Have you ever had a dream to make your home a happier place? Maybe there are some points you can follow.

     Sometimes you quarrel with your parents. When you want to dress in a modern way, your mum doesn't like you to wear a mini-skirt. When you are making phone calls to friends, they ask if you're speaking to a boy or a girl. It seems that you are not as close to your parents as you used to be. Ho~ can you become close again?

      Closing the Gap by American writer Jay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents. He gives ways to help you understand your parents. When you think, "My parents don't want me to have any fun.", that usually means your parents want you to be safe. Both parents and children have needs. They need to feel they are important and loved. You should tell your parents your needs, and find out what their needs are. Then, you can think of a way to make all of you happy. He gives you some ideas:

     1. Make time to talk. You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future.

2. Keep a diary. This is to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.

     3. Show your parents you are growing up. Wash your clothes and help clean the house.

     Your parents will feel that you are no longer a little child. If you follow these steps, soon you will have a good relationship with your parents.

1.This passage is_________

A. an introduction(介绍) of a writer            

B. a student's plan   

C. an introduction of a book                     

D. a family plan

2. Which of the following is not talked about in the passage?

       A. Children' s study.                      B. Parents' needs.

       C. Keeping a diary.                        D. Making phone calls to friends.

3."...you are not as close to your parents as you used to be" means_________    

A. you didn't have a close relationship with your parents

B. you had a better relationship with your parents before   

C. your parents used to love you more than now

       D. your parents don't love you any more

4. You can show your parents you are growing up by_________

A. helping do some housework                   

B. quarreling with them   

C. making phone calls to friends                 

D. keeping a diary

5. Which of the following is true?

A. All parents want their children to dress in a modem way.

B. Parents mustn't make their children have any fun.

C. There's no way to make both parents and children happy.

D. Parents and children need to talk to understand each other better.

 (C)
Mr. Ma, a famous mental(心理的)doctor from Beijing once said at an important meeting, “Now many young students can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people around them like their parents and classmates. Parents and teachers should care more about this problem.”
Then Mr. Ma gave some examples. One patient, a middle school students from Xi’an was doing badly in his lessons. He thought his teachers and friends often laughed at him, and he became so nervous and worried that one night he left his home without telling parents. Another student, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Shanghai, was very afraid of exams. While she was reading the exam paper, she couldn’t think of anything to write.
A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of the young students in Shanghai have mental problems. They often felt worried and very unhappy. Unluckily many of them won’t go and ask for help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others won’t talk about their secrets.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma offered some good ideas to young people:
u     Talk to your parents or teacher often.
u     Take part in group activities.
u     Try to get on well with the people around you.
u     Go to see a doctor if you often feel unhappy.
【小题1】 The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may have _______.

Exchange Students’ Experience

1.Where did Susan Lane study?

2.Who made a lot of friends in Germany?

3.How many students talk about their exchange experience?

Now we have the Internet and TV programmes．There is so        to talk about．They are around us all the time and        us all kinds of things．

To help kids stay away from bad       , a two-day meeting was held in Shanghai last week．People at the meeting talked about how to make kids’ programmes and books       . They want kids to grow up in an information world        fights or terror(恐怖)．

The Internet and TV help people learn        is going on around us.        sometimes what they tell you may be wrong．You need to use your        and think for a while when you are watching TV or suffering on the Internet.

“Let’s take air-cushioned (带气垫的) sports shoes for       !” Advertisements say people can run faster if they wear these shoes. But you need to make        how useful the shoes really are. The shoes may        you look cool, but will they really make you run faster? Before you spend all your        on something advertisements want you to buy, think twice. Each company says they have the best sports shoes in the world        they want you to buy their shoes.

To        kids from being cheated (欺骗) or badly effected, grow-ups are trying to make the media (媒体) more fun and safer for them.

The people at the Shanghai meeting said        should be no bad things in Web pages and TV programmes for kids to see. The Internet workers also said they would try and care more about the views of kids.

1.A．many                 B．much                     C．little            D．few

2.A．speak                 B．say                         C．talk              D．tell

3.A．books                B．teaching               C．information          D．games

4.A．better                B．easier                    C．cleaner                 D．worse

5.A．with          B．without                 C．under                    D．above

6.A．who          B．which           C．what                      D．that

7.A．Because            B．But                         C．So                          D．Since

8.A．hand                  B．mouth                   C．head                      D．foot

9.A．fun                     B．short                     C．example               D．sport

10.A．sure                 B．decision                C．mind                      D．way

11.A．train                B．make                     C．serve                     D．realize

12.A．knowledge     B．time                       C．spirit                      D．money

13.A．though            B．so                           C．because                D．unless

14.A．stop                 B．frighten                C．attract                   D．treat

15.A．we          B．they                       C．it                            D．there

A: Hey, Peter. _______________1______________
B: I argued with my best friend. _____________2______________
A: Well, you could write him a letter.
B: I don’t think so. I don’t like writing letters.
A: _______________3__________________.
B: No, I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.
A: Well, you should say you’re sorry.
B: Yes, I know I should, but it’s not easy.
A: Hey, I know. You could give him ________________ a ball game.
A: Well, that’s a good idea, but ___________________.