Everyone worries. But how do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take these three steps to deal with your worries:
1. Try to find out what you're worried about
Sometimes, you will know what you're worried about. Other times ,you might not. Try to find it out first; if you can't, you can ask for help.
2. Think of ways to make it better
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problem.111
Grades at school are often top worries for kids. If you're worried about grades, ask yourself these questions:
★ Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
★ How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
★Do I have a good place to do my homework?
★ Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with a friend, you might write down all the things you could do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her, etc. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose the one that gets your friend back.
3. Ask for help
When you're worried, it can help to find someone to talk to. You can ask your parents, friends, or teachers for help.
小題1: How many steps of dealing with your worries are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Seven.

小題2:When you don't know what you're worried about,_________

A．you don't need to think of ways

B．you can't ask for help

C．you should try to find it out.

D．you can sit there worrying

小題3:If you're worried about grades, you can ask yourself these questions except “_____” 

A．Why don't my friends like me?

B．What do grades mean to me?

C．How do I get ready for class?

D．Why are grades important?

小題4:According to the passage, what will you do if you have a fight with your friend?

A．Make a new friend.

B．Don't talk to him or her any more.

C．Have another fight with him or her.

D．Invite him or her to a basketball game.

小題5:The passage mainly tells us __________.

A．who is often worried

B．when people are worried

C．how to deal with our worries

D．what kind of worries people have

Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
※Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.
※Don’t give your password（密碼）to anyone else, and never give out the following information: your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
※Check with your parents before giving out a credit（信用）card number.
※Never send a photo of yourself to someone in email unless your parents say it’s OK.
※Check with your parents before going into a chat（聊天）room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it’s a right place for you.
※Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission（允許）. Never meet anyone you met online alone.
※Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.
※If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.
※Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.
※Remember - not everything you read on the Internet is true.
小題1:The writer tells children to _________.

A．send their own photos to him

B．make rules for Internet use with parents

C．believe everything they read on the Internet

D．give out their personal information

小題2:It’s good for children to ______ on the Internet.

A．give password to others

B．get useful knowledge and information

C．give out a credit card number

D．go into a chat room as they’d like to

小題3:What shouldn’t be done when you are on line? _________

A．Using bad language

B．Sending messages and emails

C．Leaving the site if you feel uncomfortable

D．Treating everyone online as strangers

小題4:If your parents don’t agree, never ________.

A．read anything on the Internet

B．relax in your free time

C．have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online

D．treat other people as you’d like to be treated

小題5:The passage is mainly about _________ .

A．How to use computers	B．Surfing on the Internet
C．Information on the Internet	D．Internet safety rules

Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading. More and more 26  and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers  27  on streets.
These printed things 28    newspapers but have hardly anything to do with  29  , you can only find reading materials badly made up these—— some are too strange for anyone to 30  ; others are frightening stories of something still worse. However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such   31   reading, which 32   them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(惡夢(mèng))and immoral(邪惡的)ideas in return. Homework was left   33  ; daily games lost.
These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, whoever they are, we never know, are  34 their silent money.
The sheep - skinned wolf's story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not 35  this kind of thing. Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.   36    , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. Sometimes you may even find out several children, driven by the curious natures,   37  one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.
It really does   38   to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The  39  teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young readers need more interesting books to help them   40   those ugly papers.

小題1:	A．writers B．readers C．students D．teachers

小題2:	A．sold B．printed C．put D．found

小題3:	A．work out B．look like C．a(chǎn)ct as D．depend on

小題4:	A．them B．children C．young people D．it

小題5:	A．think B．believe C．know D．understand

小題6:	A．wonderful B．interesting C．useful D．poisonous

小題7:	A．spends B．costs C．pays D．takes

小題8:	A．unknown B．much C．less D．undone

小題9:	A．making B．spending C．wasting D．using

小題10:

A．forbid B．separate C．leave D．stop

小題11:

A．Luckily B．Unfortunately C．Badly D．Happily

小題12:

A．share B．get C．hold D．take

小題13:

A．good B．favor C．wrong D．harm

小題14:

A．puzzled B．surprised C．disappointed D．worried

小題15:

A．come into B．break down C．get rid of D．get off

Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions（排放）vehicles”, but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants most all use fire to make it. Apart from the few people who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators（發(fā)電機(jī)）. Generators are fueled by something--usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal（地?zé)幔?plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those "zero-emissions" cars are likely coal-burning cars. Because the coal is burned somewhere else, it looks clean. It is not true. It's as if the California Greens are covering their eyes—“If I can't see it, it's not happening.”  Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas（or another fuel）and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat--at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may drive your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far -- so electric cars burn more fuel than gasoline-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from wind or geothermal, or solar, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don't use much of those energy sources.
　　In addition, electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though，all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
小題1:What’s the main idea of the passages?

A．Electric cars aren’t actually clean.

B．Electric cars are zero-emissions vehicles.

C．Zero-emissions vehicles are popular.

D．Gasoline-powered cars are more efficient.

小題2:Which of the following words can replace “be clueless about” in Paragraph 2?

A．Be familiar with．

B．Be curious about．

C．Fail to understand．

D．Show their interest in．

小題3:The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run _________.

A．a(chǎn)t least 25 miles

B．more than 25 miles

C．a(chǎn)s far as 25 miles

D．less than 25 miles

小題4:In the author’s opinion, compared with cars using gas, electric cars are more __________.

A．environmentally-friendly	B．expensive
C．efficient	D．harmful

小題5:It can be inferred from the passage that __________.

A．electric cars' batteries are poisonous for a long time

B．now electric cars are used more than their gasoline-powered cousins

C．zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment

D．electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be____36____ .
Today things are___37_____, the world has become too___38____ . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are___39____ our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth ___40____survive.
Everyone___41_____ today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing__42_____ , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, ___43____will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we ___44_____to use bigger and more powerful machines to __45____more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die.___46_____, in most countries wastes are ___47______put into rivers or into the sea, and there are _48_____laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the___49____ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough___50_____. What can we do to solve these problems ?
It we eat more vegetables and less___51____, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops __52_____five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will _53_____longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth__54_______ .
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer ___55____in the future.

小題1:	A．beautiful B．unlimited C．rare D．valuable

小題2:	A．common B．the same C．changeable D．different

小題3:	A．crowded B．small C．dirty D．busy

小題4:	A．protecting B．saving C．polluting D．fighting

小題5:	A．may not B．will not C．shall not D．could not

小題6:	A．wonders B．realizes C．consider D．discovers

小題7:	A．poles B．boats C．methods D．ideas

小題8:	A．mountains B．the sea C．trees D．forests

小題9:	A．continue B．have C．ought D．will go on

小題10:

A．grow B．plant C．save D．cut down

小題11:

A．Thus B．However C．Generally speaking D．Therefore

小題12:

A．still B．even C．a(chǎn)lso D．certainly

小題13:

A．too many B．a(chǎn) few C．some D．few

小題14:

A．production B．pollution C．population D．revolution

小題15:

A．houses B．vegetables C．food D．lives

小題16:

A．fruit B．meat C．fish D．grain

小題17:

A．feeds B．increases C．supplies D．helps

小題18:

A．use B．stay C．keep D．last

小題19:

A．control B．born C．plan D．reward

小題20:

A．nature B．sea C．planet D．Forest

About twenty of us had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio(影棚)to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our “act" would last only for a short time, we could see quite a number of interesting things.
We all stood at the far end of the studio as workmen prepared the scene, setting up trees at the edge of a winding path. Very soon, bright lights were turned on and the big movie-camera was wheeled into position. The director shouted something to the camera operator and then went to speak to the two famous actors nearby. Since it was hot in the studio, it came as a surprise to us to see one of the actors put on a heavy overcoat and start walking along the path. A big fan began blowing tiny white feathers down on him, and soon the trees were covered in “snow". Two more fans were turned on, and a "strong wind" blew through the trees. The picture looked so real that it made us feel cold.
The next scene was a complete contrast (對(duì)比). The way it was filmed was quite unusual. Pictures in front taken on an island in the Pacific were shown on a glass screen (幕). An actor and actress stood of the scene so that they looked as if they were at the water’s edge on an island. By a simple trick like this, palm trees(棕櫚樹), sandy beaches, and blue, clear skies had been brought into the studio!
Since it was our turn next, we were left wondering what scene would be prepared for us. For a full three minutes in our lives we would be experiencing the excitement of being film "stars"!
小題1:Who is the author?

A．A cameraman.

B．A film director.

C．A crowd-scene actor.

D．A workman for scene setting.

小題2:What made the author feel cold?

A．The heavy snowfall.

B．The man-made scene.

C．The low temperature.

D．The film being shown.

小題3: What would happen in the "three minutes" mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．A new scene would be filmed.

B．More stars would act in the film.

C．The author would leave the studio.

D．The next scene would be prepared.

Can you remember a morning when you’ve woken up to the ring of your alarm clock and wished you could stay in bed? You haven’t slept well, your hair is a mess. Worse, you can’t stop yawning. Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs and fish yawn just like humans do! Yawning is an involuntary(無(wú)意識(shí)的,不自覺的) action during which you open your mouth and breathe deeply. The average duration of a yawn is about 6 seconds.
The purpose and cause of yawning are still a mystery. Scientists are not sure what causes a yawn. People yawn when they are tired or bored, but they also yawn when they aren’t. There are many ideas explaining why we yawn.
One idea is that yawning is a way for the body to become more alert by taking in more oxygen. A yawn increases the heart rate, forces carbon dioxide out of the lungs and blood stream, and brings oxygen to the brain. But one study showed that volunteers given a lot of oxygen did not yawn any less than before, while those given a lot of carbon dioxide did not yawn more.
Another idea is that early humans used yawning as a form of communication. If one decided it was time to sleep, they would tell the others by yawning and they would do it in return to show they agreed.
A third explanation comes from psychology professor Gordon Gallup of University at Albany in New York. He said that as people yawn, they cool off their brains. “Brains are like computers.” he said. “They only operate efficiently and effectively when they’re cool. Many things connected to yawning, like being tired, make the brain hot, and yawning can reduce the heat.”
Scientists have sent people into space, and created terrible nuclear weapons, but there are lots of seemingly simple things, such as why we yawn, or hiccup（打嗝）, that they can’t figure out. Next time you are in class in the morning, let out a big yawn and watch to see how many of your classmates yawn in response!
小題1:What’s the purpose of the description of how bad you may feel when you’re woken up in the morning?

A．To explain why humans yawn.

B．To explain how humans start yawning.

C．To lead into the topic of yawning.

D．To complain about being woken up by the clock.

小題2:Which is not among the possible reasons for yawning mentioned in the passage?

A．A way to show that you feel hot.

B．A way to get rid of carbon dioxide.

C．A way to cool off your brain.

D．A way to communicate.

小題3:In which situation are you likely to yawn?

A．When you feel frustrated.

B．The weather is hot.

C．Someone else yawns near you.

D．When you breathe in a lot of carbon dioxide.

小題4:What can we learn from the passage?

A．The real reason why humans and most animals yawn.

B．Hiccups are an involuntary human action similar to yawns.

C．The more an action can be studied, the easier it is to research.

D．Finding out why humans yawn should be easier than sending people into space.

Recently, a scientist did some experiments．He left a group of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a candy．If they rang the bell, he would come back and they could eat the candy．If, however, they didn't ring the bell and waited for him to come back on his own, they could then have two candies.
In videos of the experiment, he can see the children kicking, hiding their eyes--trying to exercise self-control so they can wait and get two candies．The results are different．Some broke down and rang the bell within a minute．Others lasted 15 minutes.
The children who waited longer went on to get higher SAT scores．They got into better colleges and had better adult success．The children who rang the bell quickest were more likely to have received worse teacher and parental evaluations （評(píng)價(jià)） 10 years later and were more likely to have drug problems at age 32.
The experiments are worth noting because people spend a lot of time thinking about how to improve education, how to become rich．But when the result is not good, they will come back to ask "how do we get people to get the sort of self-control that leads to success?" This is to enter the world of human nature.
So these experiments along with everyday experience, tell us that self-control is most important．Young people who can sit through sometimes boring classes to get a degree can work hard in order to learn a language well．They can avoid drugs and alcohol．For people without self-control skills, however, school is a series of failed ordeals（煎熬）．No wonder they drop out and their later life is a group of foolish ideas, such as drug use, stealing and so on.
小題1:The scientist did some experiments to         .

A．test children's self control and later success

B．test children's intelligence of ringing the bell

C．find good ways of training children to learn

D．prove that children's education is important

小題2:We can learn from the experiment that        

A．a(chǎn)ll children tried to ring the bell for more candies

B．some children didn't get any candy in the end

C．the children have different self- control

D．the last one to ring the bell is most successful

小題3:What is the best title for this passage?

A．Ways of self-control training

B．Experiments on children's ringing the bell

C．Higher score, better achievements

D．Self-control is the key to success

India was once part of the British Empire, but thanks to modern technology and a booming economy, it has turned the tables on its former colonial master. Indian tutors are helping to teach math to British children over high-speed Internet connections. Early results suggest the idea is improving exam results. But not everyone is happy at this “outsourcing” of tutoring.
It’s 3:30, and pupils at Raynham Primary School in London are gathering for their after-school maths lessons.
Five time zones— thousands of kilometers away—their math tutors are also arriving for class. High-speed Internet has made it possible for Indian tutors to teach British pupils in real time. Each pupil gets a dedicated one-to-one online tutor. The students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.
The class teacher, Altus Basson, says he has seen an improvement in results. “There are some children who’ve really rocketed in their results. Children who struggleto focus in class focus a lot better on the laptops. The real advantage is that each child gets a focused activity and a single tutor,” he said.
Such individualized teaching is the core idea of Brightspark Education, the company that provides the online tutoring, says founder Tom Hooper. “Children today feel very confident online; they feel very engaged; they feel very in control. And that's half the battle with education.Give them control, make them feel confident and enjoy their learning and you'll see them start to improve and embrace it," he said.
Raynham Primary School is among the first in Europe to try online tutoring. At between $20 and $25 an hour, it's about half the cost of face-to-face coaching. But some people say an Internet connection is not enough of a connection for teaching and learning. Kevin Courtney is deputy General Secretary of Britain's National Union of Teachers. "We think, there's a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether it's a whole class or whether it's one-to-one. You need that immediacy of feedback and we're not convinced that that can happen across an Internet connection. In one of the wealthiest.countries in the world, we think that we can afford to have teachers with genuine emotional connection there with the children," he said.
Brightspark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to supplement regular teaching. The company says its service does not represent a threat to teachers' jobs in Britain.
Parents say they're very satisfied with the results they've seen. And what about the children?Children: "I love it!"I love it!"I hate maths!" So math--or, as the British call it, maths—is still not everyone's favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.
小題1:What do we know about the online tutoring?

A．Indian tutors are helping to teach math in Britain.

B．Tutors and students are in different places.

C．An online tutor helps several students at the same time.

D．Tutors and students communicate by telephone.

小題2:What can we learn about Brightspark Education? 

A．It shows a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain.

B．It can take place of the regular teaching.

C．It only pays attention to math teaching.

D．It emphasizes the individualized teaching.

小題3:According to Kevin Courtne, _________.      .

A．online tutoring will represent a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain

B．online tutoring has a great influence on British.

C．the emotional connection between a teacher and a child is important

D．immediacy of feedback can happen across an Internet connection

小題4:What’s the best title for this passage ?

A．A New Teaching Pattern

B．Indian Teachers and British Students

C．To Learn Maths with the Latest Technology

D．Indian Tutors Teach British Kids Online

Technology: Taking the good without the bad?
Very soon, unimaginably powerful technologies will remake our lives．This could have dangerous consequences, especially because we may not even understand the basic science underlyi ng them．There’s a growing gap between our technological capability and our basic scientific understanding．We can do very clever things with the technology of the future without necessarily understanding some of the science underneath, and that is very dangerous．
The technologies that are particularly dangerous over the next hundred years are nanotechnology （納米技術(shù)）, artificial intelligence and biotechnology．The benefits that they will bring are beyond doubt．But they are going to be very, very dangerous．I’m working in the field of artificial intelligence．I have a model design for something that might be 50,000 million times smarter than the human brain．Target date is 2010．The only thing that's not possible in the film Terminator（終結(jié)者） is that the people win．If you're fighting against technology w hich is 50,000 million times smarter than you, you probably will not win．
Nanotechnology．We've all heard of the grey glue problem, that self-replicating nanotech devices might keep on copying until the world has become sticky glue．And certainly in biotechnology, we've really got a big problem because it's converging with nanotechnology and IT．Once you start mixing nanotech with organisms and you start feeding nanotech-enabled bacteria, we can really go an awful lot further than the Borg in Star Trek（星際迷航）．And those superhuman organisms might not like us very much．
Eventually these technologies will become routine．That’s a threat to humanity．I don’t think it’s possible to slow it down．So what we need to do is accelerate the scientific research and try to get some extra tools．The problems facing us in the future are getting bigger and bigger．I think if we don’t get some proper science done, the future is hopeless indeed．
小題1:From the text, we know that the author’s greatest concern is         ．

A．our lack of technological understanding of the process involved

B．our lack of technological capability

C．creating technology without really understanding the basic science

D．Our refusal to face the consequences of the technology we create

小題2:It can be inferred from the text that the author         ．

A．thinks people overvalue the capabilities of technology

B．is not optimistic that artificial intelligence will always be used positively

C．thinks that we should take science fiction movies more seriously

D．believes artificial intelligence is the greatest threat we face technologically

小題3:Why does the author say it is not possible in the film Terminator that the humans win?

A．Because the power of the technology is exaggerated（夸大）．

B．Because the strength of the machines is much greater．

C．Because machines with that much intelligence can easily defeat humans．

D．Because human beings are not courageous enough to win the battle．