It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on* to their micro blogs to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.

　　Since last year, the trend* of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update* their blogs over five times per day.

　　"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out of the loop."

　　It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study all the time, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."

　　But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.

　　Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.

　　---Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.

　　---Never micro blog in class.

　　---Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.

　　---Be critical*. Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog.

1.The underlined part "out of the loop" in the passage probably means                 .

　　A. not popular    B. not excited    C. unhealthy        D. unlucky

2.Micro blog made Simon       when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro biog.

　　A. feel sad       B. let out stress   C. add pressure      D. make friends

3.We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can                  .

　　A. make kids crazy while logging on to it        

 B. bring a lot of misleading messages

　　C. become a window to understand young kids      

D.lead to worse communication

4.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. It's good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day.

　　B.Kids should trust all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful.

　　C.The trend of micro blogging has swept the country since five years ago.

　　D. Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging.

It _____ me more than one hour to read the book yesterday.

　   　A. take 　　　  B. takes　　  C. to take　　 D. took　　

Wanda Shopping Centre Coupons (优惠券)

1.What are the advertisements for?

A. Food you can order.                                      B. Places to go on vacation. 

C. Special offers at a shopping center.             D. Things on sale in a big store.

2.. If you have spent￥100, you'll get ________ at the shopping center. 

A. six hours of free parking        B. a free soft drink  

C. a movie ticket at half price  D. two free CDs

3. Which of the following is not mentioned at this shopping center?

A. Book store.       B. Music store.                C. Restaurant.           D. Toy store.

4. If you want to buy some books for￥50 with the coupon, you will have to pay________.

A. ￥40                       B. ￥45                           C. ￥55                 D. ￥60

5. We can know from this passage________.

 A. you and your friends can use these coupons at Christmas

 B. there is more than one theatre in the center

 C. you will win ￥1000 worth of CDs from JoJo’s Music Store if you buy two CDs

 D. you only need to pay 6 yuan for the best fast food.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）
【小题1】Food          has been a serious problem in China in recent years such as fake milk　powder（劣质奶粉）, Toxic Capsules（问题胶囊）. (safe)
【小题2】These comic books ________ (it) are more or less worth reading.
【小题3】----Is London the first European city        the Olympic Games?
----No, it has been held in many other places in Europe.  (hold)
【小题4】More than one person ________(clean) the classroom at 6 o’clock yesterday.
【小题5】It’s said that the price of food in China __________ ( rise ) quickly recently.
【小题6】The fish is ___________ ( terrible) bad, why not throw it away?
【小题7】The famous writer always spends as much time as he can       to his fans’ e-mails. (reply)
【小题8】The suspect ___________(see) running along the street at that time.
【小题9】_______ ( take ) more exercise and you’ll become healthier.
【小题10】Though the hike is far ___________ ( tough), I’ll try to finish it.

　When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn’t do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library．

　　Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test，Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It’s very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I’ll take a coin into the examination room．I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months，so I’ll just toss the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right．”

　　The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．

　　The next day，he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh，good，”he said，“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled，“Ah，it’s you，Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air，caught it in his hand and looked at it．

　　“I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said，“You failed!”

1.This story mainly wants to tell us ________．

A．chemistry is really hard to learn

B．there were too many questions for students to prepare for

C．good exam results needs hard study

D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result

2.Fred Baines was one of those who ________．

A．did just enough to pass the exam

B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C．had too much other work for the Students’ Union

D．were quite good at passing exams

3.Fred came happily into the exam room because ________．

A．he had got ready for the exam

B．he knew the answers already

C．the other students would be behind him

D．he had his way to finish the exam

4.The chemistry exam in fact ________．

A．was not very hard

B．took the other students an hour to finish

C．had more than one hundred questions

D．needed to be done by tossing a coin

5.The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________．

A．he was satisfied with his way for the exam

B．he wanted to make friends with him

C．his way for the exam would never work

D．the exam result depended on the coin