Many parents like setting family rules for their kids. When kids break rules, parents will give them some punishments, which aren’t included in rules. In fact, when you tell your kids about a new rule, you should talk with them about the price they should pay for breaking the rule — what the punishment will be.

Punishments you set should be reasonable, without violence or threat (暴力或威胁). For example, if you find your son smoking, you may limit his social activities for two weeks. You should punish your kids only in ways you have discussed before the rule is broken. A study shows that the most popular punishment is to limit kids’ TV time.

It’s understandable that you’ll be angry when rules are broken. Punishment is a way to express your anger, but it’s not a very good one. Sharing your feelings of anger, disappointment or sadness with your kids can have a better effect (效果) on them. Try to do that. When your kids know what they have done has made you sad, they will feel compunctious. When they know their actions influence you greatly, they will obey rules better.

Rules are made to help your kids behave better. If your rules or ways of punishment make them unhappy or under a lot of pressure, are they helpful?

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A．How to make rules.                      B．Why to make rules.

C．Why to punish kids.                      D．How to educate kids.

2.Which of the following is the most popular way to punish kids?

A．Beating them.

B．Telling them empty threats.

C．Limiting their TV time.

D．Using punishments which are not mentioned in rules.

3.In the writer’s opinion, which is thought to be the best way to express anger to kids?

A．Punishing them.

B．Keeping silent.

C．Asking them to do some housework.

D．Telling them how disappointed you are.

4.The underlined word “compunctious” in the passage means “       ” in Chinese.

A．激动的           B．无聊的           C．刺激的           D．内疚的

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Punishment is the best way to educate kids.

B．Breaking rules is common, so we don’t need to pay too much attention to it.

C．Parents set ways of punishment in order to make kids know the price for breaking rules.

D．More pressure should be given to kids.

 

Recently, Chinese netizens (网民) enjoy themselves on “growing and stealing crops” on the Internet. This is a game called “Happy Farms”. Now more and more people are joining in the game, and getting addicted. Some of them are even found playing the game at work. Because of this, some players have been fired by their bosses. Lovers have broken up, but none of them can stop Happy Farms from becoming more popular.

Here we interviewed some young netizens and let’s see what their opinions were.

Nongmin: Playing happy Farms at work, that’s terrible! A clerk was fired because she was online playing it at work.

King: I find that all the dreams of having houses and fields, which are very hard to get in real life, are very easy to be realized in the games. I think I know the reason why the game is so popular.

Kaixin: We have to know how to control ourselves. We should keep our minds on study. Games are just games. I prefer to play sports with my classmates when I am free.

Kitty: I like Happy Farms. My high-pressure work makes me feel like I can’t breathe. I wish I could have a real house and farm, but it seems so far away. I have to turn to virtual(虚拟) nature for my own house and farm.

People often get tired from work or study, so they go to their own farms, take care of their crops and pull out weeds. It is really delightful to forget about the pressure. But some players work from morning to night to “grow and steal crops”. They lose themselves in the game and show no interest in anything else. It is really terrible.

1.From this passage, we know that “Happy Farms” is _____.

A. a popular online game           B. a kind of sport

C. an interesting online film           D. a real farm

2.The word “fire” means _____ in the underlined sentence in the first paragraph.

A. 火          B. 雇佣             C. 解雇                 D. 着火

3. From Kaixin’s words, we can guess that he is probably a_____.

A. farmer       B. worker           C. student          D. clerk

4._____ have the similar idea about “Happy Farms”.

A. Nongmin and King                 B. King and Kitty  

C. Kaixin and Kitty                     D. Nongmin and Kaixin

5. From the passage, the writer thinks _____.

A. “Happy farms” is good for people’s work and study

B. people can play “Happy farms” at night

C. people should never play “Happy farms”

D. “Happy farms” sometimes can help you relax but it may also cause problems

 

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China．  36  , Daisy Raffan, an   37  girl in Britain, hopes to bring the language to the young people．Daisy has   38  an online learning website(网站) to teach the language to as   39  people as possible all over the world．  40  China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   41  important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later．Daisy has   42  Putonghua since the age of five．Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, this teenager   43  the idea for the website, kids Chinese club．com．She said, “People are afraid to learn Putonghua．One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44  language to learn, but I have had fun   45  it．And I hope what have done is easy and fun．”Her   46  offers a series(系列)of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture．

Daisy’s website has   47  the support of several important persons—the teenager   48  she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister(首相)．

She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49 ．He said that what I was doing was a really good  50 ．I thought it was amazing．I was excited that someone so important was supporting what we’re doing．”

1.                A．Otherwise      B．Therefore       C．However  D．By the way

 

2.                A．5-year-old      B．18-year-old      C．8-year-old D．28-year-old

 

3.                A．invented        B．discovered      C．wrote    D．set up

 

4.                A．much          B．few            C．many D．little

 

5.                A．As             B．When          C．With D．But

 

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．/

 

7.                A．taught          B．learnt          C．drew D．talked

 

8.                A．came out       B．came on        C．came over D．came up with

 

9.                A．impossible      B．interesting      C．excellent D．easy

 

10.               A．telling          B．learning        C．writing    D．speaking

 

11.               A．e-mail          B．magazine       C．essay D．website

 

12.               A．won           B．made          C．given D．beaten

 

13.               A．wonders        B．asks           C．doubts    D．says

 

14.               A．in             B．back           C．down D．up

 

15.               A．girl            B．design         C．idea  D．person

 

 

Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.
One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage(马车)fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.
In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills(烧烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.
【小题1】Who invented the barbecues first in history?

A．American people.

B．Taino Indians.

C．Spanish explorers.

D．English settlers.

【小题2】The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.

A．is only held on a hot sunny day	B．welcomes people who keep diaries
C．is held both indoors and outdoors	D．has its social occasion for over 200 years

【小题3】The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.

A．社交功能

B．社会福利

C．社会地位

D．社会背景

【小题4】The following are all the barbecue ways   EXCEPT __________________.

A．drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires

B．roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches

C．cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal

D．heating meat in the bright and hot daylight