Hello, I’m Peter in the second grade. Now I have one thing to say: It’s not easy being a kid. Being a kid might look like fun, but sometimes it’s not fun at all.
Yesterday I was playing outside with my friend. We were having a good time. But suddenly, my mother said, “Peter, it’s time to come inside now. It’s getting dark.” When you’re an adult, no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.
When you are a kid, you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school, you have to study math, English, science and history. After school, you have to do your homework. When you are an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework to do.
When you are a kid, the older kids sometimes pick on you. When I was walking home from school on Monday, Tom and Steve bothered me. Steve took my schoolbag and put it in a tree. It made me very mad. When you are an adult, no one can pick on you.
When you are a kid, you have to go to bed early. On school nights, my mom asks me to go to bed at 9:00 pm. But I do have parents who love me, which is really great. So I think I like being a kid, even though it’s not easy being a kid.
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【小题1】 What was Peter doing when his mother called him home yesterday?

　　Man has a big brain（脑）. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists once thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. Now they know that dogs, cats and birds can learn, too. They are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. But animals can't. They make noises when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes（猿）can even understand some things more quickly than men. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join words to make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. With its help, men can make anything even our modem world. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five, but no animal learns to speak. How does a child learn it? Scientists do not really know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

A．Only men can think and learn.

B．Only men can learn words.

C．Only men can make sentences.

(2) What does the underlined word“they”mean?

A．Why apes can't make sentences.

B．How a child speaks.

C．Why men can speak.

A．they have languages

B．they can think words

C．they can learn

A．Speaking by Learning.

B．language and Brain.

C．About Animals' Learning.

A new law helps people with disabilities. The law says that people with disabilities must be able to get into and out of public buildings. It also says that business must offer special services to people who have special needs. Companies can not refuse to employ( 雇用)disabled workers.

Many businesses may have to change their buildings and services. Ramps(坡道) must be built so that disabled people can get into buildings. Cinemas and theatres must have space for people in wheelchairs and seats for their friends to sit near them.

Supermarkets must have wide doors and passages. Lifts need floor numbers in Braille（盲文）.

This law will help millions of people. One woman who has been in a wheelchair for many years said,“It’s like a dream.”

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1. A new law has been passed for       .

A. the poor to have human rights     

B. the companies to employ more workers

C. the life of the disabled people     

D. the theatres to have more people

2. People in wheelchair can easily get into buildings because of _________.

   A. ramps    B. special services    C. Braille    D. wider doors

3. Lifts need floor numbers in Braille because _________.

   A. all the people can be safe         B. the new law is passed

   C. all the blind know Braille        D. it is helpful to the blind

4. Most people, especially _____, must be pleased with the new law.

   A. the deaf        B. the blind       C. the disabled       D. black people

5. According to the passage we can see that _________.

  A. it will he difficult for anybody to find a job

  B. it was difficult for the disabled people to find a job

  C. most businesses used to offer special services to the blind

  D. the buildings of all businesses will have to be changed

One evening, Mrs. White said to her husband in surprise, “You look like the football player in the game on TV!” Mr. White watched that man carefully and then said, “Yeah. He is really like me.”
A week later, Mr. White heard that the football player would come to their city. He was very happy. He bought an expensive ticket and went to watch the football game. He wanted to have a look at the player face to face. However, a short time later, Mr. White ran back home. To Mrs. White’s surprise, her husband was black and blue all over his face. “Oh, dear! What happened to you?” , Mrs. White cried（大喊）. Her husband answered angrily, “How terrible it was! Many people in our city wanted to hit that player. When I got there, someone began to hit met. Later, more and more people came to hit me. I turned and ran home at once. Luckily, I could run fast, or I’ll never return home.”
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【小题1】Mr. White felt __________ when he knew the player would come to their city.
A. sad             B. angry             C. happy
【小题2】Mr. White bought an expensive football ticket because __________.
A. Mrs. White asked him to buy it
B. he wanted to see the player
C. he really wanted to watch the game
【小题3】The underlined words “black and blue” mean “__________” in Chinese.
A. 黑与蓝           B. 精神焕发         C. 青一块紫一块
【小题4】Mr. White ran back home a short time later because __________.
A. the player didn’t like him
B. the game was very boring
C. many people came to hit him
【小题5】 Which is the best title for the passage?
A. A Bad Player   B. A Football Fan    C. A Football Game