebold is from 　　　.

A．Australia

B．Germany

C．England

D．Indonesia

小题2:What does the underlined word “facilities” probably mean in Chinese?

A．设施

B．土地

C．交通

D．名胜

小题3:Lake Moondarra is a 　　　.

A．city

B．mountain

C．mine

D．dam

小题4:Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Ida Robb?

A．People can go fishing on Lake Moondarra.

B．There are 21,000 people in Mount Isa.

C．There’s a big mine in Mount Isa.

D．Many people like Mount Isa though it isn’t a beautiful green place.

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Siggi Siebold stayed in Canberra for six months.

B．Mount Isa is a famous village in Australia.

C．People in Mount Isa drink rainwater.

D．People can’t go water skiing on the lake.

I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
小题1:From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        

A．had no experience using computers

B．had no idea of what e-commerce is

C．only used the Internet to check e-mail

D．thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time

小题2:The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until       

A．he stopped web-surfing

B．he visited a store in his backyard

C．his friends told him about the online deals they made

D．his sister explained the packages she got by mail

小题3:We can infer from the last paragraph that the author       .

A．has begun to enjoy online shopping

B．loves the big store in her backyard

C．feels she is a true master of the Internet

D．never enjoyed shopping that much

小题4:What’s the purpose of the article?

A．To make an online shopping ad.

B．To do business on the Internet.

C．To advise people to do online shopping

D．To suggest how he begins online shopping.

小题5:What would be the best title of the article?

A．Online Business	B．Good deals
C．A master of the Internet	D．Everything on Sale

In every school there is “top” crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. For example, if the crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters, then very soon everybody is wearing bright red sweaters.
There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that for some people bright red sweater is really unsuitable.
The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink and to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the slaughter(屠杀).
Now it’s possible that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life. In fact you probably did something you knew to be wrong one time or another. You may have excused yourself by saying, “ Gee, the crowd does it.” Well, let the crowd do it, but don’t do it yourself. Learn to say “No”.
Develop your own standards(标准)and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree to, you’d better take the courage to bow out in a polite way. You’ll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet.
小题1:The main idea of the passage is that _____________ .

A．in every school there is a “top” crowd that sets the pace

B．it’s a mistake to follow the “top” crowd blindly

C．people who follow the “top” crowd are endangering their lives

D．you probably did something wrong more than once in your life

小题2:The author(作者)doesn’t think it good wearing red sweaters if _______.

A．the crowd is wearing them

B．you can't afford them

C．you don't look good in red

D．it is against school rules

小题3:The writer encourages the readers to ___________ .

A．respect his or her parents

B．find excuses when he or she is wrong

C．learn to stand on their own two feet

D．take the advice of his or her elders

小题4:What does the underlined phrase “bow out” in the passage probably mean?

A．鞠躬

B．退出

C．参与

D．应允

小题5:The best title for this passage is __________ .

A．Follow the Leader	B．The “Top” Crowd
C．Being Yourself	D．Rules for Teens

Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake places of the world – Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey – rats will soon be man’s new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue(救援) dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.
Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “ ‘Robot’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity.
The “ rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “ It would be fantastic. A rat would get into spaces we couldn’t get to and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building ( but only after an earthquake, of course.)
小题1:In the earthquake places, rats will become man’s best friends because they can __________.

A．take the place of man in rescue jobs

B．find the positions of people alive who are trapped in buildings

C．serve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildings

D．send signals for the coming earthquake

小题2:The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to(所指)  _________  

A．treating wounded people.

B．helping rescuers.

C．smelling people among different smells.

D．carry the wounded people to safety.

小题3:From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can judge a person is alive by ___________.

A．the nose made by the rat

B．the rat’s unusual behavior

C．the signal sent by the radio on the rat’s back

D．the smell given off by the person

小题4:In doing rescue jobs, __________________________.

A．rats have better sense of smell than dogs.

B．dogs don’t need to be trained to smell people.

C．robots’ sense of smell can be affected by other smells around.

D．rats can see in the dark and are smaller than robots.

小题5:After reading the passage we can know ______________________________.

A．rats have taken the place of dogs in search for people.

B．the “ rat project” has been completed

C．people are now happy to see a rat in a building

D．now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescue

Worries about school bus safety have drawn much attention. Now schools in some poor areas are looking   41  some other ways to go to school.
In the countryside, students are living in different places. And there isn’t enough   time for school buses to go around and pick up   42  student. So the most useful way is to let students living in the   43  village take a special school bus which is for them only. And the cost is   44  by their parents and the school.
Each bus is asked to carry only five students on the same route(路线) every day. Traffic police are also making daily checks to make sure drivers don’t carry__45  than 5 students. For a bus like this, the drivers can   46  make any money. So schools pay 300 yuan to drivers every month. The rest comes from the parents’ pockets（口袋）.
The roads to the students’ homes are rough(崎岖的) and sometimes even dangerous,   47  falling rocks and narrow（狭窄的） bridges. After spending at least an hour on the road, the students finally make it home.   48 the money for taking a bus has increased and it’s not easy for parents to make money, they are glad to know that their children will   49  home safely each day. And they feel happy to see their child enjoy their time at school. But one girl says she’s seen the big yellow school   50  on TV, and wonders when she’ll ride one of her own.

小题1:	A．at B．up C．for D．through

小题2:	A．all B．every C．both D．either

小题3:	A．near B．far C．same D．poor

小题4:	A．bought B．spent C．paid D．took

小题5:	A．few B．fewer C．many D．more

小题6:	A．always B．often C．sometimes D．hardly

小题7:	A．and B．but C．with D．without

小题8:	A．Because B．Although C．If D．When

小题9:	A．get B．arrive at C．arrive in D．reach to

小题10:

A．desks B．bags C．buses D．bikes