Fox has a little sister, Louise and some good friends, Dexter, Carmen and Junior. This afternoon, Fox is going swimming with his friends. He will take Louise with him. At the pool Fox meets his friends. Everyone runs for the pool.

“Who will jump from the high board?” says Dexter.

“Not I ,” says Carmen.

“Not I ,” says Junior.

“I don’t like high places,” says Fox. But Louise climbs up to the high board.

“Come down right now!” says Fox.

“Come and get me,” says Louise. Fox climbs up the ladder. He doesn’t like this at all. His knees begin to shake.

But when Fox gets to the top, Louise is not there. “Go on and jump!” says Dexter. “Louise did it,” says Carmen. Fox closes his eyes. And he jumps. Fox hits the water with a big splash.

“Hooray for Fox!” everyone cries. “What a fine jump.”

71. How many friends does Fox have?

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

72. What is Fox going to do with his friends?

A. Swimming    B. Fishing      C. Boating      D. Hiking

73. Who jumps from the high board first?

A. Dexter      B. Louise       C. Carmen        D. Junior

74. What does the word ladder mean?

A. 站台        B. 跳板         C. 绳子          D. 梯子

75. Why does Fox climb up to the high board?

A. Because Fox liked jumping very much.

B. Because Louise asked him for help.

C. Because Louise liked jumping with Fox.

D. Because Fox liked jumping with Louise.

Every culture has a recognized (公认的) point when a child becomes an adult, when rules must be followed and tests passed.
In China, although teenagers can get their ID cards at 16, many only see themselves as an adult when they are 18. In the US, where everyone drives, the main step to the freedom of adult life is learning to drive. At 16, American teens take their driving test. When they have their license（证）, they drive into the grown-up world.
"Nobody wants to ride the cheese bus to school," said Eleanor Fulham, 17. "It's like you're not cool if you don't have a car," she said.
According to a recent research, 41% of 16 to 19 year olds in the US own cars, up from 23% in 1985. Although, most of these cars are bought by parents, some teens get part-time jobs to help pay.
Not all families can afford cars for their children. In cities with undergrounds and limited(有限的) parking, some teenagers don't want them. But in rich areas outside the city, if there are no undergrounds, and bicycles are more for fun than cars, it is strange for a teenager not to have a car.
But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 and 19-year-olds. This has made many parents stop before letting their kids drive. They need to wait until they are more experienced.
Julie Susiana, of Virginia, decided that her son Chad, 15, will wait until he is 17 to apply for his learner's permit (许可)
Chad said he has accepted his parents' decision, although it has caused some laughing from his friends. "They say that I am unlucky," he said. "But I'd rather be alive than driving, and I don't really trust my friends on the road either."
In China as more families get cars, more 18-year-olds learn to drive. Will this become a big step to becoming an adult?
【小题1】16-year-old drivers have more accidents possibly because _______.

Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl. She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother took away all the money and put it in a bank account.
Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away.
Xiong Shengyue, 14, from Nanjing, doesn't agree with the practice. "I think the money should be the children's, " she said. " We should take care of it by ourselves."
It is not that simple, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher at national Institute of Education Sciences.
Giving gift money is used to show social status (地位)and develop relationships, he told Beijing Legal Evening News. Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has "little to do with the children". What's more, children don't earn the money through work. So he thought that parents should still play a big part in dealing with the money.
But Yan Honglan, a mother of a 14-year-old boy in Beijing, has let her son be responsible (承担责任的)for his gift money since the age of 8. "I want to develop his financial(理财) skills, ' Yan said.
She also added:"No matter how you deal with the money, the most important thing is to make the children feel they're respected(尊重) and trusted.
Chen supported Yan's idea. She said that though she knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift money, she would feel happier if she could at least know how the money is spent.
"It would make me feel a little bit more grown-up," she said.
【小题1】Chen Jie’s grandmother ________.