Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In lots of ways, they are very different. But what are those differences?
Hu Peng from Wuhan and four of his friends decided to find out. Earlier this month, they went to live for a week in Caidian, a village near Wuhan. Hu and his Junior l classmates went door to door in Caidian and asked kids lots of questions. They want to learn more about village kids' everyday lives, so they asked questions like this: Do your parents teach you how to do the housework? How much money do you usually spend on dinner? What would you do if a thief came into your house? They also asked 150 city kids the same questions.
On April 12, the team gave a report to their class. They told about many differences between children's lives in cities and those of children in villages. The biggest difference is about independence. Hu's team found that 60 percent of city kids can't do much housework, but 90 percent of village kids can care for themselves.
City kids told Hu they care about schoolwork a lot, and they have no time for washing clothes or making their beds. Village kids said they help their parents a lot : cooking, cleaning the houses and feeding pigs. Hu's team  also found that village kids have less pocket money. Many have never used computers. They like playing in rivers or on mountains. Some don't even like to make new friends.
Hu and his friends said their trip gave them more self- confidence (自信) because they have done something by themselves. But it also worried them a bit because they found they still have a lot to learn. "When we grow up, our parents can't take care of us," Hu said. "We have to learn to take care of ourselves. "  Shen Guanquan, one of Hu's friends said, "When people learn to care for themselves, they learn to do lots of difficult things. "
【小题1】How many city kids went to learn about village kids' everyday lives?

A．help their parents a lot	B．have less pocket money
C．can take care of themselves	D．still have a lot to learn

A．visiting schools in the village

B．questioning village and city kids from door to door

C．watching village and city kids' everyday lives

D．questioning village and city kids' parents

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Aristotle once wrote that “happiness is a state of activity”. In other words, whether you, re

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Singing aloud, talking to a stranger, raising your hand: all may increase a feeling of happiness, according to a study from Wake Forest University. Participants（参与者）followed the development of their moods for two weeks and reported feeling happier when they were more outgoing and less happy when reserved or withdrawn.

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Studies from the Positive Psychology Center showed that discouraged people who wrote down three good things that happened to them each day for six months reported an improved attitude.

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    It’s nine o’clock on a Tuesday night．You are trying to finish your maths assignment．

You have only two problems left to go．Almost done！You are looking forward to a nice snack and your favorite TV show．You read the next problem and groan．You don，t have a clue how to do it ．You may check your notes from class ．Or you may try reading your text-book ．But the problem might as well be written in a foreign language．

    Does this sound familiar? Most people who have taken any kind of maths class have had this experience．What do you do when you get stuck? Perhaps you call a friend．Or you ask a family member for help．But what if it’s late at night?

    Years ago there were very few ways to get help if you were stuck on a maths problem. Maths is different from other school subjects．You often cannot find what to do in a book．A dictionary or even an encyclopedia（百科全书）probably won’t help you．You need someone to show you the steps．Learning most kinds of maths is something like learning to play a musical instrument．You need a coach to show you what to do．

    In many areas there are homework telephone lines．These hot lines have volunteers．They can help you do homework in all subjects．A maths volunteer can explain the steps in a maths problem that has you stumped?

    Today you can also get help on the Internet．There are several homework help programs and Web pages ．In some，you leave your question on a message board．Or you write it in an e-mail note．In other maths-help programs there are live volunteer teachers．You can wait for a real maths teacher to help you do the problem．

56.This passage is mostly concerned with＿．

    A. why maths is difficult to do

    B. ways of getting help with maths homework

    C. using reference books to do maths homework

    D. using a computer to do maths

57. In the first paragraph，the writer asks you to＿．

    A. solve a maths problem

    B. recall how you once asked someone to help you with maths

    C. use a computer to get help in maths homework

    D. imagine yourself doing maths homework

58. The passage suggests that people who need maths homework help should＿．

    A. not take any more maths classes

    B. try a homework help program on the Internet

    C. watch some television

    D. write an e-mail note to a friend

59. The writer compares learning maths to＿.

    A. learning to play a musical instrument

    B. using a computer

    C. finishing a homework assignment

    D. calling a friend to get help on homework

Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should work harder, but ＿＿＿didn’t help.

A.he     B.which     C.she     D.it

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Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know ＿＿31＿＿ most words come from.

Sometimes,however,no one may really know where ＿32＿＿ word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, ＿33＿＿ (especial) when they are not made ＿＿34＿＿ ham?About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.

They did not speak good English, ＿35＿＿ they ate good food. Some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef. Never ＿＿36＿＿ they seen a strange way. They couldn’t help ＿＿37＿＿ (ask) the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered,“We came from Hamburg.”One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He was ＿＿38＿＿＿ (determination) to do something new. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the men from Hamburg ate and sold it quite a few ＿＿39＿＿ (country) around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is ＿＿40＿＿＿ (interest).