Knowing how to use a computer is an essential skill for everyone w 1       wants to succeed in today's world. One basic computer program that everyone should learn to use is the word processing program. Most types of writing are e 2       produced with a word processing program. For e 3       ,everyone must sometimes write a business letter. Using a computer allows you to arrange (整理，排列) and rearrange information easily,making your writing more c 4       and exactly correct. Word processing programs can help you check your s 5       and grammar. A computer makes it easy to correct m 6      

  Computers can be u 7       for much more than word processing,however. Other areas are picture design,programming,and creating new g 8      Jobs i 9       the computer field are growing,and strong computer skills can s 10      you well now and into the future.

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  In North America,people are always in a hurry.  Children have 1        lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don't get home 2      7 or 8 o'clock at night. More than 50 percent of women work at fulltime jobs,and many people do parttime work. It isn't a 3      that the North American family doesn't have the time to eat many meals together.

  When a family takes the time to eat a meal 4        often there isn't enough time to 5        the food. That is 6       "fast food" is so popular in North America. People spend about 40 percent of their food dollars 7        fast food.

  Fast food is food such as hamburgers,pizza,sandwiches,or fried chicken. People usually 8        the food from a restaurant chain (連鎖店) such as Pizza Hut,McDonald's,or Kentucky Fried Chicken.

  Fast food 9        work and time,10       it is not very healthy. Fast food is 11        in many countries all over the world. Not everyone is happy about the 12        of North American fast food. A group of people in Italy want to 13        against the spread of American fast food. They do not want any more fastfood chains to open restaurants in 14        country. Their group is 15        the Slow Food Movement. They plan to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere.

(   ) 1. A. special   B. double   C. normal   D. modern

(   ) 2. A. as   B. after   C. until   D. unless

(   ) 3. A. shock   B. surprise   C. pity   D. decision

(   ) 4. A. alone   B. once   C. together   D. again

(   ) 5. A. cover   B. serve   C. create   D. prepare

(   ) 6. A. how   B. what   C. when   D. why

(   ) 7. A. about   B. on   C. in   D. at

(   ) 8. A. share   B. fetch   C. buy   D. sell

(   ) 9. A. gives   B. saves   C. provides   D. wastes

(   ) 10. A. but   B. and   C. or   D. so

(   ) 11. A fantastic   B. different   C. natural   D. popular

(   ) 12. A. spirit   B. situation   C. spread   D. price

(   ) 13. A. turn   B. fight   C. press   D. hold

(   ) 14. A. their   B. his   C. her   D. its

(   ) 15. A. called   B. spelled   C. thought   D. known

  Now that I'm in a new school,I sometimes think back to my years in the old one. Yesterday I 1        over to my old school to see how things were going. I went to the office for a pass and spent about an hour and a half 2        several of my old teachers. My old math teacher was 3        to see me. She introduced me to the class,and some of the students asked questions about 4        high school was like. But when I came back,I 5       three old classmates at the office. They 6       to visit our former English teacher,but the receptionist (接待員) 7       let them in! "It's 8       the rules to visit during class."We were told to leave the office. So we sat on the floor of the entrance hall,9       of ways to get into the building. I 10       why the receptionist had let me in. Maybe 11       she knew me,or maybe she was in a good mood. Just then,the headmaster walked by. We asked him to 12       He told us what the receptionist had said was true. He sent us out of the building. The visit 13        in the cold air outside,watching the headmaster moving away. My friends got their parents to drive 14        home; I rode home. The headmaster didn't find out that I had chained (用鏈條拴住) my bike to the front door. That must have been against the rules,too!I found the day rather 15      ;I had never before been ordered out of a building,especially my own school!How flexible (靈活的) should rules be? You decide.

(   ) 1. A. ran   B. walked   C. drove   D. rode

(   ) 2. A. showing   B. chatting   C. visiting   D. watching

(   ) 3. A. worried   B. glad   C. afraid   D. surprised

(   ) 4. A. how   B. when   C. what   D. why

(   ) 5. A. found   B. asked   C. talked   D. told

(   ) 6. A. wanted   B. liked   C. began   D. invited

(   ) 7. A. couldn't   B. shouldn't   C. wouldn't   D. mustn't

(   ) 8. A. to   B. about   C. in   D. against

(   ) 9. A. finding   B. thinking   C. discussing   D. considering

(   ) 10. A. wondered   B. knew   C. told   D. asked

(   ) 11. A. when   B. that   C. because   D. if

(   ) 12. A. help   B. tell   C. talk   D. say

(   ) 13. A. started   B. went   C. lasted   D. ended

(   ) 14. A. him   B. us   C. me   D. them

(   ) 15. A. funny   B. boring   C. surprising   D. terrible

 Mrs White is twentysix years old now. She worked in a shop u 1       she had a baby two years ago. She and her husband loved their son Jim very much. He t 2      her to leave the shop and stay at home. She takes good care of the little boy. Her husband is p 3       Now the boy is strong. He can walk and speak. Mr White always p 4      with him when he is free.

  It was Monday yesterday. The weather was cold and Mrs White f 5       to put on her sweater when she was doing some cooking for Jim. She didn't feel very well after lunch and had to go to h 6      A doctor looked her over and told her she had a cold and gave her some medicine. When she got home,she went to pour some water for herself. But she f 7       the boy swallowed (吞下) a pill. She was very afraid and didn't know what to do. She thought for a few m 8      and called her mother and told her about it on the t 9      

  "Does your husband know about it?" asked the old woman.

  "No,he's at work now ," answered Mrs White ," I'm sure he'll be a 10       with me if he knows about it."

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  Once,in a small village,lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved 1        very much,but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send 2        of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions,the two boys finally 3       a plan. They would toss (拋) a coin. The loser would go 4        into the mines (煤礦) and,with his earnings (賺的錢) ， 5      his brother studying at the college. Then,when the brother who won the toss finished his studies,after four years,he would support the other brother studying at the 6       .

  James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much 7        than those of most of his teachers,and by the time he 8       ,he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

  9       James returned,the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began,James 10       up from his seat to drink a toast (舉杯祝酒) to his dear 11       He said, "Jack,now you can go to the art college and your 12        will come true. I will take care of you."But Jack said 13       ," Brother,the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands,so it's too 14        Now I can't even hold a glass."

  To show his great love and respect,James drew his brother's hands with 15        towards the sky. He called his drawing " The Praying Hands"，which became very famous years later.

(   ) 1. A. painting   B. books   C. school   D. money

(   ) 2. A. any   B. all   C. both   D. neither

(   ) 3. A. looked out   B. worked out   C. took out   D. got out

(   ) 4. A. off   B. away   C. up   D. down

(   ) 5. A. support   B. agree   C. follow   D. let

(   ) 6. A. home   B. mine   C. college   D. school

(   ) 7. A. better   B. worse   C. cheaper   D. older

(   ) 8. A. arrived   B. graduated   C. walked   D. waited

(   ) 9. A. Before   B. When   C. Though   D. While

(   ) 10. A. picked   B. turned   C. looked   D. stood

(   ) 11. A. brother   B. sister   C. father   D. mother

(   ) 12. A. way   B. idea   C. dream   D. practice

(   ) 13. A. happily   B. surprisedly   C. angrily   D. softly

(   ) 14. A. early   B. late   C. good   D. helpful

(   ) 15. A. legs   B. feet   C. arms   D. fingers

  "I'm a daughter of a miner. I was born in a small house on a hill in Butcher Holler."

  That's 1       life began for Loretta Lynn. She 2      her home village to become a country 3        star. But she hasn't forgotten the people back home. She hasn't forgotten how poor they are and how 4        it is to work as a miner.

  5       she and her husband are busy preparing a big country music 6      All the money from the show will 7        the wives and children of 38 miners who were killed two months ago in an accident. "A lot of my friends were killed in 8        accidents. Each time I walk past the place 9        there had just been an accident,I 10       all the women and children standing around. Most of them are 11      " " Mommy 12        me once that each time Daddy would leave,she'd 13       whether he would ever come back or not."

  She says, "All the money from the show will 14        the children. I'd like to see these children 15        school and have a better life. I hope they won't live like their fathers any more."

(   ) 1. A. when   B. why   C. how   D. what

(   ) 2. A. left   B. came to   C. reached   D. wanted

(   ) 3. A. film   B. music   C. sport   D. book

(   ) 4. A. pleasant   B. dangerous   C. hard   D. tiring

(   ) 5. A. However   B. As a result   C. But   D. So

(   ) 6. A. show   B. party   C. exhibition   D. hall

(   ) 7. A. be from   B. belong to   C. be given to   D. give to

(   ) 8. A. such   B. each   C. that   D. all

(   ) 9. A. when   B. and   C. that   D. where

(   ) 10. A. realize   B. remember   C. know   D. meet

(   ) 11. A. young   B. standing   C. shouting   D. crying

(   ) 12. A. told   B. showed   C. asked   D. introduced

(   ) 13. A. think   B. guess   C. wonder   D. know

(   ) 14. A. give to   B. go to   C. come to   D. send to

(   ) 15. A. keep on   B. go against   C. go over   D. go through

  Bill was a thirteen-year-old schoolboy in the seventh grade. He was also a n 1       boy.

  Each morning,Bill left the house at a quarter p 2       five to go to the corner. The newspapers had been sent to the corner by truck at midnight. He always rode a bike to carry them.

  In the winter it was still d 3      when he got up,but during the rest of the year it was bright. Bill had to send the newspapers to the houses in all kinds of w 4      Bill had to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind and rain or snow. Once a m 5       he had to collect money from his customers (訂戶) at night.

  Bill made about $70 each month,and he was s 6      some of the money to go to college.He s 7      the rest on books and clothes.

  At school Bill studied h 8       He was one of the t 9       students in his class. His teacher often praised him for his hard work. Last year he w 10      a prize. It was a bicycle.

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 As an exchange student,I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are 1        in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board,I teach their son 2      

  Like in many of the other Chinese families,he's an only child. And though he has 3        plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons,I don't know 4        he has the time to play. When he's not in the kindergarten,he's taking afterschool classes. On the weekends,the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off-Sunday.

  Compared to his schedule,I feel like my childhood was 5       a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn't learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have 6        jobs,higher pay,and bigger houses.

  The boy seems to take no interest 7        learning English. He doesn't need a teacher,but a playmate. He is,8      ，only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old,I know for sure I wasn't half as 9        as he is.

  In the evening,when his parents 10      him to speak with me in English,he gets 11       He lies on the floors,hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops 12       ,and starts talking,it isn't in English,but it isn't in Chinese,13       . He speaks in his own language.

  He 14       not be a very good student,but I'm not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother 15        can speak in gibberish (胡言亂語) with him and help draw trucks,robots or spiders.

(   ) 1. A. both   B. all   C. either   D. none

(   ) 2. A. drawing   B. Chinese   C. English   D. playing

(   ) 3. A. a hundred of   B. hundreds of   C. hundred of   D. hundreds

(   ) 4. A. when   B. what   C. where   D. that

(   ) 5. A. hardly   B. never   C. usually   D. almost

(   ) 6. A. more   B. fewer   C. better   D. worse

(   ) 7. A. with   B. in   C. for   D. on

(   ) 8. A. after all   B. at all   C. first of all   D. all the time

(   ) 9. A. busily   B. busiest   C. busier   D. busy

(   ) 10. A. make   B. push   C. have   D. let

(   ) 11. A. frustrated   B. relaxed   C. pleased   D. injured

(   ) 12. A. move   B. to move   C. moving   D. moved

(   ) 13. A. too   B. also   C. as well   D. either

(   ) 14. A. can   B. may   C. must   D. need

(   ) 15. A. who   B. whom   C. whose   D. which

  Do you often communicate with your parents?

  Some parents are always comparing their 1        with themselves when they were young,or with other people when they were children.

  "When I was your age”， a father said to 2        sixteen-year-old son one day , " I was at the top of my class every year. And I 3        what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals.You are always at the bottom of your class 4        you have no goals."

  The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father 5        times.

  "And when your mother was your age”， the young man's father 6      , " she had a good job and she was earning money. You don't even have a parttime job. You earn nothing." The man's son still said 7        He had heard this before,8      

  "And 9      your elder brother was your age , ”the young man's father went on ," he studied hard. But you just 10        your time." And the man's son still said nothing.

  Finally,the young man's 11        said , " And when Abraham Lincoln was your age,he worked all day and studied at night."

  This time the son 12        stay silent.

  "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age,father ," he said , " He was the President of 13       United States. 14       are you?"

  His father had no answer to this.

  Are your parents always comparing you 15        others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

(   ) 1. A. children   B. students   C. teachers   D. friends

(   ) 2. A. my   B. his   C. her   D. your

(   ) 3. A. know   B. knew   C. will know   D. have known

(   ) 4. A. although   B. or   C. and   D. unless

(   ) 5. A. many   B. few   C. any   D. much

(   ) 6. A. went away   B. went over   C. went up   D. went on

(   ) 7. A. something   B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything

(   ) 8. A. also   B. too   C. either   D. yet

(   ) 9. A. after   B. before   C. as soon as   D. when

(   ) 10. A. save   B. take   C. waste   D. keep

(   ) 11. A. brother   B. sister   C. mother   D. father

(   ) 12. A. can   B. can't   C. could   D. couldn't

(   ) 13. A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

(   ) 14. A. What   B. How   C. Where   D. Who

(   ) 15. A. to   B. with   C. about   D. for

  Some British and American people like to invite friends for a party or a meal at home. You should not be u 1       if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't m 2       they don't like you. Maybe they just have no time to arrange for it for you.

  Dinner parties usually start b 3       7 and 8 p.m. and end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should a 4       It's polite to bring flowers,chocolates or a bottle of wine as a g 5       Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks. If you want to be extra(額外) polite,say how much you like the room,or the p 6       on the wall. But remember―it's not polite to ask how much things c 7       . In many families,the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other e 8      They eat with their guests.

  You'll probably start the meal with soup or something small,then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables,and then dessert,f 9       by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it.  

Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day,or write them a short "thank you" letter. British and American people like to say "thank you,thank you" a 10      the time！

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