Sometimes children do not do what their parents tell them to do. When this happens, a parent tries to help the child to do the right thing. When this does not work, the parent usually punishes the child.

   There are many things that a parent can do. One thing that people have done is to spank (打屁股) the child. When a parent spanks a child, they will use their hand or a hard object to strike them on their bottom. This is meant to show the child that they have done something wrong

 everything and not try other ways to get the child to do the right thing。

Many parents are not sure of what to do instead of spanking. Some people think that their religion（宗教）tells them that spanking is okay. Some think that the law lets them do it. The courts (法院) say that parents have the right to teach their children how to behave.

Other things should be tried before a parent decides to spank a child. Telling the child exactly what is wanted from them can be one thing. Giving a child more than one choice is another thing that can be tried. Getting down to the child’s level and taking a more child-friendly approach (方法) can help as well.

1.According to the passage, when children do something wrong, one thing that parents usually do to punish them is to ________.

A. strike them on the bottom    B. try to help them do the right thing

C. teach them what to do      D. take them to court

2.Which of the following is NOT the problem caused by spanking?

A. It teaches the child to hit others when they offend him or her.

B. The parent may get angry and hit the child too hard.

C. Sometimes parents may use spanking for everything.

D. It makes parents try other ways to make the child do right.

3.Which of the following can best describe the writer’s attitude towards spanking?

A. favorable (赞同的)           B. indifferent (不关心)    

C. interested                   D. unfavorable

4.From this passage, we can conclude that ________.

A. Good children always do the right thing.

B. Parents should try their best to avoid spanking their children.

C. Parents have no choice but to spank their children when they do something wrong.

D. Children can have more than one choice to avoid being spanked.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Similarly, if we drink a little more water ever day, we may find that we need to go to the doctor a lot less often. A healthy diet is made up of water and a great many different kinds of foods. We know that healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and fish, are important as they provide us with energy and fibre, without giving us too much fat and sugar. But why is water important?

The human body needs water to survive. Water is important as it carries poisons and waste out of our bodies. However, doctors advise us to drink plenty of water, much more than the small amount we need to stay alive.

Some doctors believe that water is important for our health in all kinds of ways. They believe that a great many illnesses and health problems stars as a result of dehydration—a lack(缺少) of water in the body. Most people are dehydrated at least some of time, although they probably don’t know it. It is surprising to learn that if we feel thirsty, we are already in the first stages of dehydration. In fact, we are advised to drink water before we feel thirsty.

These doctors think that health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure and asthma could be helped if people drink more water. They also believe that drinking more water can help people who are overweight. Water contains no calories so it will not make us put on weight. If we drink water, we will probably drink less sugary soft drinks such as Coca-cola. Doctors also believe that drinking more water may stop people from overeating. They say that many people think that they are hungry when they are, in fact, thirsty. Doctors suggest, therefore, that we eat less food and drink more water.

There are still many health problems that cannot be solved by drinking water, so we should not stop going to seeing the doctor completely. However, if we make a decision to drink water every day, we may find that we need to go to the doctor a lot less often.

1.We need _____for a healthy diet.

  A. fibre        B. food       C. water    D. Water and different foods

2.From the text, we know water can carry_________.

A.energy and fibre in our bodies      B.fruit, vegetables and fish in our bodies

C.sugar and fat out of our bodies     D. poisons and waste out of our bodies

3.Lack of water caused people to put on weight too much because_______.

A.they think they are hungry and eat too much

B.they think they are thirsty and eat less

C.water has no calories

D.it makes them hungry

4.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A.Fruit provides us with energy and fibre.

B.Some healthy problems start because of a lack of water.

C.Drinking more water may stop people from overeating.

D.The amount of water a person should drink in a day.

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from13~19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’study the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评)American schools,” he said. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

1.This year ________teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.

A. twenty-three hundred     B. thirteen hundred

C. over three thousand      D. less than two thousand

2.The whole exchange programme is mainly to__________.

A.  help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B.  send students in America to travel in Germany

C.  let students learn something about other countries

D.  have teenagers learn new languages

3.Fred and Mike agree that__________.

A.  America food tasted better than German food

B.  German schools were harder than American schools

C.  Americans and Germans were both friendly

D.  There were more cars on the streets in America

4.What is particular in American schools is that________.

A.  there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings

B.  there are a lot of after-school activities

C.  students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D.  students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car

单词拼写（每小题1分，共10分）

1.They began the r＿＿＿ work at once, as soon as the earthquake happened..

2.Without _________(电), modern life would be very different.

3.Dead and ___________(受伤的)people lay everywhere after the terrible accident.

4.That night the high fence gave us some____(隐蔽) from the sandstorm, or we wouldn’t have been back here.

5.I was terribly excited because that was the first ________(鼓励) I had ever received.

6.In prison Mandela never gave up his political ____________(原则).

7.This movies are for a________, not for children.

8.This is the s________ where the famous director always made the films.

9.In the story, the writer wanted to tell people the c__________ of the war.

10.People all over the world love to live a p__________ life.

短语互译（共10分）·

1.立刻，马上　 　 　 　 　

2.求助于，致力于            

3.挖掘出            

4.被判…刑               

5.终结，结束                   

6.set  up                     

7.lose  heart                    

8.as    if                    

9.in  ruins            

10.come  to  power               

假如你(李华)是一名中学生，假期中做了一次社会实践活动。在这次活动中你认识到水是生命之源，水资源越来越匮乏，传统的农业灌溉方式对水资源的浪费太大。请你就该问题给人民日报社写一篇倡议信，建议农民使用现代化的浇灌方式，节约用水，保护水资源，为子孙后代造福。写信时间：2011年5月17日。

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All documents are printed in the two official languages；________，English and French.

A．in a word　　　　　　　  B．or else

C．that is      D．for another

Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first ________.

A．intention    B．attempt

C．purpose      D．desire

China has got a good ________ for fighting against the flu with its careful and smooth organization.

A．reputation  B．influence

C．impression  D．knowledge

The young man made a ________ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.

A．prediction  B．promise

C．plan     D．contribution