I think the Buddy Club is great. I really enjoy talking with the older students about school life and growing up. They can tell me a lot. One student told me how he relaxed (放松) before exams. Another student told me about great websites about learning History and English.

The Buddy Club is also a good place to just forget about school altogether! One of the older students taught us origami (日本折紙). We made paper planes, birds and hats together.

The table tennis tournament（錦標賽) was a great idea. I didn’t do very well, but I learnt a lot from watching the doubles tournament won by a fourteen-year-old girl and a seventeen-year-old boy.

Last year, we had the annual (每年的) Buddy Club Picnic. Everyone enjoyed the games we played. After I learnt how to fish, I caught two fish in the lake. I think it might be a good idea to change the Buddy Club Picnic to a weekend camping trip. We could learn how to put up (架起) tents (帳篷) and how to find our way through a forest. Many of the older students know how to do this already, and I think they would like to teach the younger students.

I want to say again how much I enjoy the club. When I’m older, I will make friends with younger students. Then, I can tell them all about school life and growing up.

1.What does the writer enjoy doing at the club?

A. Learning Japanese.                  B. Talking to older students.

C. Losing at table tennis.                D. Surfing the Internet.

2.What websites did the writer learn about?

A. Paper planes.                      B. Origami.

C. History and English.                D. Relaxing.

 3.Did the writer win the table tennis tournament?

A. No, and he was very unhappy.        B. No, but came second.

C. Yes, he won the doubles.             D. No, but he enjoyed watching it.

4.How does the writer want to change the picnic?

A. He wants more fish to be caught.

B. He wants to make it shorter.

C. he wants to have it in a tent.

D. He wants to change it to a camping trip.

5.What does the writer want to learn?

A. How to put up a tent and make a fire.

B. How to put up a tent and find his way through a forest.

C. How to make clean water and find his way through a forest.

D. How to find his way through a forest and climb a mountain.

 

“At three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（癮）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（癥狀）：
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
【小題1】What does the beginning of the passage tell us？

A．How to become an Internet addict.

B．What an Internet addict usually does.

C．Where to find an Internet addict.

D．Why to write this passage.

【小題2】How does the writer describe the addicts “use of Internet”?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.

B．It is a way of producing drugs.

C．It is like taking drugs.

D．It is terrible to imagine.

【小題3】Why do people worry about the teens？

A．The teens are wasting too much money.

B．They used to work on the Internet.

C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D．More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.

【小題4】The example of one college student in the passage shows that _______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

【小題5】What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage？

A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B．Go to family activities more often.

C．Do things as you have planned.

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

    “I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day．”
“1 often spend more than three hours during one time on the net．’’
“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室)than with my‘real—life’friends．”
Do you know who like these? They are part of a new addiction(癮)called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品)use．People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet．
For example, one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried．a(chǎn)nd they called the po1ice．The police found the student in the computer lab：he was surfing the net for several days straight．
Studies show that about 6％to 10％of Internet users become addicted．And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them．They spend more time in cyber—space than in the real world of friends and family．
Is“surfing the net”a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(癥狀)
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．
●You can’t wait for your next online time．
●You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours．
●You go out with your friends less and less．
【小題1】What does the beginning of the passage tell us______ .

A．How to become an Internet addict?	B．What an Internet addict usually does?
C．Where to find an Internet addict?	D．Why to write this passage?

【小題2】How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs．	B．It is a way of producing drugs．
C．It is like taking drugs．	D．It is terrible to imagine．

【小題3】Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens are wasting too much money．

B．They used to work on the Internet．

C．The playing field will disappear．

D．More and more teens will become addicted to the Internet．

【小題4】The example in the passage shows that

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts

【小題5】What is the writer trying to tell us in the passage?
A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet． B．Go to family activities more often．
C．Do things as you have planned．      D  .Stay with your parents as often as possible

Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult．However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modem times and in a modern city，I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development．Although we seldom worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competitions among classmates and expectations from parents．These experiences are very helpful to our future．But in fact，they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood．Unluckily，we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to feel this invisible(無形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and return after sunset．we work and study like an adult，even harder．What we do is to get an excellent mark．Oh，growing up is completely boring．We must try to find happiness while growing up．I think the friendship 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?
(    ) 4．What do you think the writer is?
A．A parent．    B．a(chǎn)n adult．   C．A student．    D．A teacher
(    ) 5．How does the writer think we can find happiness?
A．From friends，parents and teachers．    B．By studying hard like an adult．
C．With the help of classmates．           D．Through talking with parents．
(    ) 6．The best title of the text is“_________”．
A．My dream    B．My worries    C．My pleasure D．My school life

“Why does the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!”

  That’s an old joke in the west, but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the intersection of Shanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.

  When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to change. Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side of the road. Soon others followed him at the crossing and more people did the same. Just like chickens, they didn’t mind the honking horns(喇叭聲) and kept crossing the road in a mess.

  Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai. And at least one third of them were jaywalking(亂穿馬路). Jaywalking is very common in Shanghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the danger to themselves.

  Traffic laws are to keep people safe. So we should obey them, and have good road-crossing habits. When someone starts to jaywalk, we should stop him, and never follow him. That way we can avoid the traffic accidents.

1.The underlined word “intersection” here probably means “        ”.

A. road       B. bridge              C. crossing      D. traffic

2.The writer saw people      in Shanghai that day.

A. crossing the road in a mess           B. waiting for the green light patiently

C. crossing the road with chickens       D. hurting each other in the street

3.How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day?

A. He thinks it’s OK.                 B. He thinks it’s wrong.

C. He has no idea of it.                D. He doesn’t mention it