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1．A new a__________ park has just been opened in our city．Let’s go to visit it tomorrow．

2．Can I use your English -Chinese d_________?

3．Li Ping’s English handwriting is good，but She needs to i__________ her 1istening skills．

4．Do you think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears p____________．

5．Once Tom got an A in the test，and his teacher was very i________.

When are you an adult (成年人)？
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When are you an adult?

When do you think you are an adult? Maybe different     have different ideas.

Now let's see what some American teenagers say.

Sam: In    idea, you are an adult at the     of 18. That's when you can vote(投票）. You can help to   who rules the whole country. That's also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn't vote    he was 21. They changed it to 18 in 1971.

Jenny: I don't     it's hard to say. I can drive a car at 16, can't I? When you have a driver's license, you can    it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things.      sixteen must be the age when you change from a      person to an adult. Because you can tell others you are not a       any more.

Suzie: Well, I think there is    wrong with American laws for when young people can    things. I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think that 18 is a grown-up,     16 isn't. But then I can't drink wine until I'm 21! If I'm     an adult at 18, how can people stop me from      a cup of beer in a bar?

1.A. teenagers           B. adults                      C. drivers                    D. grandfathers

2.A. his                        B. my                            C. her                           D. your

3.A. age                       B. end                          C. front                        D. number

4.A. make     B. keep                         C. teach                       D. choose

5.A. after                     B. until                         C. when                       D. if

6.A. hope                    B. want                        C. like                           D. think

7.A. show           B. send                        C. ask                           D. pass

8.A. But                       B. And                         C. So                            D. Or

9.A. old                        B. young            C. little                         D. tall

10.A. baby            B. grown-up                 C. boy                          D. kid

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

12.A. do                      B. buy                          C. like                           D. borrow

13.A. as if                   B. even though C. ever since              D. above all

14.A. already             B. still                          C. also                          D. yet

15.A. selling                B. making                   C. drinking                  D. giving

阅谴下面短文．筒要回答所给问题。
Welcome to Youth Radio, your radio.  Here we're proud to introduce three Amazing Kids.
Gina, who is thirteen years old, got first prize in the "Young Cook of the Year" competition and she wants to write a recipe book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use," she says. Gina learned by watching her father, who's also good at cooking, in the kitchen.  She wants to encourage other children to cook because "everyone needs to eat so it's a skill that will always be useful!"
Seventeen-year-old Brian used to love running until he was hurt in a serious accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently taken part in a long race.  "After my accident I wanted to give up," he says. "But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running."
Helen has always been good at science, but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town.  "That gave me an idea," says the clever sixteen-year-old. It took her over a year to invent a small special machine that tells car .drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it, so it may be in he shops soon!
Do you know a child like them? Please e-mail us at amaxingkids@ mail. com and tell us why he or she should be on our radio. Thank you.
【小题1】What was Gina the winner of?
【小题2】Does Gina want to write a children's recipe book? Why?
【小题3】Why is it surprising that Brian is an athlete?
【小题4】What is Helen's new invention used for?
【小题5】What do you think the three Amazing Kids are like?