Sunday________(1) the favorite day for our family. My parents________(2) not________(3) work. My sister and I ________(4) go to school. We________(5) at home and________(6) in the morning. In the afternoon, my sister and I ________(7) out to buy some different things. My sister likes songs. She ________(8) new tapes. I buy story books, a frisky, a kite and things________(9) that. We also buy some small gifts (礼物) for our parents. We________(10) them. They love us very much. We live in a happy family.

Dear Dr Jackson,
My parents are never happy with me. They are always criticizing my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends’ looks and they keep complaining when I go with them. I’m not allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can’t have any fun. My parents only seem to care about my school grades. Although I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, can’t they understand me? How can I make them understand me?
Angel
Dear Angel,
Your problem is common to both teenagers and parents. Don’t worry, because all this is natural. You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So, they think some things are strange, but you find the same things are all right. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must stop you from doing whatever they find strange. On the other hand, you don’t want to be different from other teenagers, so you feel that your parents restrict you.
I think you should talk about this problem with your parents. Try to explain to them what you want and make them know they can believe you. And then they’ll find you are a responsible person and they will give you more freedom.
Jackson
【小题1】Why has Angel written to Dr Jackson?

We live in “computer age(时代)”. People like using computers to do ___21__work. But more than 20 years ago, ___22__couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very __23___people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and ___24___.Since they are useful, many people like to use them, even at home.

Computers ___25___very important because they can work ___26___than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can ____27___people do a lot of work. Writers can use computers to write. Teachers can use computers to help teaching and students use them to study. Computers can also remember what you put ___28____ them. Computers are very___29___. They are our good friends. Do you want to ___30____a computer.

1.A. all kinds of   B. many   C. very much   D. a lot

2.A. teachers  B. students  C. computers  D. scientists

3.A. a few  B. few  C. little  D. a little

4.A. cheaper  B. cheap  C. expensive  D. more expensive

5.A. is becoming  B. becomes  C. become  D. became

6.A. quickly  B. quick   C. fast   D.  faster

7. A. help    B. tell   C. ask   D. stop

8. A. on   B. into   C. up   D. to

9.A. heavy   B. careful   C. beautiful   D. helpful

10.A. lend   B. pay   C. have   D.  sell

Air is all around us. It is around us as we talk and play. From the moment we were born, We are surrounded(围绕)by air. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. Wherever we are on the earth, We are surrounded by air. We live in air.

All living things need air, living things can’t live without air. We can go without food or water for a few days, but we can’t live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe(呼吸)in air. When we are working or running, We need more air. So we breathe faster than usual. When we are asleep, We need less air.

1.From the text, we know that on the earth _____

A．there is air everywhere

B．some animals don’t need air

C．plants need more air

D．for a long time people don’t need air

2.The writer tells us that _____

A．there is less air on the earth than on the moon

B．the earth is covered with air

C．the earth is covered with water

D．there is no air on the earth

3.Which is the first important thing for people’s lives?

A．Water            B．Air               C．Food             D．Sunlight

4.Which of the following things needs air?

A．Land             B．A mirror          C．A cat             D．A river

5.A man needs more air when he _____

A．dies              B．runs fast          C．takes a rest        D．sleeps

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格，每空限填一词。

The world we live in is full of amazing things. Do you know the following things?

★Chocolate tastes nice but it may make the little dog die.

★We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail (蜗牛) may sleep for three years.

★Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born.

★You may think a bear walks slowly. In fact, it can run as fast as a horse.

★Cats won’t die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way.

★The largest animal on the earth is the blue whale (鲸). It weighs about 80 tons (吨)—more than 24 elephants.

★Most animals will die soon if they lose the head. But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days when they have no head.

★Not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can’t fly, like the penguin (企鹅) and the ostrich (鸵鸟).