A young father was visiting an old man．They were standing in the old man's garden and  1   children．The young man said, How strict (严格) should parents be with  2  children?" The old man pointed to a line (绳子)  3  a big, strong tree and a thin,  4  one．"Please untie (解开) the line," he said．The young man untied it, and the young tree bent (弯曲) over to  5  side．

"Now tie it again．" said the old man．"But first pull the line tight (紧) so that the young tree is  6  again．"The young man  7  this．Then the old man said, "It is the same with children．You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the line to  8  how they are getting on．If they are not able to stand alone, you must tie the line tight  9 ．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the  10  away．

1．A．playing with            B．talking with          C．talking about        D．talking to

2．A．his                    B．their                C．her                D．one's

3．A．of                B．both                     C．among                D．between

4．A．tall                    B．old                   C．short                D．young

5．A．other                  B．another               C．the other             D．one

6．A．straight                 B．strong               C．tall                   D．young

7．A．pulled                  B．tied                 C．did                   D．made

8．A．bear                  B．see                   C．ask                 D．answer

9．A．again                    B．also                  C．too                  D．already

10．A．young tree             B．big tree                  C．old man              D．line

No air means death．Although we cannot see it, there is air around us．So air is everything, and it gives life to every living thing．Bad air makes people ill．We must have fresh air to keep us healthy．

In the city there are a great many people and there are too many cars running on the roads．The gas which the cars spread (扩散) out is full of poison(毒物)．Every day we breathe it in again and again．This makes us feel sick．Besides so many cars, there are many factories too．From the chimneys of these factories, we get the smoke usually in black and grey color．This kind of the smoke, when it mixes the air, is dangerous to our health, it is because smoke contains (包含) many poisonous solid and gases．So in order to keep us healthy we have to go out to the countryside to breathe more fresh air．Or we can go up hills to get more fresh air．

1．Which of the following best explains that no air means death?

A．Bad air makes people sick．                B．Air can't be seen anywhere around us．

C．Air gives life to every living thing．           D．Fresh air keeps people healthy．

2．Where do people usually breathe fresh air?

A．In big cities．                           B．On the roads．

C．In the countryside．                     D．Around factories．

3．Smoke from the chimneys is dangerous to our health

A．when it makes air dirty                   B．if it contains poisonous solids and gases

C．no matter how it spreads out             D．because it is in black and grey color

4．According to the passage, we know that                        ．

A．we shouldn't go out of doors as much as possible

B．smoke from chimneys is more serious than gas from the cars

C．a great many people have to breathe air in again and again

D．going up hills is one of the best ways to keep healthy

5．The best title for the passage is            ．

      A．The Use of Air        B．Breathing Air           C．Fresh Air                D．Bad Air

One of the most popular items (项) in the school newspaper is the advice column (专栏)．Here are some of the questions asked and their answers --

Q: I'm always late for school．I try not to be late, but I can't help it．Please advise me about what to do．Tommy．

A: You are probably late for school because you don't really like school．My advice to you is to enjoy school more, and then you won't be late so often．

Q: I find it difficult to make friends．What do you think I should do? Sara．

A: I can't advise you until I know more about you．Your problem may be that you are shy．On the other hand, it may be the opposite．You may be too bold(大胆)．Write and tell me more about yourself．

Q: I'm always at the bottom of the class．What do you advise me to do? Molly．

A: I advise you to try to improve your grades in one subject at first．Next, try to improve your grades in another subject．If you do this, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your subjects．

1．What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The town newspaper has an advice column．

B．Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice．

C．Sara finds it difficult to make friends．

D．The advice column in the newspaper in very popular．

2．What is Tommy's problem?

A．He is always late for school．                    B．He finds it difficult to make friends．

C．He is always at the bottom of the class．   D．He needs help with his homework．

3．What does the adviser want Sara to do?

A．Stop being so shy．                           B．Stop being so bold．

C．Make more friends．                             D．Give more information about herself．

4．What does Molly want to do?

A．Make more friends．                                  B．Enjoy school more．

C．Stay at the bottom of her class．                 D．Improve her exam results．

5．By the end of the year, where should Molly be in all her subjects if she does as the adviser says?

A．At the bottom．                          B．A little way up from the bottom．

       C．Quite a long way up from the bottom．      D．At the top．

The Internet is a big place．No one has enough time to find everything on the Internet．Yahoo gives us a lot of help．

Two Stanford University students, Jerry Yang and David Filo started it in 1994．They made a list of their favorite webpages．When their list got bigger, they make a database (数据库) to keep all the information．They let everyone use it for free．Soon, thousands of people were using it．

Then they made a new kind of software．It could store much information, so people can find information by using it．If you look for "animals", it will give you a list of webpages with the word．

Yahoo became a public company in 1996．As the company grew, Yang and Filo went on working hard．They put more uses in the software, such as shopping, free e-mails, etc．They started Yahoo in many different countries and in different languages．

Yahoo is famous on the Internet．More and more people like to use it to find information．

1．When Yang and Filo make a list of their favorite webpages, they                ．

A．made people pay for using it                  B．were still university students

C．knew it wasn't useful                        D．were high school students

2．After the company became bigger, Yang and Filo               ．

A．became lazy                                           B．worked less

C．kept working hard                                   D．stopped working

3．Why people can find information by using the new kind of software?

4．Can people find Yahoo in many different countries and in different languages?

5．When did Yahoo become a public company?

Is your schoolbag too heavy? The e-schoolbag will help you．It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon．

Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for a long time．But the e-schoolbag will work it out．(73)An e-schoolbag is much lighter than a usual schoolbag．Perhaps, the e-schoolbag should be called an e-textbook．It is a small computer for students．It is as small as a usual book, but or can still have many things for study, such as textbooks, exercise books and so on．They can be made into chips (芯片) like stamps．The students can read the text page by page on the screen (屏幕), take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers．They only need to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag．Then they can use it．

Some people say that e-schoolbags can be easily broken, while others say it is not good to students' eyes．(74)But only time will tell．

（一）回答下列问题。

1．Your schoolbag isn't heavy, is it?

2．What's in the chip of an e-schoolbag?

（二）翻译划线句子。

3．                                            

4．                                           

（三）给短文拟一个合适的题目。

5．                            

根据句意及所给首字母提示，完成单词。

1．Don't be n                when you answer the teacher's question．

2．All the fruit is free．You can have as much as p                 ．

3．We waited for him u                 10 o'clock, but he didn't come．

4．Here are two t                ．Let's go to the movie tonight．

5．All the students went to the Summer Palace e                Peter．

用所给词的适当形式填空。

1．Please open the window．There is an               （pleasant）smell in the room．

2．Students should have enough free time             （relax）．

3．Jay has lots of hobbies,             （include）dancing, singing and playing soccer．

4．--Would you mind my           （smoke）here?

--Better not．

5．We should give them         （free）to do what they like best．

根据所给汉语完成单词。

1．He              （抱怨）that he had been unfairly treated．

2．Would you like a              （家庭教师）to help you with math?

3．The first time he went into the room he heard a            （奇怪的）noise．

4．The children              （跟随）their parents into the room 5 minutes ago．

5．Could you tell us your               （经历）as a volunteer in that small village?

按要求改写下列各句，每空一词。

1．There will be less room for pigs, so meat will be more expensive．（改为同义句）

          there will not be             room for pigs, meat will be more expensive．

2．They have worked there since 1997．（对划线部分提问）

                 have they worked there?

3．The coat is very expensive．I can't buy it．（合并为简单句）

The coat is            expensive for me          buy．

4．Everyone knows that robots can do a lot for people．（变成否定句）

          knows that robots             do a lot for people．

5．”Will you visit the museum?” He said to the girl．（改为间接引语）

      He           the girl if he           visit the museum．

根据汉语完成下列句子，每空一词。

1．我们将会用更少的人，花更少的时间完成那项工作。

We'll do the work with         people and         time．

2．我妈妈很健康。

My mother is          good            ．

3．我觉得将来会有更多的污染。

I think there will be                       in the future．

4．请查明飞机什么时候起飞。

Please find out when the plane will                     ．

5．当Green一家正在吃晚饭时，电话响了。

      While the Greens          having dinner, the telephone          ．