Computers are good tools(工具）.The Internet is also good. But some people spend too much time online. They can’t stop. Doctors say this is a new sickness. They call this sickness Internet Addiction Disorder (互联网成瘾症）（IAD).

People with IAD are online a lot. They spend hours chatting to their friends or playing online games. Many people with IAD spend more time on the Internet than with family or friends. Some people with IAD even quit(辞掉)their jobs!

Do you have IAD? Think about these questions：How many hours a day are you online? Is it a lot or a little? When you are not online，are you thinking about playing a computer game or checking your messages? When you are online，do you forget the time? Do you get angry when you can’t play a game?

If you have IAD，what can you do? Dr. Ivan Goldberg and Dr. Kimberly S.Young have some ideas. First，ask yourself “Why am I online a lot?” Then try to take a break. For example，use the computer or play games twice a week，not every day. In this way，you can have a good social life with other friends.

1.The passage is mainly about________

A.a new sickness

B.an online game

C.messages

D.computer jobs

2.If you have Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD)，you are_______

A.online for an hour a week

B.send e-mall messages at work

C.are on the Internet more than with friends

D.never use the computer

3.According to the passage，which is NOT a sign of IAD?

A.Quitting your job to spend more time online.

B.Spending time with family and friends.

C.Forgetting the time when you are online.

D.Getting angry when you can，t play a game.

4.Ivan Goldberg and Kimberly S. Young_______

A.quit their jobs

B.are online a lot

C.have IAD

D.help people with IAD

Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You don’t want to work, and you stay in bed, feeling very sad.What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌) .

Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.  Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your parents will not let you drink dirty water. Germs aren’t found only in water. They are found in air and dust.If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut. some of the germs

would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.

1.Which of the following is true? 

A. If things are very very small, they are germs. 

B. If things can‟t be seen, they must be germs.

C. Germs are only in dirty water. 

D. Germs are everywhere around us. 

2.What is a microscope used for? 

A. Making very very small things look much bigger. 

B. Making very big things look much smaller. 

C. Helping you read some newspapers. 

D. Helping you if you can‟t see things clearly. 

3.Why don’t your parents let you drink dirty water?

A. You haven’t looked at it carefully.      B. Water can’t be drunk in this way.

C. There must be lots of germs in it.       D. Water will make you ill.

4.Which of the following is not true?

A  Germs can be found both in water and in the air.

B. Germs can go into your finger if it is cut.

C. If your temperature is not OK, there must be germs in your body.

D. If your finger isn’t cut, there aren’t any germs on it.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A .Germs may make us ill.       B, Germs are in dirty water.

C. Don’t drink dirty water.       D. Take care of your fingers.

Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you don’t, 【小题1】 Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a microblog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why? 【小题2】
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it has developed very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese, micro-bloggers grew to 300 million.【小题3】For many microblog user, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on. Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. 【小题4】 For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami(海啸)hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like “Salt can protect people from radiation (辐射)” were hot on microblogs. 【小题5】 Later people realized it was just a rumor(谣言).
In a word, microblog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends : It is opposite in America ,Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real.

For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1may mean “_______”.

A. keep out                  B. give up                     C. pay no attention to          D. continue

2.Which of the following is the typical（典型的）way of American hospitality?

A. Treating friends at home.

B. Taking days off to be with friends.

C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.   

D. Sharing everything they have.

3.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?

A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  16  . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.

When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling   17  . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was  18  he turned on his computer and  19  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.

Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to

20  what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.

Just as Tony is  21  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  22  “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  23   .

“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a  24  . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  25  , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).

1. A. hungry                B. tired                     C. busy                  D. thirsty

2.A. excited                B. bored                C. tired           D. surprised

3.A. after           B. before                   C. until                       D. when

4.A. thought               B. guessed             C. decided                  D. found

5.A. write                   B. draw             C. listen          D. get

6.A. improving            B. wondering         C. checking           D. doing

7.A. bathroom            B. bedroom              C. kitchen              D. study

8.A. requires              B. answeres             C. invites              D. suggests

9.A. chat                    B. time                    C. lesson                D. change

10.A. continues         B. worries                C. smiles               D. reports