The telephone rang in my ninth-grade high school classroom.“Jill , please come to the counseling office (教导处)！”As I walked down the hall ,I  36   , why would someone want me to come to the counseling office? As I stepped into the counseling office ,I was   37   by a girl who needed to speak to someone about her friend. I was reassured by the school counselor (辅导员) that I was not   38   and that someone needed to talk with me. I was called because I was a member of   39  .

The Breakfast Club is   40   a club where one eats breakfast . It is an organization of   41   started thirteen years ago   42   a young student’ s suicide (自杀). His mother thought that it could have been prevented   43   her son talked to someone about how he was feeling.

The B. C. as we call it   44   ,give us an opportunity to   45   talk to our peers (同辈) about anything on their minds and   46   .Our   47   :We care but we don’t cure. Members from the previous year ,teachers ,and counselors   48   students for the Breakfast Club. The club is a   49   group including ,Asians ,blacks, whites, ,athletes, musicians, and students with all levels of   50   achievement ,The criteria (条件) for   51   the group is to be a good   52   ,be able to brainstorm ideas, and   53   give advice! We barely knew one another in the beginning , but we became   54   after all the training   55   we went through.

36. A. knew               B. wondered      C. murmured        D. shouted

37. A. met                B. hit            C. greeted           D. seated

38. A. in need             B. in difficulty     C. in trouble         D. in time

39. A. the counseling office  B. the school      C. our class          D. the Breakfast Club

40. A. just                B. only          C. such              D. not

41. A. teachers            B. students       C. blacks and whites   D. parents

42. A. as a result of        B.against         C. because           D. regardless of

43. A. if                 B. for            C. had              D. did

44. A. at present          B. in brief         C. for fun           D. for short

45. A. privately           B. secretly        C. frankly           D. kindly

46. A. in their family      B. in their hearts    C. in their school      D. from their friends

47. A. belief             B. banner          C. note             D. motto

48. A. select             B. permit          C. recognize         D. thank

49. A. perfect            B. international     C. diverse           D. morning

50. A. working           B. various         C. different          D. academic

51. A. going to           B. belonging to     C. contacting        D. participating

52. A. organizer          B. student         C. listener           D. speaker

53. A. quickly            B. then           C. not               D. yet

54. A. fast friends         B. common friends  C. strong opponents   D. dear relatives

55. A. study             B. care            Ｃ.struggle          D. experiences

Many of you may wonder what else to do besides watching TV or surfing the Internet on weekends．Why not have a picnic? Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle Schoo1 had a “King of cooking” competition·
Earlier this month，about 300 students at the schoo1 went to a suburb(郊区)of Beijing to have the contest．They were divided into 24  groups．Each group had buyers，slicers  (掌刀)，firemakers．washers and cooks．
Firemakers faced the most problems during the time．Some of them had no idea how to keep fire burning． “The fire kept going out．we had to blow at the sparks(火星)and put on corn leaves and old newspapers，”said Wu Mofei，13．
“It took us an hour to make the fire．Our eyes had tears from all the smoke and our faces became dirty，”he added．   
When the fires were finally made，the cooks became the busiest people．Huang Lanye made fried celery(芹菜)and ham pickled cabbage(泡菜)and tomato soup．
She was proud of her work．“It’s my first time making Chinese dishes．My group members ate them up in minutes and said they were as delicious as what their parents made!” said the 14-year-old girl．
Finally over ten students were titled “King of Cooking”．Wang Xiaoyue，14，was one of them．“My group got a mark of 98 at the competition，’’Wang said．“We have 1earned a lot while
having so much fun! We are the best!”
Beijing No．4 Middle School has been organizing similar(类似的)fun activities for six years．“we want to give students a chance to get real life experiences and 1earn how to work as a team，’’said Jia Dong，who works for the school’s student affairs office．
【小题1】The text mainly tells us——．

Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit (赢利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.

You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.

“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.

1.When do the volunteers help others?

A.In their spare time.   B.At weekends   C.On weekdays.  D.In the evenings.

2._____ can be a volunteer.

A.Children          B.Old women      C.Anyone aged 12-70     D.Young people

3.Volunteers want to get _______ when they help others.

A.money              B.computers         C.everything        D.nothing

4.Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ______.

A.animals             B.children           C.computers        D.older people

5.We can read such a passage ______.

A.in a newspaper B.in a storybook  C.in a picture book   D.in a textbook

The students start arriving on our upper playground from about 8:45 am. School begins at 8:55 am.

The children do their early morning work while their class teacher takes the attendance register (记录，登记). The attendance of every child attending school each morning and afternoon is recorded in a special book.

The teacher reads out each child’s name in turn. On hearing his/her name, the child replies 'yes Mrs. (teacher's name)' and the teacher notes down in the book whether the child is in school or not. Sometimes the children will answer their teacher in a different language e.g. French or German. 

At 9:10 am the children go to assembly in our main hall. They sit on the floor in rows with the youngest children at the front and the older children at the back. As the children enter the hall they listen quietly to the music playing. Each week has a different musical theme and the children are asked to listen out for particular things.

In our assemblies the children listen to a story, sing a song and pray. The story is either taken from the Christian Bible or is a story with a moral. The songs we sing are particularly chosen with the children in mind. Some of our songs are sung with the English sign language.

To supply for the children of different faiths, some of our assemblies do not have a Christian theme. These assemblies are a time for us to gather together to celebrate the achievements of our children and of the school as a whole.

Every parent has the right to withdraw their child from a school assembly.

1. How many times does the teacher take the registration everyday?

A. Once.                      B. Twice.        C. Three times.             D. Not mentioned.

2. Basing on what do the children line up in the assemblies?

A. Body-weight.           B. Body-height.     C. Ages.                       D. Classes.

3. Where do the students listen to music every day?

A. In their classroom.                                B. In their dormitory.   

C. In the main hall.                                   D. On the upper playground.

4. According to the passage, what happens in an Assembly?

A. Tell stories in turns. B. Sing English songs sometimes with gestures.

C. Pray for good luck.          D. Listen to stories taken from the Christian Bible.

5. Which of the following statements are NOT true?

A. All the activities in the assemblies have a theme based on the Bible.

B. The assemblies are for fun to get together.

C. It’s not the duty for the children to attend the assemblies.

D. The assemblies are to celebrate the achievements of our children.

No Mobile Means You’re Not in Touch
My household now has four mobile phones: one for me; one each for my eldest children, the twin boys; and one for my 15-year-old daughter. Only my 12-year-old son does not (yet) have his own mobile. In other words, we’re now in line with national figures, which show that Australia has 19 million mobile phones for a population of just over 20 million people. Among 15-to 17-year-olds, nearly nine out of 10.
The reality is that a mobile phone is the coolest thing of all for a teenager to own. It’s even more important than a television, a DVD player or access to the internet. If you don’t have a mobile you are, quite literally, out of touch.
Of course, there are good and bad sides to mobiles. In my global media world, I’ve lived with a mobile switched on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the past ten years. At the same time, here in Perth, I started a movement on talkback radio called CAMPIR (Campaign Against Mobile Phones in Restaurants). Nothing annoys me more than people who feel that an incoming mobile call is more important than the company they are with at a restaurant or even at their dining table at home, but I believe that in the long term, we will have a revolt against the intrusion of mobiles into our personal lives.
There was a study in New Zealand last year among young teenagers that showed a quarter have used text messaging to end a relationship. Here in Australia, I’ve read of people being fired by text. That’s cold. On the other hand, lots of parents---myself included---feel their children are safer if they have their mobile with them when they are away from home.
I’ve even read that the use of mobiles among kids may mean that they smoke less. Phones are a stronger status symbol than cigarettes among children and also give them something to do with their hands.
Psychologists, though, argue that mobiles are actually a way for kids to bypass their parents. They can communicate constantly with their friends without their parents knowing anything of the conversations. No matter what the future brings, I don’t expect ever to have fewer mobiles in the house. On the contrary, the next challenge is to see if I can get through the rest of this year without having to buy a mobile phone for my youngest child.
1.According to the passage, a mobile phone is the coolest thing for a teenager to possess because _________.
A.In their opinion, the mobile phone is the most fashionable possession
B.A mobile phone is the most useful tool in the life.
C.The teenager keeps in contact with others exactly by using a mobile phone.
D.The Internet is less important than the mobile phone.
2.,Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.In New Zealand most young teenagers have used text messaging to end a relationship.
B.The writer doesn’t think his children can avoid danger if they have their mobile with them .
C.The use of mobiles among kids may contribute to their less smoking.
D.Cigarettes are the strongest status symbol among children.
3.The underlined word “bypass” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________.
A. contact       B. avoid        C. inform        D. oppose
4.  It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. The children in the family each have a mobile phone.
B. About 60% of the children aged 15-17 have phones in Australia.
C. The writer is likely to buy a mobile phone for his youngest child this year.
D. The writer doesn’t agree that children should own a mobile phone.