One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will changes the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play.

   Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment (蚕食)?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.

   Without having a nature experience, kids, can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive (认知的) skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters (培养) leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child. The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.

   Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite（仪式）of passage.

   Everyone, from developers, to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that cement (增强) love, respect and need for landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.

1. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that __________.

A. kids missing the sense of wonder outdoors      

B. parks are in danger of being gradually encroached

C. Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods

D. children are expected to develop into protectors of nature

2. According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will _________.

A. keep a high sense of wonder                 

B. be over-protected by their parents

C. be less healthy both physically and mentally

D. change wild places and creatures for the better

3. According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is ___________.

A. the fault on the part of their parents         

B. the natural experience in their growing up

C. the result of their own carelessness in play

D. the effect of their repetitive stress from computers

4. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ________.

A. blame children for getting lost in computer games

B. encourage children to protect parks from encroachment

C. show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature

D. inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第1至第10小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意：每空不超过3个单词。

     Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about.

     Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.

      The advantages, however, have not prevented host families form worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. One the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries. 

       To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.

      It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students.

Title: 1. ______________________

假设你是王平，李华是你的同窗好友，请根据下列要点，用英文给李华写一篇毕业留言。

   要点：1. 简要表述李华在你心目中的印象；

　　　　 2. 用一到两个相关的事例进行具体描述；

　　　　 3. 对他李华表示美好的祝愿。

　 注意：1. 内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数120左右。

         2. 不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。

—Will you join us in the game?

—Thank you,      

A. but why not?                   B. but I’d rather not.

C. and I won’t                            D. and I’ll join.

Don’t take too much of the medicine; it does you more harm than good if you    .

A.do     B.take      C.like       D.have

Scientists are convinced    the positive effect of laughter   physical and mental health.

A.of; at     B.by; in     C.of; on       D. on , at

When asked why he went there, he said he was sent there    for a space flight.

A.training       B.being trained    C.to have trained  D.to be trained

A survey of the opinions of experts    that three hours of outdoor exercise a week   good for one’s health.

A. show; are     B. shows; is     C. show; is    D. shows; are

Many people have come to realize that they should go on    balanced diet and make   room in their day for exercise.

A. a;/        B. the; a     C. the; the     D./;a

—Where is my dictionary? I remember I put it here yesterday. 

—You    it in the wrong place.

A. must put      B. should have put     C. might put   D. might have put