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“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Internet.”
“I check my e-mail almost forty times a day.”
“I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net.”
“Spend more time in chat rooms than with my real-life friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. According to experts, Internet addicts(迷)spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. They called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet — for seven days straight.
A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted. The teenagers spend more time on the Internet than with families. That’s why some experts worry most about young people.
Is “surfing the Internet” a hobby or all addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms(症状):

★You can’t wait to get online again.
★You go out with your friends less and less.
★You’ve decided to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours.
★You do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
What is the solution(解决办法)? Some experts suggest that people set strict limits(限制) on their time for Internet use. You have to learn to control it, or the Internet would control you.
小题1:Do Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week?
小题2:Where was the missing college student found?
小题3:Why do some experts worry most about young people?
小题4:How many symptoms are mentioned in the passage?
小题5:What’s the passage mainly about?

7 January, 2014
A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.
These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.
On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.
The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from
China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.
"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.
"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."
Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.
Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.
"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."
Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.
小题1:Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

A．an exchange student from the USA

B．an expert of international education

C．a viewer of VOA

D．a reporter from VOA

小题2:Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?

A．South Korea

B．India

C．China

D．America

小题3:Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?
A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children
B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.
C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.
D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.
小题4:Which of the following statement is true?

A．China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.

B．The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.

C．The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.

D．Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.

小题5:This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.

A．An advertisement

B．A radio programme

C．A science report

D．A tour guide

China's first moon rover (月球车), Yutu, set off from the lander early on December 15, several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe (探测器) soft-landed on the moon surface.
The 140 kg six-wheeled rover touched the moon surface at 4:35 a.m., leaving deep lines on the loose moon land. This was recorded by the camera on the lander and the images were sent to the earth, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. After that, the rover and lander will take photos of each other and start their own science explorations.
Earlier this morning, engineers made final checks of the environment of the landing area and the situation of the probe. Yutu, reached its solar panel (光板) and started to drive slowly to the moon at 3:10 a.m.. It took Yutu nearly a whole hour to complete the simple task.
Chang'e-3 landed at the Bay of Rainbows on the moon, at 9:11 p.m. on December 14, making China the
third country in the world to carry out such a mission (执行此类任务) after the United States and Russia.
In old Chinese tales, Yutu was the white pet rabbit of Chang'e’s. The name for the rover was selected following an online survey that collected several million votes from people around the world.
The rover, 1.5 meters long with its two wings folded (折叠), 1 m in width and 1.1 m in height, is a perfect robot controlled by the command center from the earth. It will face challenges including temperature differences of more than 300℃ on the moon.
Yutu will do some research and look for natural resources (资源) for three months, while the lander will conduct an exploration at the landing place for one year. Then they will have a good rest on the moon and will not be used for a long time until China’s next probe visits the moon again.
小题1: Which is the best title for the passage above?

A．The first rover on the moon	B．The tale of Chang’e
C．The journey to the moon	D．Yutu explores the moon

小题2:Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. The 140 kg six-wheeled rover touched the moon surface.
b. The rover and lander will take photos of each other.
c. Yutu started to drive slowly to the moon.
d. Chang'e-3 landed at the Bay of Rainbows on the moon.

A．a-b-c-d

B．c-d-a-b

C．d-c-a-b

D．c-a-b-d

小题3:What does the underlined word width mean in Chinese?

A．智力

B．宽度

C．重量

D．长度

小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The moon had been visited by only two countries before 2013.

B．Yutu is a perfect robot under the control of its own computer.

C．Yutu and Chang’e will return to the earth after the one-year mission.

D．Chang’e-3 is 140 kg in weight.

小题5:There will soon be a second moon rover to explore the moon. Which is its proper name?

A．Chang’e-4

B．Yutu-2

C．Shenzhou-11

D．Tiangong-2

yoga

Yoga is a kind of sport. It is very popular around the world now. Everyone, young and old can do yoga. It’s good for both men and women.

    Why do people like yoga? There’s a short answer and a long answer to that question. The short answer is that yoga makes you feel better. Practising, breathing exercises and thinking make you healthier in body, mind and spirit.
For many people, that's enough of an answer, but there's more if you are interested.
Yoga began in India about 5,000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, healthy and live a long life, so this kind of exercise was born. The early yoga was part of a religion (宗教). It was usually taught one to one—one teacher with one student. Yoga is an Indian word that means “to join together”. There are three parts of yoga altogether: exercise, breathing and meditation (沉思). In the past, people paid more attention to the spirit. The idea be­hind the exercise was to join the mind, body and spirit as one. Yoga can give you peace, help you feel relaxed, and have fewer worries and illnesses.   204
小题1:What is yoga?

A．An old Indian sport.	B．A European game.
C．A popular idea.	D．An enjoyment.

小题2:Which of the following is true?

A．Yoga has four parts altogether.	B．Anyone can practise yoga.
C．Yoga was taught in classes.	D．Yoga can bring the world peace.

小题3:Why do people like yoga?

A．Because it brings happiness and relax.

B．Because it helps you work more quickly.

C．Because it is part of the real religion.

D．Because it is good for your health.

When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines（台词）. But once on the stage, every word      from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator（解说者）for the play.        I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my       and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions（蒲公英）popping（炸开）     the grass in bunches（束）. I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll dig up（挖光）all these weeds（野草）,” she said. “From now on, we’ll       have roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested（抗议）. “All the flowers are        -- even dandelions!”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is        of people, too.” She added.
When I       that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said,       me of how much I loved to read stories aloud.
Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own      in the world, I felt proud of the role in the play.

小题1:	A．developed B．left C．failed D．disappeared

小题2:	A．If B．Because C．Though D．Since

小题3:	A．difficulty B．mistake C．danger D．unhappiness

小题4:	A．through B．past C．beyond D．behind

小题5:	A．hardly B．only C．still D．also

小题6:	A．harmless B．healthy C．beautiful D．fresh

小题7:	A．true B．kind C．same D．clever

小题8:	A．remembered B．realized C．explained D．promised

小题9:	A．representing B．complaining C．recommending D．reminding

小题10:

A．honour B．progress C．value D．interest

Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask your teacher or your friends for some advice. You can also look at some good websites with information about the environment and climate change. Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference.
Driving a car or using electricity is not wrong. We just have to be smart about it. Some people use less energy by sharing a car. For example, four people can ride together in one car instead of driving four cars to work. Whenever we use electricity, we put greenhouse gases into the air. By turning off the lights, the television, and the computer when they aren’t needed, you can help a lot.
Don’t buy products (产品) that use too much energy. Some products, like certain cars, are made specially to save energy. These cars can travel longer on less gasoline (汽油). They don’t pollute as much, either. Products like computers, TVs and VCRs with the ENERGY STAR label (标签) are made to save energy. Buying products with these labels will help protect the environment.
Buy recyclable (可循环再用的) products instead of non-recyclable ones. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that have already been used. It usually takes less energy to make recyclable products than to make new ones. So when you go shopping, look for the recycle mark on the package. The less energy we use, the better.
小题1:The passage is mainly about ________________.

A．some suggestions about cars

B．an advertisement

C．the changes to the climate

D．the ways to protect the environment

小题2:From the passage, we can learn that ________________.

A．turning off the electricity when it isn’t needed can do good to the environment

B．electricity won’t cause great trouble to our environment

C．cars using less energy will not put greenhouse gases into the air

D．recyclable products are marked with the ENERGY STAR label

English is very important in the modern world. Many people want to learn it well. Here are some things that I want to say about learning it.
To learn English well, you need two things－passion and good learning methods (方法). Passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English. Learning methods only tell you how to learn it better and faster.
If you love learning English, you will learn it regularly (有规律地) and spend much time on it. It will also be easy for you to remember new words and grammar rules. ________ For example, some people like history and know a lot about World War II. If you ask a person who doesn’t like history to memorize all the facts, he probably can’t do it.
When you don’t want to learn English, you can do the following things.
First, imagine that you can talk to native speakers just as you talk in your mother language. Imagine yourself to be a manager in a foreign company. Imagine you’re living in an English-speaking country.
Second, use English as much as possible. This is very important. The more you use English, the better you’ll learn it. English is very popular, so you can use it everywhere. You can watch American cartoons, write English diaries, and read interesting books written in English.
小题1:The underlined word “passion” means “______” in Chinese.

A．态度

B．热情

C．步骤

D．情绪

小题2:The missing part in the Paragraph 3 can be ______.

A．You can’t memorize everything while learning English.

B．You will find it hard to learn English.

C．That’s because you can easily remember what you like.

D．Everyone likes to learn what they like most.

小题3:What can you do if you don’t want to learn English according to (根据) the passage?

A．Go to English-speaking countries.

B．Read interesting English books.

C．Stop learning it for some time.

D．Listen to music or play sports.

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the writer?

A．You need two things if you want to learn English well.

B．It’s difficult for a person to know a lot about World War II if he isn’t interested in history.

C．Learning methods are more important than passion.

D．It’s easy for you to remember new words or grammar rules if you’re an English lover.

小题5:The main idea of this passage is about ______.

A．the importance of learning English

B．English in the modern world

C．how to write e-mails to other people

D．some advice on how to learn English

We all know that smoking is bad for people’s health. But not many people know about the danger of secondhand smoke.
Secondhand smoke is the smoke that comes from the smoker’s breath(呼吸). If people breathe in secondhand smoke from time to time, they could get sick from it.
But how serious is the problem of the secondhand smoke? The World Health Organization(WHO) did a study of 194 countries. They found that secondhand smoke causes about 600,000 deaths every year. That is about 1% of the world’s deaths.
Secondhand smoke is especially bad for children because their bodies are still growing. According to the study, around 165,000 children under the age of 5 die each year because of secondhand smoke. Most of these deaths happen in Africa and southern Asia.
You can do something to keep yourself and other people away from secondhand smoke. You can ask the smokers, such as your parents, to smoke outside. And, if someone smokes close to you, you’d better hold your breath or just walk away.
小题1:Children can easily get sick from secondhand smoke because __________.

A．they are from Africa	B．their bodies are still growing
C．secondhand smoke is very dangerous	D．they are all under the age of 5

小题2:According to the study, children who die from secondhand smoke most come from_____.

A．Africa and Australia	B．Africa and eastern Asia
C．southern Asia and Africa	D．southern Africa and India

小题3:You can’t keep yourself away from the secondhand smoke by __________.

A．asking the smokers to smoke outside	B．walking away
C．holding your breath	D．smoking with them

小题4:The best title of this article may be __________.

A．Smoking	B．Secondhand Smoke
C．Giving up Smoking	D．Children Are Dying

Different types of maps have different uses.

Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places.
Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long journeys. Different types of roads are given different numbers. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No. 621 Road and keep looking at the road signs.
Distribution maps (分布图) use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, where different languages are spoken, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or whether a place is short of water.
Some maps, such as railway maps, use straightlines to show everything. This is easy for people to read. Trains are fast. People don’t have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips.

小题1:Jim is going to Beijing Zoo. Which map does he need most?

A．A tourist map.	B．A road map.
C．A distribution map.	D．A railway map.

小题2:How can you tell different roads on road maps?

A．By using different colors.	B．By finding the numbers.
C．By following No. 621 Road.	D．By looking at the road signs.

小题3:Why do railway maps use straight lines?

A．Because railways are straight.

B．Because people like straight lines.

C．Because people can read them easily.

D．Because railways have only two ends.

Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be even tougher.
　　If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you disagree and when you get along. With any relationship, you need to let other person know how you are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, you drift apart.When you are mad at your parents, or anyone else, not talking to them doesn’t solve anything.
　　Communication begins with the concerns (关心) of another. It means that you can’t just come home from school, go up to your room and take no notice to anyone. Even if you just say “Hi”, and see how their day was for five minutes, it is better than nothing.
　　If you looked up the word “communication” in a dictionary, it would say “the exchange of ideas, the conveyance （表达）of information, correspondence （通信）, means of communication: a letter or a message”. To keep a good relationship, you must keep communication strong. Let people know how you feel, even if it’s just by writing a note.
　　When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parent. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you’ll listen to what they have to say, and ask them politely to listen to you. Shouting or walking away only makes the situation worse.
　　Here is an example: one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks, but she didn’t feel she could just ask to go home. That would be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to take her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, but when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren’t as mad and let it go. Communication is the key here. If Sophie’s parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.
　　Communication isn’t a one-way matter: it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie’s, telling the other person how you feel-------listening is the key to communication.
小题1:In the writer’s view, dealing with parents is __________ than with children.

A．more difficult	B．much easier
C．less interesting	D．more interesting

小题2:The underlined phrase “ drift apart” in Paragraph 2 means __________.

A．keep up with others	B．move along smoothly
C．distance yourself form others	D．come closer to each other

小题3:The example in Paragraph 6 shows that ___________.

A．Sophie is very polite to her parents

B．Sophie’s parents are willing to listen to her

C．Sophie did well in explaining her being late

D．communication is the solutionto misunderstanding

小题4:All the following statements are correct except “_______”.

A．Communication is a two-way matter

B．It is better to say “Hi” to others than say nothing

C．If you don’t agree with others, you’d better let them know

D．When dealing with parents, you only need to listen to them