Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult． 16  , is it really like what they imagine? As a boy 17  lives in modern times and in a modern city，I feel great pressure (壓力)on me  18  the city's development．Although we 19  worry about money, we still have some  20 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation(期望)from parents．These experiences are thought to be very 21  to our future．But 22  ，they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly 23  the happiness of my childhood．  24，we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to 25  this invisible(無形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and 26  after sunset．We work and study 27  an adult, even harder．

 28  we do is in order to get an excellent 29 ．Growing up is very boring，but we should try to find happiness while growing up．I think 30  among our friends，the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?

1.	A．However B．And C．So D．But

 

2.	A．which B．who C．whom D．whose

 

3.	A．for B．through C．with D．under

 

4.	A．a(chǎn)lways B．often C．seldom D．usually

 

5.	A．other B．a(chǎn)nother C．others D．the other

 

6.	A．helpful B．happy C．bad D．pleased

 

7.	A．a(chǎn)t first B．for example C．in fact D．a(chǎn)t1ast

 

8.	A．think B．remember C．forget D．1eave

 

9.	A．Luckily B．Unluckily C．Impossibly D．Hopefully

 

10.	A．see B．touch C．feel D．sound

 

11.	A．come out B．come down C．come back D．come from

 

12.	A．for B．1ike C．a(chǎn)like D．unlike

 

13.	A．What B．That C．How D．Which

 

14.	A．progress B．mark C．work D．surprise

 

15.	A．friendship B．fights C．gifts D．Secrets

 

Music and Behavior

Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear  1  at any of those places? Today most stores and restaurants play music. You might 2  hear music in an office or on a farm.

Scientists believe that music changes the  3  people behave. According to some scientists, the sound of western classical music makes people  4  richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend  5  money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays  6  music, people spend less money. With  7  music, people spend even less.

Scientists also  8  that loud , fast music makes people eat faster. In fact, people  9  their food faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their   10  hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave more quickly. In this way, restaurants  11  make more money.

Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say  12  music helps students to be more active. It is true that people earn better when they are  13 . And listening to music can help you relax. 

The  14  time you hear music somewhere, be  15 . It might change the way you do things.

1.                A．music          B．stores          C．songs D．sound

 

2.                A．a(chǎn)lready         B．even           C．hardly    D．never

 

3.                A．way           B．time           C．idea D．place

 

4.                A．become        B．get            C．feel  D．look

 

5.                A．much          B．more           C．little D．less

 

6.                A．pop           B．modern         C．light D．country

 

7.                A．no            B．much          C．a(chǎn)ny  D．some

 

8.                A．expect         B．hope           C．realize   D．believe

 

9.                A．cook           B．order          C．eat  D．make

 

10.               A．free           B．busy           C．happy D．sad

 

11.               A．can            B．should         C．can’t    D．needn’t

 

12.               A．how           B．why           C．what  D．that

 

13.               A．excited         B．interested      C．confident  D．relaxed

 

14.               A．first           B．second         C．next  D．last

 

15.               A．quiet          B．quick          C．happy D．careful

 

 

Here is the timetable of science activities in the Children’s Palace.

Time table
Monday 19:00 — 21:30 Space and Man Dr. Thomas West Would you like to know more about the outer space? (4 weeks)	Tuesday 18:30 — 20:30 Photography Mr. Brown from Italy Learn to take good pictures, please bring your own camera.           (5 weeks)	Wednesday 18:30 — 21:00 Computer Science Prof. Harry Morison from Oxford University Learn how to use Windows 2000.       (12 weeks)
Thursday 19:00 — 21:00 Modern Medicine Prof. Lucy green Would you like to know medical advances?    (4 weeks)	Saturday 14:00 — 17:00 Technical English Prof. Rose Beet Do you want to learn the technical words and articles?            (16 weeks)	Sunday 8:30 — 11:30 Exhibition of Personal Inventions You can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions.         (2 weeks)

1.If you want to learn technical English, you should go to the Children’s palace on ______.

    A. Wednesday        B. Thursday     C. Saturday        D. Sunday

2. The teacher who teaches photography is from ______.

A. England       B. Italy           C. America        D. China

3.The computer science class may last for about  ________ .                                             

    A. 2 weeks       B. 4 weeks        C. 12 weeks        D. 16 weeks

  

 

Nowadays(如今) everyone has a practical goal for life. Do you have one? What’s it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?

 A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car” , “to improve one’s life quality, “finding a good job”.

 Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn’t have to work for extra hours. However he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. ① So he          ______   _______his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.

 Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one’s life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn’t have a diploma(文憑), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look for it. ②But if one has no life goal, he will idle away(虛度) his lifetime.”

1.回答下列問題：Why did Wang You go to Beijing though he had a good job in Nanjing?

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2.在①的空白處填入適當?shù)膯卧~使句意完整、上下文通順：__________          

3.將②處翻譯成漢語_________________________________________________________

4.找出文中與下列句子意思相近的句子：

He needn’t work in his spare time because of his good job.

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5.找出或?qū)懗鑫闹凶钅鼙磉_短文主題的句子

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【小題1】_It has around 3 billion fans - nearly half the world’s population! And
about 300 million people play this game. That's 4 percent of the world' s population!
【小題2】_Many people in old days played early forms of his modern game. Cu ju (蹴鞠） a ball-kicking game in China, was reported as early as 2500 B.C. Around the same time in Greece, people were also playing a similar ball game without using their hands.
But modern soccer didn't become official (官方的) until 1863. An Englishman called Cobb Morley introduced the idea of a soccer association (聯(lián)盟). 【小題3】____. From then on, other associations in the countries were set up. They came together-to make up the FIFA, which organizes the World Cup.
It's not easy to tell what makes soccer so popular. 【小題4】___ Soccer needs only two feet and a ball. This makes it a sport that developing countries can easily play. Some of the sport's best players come from these poor nations.
【小題5】_The sport's no-harids rule makes beautiful dance-like movements on the field. What's more, this sport excites the heart. Teams might score only a few times each match, so matches can turn around suddenly.
No one knows who will win at the next World Cup. But one thing is certain: The world will be watching.

A．He also wrote the sport's official rules. B．Soccer is the world's favorite sport. C．Playing soccer is good for your health. D．But one reason is how simple the sport is. E. People love soccer as well as their countries. F. It's hard to say where soccer's birthplace is. G. Soccer performances are pleasing to the eyes.