Take a look at our library! Our library is open to everyone and the library card is free!

BOOKS ·picture books for children ·information about the world ·novels ·books in 36 languages ·stories of kinds You can enjoy newspapers and magazines in the reading room. You can borrow five books at most one time and keep them for three weeks.

VIDEO ·all kinds of video films ·TV plays ·music video ·special interests You can enjoy yourself and take time to watch your favourite videos at home. You can keep a video for a week for 1 dollar. You can borrow as many videos one time as you like.

AUDIO（音频） ·music of everyone: classical, rock, pop, jazz, blues , folk ·Language cassettes（磁带）="42" main languages in the world. Special rooms for you to enjoy listening. CDs and cassettes can be borrowed —FREE. You can borrow one CD or one cassette one time and keep it for one week.

 
【小题1】Which of the following can only be enjoyed in the reading room?

A．Newspapers

B．Music videos

C．CDs

D．Language cassettes

【小题2】In the library we can           .

A．borrow the newest magazines	B．watch our favourite video films
C．listen to CDs of pop music	D．find books in 42 main languages in the world

【小题3】Which of the following is Not True?

A．You can pay nothing for the library card.

B．You can borrow as many videos as you like one time.

C．There are rooms for you to enjoy TV plays in the library.

D．You can borrow five books at one time and keep them for three weeks.

Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go.
But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the loneliest street to the most popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job.
During the night it is usual for him to stop two or three times for some food. He said," I never drink when I am driving, or I would lose my license."
He normally goes home between two and three o'clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, “That's the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don't make money, no one is gong to give it to you."
London taxi drivers not only "take" but also "give". Every summer hundreds of poor children from London go for a day at the sea-by taxi. Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor(市长),and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day's running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course.
【小题1】London taxi drivers try to make more runs sometimes mainly because_______.

A．they make a living by driving

B．they like to work for themselves better

C．they want to help more passengers

D．they always working deep into the night

【小题2】How do London taxi drivers "give"?

A．They give poor children a lunch party at the sea each summer.

B．They give poor children the chance to meet the mayor.

C．They pay for some poor children's rides for a day's tour each summer.

D．They play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer.

【小题3】Which of the following words can be used to describe London taxi drivers?

A．Brave and cheerful	B．Rich an generous
C．Modest and easy-going	D．Hard-working and kind.

【小题4】The passage is most likely to be found from_______.

A．an advertisement of a taxi company

B．an online travel guide

C．a website about the taxi drivers in London

D．a report about living conditions in London

Sports, drama, and all kinds of organizations keep students busy during high school. Where do they get the money to do these things? Not everyone gets it from parents. Most have to work for at least some of the money to pay for these activities. Some adults question if high school students should have jobs. I say yes, they undoubtedly should.
Some people worry that teens with after-school jobs will have difficulty finding time for schoolwork. Actually, having a job helps teens make better use of their time. Many jobs take only a couple of hours on weeknights. According to an article, 86 percent of high school students have an after-school, weekend or summer job and students who work between 10 and 20 hours per week during the school year get higher grades than those who do not work at all. Instead of considering working after school a hindrance, it should be looked at as real-world education.
Other people think that work adds too much stress（压力）, which may be somewhat true, but whether having a job or not, there is always stress. Better to learn how to deal with busy schedules（日程表）in a controlled environment like high school than to be out on your own and alone in the future, experiencing stress for the first time. I personally would be worried about the teenager who has to become independent without having any experience of working.
The biggest reason teens should work is that it is a healthy way of making money. There are many things teens need to pay for and they cannot do it if they don’t have a job. Not all parents can pay for these activities. My dad told me, “Having a job is a good way to save up for things you are going to need or want to do. You get a lot more out of things if you pay for them yourself.” The sooner kids make money, the sooner they can learn how to use money wisely. If they are not allowed to work in high school, they may have a hard time in the future. Teens should, without a doubt, be allowed to work on school nights.
【小题1】The word “hindrance” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A．something that encourages teens to study

B．something that helps teens improve study

C．something that prevents teens from studying

D．something that makes teens lose interest in study

【小题2】What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A．Teens are too busy with study to work at high school.

B．Teens experience stress for the first time at high school.

C．Teens are worried about being independent in the future.

D．Teens who work will deal with stress better in the future.

【小题3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Working makes teens get lower grades.

B．Working teaches teens to spend money more wisely.

C．Working helps teens to get on better with their parents.

D．Working stops teens from taking part in after-school activities.

【小题4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．What money means to teens.

B．Why teens should work after school.

C．Whether parents should help teens find jobs.

D．How teens get money for after-school activities.

Sales of laptop computers passed desktops in the U.S. for the first time ever this fall, according to market-research firm IDC. That's bad news for backs, necks and shoulders.
Laptops are bad for our body. When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be at elbow height and the monitor should be roughly at eye level, so you can sit well in a chair. But most users simply set their laptops on a desk or table. The keyboard is too high, which makes your arms reach up, your shoulders feel tired and your wrists bend down. The monitor is too low, which pulls your head and neck forward and down and your back may feel hurt.
That's OK if you use your laptop for a short time. But if you use one for hours without stopping – as do millions of college students, business travelers, telecommuters, video-gamers and growing numbers of office workers – your body may feel hurt. Ergonomics experts have warned about laptop problems for years. But people still like laptops better than the desktops. And they use laptops anywhere – in bed, on the floor – in all kinds of positions.
“How can a mouse or a keyboard hurt you?” says Thomas Caffrey, the founder of Myofactors LLC, “Wrong positions can be bad for your body. As time goes by, a wrong position can lead to pain in the neck, shoulders, back and arms, as well as headaches.”
【小题1】When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be ________.

A．at elbow height	B．at eye height
C．on a desk	D．on a table

【小题2】The writer asks us not to use the laptop ________.

A．for a short time	B．to play video games
C．for hours without stopping	D．to buy things on the Internet

【小题3】From the passage, we know that laptop computers ________.

A．are not so popular as the desktops

B．are more popular than the desktops

C．are not bad for our body

D．have no mouse now

【小题4】Using a laptop in a wrong position may make ________.

A．people’s sight lower	B．people have cancer
C．people’s arm longer	D．people feel pain in the body

【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．When you use a laptop, you should put your monitor at eye height.

B．Laptop computers sold more than desktops this autumn.

C．To keep healthy, you should use laptop computers.

D．Business travelers often use the laptop computers for a long time.