A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults .
The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent（青少年的）health to investigate （調(diào)查）the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than four thousand adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 2000.
As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of five and one-half hours a day. More than two hours of that was spent watching TV.
   Seven years later, in 2007, more than seven percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was twenty-one.
The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio, etc. But the study did find that every extra hour of television meant an eight percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. Young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use.
The study didn't explore if watching TV causes depression. But one possibility is that it was taking time away from activities that could help prevent depression.
Last December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active, to read, to attend religious services and to vote.
【小題1】The best title for this passage should be____________.

A．Teens, Television and Depression

B．Men Develop Depression Easier than Women

C．Media Use is Harmful to Adolescents

D．Take Great Care of Teenager's Depression

【小題2】The result of the research seems to prove______________.

A．teenagers are more likely to develop depression than adults

B．other media uses do no harm to adolescents

C．TV probably causes teenagers to grow up with depression

D．those who watch no TV will not develop depression

【小題3】We can learn from the survey that of all the media use

A．computer games are teenagers' favourite

B．most teenagers prefer to listen to the radio

C．teenagers enjoy watching TV very much

D．newspaper is not included in the survey

【小題4】We can conclude that a teenager should _____

A．play more video games instead of watching TV

B．be active in taking part in outdoor activities

C．be more active in watching educational TV programmes

D．a(chǎn)ttend religious services and care for politics

Stopping teens from smoking is a big challenge many communities face today. Many communities can only watch without being able to act while local businesses continue to sell tobacco products to children, even under the risk of punishment by law.
Recent studies show that a large percentage of teens today are getting their cigarettes from stores, mostly gas stations or convenience stores. As teens continue to be able to buy their own cigarettes, more and more communities begin to punish those who sell cigarettes to the teens.
One community has experienced success in their attempts to stop the sale of tobacco products to children. Woodridge, Illinois, started a program seven years ago which forbade and strictly punished the sale of tobacco products to children. The entire program includes local licensing of vendors (小販), repeated undercover inspections to see if the sale to children has stopped, and education programs in schools. Woodridge has become a model community as other communities are moving to stop teen tobacco use.
A recent national study showed that 36.5% of females, and 40.8% of males buy their cigarettes from stores, whether it is a gas station or a supermarket. Hopefully, as more and more sellers see the trouble they face if caught selling to children, they will stop selling.
True, tightening down on stores that sell tobacco to children isn’t going to completely stop the problem of teen tobacco use. Teens continue to get them from other sources. But it definitely does prevent their efforts. With more education in schools, and perhaps stronger punishments for teens caught with tobacco, more and more teens will see the problems with the tobacco usage, and will stop the habit.
【小題1】To stop teens from smoking, more and more communities are ________.

A．punishing those who sell cigarettes to teens more severely

B．punishing teens caught with tobacco more severely

C．educating those who sell cigarettes about the danger of teen smoking

D．stopping the sale of tobacco products in stores

【小題2】Which of the following is NOT a way Woodridge uses to stop tobacco sale to children?

A．Local licensing to tobacco sale.	B．Repeated undercover inspections.
C．Education programs in schools.	D．Stronger punishment of teens caught smoking.

【小題3】 It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．teens can only buy cigarettes from gas stations and convenience stores

B．more communities have succeeded in stopping teen tobacco use

C．More males than females have the habit of smoking in America

D．Punishment alone cannot solve the problem of teen tobacco use

【小題4】What attitude does the writer have towards stopping teen tobacco abuse?

A．Negative

B．Optimistic

C．Uncertain

D．Uncaring

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend. But some women show great interest in colorful beads（珠子）from Uganda made of recycled paper. The beads are sold by a nonprofit organization called BeadforLife.
BeadforLife began as a chance meeting between three American women on a trip to Uganda and a local jewelry maker. Millie Grace Akena was rolling paper beads near her home. She made paper beads as a hobby. But there was no real market in her country.
Torkin Wakefield says she and her daughters Devin and Ginny brought some of the beads back home. Immediately people started admiring the beads. The three Americans started BeadforLife in 2004. Nearly 700 women have taken part.
The group says its beaders earn an average of more than 2,000 dollars a year in the program. This is five times what they earned before. The beads are sold across Uganda and in Boulder, Colorado. They are also sold online and at jewelry shows called bead parties. “Because they have meaning, because these are gifts that help people, when folks in America and beyond buy our beads, they feel a sense of generosity. They feel a direct connection, like they can really take part in getting rid of poverty.” Torkin said.
The jewelry costs between five and thirty dollars. BeadforLife reported sales in its last budget year of more that 3.5 million dollars. It says for every ten-dollar necklace sold, the beader gets two dollars and forty-three cents in money or materials. It says more than 90% of earnings are reinvested in community development projects in Uganda. Torkin Wakefield estimates that BeadforLife has helped more than 8,000 people this way.
So what about Millie Grace Akena, the jewelry maker? Mrs Wakefield says she has gone on to organize a small group of women who work with her, and they sell their beads to a religious group.
【小題1】According to the passage, BeadforLife is an organization that ______.

A．provides poor people worldwide with free education

B．mainly encourages people to learn to earn a living on their own

C．has attracted many businessmen to invest in beading

D．supports community development projects in Uganda

【小題2】When Torkin Wakefield brought the beads to America, ______.

A．she didn’t know people would like them

B．she wanted to make a fortune out of them

C．people showed great interest in them at once

D．she was thinking of how to find investors

【小題3】According to Paragraph 4, the beads are popular because ______.

A．people think buying them is a good way to help the poor

B．they are of good quality and can be kept for a long time

C．they symbolize the most important thing in people’s life

D．they look even more beautiful than diamonds

【小題4】Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A．Mrs Wakefield makes a great contribution to developing countries.

B．BeadforLife makes beads out of recycled paper.

C．BeadforLife uses paper beads to improve people’s lives.

D．Mrs Wakefield’s career takes off thanks to paper beads.

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home,’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (貸款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators(管理者) expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition（學(xué)費(fèi)）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,
“If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
【小題1】How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?

A．They asked their kids to come home.

B．They borrowed $20,000 from the school.

C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

D．They got help from the school and the federal government.

【小題2】 Financial aid administrators believe that ______________.

A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs

B．the government will receive more letters of complaint

C．college tuition fees will double soon

D．America’s unemployment will fall

【小題3】What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?

A．They blamed the government for the tuition increase.

B．Their income remained steady in the last decade.

C．They will try their best to send kids to college.

D．Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

【小題4】According to the last paragraph, the government will       ____.

A．provide most students will scholarships

B．dismiss some financial aid administrators

C．stop the companies from making student loans

D．go on providing financial support for college students

I am an e-mail user. When I first started to use the e-mail system I used to read all my e-mail. I didn’t have much mail. I was very excited about receiving any e-mail. I gave my friends my e-mail address. Soon I had more mail than I wanted. Some of the mail was junk mail. I was worried. I didn’t want my mail to control me.
I’ve tried some methods to help me get control of my mail. First, I check my mail at the same time every day. Also I try to allow myself only 15-20 minutes every day to process my e-mail. This doesn’t always work, but I try. Sometimes I save the messages. Sometimes I just read them, maybe answer a few, and then delete them.
Sometimes I’m not at all interested in a message, so I don’t even open it. I delete it right away. This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.
These methods are very simple. I have some friends who are very clever with computers. From time to time, they teach me new tricks for managing my e-mail. I’ve also learned to transfer some messages to a disk so they don’t fill up my mail files. Then I can read them later and maybe use them in my work. I’m still amazed at what e-mail can do for me! I’m still worried, however, about having too much to read.
【小題1】Which is the best title for this passage?

A．How I Go through my E-mail	B．How I Manage my E-mail
C．How I Transfer my E-mail	D．How I Use my E-mail System

【小題2】What does the writer suggest by “This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.”

A．That he deals with the mail delivered by the post service almost in the same way.

B．That he receives more postal mail than e-mail.

C．That he likes e-mail much better than the mail delivered by the post service.

D．That he likes going through the mail delivered by the post service.

【小題3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Sometimes the writer checks his mail in the morning and sometimes in the evening.

B．The writer teaches his friends how to manage their e-mail.

C．The writer always spends less than 15 minutes processing his e-mail.

D．After giving his friends his e-mail address the writer had more e-mail than he wanted.

【小題4】In the first paragraph, the underlined phrase “junk mail” probably means      .

A．常規(guī)郵件

B．病毒郵件

C．垃圾郵件

D．商務(wù)郵件

【小題5】In the last paragraph, the underlined word “transfer” probably means      .

A．轉(zhuǎn)換

B．改變

C．傳遞

D．轉(zhuǎn)移

About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not go to classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their school education by working at home on computers. The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools,” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to go to a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cybershool called Common-wealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical(技術(shù)的) services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computer when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests honor at their graduation.
【小題1】What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool?

A．They have to take long bus rides to school.

B．They study at home rather than in classrooms.

C．They receive money from traditional public schools.

D．They do well in traditional school program.

【小題2】What is a problem with cyberschools?

A．Their equipment costs a lot of money.

B．They get little support from the state government.

C．It is hard to know students’ progress in learning.

D．The students find it hard to make friends.

【小題3】Cyberschools are getting popular because ________.

A．they are less expensive for students

B．their students can work at their own speed

C．their graduates are more successful in society

D．they serve students in a wider age range(范圍)

【小題4】We can infer that the author of the text is ________.

A．unprejudiced(無(wú)偏見(jiàn)的) in his description(描述) of cyberschools

B．excited about the future of cyberschools

C．doubtful about the quality of cyberschools

D．disappointed at the development of cyberschools

【小題5】 According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A. About 67% of the students in the USA go to cyberschools nowadays.
B. Cyberschools will take the place of traditional schools in the future.
C. Cyberschools are the most popular form of education now in the USA.
D. Not everybody likes cyberschools.

Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.
E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.
The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun - see a great movie perhaps - and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.
With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.
E-mail is also an inexpensive way stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.
We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.
【小題1】 The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A．explain how to use the Internet

B．describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C．tell the merits(價(jià)值) and usefulness of the Internet

D．introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

【小題2】The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A．have more free time with his child	B．spend less time working
C．work at home on weekends	D．work at a speed comfortable to him

【小題3】According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the
former helps one ________.

A．reach a group of people at one time conveniently

B．keep one’s communication as personal as possible

C．pass on much more information than the later

D．get in touch with one’s friends faster than the later

【小題4】The best title for this passage is ________.

A．Computer: New Technological Advances

B．Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship

C．Computers Have Made Life Easier

D．Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of "choice" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?
【小題1】Many teenagers think their         know them better than their parents do.

A. friends               B. teachers

C. brothers and sisters     D. classmates

【小題2】When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to        .

A. go to their friends                  B. talk with their parents

C. have a discussion with their family    D. talk with their friends on the phone

【小題3】Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends."?

A. Some parents may even not allow their children to meet their good friends.

B. Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends.

C. Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends.

D. Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends.

【小題4】The passage suggests (暗示) that _______.

A. Parents cannot choose friends for their children successfully

B. Perhaps some children's friends are chosen by their parents.

C. Children won't let their parents choose friends for them.

D. Parents often try to choose their children's friends for them.

【小題5】Which of the following do you think is right according to the passage?

A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B. In all families, children can choose everything they like.

C. Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

D. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

Young people can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Liu Wei, a Junior 2 student from Hefei, could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife. Another student, 14-year-old Yan Fang from Guangzhou, was afraid of exams. She got very worried in the test, and when she looked at the exam papers, she couldn’t think of anything to write.
A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers have mental problems. Their troubles include being worried and very unhappy, and having problems in learning and getting on well with people. Many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secret.
Liang Yuezhu, an expert on teenagers from Beijing Anding Hospital has the following advice for teenagers.
1). Talk to your parents or teachers often.
2). Take part in group activities and play sports.
3). Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell.
【小題1】The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on well with others may have___________.

A．a(chǎn) headache	B．mental problems
C．knives with them	D．no parents

【小題2】Liu Wei cut his finger with a knife because____________.

A．he was afraid of his teacher	B．he wanted to frighten his parents
C．his finger was badly hurt	D．he was so worried about his study

【小題3】Yan Fang’s problems happened whenever ______________.

A．she studied very hard	B．she talked with her parents
C．she had exams	D．she thought of something

【小題4】 Students who have problems won’t ask others for help because _____________.

A．they won’t let others think they are stupid

B．they don’t think doctors can help them

C．they don’t want to tell their secret to others

D．both A and C

【小題5】Liang Yuezhu’s advice tells us that_________________.

A．it’s unnecessary for them to be with others

B．it’s better for the students who have mental problems to join others

C．only group activities and sports can help them

D．teachers and parents can’t do anything about mental problems

There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.
　It is a surprising fact that the population aging is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the rate of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
　What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
　Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not make sure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
　Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country’s development.
　Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.
【小題1】The rate of older people________.
A. is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
B. B. is one-seventh of the population in developing countries
C. C. will increase much faster in China than in France
D. D. will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
2.According to passage, which of the following are governments most worried 
About______.
A. The diseases and disability of older people. 
B. The longer life and good health of people. 
C. The loss of taxes on older people. 
D. The increasing respect for older people.
【小題2】 It is stated directly in the passage that older people should ________.

A．be treated differently in different cultures

B．enjoy a similar lifestyle

C．be ignored as society changes

D．be valued by the younger generations

【小題3】Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population aging problem?

A．Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.

B．Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.

C．Making sure adequate income protection for older people.

D．Providing free health care for sick older people.

【小題4】The author concludes in the last paragraph that ________.

A．governments have spent lots of time in solving the aging problem

B．population aging is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgently

C．people are too busy to solve the population aging problem

D．much time and effort will be lost in solving the aging problem