China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot.

In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.

There are several reasons for this.

Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study.

Secondly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams. Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.

1.China Youth says that more and more ______.

A. boys are clever than girls

B. boys can’t go to school

C. girls have entered colleges

D. girls begin to study at school

2.42.14% refers to(指) the number of ______.

A. girls at schools in 1998

B. girls in colleges in 2001

C. boys at schools in 2001

D. boys in colleges in 1998

3.The writer gave us ______ reasons to explain the question.

A. two              B. three        C. four        D. five

4.What does the underlined word “proportion” mean in Chinese?

A. 身高                 B. 比例

C. 特性                      D. 速度

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Boys may not do well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying.

B. Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things.

C. Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’.

D. Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys.

 

These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people

In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.

The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.

1.                A．streets         B．schools         C．towns    D．cities

 

2.                A．boys           B．money         C．computers    D．houses

 

3.                A．take           B．spend          C．cost D．pay

 

4.                A．possible        B．easy           C．good D．hard

 

5.                A．read           B．learn           C．win D．download

 

6.                A．lose           B．try             C．waste    D．watch

 

7.                A．come          B．eat            C．study D．live

 

8.                A．watch TV        B．go out          C．stay there     D．work

 

9.                A．better          B．exciting         C．even worse    D．interesting

 

10.               A．lessons         B．games          C．families    D．sports

 

11.               A．classes         B．rooms          C．schools    D．shops

 

12.               A．classmates      B．teachers        C．sisters     D．parents

 

13.               A．lucky          B．unlucky         C．careful    D．polite

 

14.               A．good           B．bad            C．rich D．poor

 

15.               A．important       B．serious         C．unusual   D．wonderful

 

 

Children in England mustn’t work until they are 13. They need to have a work permit (许可证) to start working.
The jobs teenagers can do_:
Delivering (递送) newspapers_: Many teenagers will get up early to deliver newspapers to houses in their local area before going to school. They are known as Paper-boys or Papergirls.
Babysitting: Looking after young children in their home while their parents have gone out for the evening is a popular job for teenagers, as they get money for watching children and television all at the same time!
Helping the Milkman: From the age of 14 some teenagers help the milkman deliver milk to houses.
Other popular jobs ： Working in a shop; Office work; Washing cars ; In a cafe or restaurant. The hours teenagers (13 and 14 year olds )can work:
School Days_: Not more than 2 hours in one day during the following periods:
Morning 7 a. m. —start of school or Evening _: close of school— 7 p. m.
Saturdays: Up to 5 hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Sundays_: Up to 2 hours between 7 a.m. and 11 a. m.
Term time_: Up to 12 hours a week (Including weekends)
【小题1】 In England how old do children have to be before they can work?

A．15.

B．14.

C．10.

D．13.

【小题2】 Paper-boys and Papergirls deliver newspapers           

A．early in the morning

B．at noon

C．in the afternoon

D．in the evening

【小题3】Teenagers in England can do all of the follow­ing except_________.

A．work in an office

B．work in a night club

C．look after young children

D．deliver newspapers

【小题4】 How many hours a week may teenagers work during the term time?

A．10.

B．14.

C．17.

D．20.

用合适词的正确形式填空。每空一词。 (每小题1分，共5分)

Animals are our    1 . We can find different kinds of animals in the world.

__2 ____ animals only eat grass, for example, elephants and cows. And some animals only eat  3 _ , for example, tigers and lions. Animals can do many things for people. For example, elephants can help people  _4    some heavy(重) work. Children like animals very much, so they often play    5   dogs. They think dogs are very clever. Boys and girls, what animas do you like?