Mr.  Smith is a good teacher.  He teaches English very well.  He  is _1__ to  his  students ,  so  they  like  him  a  lot . There  are (有) fifty  students  in __2__class.  Mr.  Smith   always _ 3___ English   in class.  He   and   his students are _ 4__ friends, too.
18   Now some of the students __5__on the playground.  Bill and Mike __6 _. Tom and John are jumping.  Mary and Lucy are__7__ a kite. Are Lily and Maria flying a kite, __8__?  No, they are playing_ 9 __.  What’s Mr. Smith doing?  Look!  He is also playing_ 10____them.  How happy they are!

【小题1】

A．friendly B．interesting C．beautiful D．happy

【小题2】

A．their B．his C．her D．its

【小题3】

A．talk B．say C．speaks D．speak

【小题4】

A．nice B．fine C．new D．good

【小题5】

A．are playing B．play C．plays D．is playing

【小题6】A. are running    B. run     C. running    D, not run

【小题7】

A．playing B．flying C．doing D．sitting

【小题8】

A．also B．or C．too D．and

【小题9】

A．the football B．a football C．the game D．games

【小题10】

A．and B．with C．for D．to

It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often, and friends tell other friends how good they look. Sound like a fashion? In fact, it’s another trend (流行趋势): “blog”. What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. The word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online.
Many bloggers are teenagers who log (进入) onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about parents and homework. They share diaries, post songs from the latest bands (乐队) and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their girlfriends or boyfriends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.
However, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words,” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two.
Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place they can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them.
【小题1】The word “it” means ________ in the sentence “People talk about it”.

A．the Internet

B．the blog

C．the website

D．talking online

【小题2】Parents think it’s dangerous for their kids to use blogs because _______.

A．their kids use a surprising language

B．their kids talk about how they don’t like studying

C．teen bloggers get messages from strangers

D．their kids talk about their girlfriends or boyfriends

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true according to (依据) the passage?  

A．It’s easy for teenagers to give up blogging.

B．Many teenagers know it’s not safe to use the blog on the Internet.

C．A blogger’s information about himself can be seen by anyone on the Internet.

D．Most of today’s teenagers aren’t afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives.

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。
old,  shoe,  stand,  foot,  pick,  small,  feel,  clear,  need,  use
Learn to share(分享)
One day, while I was sitting in my car in a parking area, I noticed a young boy in front of my car. "What is the boy doing?" I asked myself and looked closely. "Oh, he is 【小题1】 ________ up a coin from the ground. " When he 【小题2】_______ up, we saw each other 【小题3】______ , He was not 【小题4】___  than ten and was wearing one blue glove(手套) and One brown glove. His coat was too 【小题5】  ___ for him.
As he walked away, I saw his 【小题6】________, which were too old to wear, I rolled down my window and called him over.
1 asked him if he【小题7】_____ some money.  He replied, "No. That's okay. "
The parking area was wet, 1 could tell that his 【小题8】______ were cold because he kept moving his weight from one foot lo the other,
"Please," 1 held Out a five-dollar bill(钞票). "It's not much, but when the money is shared, it is much more 【小题9】_______ . " I said.
He look off one of his gloves and took the money from my hand. His small hand was red and cold.
He smiled and went away after saying "Thank you!" to me. That smile made me 【小题10】_____  warm in the cold winter.

You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are.  In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
【小题1】 What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?

A．困惑

B．憧憬

C．悲痛

D．后悔

【小题2】A good US student spends his / her time ______ .

A．only in doing homework

B．on studies, sports or music and public work

C．only in working for the public

D．only on sports or music

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．The writer is now in US.

B．American girls love to have white skin.

C．US students are talented and hard working.

D．The writer regrets that he gave up playing the piano.

Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小题1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

A．to have a basketball game

B．to his classroom

C．to see Mark

D．back home

【小题2】From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

A．was a good student

B．liked sports and music

C．liked all the subjects in school

D．was a g

【小题3】Mark and Bill    .

A．were in the same middle school and high school

B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C．of ten had lunch together at school

D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

【小题4】 In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"    ".

A．相处很好

B．和好如初

C．关系破裂

D．保持联系

【小题5】 When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.      .

A．knew he could save Bill’s life

B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C．didn’t know why he was going to help him

D．didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill