A boy was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away, this boy was the   36   student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But the boy changed after  37   home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He   38   being in a group. He was lonely all the time because he felt no one loved him.

His   39   started worrying about the boy. But they did not know   40   was wrong with him. So his dad   41   to travel to the boarding school and   42   with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started   43   him casual(随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and sports.   44  some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To check my   45  ?”

“No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for  46 . I want to see you   47  . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his dad. They didn’t say

  48    to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him   49  . And today this young man is in college at the   50   of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

1.A. healthiest                 B. nicest              C. loneliest              D. brightest

2.A.reaching         B. going               C. leaving               D. coming

3.A. hated                          B. enjoyed                        C. wanted                         D. liked

4.A.friends                    B. parents           C .teachers            D. cousins

5.A. what             B. why              C. how                   D. where

6.A. liked              B. continued           C. decided              D. thought

7.A. quarrel                  B. talk                                C. sing                               D. dance

8.A. saying             B. telling              C. speaking             D. asking

9.A.When              B. Before            C. After                 D. Until

10.A.groups           B. grades            C. happiness           D .brightness

11.A.me               B. him                        C. her                   D. them

12.A. sad                     B. lonely                               C. happy                             D. moved

13.A.nothing                   B. anything                         C. something               D. everything

14.A.widely                    B. strongly           C. heavily               D. deeply

15.A. top                               B. bottom                          C. middle                          D. height

When you watch TV and play video games you make global(全球的) warming worse! It may seem hard to believe, but when electricity is made, so are greenhouse gases(温室气体). This means that every time you use electricity you help make global warming worse!

  Cars are also making global warming worse. They burn fossil fuels(化石燃料) in their engines, and send lots of greenhouse gases into the air.

 Global warming may be a big problem, but we can all help stop it. People can try to drive their cars less. Or even get ones that run on sunlight! You can also help. Let’s try one of these top ideas:

(1) Try to use less electricity. Turn off lights, your television, and your computer when you’ve stopped using them. To make electricity, fossil fuels are burned in big factories. But burning fossil fuels also makes greenhouse gases. You should also try to watch less TV.

 (2) Plant trees. Not only is it a fun thing to do, but it is also a great way to lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air. Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air when they grow.

(3) Don’t throw away your rubbish, try to recycle it. If rubbish is not recycled, it is put in the ground. There it rots(腐烂) and makes a greenhouse gas called methane(甲烷).So try to recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers. It’ll make you feel great! And it’ll help the Earth.

1.If we _____, we may make global warming worse.

A. use less electricity                                         B. drive a car on sunlight

C. plant trees                                               D. throw away rubbish

2. ______ will make global warming worse.

A. Methane            B. Cans               C. Newspapers                      D. Bottles

3.Using less electricity does good to global warming because_______.

A. the less electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced

B. the more electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced

C. more electricity is used, less greenhouse gases are produced

D. less electricity is used, more greenhouse gases are produced

4.Which is the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Driving cars on sunlight helps to stop global warming.

B. When cars burn fossil fuels, they produce greenhouse gases.

C. When trees grow, they send carbon dioxide into the air.

D. By planting more trees, we can lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air.

A boy was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away, this boy was the   36  student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But the boy changed after  37  home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He   38  being in a group. He was lonely all the time because he felt no one loved him.
His   39  started worrying about the boy. But they did not know   40  was wrong with him. So his dad   41  to travel to the boarding school and   42  with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started   43  him casual(随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and sports.   44 some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”
The boy answered back, “To check my   45 ?”
“No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for  46 . I want to see you   47 . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”
These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his dad. They didn’t say  48   to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him   49 . And today this young man is in college at the   50  of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

Readers’ favorite landmarks

Arizona’s Grand Canyon Skywalk(人行天桥)is the best new bridge, New York by Gehry(盖里设计的纽约大厦) is the top new skyscraper and the National September11Memorial(911纪念馆)is the favorite new public space, according to Travel+ Leisure magazine (《悦乐》杂志).
What do the three architectures have in common? They were all opened in the last fifteen years and are this year’s new best landmarks. It shows that some architectures could become classics in a very short time.
How were these top new landmarks voted(投票)?The New York-based travel magazine carried out an online survey to discover the world’s top new landmarks in2012.They asked readers to vote their favorite ones in different categories(类别)—skyscrapers, parks and public spaces, museums, bridges, sports and performance places.
The architectures having the most votes in each category are crowned as the best new landmarks. Each category has a top new landmark.
【小题1】Arizona’s Grand Canyon Skywalk is ________.