Have you ever heard about “cyberbullying”? This is a new kind of bullying. Teenage cyberbullies post lies and hateful things about other young people on the Internet in order to embarrass them and make them feel bad.

It is getting to be a serious problem, and it is spreading very fast. The victims don't want to go out or go to only school and avoid talking to everyone because they worry that people have already seen the lies on the Internet.

Teenagers bully other teenagers online, by sending insults or threats（侮辱或威胁）directly to them in emails or instant messages. Also, they spread hateful comments about a person through e-mail, instant messaging, or by posting on blogs or Web sites teenager often read.

A teenage student from Canada was physically bullied for years. Finally, people began to bully him online too, sending him hateful e-mails telling him no one liked him. He didn't know how to get away from the bullies, so he left school and isolated（隔离）himself from everyone.

Another example is when a group of middle school students bullied a teenage girl and started sending her unpleasant messages about her physical appearance. They called her names online and said many things to hurt her. She was very badly emotionally wounded.

Some parents, teachers, and other adults are trying to stop it by talking to victims they know about. If victims can talk about these problems with someone, they can find ways to deal with cyberbullying.

Parents of students need to check and see what their children are doing online. If they see their children bullying someone online, they need to help their children understand that they are seriously hurting their victims and see that it is wrong.

Recently I read that thousands of students and teachers in Michigan attended a conference about stopping bullying. They all worked together and discussed ways to stop bullying in their schools.

1.Cyber bullying is__________.

    A. a kind of net cheat and jokes                  B. a way of telling lies merely

C. an online insult or threat                         D. a new method of grading

2.What can we learn about the two teenagers mentioned in Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. They both suffered from online hateful insults.

B. They were both physically bullied for years.

C. They both had to leave school for a while.

D. They were both bullied by their classmates.

3.Cyberbullying can’t possibly arise_________.

   A. so long as schools don’t give free access to the Internet

   B. if teachers charge the students with adequate schoolwork

   C. if cyber users raise their awareness of their respect for others

   D. if parents are strict enough with their children in their online time.

4.Which of the following points is included in this passage?

   A. Many effective ways have been performed to stop cyberbullying.

   B. Some victims are both physically and emotionally insulted.

   C. Most teenage cyberbullies have realized its seriousness.

   D. Parents of the cyberbullies should be responsible for the bullying.

5.What can you learn from the passage?

   A. Cyberbullying has been under control.

   B. The influence of Cyberbullying is getting around fast.

   C. Teenagers mean no harm by cyberbullying.

   D. Victims are ready to turn to other people for help.

A few days ago, I went to school with lots of books，hoping to get a locker (锁柜). Suddenly, it started raining heavily. I hurried to pay for my locker, but I was disappointed when they informed me they only accepted cash. I was $ 7.00 short, which meant I had to carry the books back home. It would be an exhausting (令人精疲力竭的) two-hour journey back home with all those books.
An elderly gentleman nearby noticed my problem. He asked how much cash I needed. When I told him I was $7 short, he quickly took out the money from his wallet .“You don’t have to pay me back ,”he said. I was speechless; I didn't know whether to take the money or come back with the books the next day. A young student who was working there noticed my hesitation. “He’s really nice ,”said the student. I was starving this morning and he bought breakfast for me. He always helps people in different ways.
The next day, I went to him and thanked him for trusting me and lending me the money. He said he forgot about it and didn't expect I would give it back. “I’m very happy,” he said,“not because I’m getting my money back, but because this is the right way to go---whatever you get from this world, give it back as much as you possibly can. Spread kindness around the world with the smallest things you can do.”
Later, I found out he wasn’t involved with any charity（慈善）organizations. He has been performing these types of acts for years. Earlier, someone had done something incredibly kind for him and he has been spreading the kindness ever since.
He taught me a very important lesson in life. We come to this world with nothing and we will leave with nothing. Whatever we own, it will become somebody else’s and whatever we leave, it will become somebody else’s.  
【小题1】Why did the writer need a locker in the school?

The truth in other words
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked: “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was : “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.             The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is : Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

1. 1.

   The man wrote some words on one side of the boy’s sign because       .

   1. A.
      he thought that the blind boy didn’t know how to write
   2. B.
      he wanted to prove that the boy was really blind
   3. C.
      he thought that the boy couldn’t get any money
   4. D.
      he wanted to help the poor blind boy
2. 2.

   The changed sign worked better than the original one because        .

   1. A.
      the original sign told people to do things, which people don’t like
   2. B.
      the second sign made people see their health as a gift, which made them willing to help
   3. C.
      the original sign pointed out a kind of suffering that people don’t care about at all
   4. D.
      the second sign drew people’s attention to another problem the boy had
3. 3.

   We can learn from the story that the man who rewrote the sign was        .

   1. A.
      creative     
   2. B.
      patient      
   3. C.
      funny     
   4. D.
      curious
4. 4.

   The story shows us that        .

   1. A.
      thinking in a different way can get us out of trouble
   2. B.
      learning to be thankful for what we have may help us to live happier lives
   3. C.
      creative thinking may bring us better results
   4. D.
      being kind and respectful will encourage blind people to help themselves

66.They share the housework _________(均等) between them.

67. He is now ninety-nine years old, and is reading the famous novel for the ____ (第九)time.

68. A person with a strong ___________(雄心) is not easy to give up while facing difficulties.

69. I have read an English ____________(翻译) of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.

70. Advertising is a way of ________________（推销）of products.

71. How to ________________(区分) right and wrong is not always an easy task.

72. Last year, he died from a _________(致命的) disease, which made me feel very sad.

73. Don’t you know quite a few words were wrongly __________ (发音) by you just now?

74.Difficult as that problem was, I worked it out ________(容易地).

75.Look, they are standing on the playground, watching the national flag being ________(升起).