Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with         problems might go onto the Internet and write about his problems in a blog. In many ways a diary and a blog are very         . So, what makes blogging different from writing in         diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more         than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of         that she does not want to        .
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog         a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her         . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.         I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but         in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was         that my sister might read it!
The biggest         with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something         about her in my diary, she would never know!        , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend         read her blog and get a “cry”.
There are also         to blogging, of course. If I felt sad one day and wrote in my diary,  “Nobody cares about me,”         would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would         respond and tell her how much they         her. Blogs help people         in touch with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

小题1:	A．the same B．troublesome C．difficult D．daily

小题2:	A．familiar B．special C．similar D．different

小题3:	A．a personal B．an ordinary C．a common D．a traditional

小题4:	A．attractive B．public C．convenient D．quick

小题5:	A．thoughts B．puzzles C．mysteries D．secrets

小题6:	A．tell B．share C．publish D．solve

小题7:	A．instead of B．as well as C．in favor of D．in spite of

小题8:	A．blog B．diary C．report D．web

小题9:	A．Although B．Since C．When D．Because

小题10:

A．only B．already C．still D．never

小题11:

A．angry B．concerned C．glad D．worried

小题12:

A．problem B．doubt C．trouble D．mistake

小题13:

A．pleasant B．wrong C．mean D．funny

小题14:

A．Besides B．However C．Therefore D．Then

小题15:

A．should B．will C．must D．might

小题16:

A．reasons B．disadvantages C．shortcomings D．advantages

小题17:

A．everyone B．no one C．anyone D．someone

小题18:

A．happily B．especially C．quickly D．immediately

小题19:

A．like B．miss C．need D．help

小题20:

A．lose B．stay C．get D．find

There’s been a lot of talk about white-and-blue collar（衣领） workers, and you may have even heard of gold collar workers, but lately a new color of collar is making its way into China’s urban vernacular(土话)—green. Green collars say no when work is life and life is work. They choose to get out of the fast lane(车道), and explore new ways of living “green”.
Living green doesn’t mean someone is working as an environmentalist, biologist or scientist. Instead it is more of a lifestyle choice. A typical green collar is well educated like a white-collar but physically tough like a blue-collar, likely born in the 70s or 80s of the last century and living in one of China’s big cities, with a monthly income well above 5,000 yuan(about US $700).
The life of a green collar may go something like this: Turn off the mobile phone after work, eat only healthy food rich in vitamins, go on hikes every weekend, and like to help the underprivileged.
Green collars even have their own club. In Beijing, the Green Collar Club is for people who share a “be happy, healthy and helpful” spirit. The club often holds charity parties and uses the donations for environmental protection and poverty relief projects in China.
“They are successful in their careers, but do not miss the pleasures in life. They have a lot of money, but do not fall slave to it.” said Zuo Shiguang, one of the founding members of the club.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Differences between white-and-blue collars and green collars.

B．The increasing awareness(意识) of environmental protection.

C．New trends of life in China’s big cities.

D．The lifestyle of green collars.

小题2:Green collars are living green because _________.

A．they have a large income to use

B．they refuse to live an unhealthy life

C．they spend a lot of money and time in the open air

D．they devote themselves to environmental protection

小题3:What’s Zuo Shiguang’s attitude towards green collars?

A．Appreciative.

B．Doubtful.

C．Negative(否定的).

D．Neutral(中立的).

小题4:The underlined part “the underprivileged” probably refers to those who are_________.

A．in heavy polluted areas	B．in faraway places
C．in a poor state of education	D．in unfavourable(不利的) conditions

Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.
People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.
The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.
I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money. 
What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.”  But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.
Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.”  To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.
小题1:The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A．advantage

B．attraction

C． adaption

D．attempt

小题2:From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.

A．attract people to buy their products	B．provide the latest information
C．improve people’s quality of life	D．deal with cultural diseases

小题3:It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.

A．consider too much technology wonderful

B．have realized the harm of high-tech devices

C．can regain freedom without high-tech devices

D．may enjoy life better without overused technology

小题4:What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?

A．Neutral.

B．Sceptical.

C．Disapproving.

D．Sympathetic.

How can you stop smoking?
It is not easy to stop smoking，but millions have     to quit and so can you Here are a few suggestions.
Prepare yourself . Decide on a day to quit Don’t choose a day that you know is going to be stressful, such as the day of an exam. Make a list of all the     you will get from stopping smoking. Then     your last packet of cigarettes.
Be     . Every time you feel like smoking a cigarette，    yourself that you are a non-smoker．Reread the list of benefits you wrote earlier．
Break the habit Instead of smoking a cigarette，do something else. Go for a walk，clean your teeth drink some water, clean the house；in fact，do anything to keep your mind and     your hands busy.
Relax. If you start to feel nervous or stressed，do not reach     a cigarette .Try some deep breathing instead. Do some relaxation exercise every time you feel stressed.
Get help if you need it. Arrange to stop smoking with a fiend so you call talk about your problems，or Join a stop-smoking group .If you feel     ，you might like to talk to a doctor or chemist about something to help you，like nicotine chewing gum.
Keep trying. Do not be disappointed if you have to try several times before you stop smoking. If you      and have a cigarette，do not feel ashamed .Just try again. You will succeed      .

小题1:	A．managed B．tried C．wanted D．expected

小题2:	A．values B．benefits C．results D．profits

小题3:	A．give away B．take away C．throw away D．keep away

小题4:	A．addicted B．accustomed C．determined D．depressed

小题5:	A．prepare B．inform C．threaten D．remind

小题6:	A．especially B．specially C．normally D．certainly

小题7:	A．out B．for C．at D．in

小题8:	A．desperate B．satisfied C．arbitrary D．conscious

小题9:	A．stick B．continue C．weaken D．insist

小题10:

A．eventually B．constantly C．occasionally D．normally

Water runs downhill from mountaintops to streams to rivers to oceans. But downhill isn’t the only way that water moves .A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption. This flow isn’t the type we usually think about .These scientists looked at the water used to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imports or exports. They call this a flow of“virtual water（虚拟水）”.
We typically think about water as the liquid that flows from a tap. However,92％of the water used by people goes into growing crops，according to water researcher Arjen Hoekstra. He recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water used in products made from things like crops and meats .These products are shipped around the world.
For example．consider a sugary soft drink. Hoekstra estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170 and 310litersofthewater—about 95％—is used to grow and process the ingredients(原料).Another 4％goes into the packaging and labeling. In Hoekstra’s calculation, when one country produces a half-liter of soda and sells it abroad，it exports as much virtual water as would fill a large refrigerator．
According to Hoekstra’s new report，dry countries like Israel and Kuwait，both in the Middle East, get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries，like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, also get the majority of their virtual water from other places. That means that most of the water used to grow or produce the products and food consumed in those countries came from other countries.   
In the United States most of the virtual water used comes from American sources .In China even less of the water associated with its products
小题1:What is the best title for the passage?

A．Crops and Virtual Water	B．Import and Export of Water
C．Benefits of Virtual Water	D．Water’s worldwide travels

小题2:The first paragraph is intended to talk about__________.

A．how water flows

B．what virtual water is

C．where virtual water exists

D．why water is imported and exported

小题3:The example of a sugary soft drink in Paragraph 3 is given to show_________.

A．how drinks are made	B．how virtual water is used
C．how virtual water is exported	D．how drinks are shipped

小题4:In which countries does most part of virtual water come from outside?

A．lsrael and America	B．America and the Netherlands
C．China and the United Kingdom	D．Kuwait and the Netherlands

小题5:The passage is most probably a_________.

A．science news report	B．book review
C．newspaper advertisement	D．science fiction story

To Friend or Not To Friend
We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to education themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over privacy that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “reject” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request, “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be independent.”
Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list.
小题1:From Paragraph 2, we learn that _______.

A．parents feel secure about their privacy online

B．social networks successfully fill the generation gap

C．parents have realized the importance of social networks

D．social networks offer a platform for parents to communicate

小题2:Teenagers may refuse a parent’s friend request because _______.

A．they hide something from their parents

B．they are unwilling to be watched by parents

C．their parents tend to fall behind in technology

D．their parents make negative comments on them

小题3:The passage is mainly about _______.

A．privacy online	B．social networks
C．the generation gap	D．parents’ friend requests

小题4:The passage is written mainly for _______.

A．parents

B．teenagers

C．teachers

D．researchers

There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters(匪徒)in return for “protection”. If the money was not paid immediately, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Getting “protection money” is not a modern means. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
Then Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a group of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to those who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.  In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money with this method. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero .When he died at eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had his picture painted, which was in memory of “this bravest man”.
小题1:What protection did Chicago gangsters give to those who paid them?

A．They saved those people’s businesses from destruction.

B．They left those people’s business unharmed much.

C．They sent soldiers to serve them no matter what help they needed willingly.

D．They didn’t take those people’s lives

小题2:Sir John Hawkwook's Italian name “Giovanni Acuto” was one which         .

A．he gave himself in order to become better known to the Italians

B．he earned through his sharp practice of selling his ‘protection’

C．he needed so as to hire his soldiers to Italians

D．was given him in telling his services to the others’

小题3:The Italians regarded Hawkwood as a sort of hero          .

A．because they couldn’t help admiring his bravery and boldness(胆大)

B．as he aided the citizens in peacetime when business was bad for them

C．he had played an important role in their daily life

D．for he lived so long and was given a state funeral by the Florentines

小题4:From the passage, we can guess the gangsters were those         .

A．who were of great importance to the poor

B．who made the businessmen do whatever they were in need of

C．who were always ready to be sent abroad

D．who did harm to others

小题5:According to the writer, Hawkwood was           .

A．a sort of national hero

B．an experienced leader

C．a brave soldier

D．a noble gangster

It happened to me recently, I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President.A friend I wsa talking to agreed with me that it was,in his words,”a brilliantly written book”.However,he then went on to talk about Mr.Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his back-ground at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.
And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven't.  In the World Book Day's" Report on Guilty Secrets" ,Dreams From My Father is at number 9.  The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I'm not one to Lie too often (I'd hate to be caught out) , I'll admit here and now that I haven't read the entire top ten.  But I am pleased to say that,  un- like 42 percent of peoples I have read the book at number one, George Orwell's 1984.  I think
it's really brilliant.
The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie  about having read Jane Austen,  Charles Dickens ,  Fyodor Dostoevsky  (I haven ' tread him, but haven't lied about it either) and Herman Melville.
Asked why  they lied, the most common reason was to "impress" someone they were speaking to.  This could be tricky if the conversation became more in-depth !
But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella ( ah,  the big sellers, in other words).  Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I' lI come clean: I do thi8 and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).
小题1:Which of the fokllowing is a "guilty secret" according io the world Book Day report?

A．42% of people pretended to have read 1984.

B．Charles Dickens is very low on the top--tcn list.

C．The author admitted having read 9 books

D．Dreams From My Father is hardly read.

小题2:How did the author find his friend a book liar?

A．By mentioning a famous name.	B．By discussing the book itself
C．By judging his manner of speaking.	D． By looking into his background.

小题3:By lying about reading, a person hopes to_____.
A.learn about the book
C. appear knowledgeable
B. control the conversation
D make more friends
小题4:What is the author's attitude to 58% of readers?

A．Doubtiful

B．Favorable

C．Uncaring

D．Friendly

小题5:In the sentenced I'd hate to be caught  out".  "catch out" can have the similqr meaning with ____.

A．catch up

B．1ook for

C．catch at

D．find out

Human beings are the most intelligent  of all animals because we are gifted with the ability to think and reason logcally.  Scientists and even common people with special intelligence have made a lotol inventions and contributions to modern lifestyle in the past.  "Houses" have been the most popular area for discoveries and inventions in the past and even now.
Many household items have been the result of people who desired better functioning  of the existent products.Every indivicdual has intelligence and if it is used properly for the right purpose it leads to invenaion of a new tool or device.Many new household inveritions are  made almost every day and there are specific companies,  which particularly keep a record of all these inventions.
A lot of inventions have been made recently in the household field. These products are pa- tented(专利的) and have trade mark licenses(许可) .  The patented sliding cinch is a very simple but effedtive method to prevent shoulder stress and injury for those who work before computers all day long.  Vanity PC is a type of computer fumiture that speciflcally hides all the computer wires and keeps; a clean and good look. All the outdoor dust, mud and snow can be kept out of the house by installing(安装) the dirt drain(排水管) at the entrance of the door.  Another important invention is the automatic toilet night-light, in which a small light starts when the lid of the toilet seat is opened and closes as soon as the lid is closed.
These are some of the new household inventions invented mostly by common people. Thus, a variety of new household items are invented every day, which helps in a better functioning of household chores and in a more useful manner.
小题1:The first paragraph tells us the importance of

A．the particular changes in houses

B．the advantages of modern lifestyle

C．the difference between human beings and animals

D． human being role in making inventions

小题2:What plays the most impoltant role in causing people to invent new things?

A．To improve the present living conditions.

B．To earn more money and gain awards.

C．To be recorded by some special companies.

D．To meet the new demands of new science.

小题3:It can be inferred that the sliding cinch is used to

A．prevent your shoulder from being over-pressured

B．keep your shoulder safe and sound when you are in an accident or an operation

C．help you practice your shoulder more often and reduce shoulder pains

D．cover your shoulder and make it stronger to resist the outside strike

小题4:Common people can also make good inventions because

A．some inventions are easy to be made and can be mastered by common people

B．common people have a strong desire to do something for science research

C．wisdom and in spiration sometimes come from everyday life

D．success is often connected with hardship and bitter experience of common people

小题5:The passage is mainly talking about _______.

A．the correct use of household facilities

B．household inventions and their influence

C．different ideas about household inventions

D．the history of household inventions

I recently ran into a friend I hadn't seen for a long while.  Our conversation was lively andfull of news from both sides.  Before we parted she said  "You'll have to drop in sometime. "immediately  sensed that if I  simply  " dropped in"  I would take my friend by  surprise, and  I would be discouraged by the image of her standing in her doorway, staring at me, and asking, " Oh ,err …what brings you here?"
Whatever happened to the unannounced drop-in visit? When I was growing up in the 1960s, it seemed that people-mostly relatives,  but also friends-were always dropping in .  My parents would put coffee on, and my mom would find something in the kitchen to serve along with it. Then the conversation would begin…The neighbor lady, a worrier, was unloading her sadness while my mom quietly listened. The Irish man next door had such an atcent that I remember asking what language he spoke. My Polish relatives arrived in packs…But I never heard my parents say any- thing like  " We  weren't expecting you"  or  " This  isn't a good  time.  " Drop-in  visitors  had  a certain right of way and became No. 1.
What happened to such visits? Actually I know the answer. Times have changed. Everybody gets busy with work. There is no longer a stay-at-home mom keeping a pot of hot coffee or tea ready throughout the day for a surprise guest. Exploding malls and stores are now replacing homes as a central form of entertainment.
Just the other day a former student of mine showed up.  "I'm sorry for the surprise visit. " my student began.  "I just wanted to see if you still lived here.  I'll only stay a minute. "
My response was immediate.  "No, you won't," I said.  " Just come in, sit, have coffee, and we'11 talk. "I had nothing in the kitchen but we ordered pizza.  And we had a lovely time.  I have tried to keep the drop-in tradition alive though it takes some effort.
小题1:The author thought of his friend's invitation- " You'll have to drop in sometime"-as______

A． a nice way of refusal	B． an excuse of leaving
C．a kind of politeness	D．an expression of surprise

小题2:The underlined phrase "dropping in" in the second paragraph means_________.

A．pay a sudden visit	B．make many friends
C．make a special date	D．have a good time

小题3:The woman from the neighborhood used to visit the author' s home to _______.

A．seek comfort from my parents	B．make nevr friends
C．listen to my parents' story	D．taste nice dishes

小题4:From the third paragraph of the passage, we can infer that_______.

A．unexpected visitors are still welcome now

B．modern people prefer outdoor activities

C．there are more jobs for the housewives now

D．the author misses the lost good days

小题5:The author writes the passage intending to ________.

A．encourage people to be drop-in visitors

B．explain how to deal with unexpected visitors

C．share his feelings about the drop-in tradition

D．show the importance of making friends