Paper, pencil, whiteboard, textbook are the tools you need if you want to go to school. But recently, you can add another one to the list: an iPad.

Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos, but it is also being used to make learning fun.

Scientists now know that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves, so recently software developers have made iPad applications(應(yīng)用程序) that look like video games, but have strong educational content. One of the best examples of this new form of teaching application is Futaba, a game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning(旋轉(zhuǎn)的) object, and then identify what it is. The game can be used to teach English, math, foreign languages, or just about anything, and students love it. Teachers can even make their own questions. The important thing is that children enjoy the game, and don't even realize how much they are learning!

So the next time you have to choose between making your child study or letting them play a game, just remember…they could do both at the same time!

【1】What can be added to the school thing list according to the passage?

A. An iPad.

B. An English textbook.

C. A pencil.

D. A whiteboard.

【2】What does the underlined word “tablet” probably mean in Chinese in this passage?

A. 藥片 B. 掌上電腦

C. 牌匾 D. 桌子

【3】Futaba is ________．

A. an old kind of classroom

B. a new outdoor activity

C. a new educational application

D. a very old tool of teaching

【4】How many children can take part in one Futaba game at a time?

A. 7. B. 6 C. 5. D. 4.

【5】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Scientists think that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.

B. Futaba can only be used to teach languages.

C. Teachers can make their own questions using Futaba.

D. The writer thinks children can study and have fun playing games at the same time.

The Diary of a Young Girl was written by a girl named Anne Frank. It is a true experience of a teenager in wartime (World War II, 1939—1945) and it has also become a symbol of the victory of the human spirit.

Here's one of Anne's diaries.

Friday, 10 September, 1943

Dear Kitty，

Every time I write to you something special seems to have happened, but they are more often unpleasant than pleasant things. However, now there is something_wonderful going on. Last Wednesday evening, 8 September, we sat around listening to the seven o'clock news and the first thing we heard was: “Here follows the best news of the whole war. Italy has capitulated(投降)！” Italy's unconditiona surrender(投降)! The Dutch programme

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from England began at quarter past I had just finished writing the chronicle of the day when the wonderful news of Italy's capitulation came in. I can tell you that I have never deposited(放下) my notes in the wastepaper basket with such joy！” “God Save the King，” the American national anthem(國歌), and the “Internationale” were played. As always, the Dutch program was uplifting4, but not too optimistic(樂觀的).

Still we have troubles, too. It's about Mr. Koophuis. As you know, we are all very fond of him, he is always cheerful and amazingly brave, although he is never well, has a lot of pain, and is not allowed to eat much or do much walking. “When Mr. Koophuis enters, the sun begins to shine，” Mummy said just recently, and she is quite right. Now he has had to go into the hospital for a very unpleasant abdominal operation and will have to stay there for at least four weeks. You really ought to have seen how he said goodbye to us just as usual—he might have simply been going out to do a bit of shopping.

Yours,

Anne

【1】The underlined phrase “something wonderful” refers to (指代) that ________．

A. Anne's family could listen to news

B. Italy capitulated

C. the Dutch programme was uplifting

D. Mr. Koophuis was cheerful

【2】What is the most probable date that Mr. Koophuis returned from hospital?

A. 10 September. B. 24 September.

C. 3 October. D. 17 October.

【3】Which of the following is probably NOT true according to the passage?

A. Anne often faced unpleasant things.

B. Anne's family got news on radio.

C. Mr. Koophuis was welcome in Anne's family.

D. Mr. Koophuis was quite afraid of his operation.

假如你是李梅。你的美國筆友Tom在昨天的email中告訴你，最近他對中國文化產(chǎn)生了濃厚的興趣，希望你能給他介紹一些經(jīng)典故事。請你根據(jù)下面所給圖畫，給Tom回復(fù)一封email，向他講述這一經(jīng)典故事，并希望知道他對該故事及主人公的看法。

Sima Guang hit the tank(缸)

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How did Craig get started? In the seventh grade he learned something that made him a【2】. A 6-year-old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory. The boy could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom (自由) at all.

Craig c【3】 that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. E【4】 was free to all kids. But in some countries school was not free. Children from poor families went to work instead of to school.

Craig wanted to help those who didn’t have the same a【5】 as he and his friends. As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children.

Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should r【6】 money to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poverty (貧困) live b【7】.

Today, Craig’s charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is s【8】 going strong. The money they have raised has done many good things. It has helped build more than 500 schools around the world. It also pays for health care in p【9】 communities.

Craig has had a lot of success. However, he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade.

“We were laughed at by other kids, who said you c【10】 change things,” he says. Still, Craig didn’t give up. Now he wants more kids to help. “Go to freethechildren.com. Bring it to your teachers,” he says. “As you gain more confidence, friends will join you. It just gets easier.”

-I have a headache.

A. What's the matter, Judy?

B. Where are you, Judy?

C. Who are you?

D. What are you doing, Judy?

A. provided B. got

C. offered D. put

A.to live B. to living

C. living D. live

A. dance; dance B. dance; to dance

C. dances; dancing D. dances; to dance

--I missed it. ________.

A. What a pity!

B.I don’t think so.

C. I’m sorry to hear that.