In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place．

 Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before．Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West．In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university．Students must first pass the strict national examination．However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go．As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university．

         The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East．Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes．Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West．Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”．

         Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem．Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school．To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well．Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere．What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education．

1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________．

A. they hope their children may easily find a job there

B. the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries

C. all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries

D. the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends

2. “Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________．

A. without patents

B. living abroad alone

C. with university education

D. speaking no English

3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ______．

A. want to leave their own country

B. want them to go to university

C. return to their countries to work 

D. want them to be independent

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Parents want better education for their kids．

B. Parents feel lonely and miss their families．

C. Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem．

D. Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family．

阅读下列各小题， 根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号内。

1.So rapidly                                                                                          that no book can ever be fully up to date. (advance)

计算机技术发展如此之快以致于书都不能全面及时更新。

2.Without the flood in the village ten years ago, the group of youths ______________ with their parents during their childhood. (lead)

村子里要是没有十年前的那场洪水，这群年轻人在他们的童年时期本可以和他们的父母一起过着快乐的日子。

3. Hearing the joke, everyone in the room couldn’t help _______________. (burst)

听到这个笑话，屋子里的人都忍不住爆笑起来。

4.Mr. Smith doesn’t know this city very well because it was only two months ago, in

March, _____________ working here. (start)

史密斯先生对这个城市并不太熟，因为他在两个月前，也就是三月份，才开始

这里工作。

5. His younger sister teaches in a secondary school, in front of __________________.

(flow)

他妹妹在一所中学教书，学校门前流淌着一条小河。

6.The old temple ________________ several times, now it looks brand-new. (restore)

这个古庙经历了数次重建，如今看着一派簇新。

7.We’re said _______________________ in the Information Age, a time for new discoveries and great changes. (live)

据说我们正生活在信息时代，一个有着新发现和伟大变革的时代。

8. I ________________________ if you would turn the music down. (appreciate)

如果你把音乐关小一些，我将不胜感激。

9. We all believe that with the help of science and technology, it will not take too long _________________________ the Mars. (settle)

我们都相信在科技的帮助下，不久人类将定居火星。

10.________________ teenagers taste, the song is increasing popular with middle school students. (base)

基于青少年的品味，这首歌在中学生中日趋流行。

If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships.

注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；

②除诗歌外，文体不限；

③内容必须结合校园生活中的一个事例；

④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

⑤词数120左右。

Listen! Do you hear someone         for help?

A. calling            B. call                           C. to call                      D. called

Father       goes to the gym with us although he dislikes going there.

A. hardly            B. seldom           C. sometimes              D. never

You       buy a gift, but you can if you want to.

A. must                        B. mustn't          C. have to          D. don't have to

This coastal area        a national wildlife reserve last year.

A. was named   B. named                     C. is named                 D. names

John's success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work      has made him what he is today.

A. why                         B. when                       C. which                      D. that

Dina,        for months to find a job as a waitress, finally took a position at a local advertising agency.

A. struggling               B. struggled                C. having struggled    D. to struggle

I was just going to cut my rose bushes but someone       it. Was it you?

A. has done                B. had done                C. would do                D. will do