Dear Michelle:

     Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

    He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

    His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

    I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

                                                            A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:

    Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye

Birdie"?

    Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.

    Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.

    Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with

intelligence and you have given her good Values.

    When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.

    It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.

    Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

    Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter             

    A. is being fooled by the boy      B. has fallen behind in her studies

    C. doesn't talk much with her mother  D. has chosen which college to attend

According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers               .

    A. are too young to manage their life

    B. are old enough to live their own life

    C. should have managemnent before experience

    D. have reached the age of an adult

The underlined word"puppy-love"refer to          

     A. false love     B. foolish love     C. pure love       D. adolescent love

Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          

     A. come up with the right decision

     B. follow her boyfriend's advice

     C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

     D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

The best title for the passage would be          

     A. College of kids' own choice

     B. How can I help my girl?

     C. How to manage teenagers' life?

     D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

When exposed to stress, in ________ form, all of us react both chemically and physically.

A. whichever  B. whatever   C. however D. whenever

It is uncertain           side effect the medicine will bring about, although about two thousand patients have taken it.

    A. that                 B. what             C. how              D. whether

After the earthquake, the local rescuers looked everywhere______ the survivors.

A. in search of        B. in search    C. searching of       D. searched for

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This passage is _________.

   A. a newspaper article                       B. an advertisement

   C. a letter                                 D. a scientific introduction

What is Techtalk?

   A. A kind of cordless phone.                 

B. A company that used cordless phones.

   C. A new technology that reduces static.                                       

D. A mobile phone with the patented Cellular 6 technology.

This month, you can ________.

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假如你是李華，你的美國(guó)筆友Tim給你發(fā)了一封電子郵件，向你了解你參加上海世博會(huì)志愿者的服務(wù)工作的情況。請(qǐng)參照表格中的提示，給Tim寫一封郵件回復(fù)。

注意：

    1．郵件的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好。

2．詞數(shù)不少于100。

3．參考詞匯：上海世博會(huì)the Shanghai Exposition  北京館Beijing Pavilion

Dear Tim,

I’ve received your email, asking me about my volunteer work in the Shanghai Exposition. Now let me tell you something exciting.

_______________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Fondly yours,

                                                   Li Hua

—Your new dictionary is so nice, Lily?

—Thank you, Mary. Are you considering buying _____ for yourself?

  A. it             B. one              C. the one          D. that

Here are two pairs of shoes, ______ you may choose.

A. both of them         B. either of them   C. any of which 　　　    D. either of which

For a moment nothing happened. Then ________ all shouting together.

A. voices had come      B. came voices    C. voices would come    D. did voices come

Depression(抑郁癥)is a serious problem today．Depression causes workers to be unproductive，causing companies and countries to lose billion of dollars．One expert says that depression is like cancer because it is “widespread, costly and deadly”．Depression hits one person in five around the world．

   Although people have believed depression to be a problem among the rich and educated，studies show that depression is a problem among everyone．Over any six-month period, between five to seven percent of the world’s population will be suffering from a serious depression．

   Suicide(自殺)rates among people suffering from the disease in its extreme, or clinical form were 80 percent higher than in the population at large, and sufferers were four times more likely to have heart attacks．People who suffer from depression often have problems sleeping，getting up on time，and doing work productively.

   Depression, which researchers agree has its origin in the genes(基因)，brings loss of confidence and ability to concentrate, making it possible for employees and managers to work efficiently．

   Depression is made more serious in China by Chinese’s inability to face it．Many people believe that depressed people are either weak or lazy．Besides，there is no good treatment，with few specialists available．

   “Most patients in China just don’t get help,” a Chinese doctor says．“In my hospital，I have

to see 30 or 40 patients in a morning，and just have time to say ‘Hello，how do you feel ?…’”

   In Western countries，people are not afraid to admit that they have depression，but most do not tell it to their boss，because they fear that their boss would fire them．

   “In my experience，aging bosses are the most willing to admit they have it, because they feel

the most secure about themselves, ” an American doctor says．

   Hopefully，in the near future，people around the world will be able to admit that they have depression so that they can get the right treatment.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. It is widely believed that everyone may suffer from depression．

    B. Depression brings great problems to its sufferers in their life and work．

    C. Depression is a commonly-existing problem only in rich countries．

    D. The poorer and the less educated a person is，the less he will suffer from depression．

Compared to normal people，depressed people are likely to be________．   

    A. very unconfident and often absent-minded  B. easy to avoid being hit by heart attacks

    C. working efficiently and productively       D. either weak or lazy

Depression becomes more serious in China because of_________．

    A. the understanding of the problem            B. the lack of treatment and doctors

    C. their unwillingness to tell it to their boss       D. the doctors’ careless work

What can we infer from the passage?

    A. People are suffering from depression because of the shortage of specialists．

    B. The aging bosses around the world dare to say they are depressed．

C. More and mote patients will turn to specialists for help

D. Western people are braver than Chinese people