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Were you into skateboarding，surfing or snowboarding when you were a kid？We can remember our first (less than successful) go at skateboarding，as well as the first time we managed to stand up on one of those surfboards.
It was so much fun that we were hooked for life. However，not everyone thinks that introducing children to extreme sports is a good idea.
In the article from The New York Times，writer Jon Lackman considers whether sports like snowboarding，climbing and skateboarding could be dangerous to the growing bodies of young children and looks for advice from medical professionals.
“Kids aren’t mentally ready for these activities，” says professor of orthopaedics(矫形外科)，Dr. Vani Sabesan. “They tend to underestimate(低估) the risks，and their parents can’t always be trusted to keep them in check. ”
Sabesan is particularly worried about the effects of extreme sports on TV and the Internet on children. “What we’re seeing is a lot of kids thinking maybe they can do what these professional athletes can do. ”
As someone who was encouraged to give bodyboarding a go by the age of five and then presented with a surfboard aged seven，I think these worries are a little overstated(夸大的)，if not misplaced.
Extreme sports can be dangerous，yes，but there’s as much chance of falling off your bike or your roller skates as off a skateboard or surfboard.
My own experience of extreme sports leads me to think that I’ll allow my own kids to try them in the same way my parents allowed me.
In sports such as surfing and snowboarding，there’s a sense of adventure and courage that is important to instill(慢慢灌输) in young children.
Did I fall off my surfboard？All the time. Did I get back on？Every time.
Are the more extreme sports too dangerous for younger kids and better saved for teenagers？Are extreme sports a great experience for all children to have and a great way to make the most out of your childhood?
1.What does the underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A.Warned. B.Cheated.
C.Attracted. D.Confused.
2.What’s Jon Lackman’s attitude towards kids taking part in extreme sports?
A.Amazed. B.Doubtful.
C.Admiring. D.Supportive.
3.What did the author’s parents expect him to do when he was very young?
A.To have a spirit of adventure.
B.To set a good example to others.
C.To become a professional athlete.
D.To get away from extreme sports.
4.What does the author think of extreme sports?
A.They are really very dangerous for kids.
B.They are as easy to learn as roller skating.
C.They are helpful for kids to find their courage.
D.They are more suitable for teenagers than kids.
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Dear strangers, I remember you.
Ten months ago, when my cellphone rang, you were walking into Whole Foods, prepared to go about your food shop But I had already abandoned my cart full of groceries and I stood in the entryway of the store. My brother was telling me my father was dead. And as we hung up the phone, I started to cry and scream as my whole body trembled.
Overwhelmed with emotions, I fell to the floor. and you, kind strangers, you were there You could have kept on walking, ignoring my cries, but you didn’t. You could have simply stopped and stared at my primal (原始的) display: of pain, but you didn’t. Instead you surrounded me as I yelled through my sobs.
I remember in that haze (阴霾) of emotions, one of you asked for my phone and asked who you should call. I remember that I could hear your words as you tried to reach my husband for me, leaving an urgent message on his answering machine for him to call me.
I recall hearing you discuss among yourselves who would drive me home in my car and who would follow that person to bring him back to the store. You didn’t know one another, but it didn’t seem to matter. You encouraged me, a stranger, in the worst moment of my life and you gathered around me with common purpose, to help.
I told you that I had a friend, Pam, who worked at Whole Foods and one of you went in search of her and thankfully, she was there that morning and you brought her to me. I remember the relief I felt at seeing her face familiar and warm. She confronted and cared for me so lovingly until my husband could get to me.
1.Before the author’s brother called her, she ________.
A. was driving and crying
B. was talking with the strangers
C. had filled her cart with groceries
D. had paid for the groceries in her cart
2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly ________.
A. by process B. by example
C. by comparison D. by classification
3.What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?
A. One of the strangers knew the author s husband.
B. One stranger reached the author, s husband easily.
C. The strangers wanted to know the author s secrets.
D. The authors husband didn’t answer the phone call.
4.Which of the following can best describe the strangers?
A. Kind and helpful. B. Clever and outgoing.
C. Cautious and optimistic. D. Careless but kind-hearted.
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You ________ the dictionaries when you were not sure of word spelling or meaning yesterday, but you didn’t.
A. should have consulted
B. may have consulted
C. must have searched
D. needn’t have searched
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People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you ______ which one it is, you will know ______ what to do for each person.
When someone is in your life for a reason, it is ______ to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to ______ you with guidance and support, to ______ you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They are there for the ______ you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part, or at any inconvenient time, they will say or do something to bring the relationship to a(n) ______.Sometimes they die, sometimes they walk away, and ______ they act up and force you to take a stand. What you must ______ is that your need has been met, and your desire ______ .When their work is done, it's time to move on.
When people come into your life for a ______ , it is because your turn has ______ to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you ______ .They may teach you something you have ______ done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.______ it! It is real! But only for a season.
Lifetime relationships teach you lifetime ______： those things you must build upon in order to have a ______ emotional foundation. Your job is to ______ the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other ______ and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is sensible.
______，thank you for being part of my life, whether you were here for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
1.A. come out B. figure out C. break out D. turn out
2.A. partly B. firmly C. frequently D. exactly
3.A. usually B. hardly C. closely D. finally
4.A. state B. instruct C. provide D. bother
5.A. aid B. show C. lead D. take
6.A. good B. delight C. benefit D. reason
7.A. order B. action C. end D. start
8.A. first B. sometimes C. seldom D. anytime
9.A. realize B. try C. tolerate D. forget
10.A. shared B. fulfilled C. followed D. protected
11.A. reason B. moment C. season D. lifetime
12.A. disappeared B. gone C. remained D. come
13.A. happy B. sad C. careful D. nervous
14.A. even B. never C. just D. ever
15.A. Forget B. Taste C. Connect D. Believe
16.A. notes B. sights C. lessons D. meanings
17.A. solid B. soft C. new D. rapid
18.A. reject B. teach C. accept D. refuse
19.A. difficulties B. professions C. works D. relationships
20.A. Above all B. After all C. In a word D. As a result
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___1____ Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. ____2___ Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims(声称)as its own. ____3___ No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away. If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting(筑巢)season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not.__4__.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs. You can see that birds have a language all their own. ___5__
A．Only he and his family are welcome there.
B．Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
C．Have you ever wondered why birds sing?
D．Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
E. Have you ever wondered why birds sing?
F. Most of the language is widely used.
G. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
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When your kids were six or seven, you sent them to school. Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher’s____as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder what the teacher____from you, the parents?
Parents can be____or suspicious. They can be of great help to the teacher____be in need of help themselves. Some teachers think parents are too____on their children. Here is____one teacher puts it. “I usually have the____of parents coming in and____me how much they care about the kids’ education and how they really____their kids. They tell me they stand and____them closely when they do their homework. Sometimes they____offer help with the kids’ lessons as if they were teachers. They check their school work, and are too sensitive to____. They blame the kids on everything having to do____school. When a parent asks me how his or her kid is getting on in my class, my answer usually is ‘Well, you know, he is____a good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you don’t have to be so____with your kid. ’Teachers want parents to know that they are professionals at____with children. They have____many children and even parents. Because of this, teachers can be____at educating children. Teachers are____that parents want their children to do well, but they know more about what children should be able to do at different ages and____.
1.A. heart B. mind C. soul D. spirit
2.A. reflects B. results C. benefits D. expects
3.A. effective B. attentive C. supportive D. positive
4.A. but B. or C. thus D. As
5.A. hard B. keen C. dependent D. crazy
6.A. where B. how C. when D. why
7.A. problems B. contracts C. accidents D. agreements
8.A. advising B. examining C. telling D. instructing
9.A. do with B. deal with C. make up D. give up
10.A. connect B. guide C. watch D. inspire
11.A. even B. already C. still D. merely
12.A. marks B. efforts C. pains D. words
13.A. at B. beyond C. in D. with
14.A. nearly B. really C. seldom D. hardly
15.A. satisfied B. careful C. strict D. cautious
16.A. working B. playing C. staying D. joking
17.A. fed B. observed C. attended D. greeted
18.A. pleased B. worried C. disappointed D. experienced
19.A. content B. doubtful C. aware D. suspicious
20.A. stages B. classes C. schools D. projects
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Not long ago, the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such as Star Wars. Today, 1a lot of things in science stories have been science facts. Robots are starting to _2_ in our everyday lives. These robots have different sizes, shapes and colors. But they all have the same _3_ of man-made “_4_”. Leading the robot revolution(革命) are industrial robots that work in factories. Industrial robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often _5_ and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming to American homes, though not as quickly asthey are entering _6_. These robots aren’t as friendly and _7_ as those you saw in Star Wars. But, their makers say, today’s home robots “walk” and sense objects in their own way. They even _8_ objects though they may sometimes drop. Well, nobody is _9_.
We may _10_ home robots today, but some day they may see and hear _11_ than humans do. We _12_
can only see certain wave lengths of light and hear certain _13_. That’s because the _14_ of our eyes and ears are _15_.
Robots, however, need not have the same limits _16_ we have. Robots may also be _17_ wit devices(装置) that _18_ information humans can’t. However, to understand _19_ their sensing devices pick up is a hard job.
Remember, man-made brains _20_ information, including all kinds of data, as zeroes and ones.
Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like---using only zeroes and ones.
1.A. however B. whenever C. on the other hand D. in other words
2.A. come B. appear C. enter D. raise
3.A. variety B. dozen C. score D. type
4.A. muscle B. body C. brain D. appearance
5.A. surprising B. boring C. pleasant D. exciting
6.A. homes B. factories C. schools D. offices
7.A. certain B. pleasing C. bright D. foolish
8.A. carry B. forget C. remember D. choose
9.A. wonderful B. excellent C. happy D. perfect
10.A. play jokes on B. make fun of C. laugh at D. have fun with
11.A. worse B. faster C. better D. sooner
12.A. fellows B. humans C. beings D. friends
13.A. noise B. voice C. sounds D. speeches
14.A. sight B. length C. distance D. ability
15.A. enough B. endless C. limited D. hopeful
16.A. as B. since C. for D. while
17.A. given B. equipped C. sent D. applied
18.A. pick out B. pick up C. send up D. send out
19.A. how B. where C. what D. which
20.A. deal B. handle C. seek D. provide
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Many of you may wonder what else to do besides watching TV or surfing the Internet on weekends．Why not have a picnic? Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle Schoo1 had a “King of cooking” competition·
Earlier this month，about 300 students at the schoo1 went to a suburb(郊区)of Beijing to have the contest．They were divided into 24 groups．Each group had buyers，slicers (掌刀)，firemakers．washers and cooks．
Firemakers faced the most problems during the time．Some of them had no idea how to keep fire burning． “The fire kept going out．we had to blow at the sparks(火星)and put on corn leaves and old newspapers，”said Wu Mofei，13．
“It took us an hour to make the fire．Our eyes had tears from all the smoke and our faces became dirty，”he added．
When the fires were finally made，the cooks became the busiest people．Huang Lanye made fried celery(芹菜)and ham pickled cabbage(泡菜)and tomato soup．
She was proud of her work．“It’s my first time making Chinese dishes．My group members ate them up in minutes and said they were as delicious as what their parents made!” said the 14-year-old girl．
Finally over ten students were titled “King of Cooking”．Wang Xiaoyue，14，was one of them．“My group got a mark of 98 at the competition，’’Wang said．“We have 1earned a lot while
having so much fun! We are the best!”
Beijing No．4 Middle School has been organizing similar(类似的)fun activities for six years．“we want to give students a chance to get real life experiences and 1earn how to work as a team，’’said Jia Dong，who works for the school’s student affairs office．
1.The text mainly tells us——．
A．a “King of Cooking” competition organized by Senior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School
B．a picnic organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing N0．4 Middle School
C．a “King of Cooking” competition organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School
D．after-school activities of students at Beijing No.4 Middlle School
2.Which of the following was not the problem some firemakers met?
A．They didn’t know how to keep fire burning．
B．They spent a long time in making a fire．
C．The fire kept going out．
D．They didn’t have enough corn leaves and old newspapers．
3.We can infer that Huang Lanye was a ___in their group
A．buyer B．firemaker C．washer D．cook
4.According to the passage，we can know____．
A．only ten students were titled “King of Cooking” in this competition
B．the “King of Cooking” competition has been held once every year in the past six years
C．Wang Xiaoyue was titled a “King of Cooking” in this competition
D．Beijing No．4 Middle School has been encouraging students to take part in all kinds of competitions
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The little boys were tricks on the girl when their teacher came into the classroom.
A. to play with B. playing to
C. going to play for D. about to play
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When we walked into the cafe, we were greeted by a waitress who smiled, held out a menu, and pointed to a table. It's only when we asked for a table for six that we realized something was a bit different. The waitress glanced at our group and held up six fingers. That's because all the staff are deaf.
Last month, the Huffington Post visited Smiles Cafe in Granada. The business only employs people who are deaf, from the waiters to the cooks. “My goal is for this cafe to be a mirror for other businesses to lose their fear of hiring people with disabilities," the founder Antonio Bunuel, who is from Spain, told HufPost. “It's also for the people who work here to lose their own fear of getting into the work force," he added, “So they can fly.”
In the city, about 1 person in 15 has a disability. But around 99 percent of people with a disability are unemployed. While the law requires companies to employ two people with disabilities for every 50 employees, many businesses don't. “Smiles Cafe was born out of a provocation. 99 percent of people with disabilities here are jobless. That was wrong!" Bunuel said. “So I decided to open a cafe where all of the employees were deaf to show that it works.
At the cafe, customers order by pointing to items on the menu, which have special symbols to indicate substitutions. For instance, if you're ordering fruit parfait, and you don't want yogurt on it, you just point to the illustration (图示) of the parfait, and then to the image of yogurt with a big red “X" over it. To help customers communicate with staff and learn while they eat, the walls are covered with letters? words and phrases, from “Thank you" to “Welcome" with illustrations that show the corresponding translation. The cafe, now five years old, is a project of the non-profit Centro Social Tio Antonio. “We've opened a small window," the founder said, “If it serves to create awareness, then that's a start.
1.Why did the waitress hold up her fingers when the author ordered?
A.All workers were deaf. B.She didn't want to say anything.
C.She was suffering a throat ache. D.It was a special greeting.
2.What did the founder of the cafe expect his employees to do?
A.Make a big fortune. B.Become well-known in the city.
C.Recover from their illnesses. D.Overcome their fears to work.
3.What does the underlined sentence mean about Smiles Cafe in Para 3?
A.People expected to keep a good volunteering tradition.
B.It was founded to take a challenge of employing the disabled.
C.Founders reached an agreement after discussions.
D.The disabled were worried about their work at first.
4.What is helpful to the customers in the cafe?
A.The deafness of the employees. B.Special symbols on the menu.
C.The non-profit model of the cafe. D.The awareness of the employer.