Moving out, moving back
      In the countries all over the world, people are leaving the countryside in large numbers to find jobs in the
cities. They leave because the countryside is much poorer than the city and often there isn't much work there.
Services such as hospital and transport (交通) are usually much better in cities than they are in the country.
They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
     But in the big cities of Europe and America-London, Pairs, New York, people are moving out of the city.
These are usually families who have some money, and want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and
the dirt of the city, and the crowded streets, trains. and buses. They don't want to sit in traffic any more. They
want a house with a garden, and clean air that isn't polluted.
     So they move out. Some don't go very far, just a little away from the city, to the towns near the cities;
other people move to the real countryside with sheep and cows and green fields! There, they start a new life
and try to make new friends.
     Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people
who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don't make so much money and there isn't much to do.
Country people are very different and aren't always very friendly.
     As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. "It's wonderful
to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights," they say, "I'm so glad I'm back in the city!"

1. Is there often much work to do in the countryside?
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2. What kind of families are moving out of the city? 
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3. What are they tired of about the city?
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4. What do they think of the people in the countryside?
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5. What can we learn from the sentence "It's wonderful to see crowds
     in the streets and cinema lights"? 
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　　Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they
can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can't do easily.
Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
　　Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope
computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers
to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents
complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers
are locked by parents in the boxes.
　　In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of
people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
　　Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided
by people themselves.

1. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _____.

A. our country asks us to learn it
B. it can help us a lot
C. we can use it to play games
D. it can help us to find jobs

2 . What do many teachers and parents complain about? _____.

A. Their students and children use computers to play games.
B. Computers let them lost their jobs.
C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.
D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.

3. In this passage we know computers _____.

A. also bring us trouble
B. bring us happiness only
C. are hated by people
D. are bad for people's health

4. Can computers really help children to study? _____.

A. Yes, they can.
B. It's hard to say
C. No, they can't.
D. Of course not.

5.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _____.

A. computers are used by people
B. people can live well without computers
C. one must decide how to use computers
D. computers are strange machines

    "I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me
angry," said Zhang Hua, a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your
parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not
so friendly in their children's eyes?
    One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he/she likes worrying things. They worry about
everything about you, from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you
angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food
you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you
to grow up healthily and happily.
    So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know
what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't
call every hospital in the phone book looking for your body. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take
responsibility (責(zé)任) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with
you.
    Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practising being parents and
need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on
with your children.

1. The writer thinks we should             if we go back home later than usual.

A. tell our friends
B. tell the teacher
C. say sorry to our parents
D. make a telephone call to our parents

2. The writer thinks             .

A. it's wrong of parents to worry about their children too much
B. some parents are unfriendly, which makes their children angry
C. children should do everything as their parents say
D. parents love their children very much and the children should understand them

3. Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) for the passage?

A. Parents' Responsibility
B. How to get on with parents?
C. Zhang Hua's Problem
D. What are parents worrying about?

     America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon.
They don't feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This
can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may
become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) deeply into both families.
     There is another difficult point for us to understand.Although Americans treat friends warmly in their
personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in
China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle
of the night to meet a friend. We may take day off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is
opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their
daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And
they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome
will be full, warm and real.
      For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants,
except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their
holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1 may mean "_____".

A. keep out
B. give up
C. pay no attention to
D. continue

2. Which of the following is the typical (典型的) way of American hospitality?

A. Treating friends at home.
B. Taking days off to be with friends.
C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D. Sharing everything they have.

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Americans are always generous with their time.
B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

4. This passage is most probably written for _____.

A. American students
B. Chinese students
C. Chinese visitors to America
D. American visitors to China

       More and more advertisements appear on the Web. You have to be careful not to be fooled or ticked
by the advertisements on the Internet. Something is said to be a bargain. but it isn't always cheap. And
some so-called new things just have a new outside.
       However, shopping online is a kind of fashionable thing today. I love to buy things of daily use, so I
often get lots of information about them on websites online. For example, if I want an MP3, I can choose
my favorite one, and look for what the users like best, then decide whether to buy it or not. And at the
same time, you don't have to go to a shop or walk around in a crowded shopping area, so you don't have
to waste much time. The Internet is really useful for shopping, but be careful not to spend too much.
Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) according to what you read.
(     )1．If you see the advertisements on the Web, you should never believe them.
(     )2．The advertisements online are sometimes false.
(     )3．The underlined word "bargain" here means something cheap
(     )4．The writer often buys things like an MP3
(     )5．If you shop online, you can only buy things with a new outside.

     There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of
them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching
us in many fields of interest and making us happy with singing,dancing and acting?
     Marconi, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn't know how much his
great invention would have done for the world in the years to come. Radio had, perhaps done as much
as any other communication tool. Things of the world can be reported to people everywhere a few
seconds after they happen. Travelers in out-of-the-way places, ships at sea even astronauts round the
earth are able to keep in touch with each other by radio.
     Television is another important invention. It lets us see as well as hear the actor. Since its appearance,
TV has done a great deal in the daily life of people everywhere. Many programs are now televised in
color.
     Perhaps the most modem invention is"Telstar"，a"star"moving round the earth. It makes it possible
for the people all over the world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Chicago can watch on
TV a motor-car race in Italy , a table tennis competition in Beijing or a volleyball match in Japan as these
events are actually happening!

1.The passage tells us that______in the USA have no radio or television set.
A. a large number of homes
B. all the families
C. few families
D. quite a few homes
2.Why does the passage say the radio and TV have become a necessary part of our daily life?
A. Because they have touched nearly everything in our life.
B. Because men would not live happily without them.
C. Because they are the only ways to spread information.
D. Because no communication means no life.
3. What is the use of a "Telstar"according to the passage?
A. To receive and store information only?
B. To move around the earth just like the moon.
C. To give light onto the earth at night.
D. To help broadcast radio or TV information to the world.
4.Who do you think the writer of the passage is?
A. An Italian.
B. A Japanese.
C. An American.
D. A Chinese reporter.
5. When the writer introduces Marconi in the second paragraph, he means ______.
A. he was just an Italian inventor
B. his invention has done much for the world
C. he had reported much to people all over the world
D. he helped people travel a lot around the world