When the lazy days of summer arrive and the schedule is packed with swimming，camp，and family vacations，it can be a challenge to find time for learning. But kids’ reading skills don’t have to grow cold once school’s out. Here are some ways to make reading a natural part of their summer fun.
Explore your library. Visit your local library to check out books and magazines that your kids haven’t seen before. Many libraries have summer reading programs，book clubs，and reading contests for even the youngest borrowers. With a new library card，a child will feel extra grown­up checking out books.
Read on the road. Going on a long car trip？Make sure the back seat is stocked with favorite reads. When you’re not at the wheel，read the books aloud. Get some audiobooks (many libraries have large selections)and listen to them together during driving time.
Make your own books. Pick one of your family’s favorite parts of summer—whether it’s baseball，ice cream，or the pool—and have your child draw pictures of it or cut out pictures from magazines. Stick the pictures onto paper to make a booklet and write text for it. When you’re done，read the book together. Reread it whenever you like!
Keep in touch. Kids don’t have to go away to write about summer vacation. Even if your family stays home，they can send postcards to tell friends and relatives about their adventures. Ask a relative to be your child’s pen pal and encourage them to write each week.
Keep up the reading habits. Even if everything else changes during the summer，keep up the reading routines around your house. Read with your kids every day—whether it’s just before bedtime or under a shady tree on a lazy afternoon. And don’t forget to take a book to the beach！Just　brush　the sand off the pages—it’s no sweat!
【小題1】The purpose of the passage is to________.

A．encourage parents to read

B．give advice on raising kids

C．raise a good summer reader

D．suggest places for vacations

【小題2】If you drive on a long trip in summer，you can ________.

A．visit the local library and join book clubs

B．borrow some audiobooks to listen to

C．keep in touch with friends by sending postcards

D．read your own picture books with your son

【小題3】By saying “Just brush the sand off the pages—it’s no sweat”，the author means ________.

A．taking away the sand on the book is very difficult

B．a(chǎn) special book is needed when you’re reading on the beach

C．one can remove the sand on the book with a brush easily

D．there’s no trouble reading even on the beach

【小題4】Who are the intended readers of the passage?

A．Parents.	B．Students.
C．Teachers.	D．Editors.

You wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama starts．The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to．You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!

Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness．It may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time．

Life brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer．They only feel glad when they make others feel bad．No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect．

When you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted．When the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you，you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you down．

Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people．This could be a co-worker，or a relative．In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that．

Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized．The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附著) you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness．Life is too short to feel negative．Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible．

1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ___________.

A．make a comparison                      B．offer an evidence

C．introduce a topic                        D．describe a daily scene

2.How can negative people have effect on us?

A．By influencing our emotion．

B．By telling us the nature of life．

C．By changing our ways of thinking．

D．By comparing their attitudes to life with ours．

3.Some negative people base their happiness on _____________.

A．other people’s pity for them              B．making other people unhappy

C．building up a positive attitude              D．other people’s respect for them

4.According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us，we are advised to _____.

A．change negative people’s attitudes to life

B．show our dissatisfaction to negative people

C．make negative people feel ashamed of themselves

D．communicate with negative people as little as possible

5.What is the author’s attitude towards negative people?

A．Favorable．       B．Critical.           C．Indifferent.        D．Supportive.

 

I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron(熨燙). I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.
The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp（夾子）attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only she insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
【小題1】From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________.

A．a(chǎn) housewife	B．a(chǎn) full-time worker
C．a(chǎn) clothes maker	D．a(chǎn) college student

【小題2】The writer used to take care of the lady because ______.

A．she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there

B．she wanted to learn how to do housework

C．she was a relative of the disabled woman

D．she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness

【小題3】When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______.

A．careful to learn	B．eager to learn
C．forced to learn	D．unwilling to learn

【小題4】What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now?

A．Sympathetic.

B．Fearful.

C．Thankful.

D．Hateful.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下面的A---F選項(xiàng)中選出能概括每段主題的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)為多余項(xiàng)。

The people below are all looking for a course on Chinese to study. Read the following information about the six courses. Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people mentioned in questions 1～5 and then mark the correct letter (A～F) on your answer sheet. You can choose any letter more than once，and some of the letters may not be chosen.

1．________Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people.

2．________Sarah is a learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2,500，hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking，reading and writing.

3．________Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in translation.

4．________Dennis once has taught himself Chinese and can speak a little Chinese but with poor pronunciation and grammar，hoping to meet the needs of everyday life and study，and understand each other in basic communication through training.

5．________Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a tour in China.

A．Comprehensive language skill training 100 lessons in total focusing on pronunciation，grammar and discourse (語段)．To enable the learner to master the basic knowledge of the Chinese language，to have the basic ability of listening，speaking，reading and writing，so that they are able to communicate with others and to meet the needs of everyday life，study and sociality. This will lay a foundation for further study of Chinese.

B．Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course 40 lessons in all，focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening，speaking，reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize，understand and use the active and less active words，to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse，to master the new words，patterns，grammatical structures，paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse.

C．News Listening Based on frequently used words，typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information，to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%.To build up the foundation for further study.

D．Elementary English­Chinese Translation

25 classes in total，including various styles such as poems，popular science，political comments and news，about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner with the equivalent (對(duì)應(yīng)的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences，cultural differences and the background knowledge.

E．Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business

24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues，notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business.

F．Chinese Human Geography

Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China，such as natural features，historical backgrounds，religious sites，ancient battle fields，dramas and arts，traditional products，and special food，etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery，the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography，history，culture and regional features.

Getting away for a short time always seems like a great idea—until you have to pack. But packing won’t be a problem if you keep in mind one simple rule. Whether you’ll be sleeping overnight at a friend’s house，or visiting a relative for a week，the rule is：pack light. Here are some tips to help you pack.

 

Sometimes teens (十幾歲的少年) need to have some time away from their families. They may want to move out of the family or home for a while.
Many parents will say no to this demand. But experts say it might be a good idea to let your teens live with a friend or a relative. “It was the break I needed at the time,” said Richard Lerne. He is talking about the time he spent living with his grandmother when he was 15. “It allowed me to be a more different person than I was with my parents.” Lerne said. He now heads the Institute for Children, Youth and Families at Michigan State University.
Experts say teens living away from their families can test new ways of thinking and getting along with people. They may see new ways to problems. Some teens who want some time away from family attend a structured summer program. Others live for a while with a relative or with the family of a friend.
If there is conflict (沖突) at home, having a teen live elsewhere can benefit other family members. It gives everyone space to develop better relationships.
Joseph Kett teaches history at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He says living at home until the late ten years has become the norm (準(zhǔn)則) only in recent times. “In the 17th century, children were often sent to live in other people’s home when they were about 10 or 11”, he said.
Peter Sheras teaches education at the University of Virginia. He says parents should listen when a child wants to move out. They should try to find out why the child wants some time away.
【小題1】According to this passage, many parents may think it _____ for their children to live away from them.

A．right

B．happy

C．unsafe

D．reasonable

【小題2】When children seriously disagree with their parents, experts suggest that parents should ______.

A．punish them

B．let them live away from their family

C．send for a teacher

D．keep them in the house

【小題3】In the third paragraph the word “structured” means ______.

A．built

B．stuck

C．organized

D．drunk

【小題4】In history, ______.

A．teens never left their families

B．teens often left their parents

C．teens never went to school

D．teens never make friends with each other