Reading can provide lots of fun for children and teens during summer vacation. Children who read during the summer are better prepared for school when they return to classes in the fall. Public libraries throughout Wisconsin will host summer events to encourage children and young adults to include reading in their summer fun.

●All Star Readers

The Milwaukee Public Library will host its 2009 Summer Reading Club for kids from aged 3 to 18. Signing up starts on June 1 at all Milwaukee public libraries and bookmobile sites.

Children aged 6 to 12 are invited to become “All Star Readers” at the Milwaukee library when they sign up for the Summer Reading Club. Children can score a point by reading 10 books or 1,000 pages. When they reach the reading goal, they will win a bag full of prizes.

●Sparkey Spots the Ball

Children up to 5 years old can join the read-to-me club, “Sparkey Spots the Ball”. They will receive their own reading folders to record the books read to them by parents, brothers and sisters or relatives. Once they have listened to 20 books, they will win a baseball and a coupon（商家的優(yōu)待券）for McDonald’s ice cream.

●X-treme Read

Teens between the age of 13 and 18 can join in their own reading program called “X-treme Read”. Teens can read to win movie passes, CDs and more.

The library also plans extreme bike races by C4BMX at four libraries in June and July. Check with your local library or Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the exact dates, times, and places of the demonstrations （集會(huì)）.

45. Students who take part in the reading club can _________.

A. take part in extreme bike races              B. get a good mark in the final exam

C. get better prepared for the new term      D. finish their homework ahead of time

46. In order to become “All Star Readers” and win a lot of prizes, you _________.

A. should be 18 years old

B. should be at least five years old

C. must read at least 1,000 pages or 10 books

D. just need to sign up at the Milwaukee library

47. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A. Children up to 5 might win a baseball or an ice cream.

B. Teens who have listened to books might win movie tickets.

C. The public libraries only allow children to read in the reading club.

D. Students who want to read can sign up at any public library at Milwaukee.

48. If you are a 17-year-old student who wants to win some prizes, you can take part in _________.

A. 2009 Summer Reading Club                B. X-treme Read

C. Sparkey Spots the Ball                        D. All Star Readers

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 friends for their children. 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 chooses your friends?

Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?

41. Many teenagers think their _________ know them better than their parents do.

A. friends               B. teachers              C. brothers and sisters     D. classmates

42. 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

43. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

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

B. Parents should like everything their chil­dren enjoy.

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

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

44. The main idea of this passage is that _________.

A. Teenagers need good friends                             B. Friends can give good advice

C. Parents often choose friends for their children    D. Good friends can communicate with each other

My father often works very hard. And he  21  goes to the movies. Here I’ll tell you a（n） __22 story about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work, and _23   go home, he found a film ticket under the  24  on his desk. He thought he _25   to have not much work to do that day and it was quite wonderful to pass the  26  at the cinema. So he came back home and 27_ finished his supper. Then he said   28  to us and left.

But to our  29   , he came back about half an hour later. I asked him what was the  30  . He smiled and told us about the funny thing that happened at the  31   .

When my father was sitting in his seat, a   32   came to my father’s seat and said that seat was hers. My father was   33   . He took out the ticket and looked at it carefully. It was Row17,  34 .  And then he looked at the seat. It was   35   . So he asked her to show her ticket. She took out her ticket at once and the seat 36  on it was Row 17, Seat 3.

Why? What’s the matter with all this? While they were  37  , suddenly the woman said, “The  38  of tickets are different.” So they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, “Oh, I’m  39  , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the   40   a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words he left.

----- Bob, you have made great progress in doing experiments recently.

------The professor offered me many practical suggestions, so I made ____ few mistakes in my experiments .

A. commonly        B. comparatively    C. effectively                 D. separately

_______ full preparations, they thought it better to put off the sports meet till next week.

A. Having not made   B. Not having made   C. Not to have made       D. To have made

AIDS is said ____ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years.

A. that it is          B. to be             C. that it has been         D. to have been

The popularity of MP3 has increased to such a degree that major corporations are _______ the portable music player marked with MP3 player.

A. taking over       B. taking on          C. taking in              D. taking off

It was over a decade _______ someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century.

A. before            B. that             C. which                D. after

Some young people spend so much time playing computer games and using the Internet that they have been ________ to computer games.

A. addressed              B. ashamed               C. addicted                   D. adopted

_____ more advanced ways of digging tunnels were developed, the first railway tunnel under the River Thames was dug in 1884.

A. As               B. With             C. Even if             D As if