As a young child, I was quiet and shy. I was also sick for a long time. My parents worked, and I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s home. While my grandmother cleaned the house and cooked, my grandfather played with me.

    I was six when my grandfather died. A few months before he died, he gave me a beautiful blue and white blanket (毯子). I loved the blanket very much because it made me think of my grandfather. But after a few years, the blanket didn’t look very good. It had holes and was dirty. I didn’t want to throw the blanket away, so my mother made the blanket into a book bag. I was proud of the book bag, and I used it to carry my books to school every day for a few years. Then the book bag was broken. I begged my mother to make something out of it. She made it into a pencil-box. After a few months, the pencil-box was broken, too. By then I could sew (缝), and I made the pencil-box into a small wallet.

    I used it for three years, but one day I lost it. I felt sad. My friends and family said, “Forget about it, Paul. You can’t make something out of nothing.”

    I thought about it for a while. I decided my friends and family were wrong. There was a way to make something out of nothing. I wrote down the story of my grandfather’s blanket.

    根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。

61. While his grandmother cleaned the house and cooked, Paul      ____ .

A. played with model planes        B. helped her with the cooking

C. played with his grandfather      D. helped his parents

62. From the story, we know that             .

A. Paul’s grandfather gave him a blanket

B. the blanket made Paul think of his mother

C. a few years later the blanket was still new

D. Paul’s grandfather died when Paul was ten

63. Paul used the pencil-box for             .

A. a few months             B. two weeks    C. three years          D. five years

64. Paul felt sad when he lost ______________ one day.

A. the blanket        B. the book bag   C. the wallet      D. the pencil-box

65. Paul wrote down the story to             .

A. pass the time                     B. find the blanket

C. tell his grandfather         D. remember his grandfather

       As a young child, I was quiet and shy. I was also sick for a long time. My parents worked, and I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s home. While my grandmother cleaned the house and cooked, my grandfather played with me.

    I was six when my grandfather died. A few months before he died, he gave me a beautiful blue and white blanket (毯子). I loved the blanket very much because it made me think of my grandfather. But after a few years, the blanket didn’t look very good. It had holes and was dirty. I didn’t want to throw the blanket away, so my mother made the blanket into a book bag. I was proud of the book bag, and I used it to carry my books to school every day for a few years. Then the book bag was broken. I begged my mother to make something out of it. She made it into a pencil-box. After a few months, the pencil-box was broken, too. By then I could sew (缝), and I made the pencil-box into a small wallet.

    I used it for three years, but one day I lost it. I felt sad. My friends and family said, “Forget about it, Paul. You can’t make something out of nothing.”

    I thought about it for a while. I decided my friends and family were wrong. There was a way to make something out of nothing. I wrote down the story of my grandfather’s blanket.

(   ) 70. From the story, we know that             .

A. Paul’s grandfather gave him a blanket       

B. the blanket made Paul think of his mother

C. a few years later the blanket was still new

D. Paul’s grandfather died when Paul was ten

(   ) 71. Paul used the pencil-box for ________.

A. a few months          B. two weeks             C. three years        D. five years

(   ) 72. Paul felt sad when he lost ________ one day.

A. the blanket           B. the book bag            C. the wallet         D. the pencil-box

(   ) 73. Paul wrote down the story to ____________.

A. pass the time                                              B. find the blanket

C. tell his grandfather                                     D. remember his grandfather

读句子，根据所给提示或首字母填空。

1.My parents have always taught me the ????????? (重要性)of working hard.

2.I think people who eat a balanced diet should be more ?????????? (健康)than those who only eat biscuits and hamburgers.

3.Martin always causes problems for ______________(他自己)and his family.

4.His d????????? made Mary sad for a long time.

5.The tourists had no c _____________but to wait for the next bus

It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on* to their micro blogs to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.
　　Since last year, the trend* of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update* their blogs over five times per day.
　　"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out of the loop."
　　It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study all the time, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."
　　But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.
　　Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.
　　---Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.
　　---Never micro blog in class.
　　---Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.
　　---Be critical*. Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog.
【小题1】The underlined part "out of the loop" in the passage probably means                 .