Many people think that Americans   1   their cars almost more than anything else. When   2__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __3_  cars. They don’t ask for a car from their   4__. So many of them work in  _5_  time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to   6 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
　　Some people almost   7 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8_  their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a   9  . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may   10   most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

　　1. A. prefer       B. love          C. drive       D. play
　　2. A. little       B. big           C. old         D. young
　　3. A. new          B. own           C. expensive   D. cheap
　　4. A, friends      B. teachers      C. parents     D. brothers
　　5. A. free         B. busy          C. study       D. good
　　6. A. make         B. mend          C. wash        D. drive
　　7. A. always       B. never         C. often       D. usually
　　8. A. take         B. carry         C. pull        D. lift
　　9. A. question     B. wrong         C. mistake     D. problem
　　10. A. cost        B. get           C. spend       D. use

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story __1__ their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a __2__ children’s book. Either the author has aimed (定目标) too __3__, so that children can’t follow what is in his ( or more often, her ) story, __4__ the story seems to be talking to the readers.
　　The best children’s books are __5__ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy（令人满意的） the __6__ who hears the story and the adult（成年人） who __7__ it. Unfortunately（不幸的是）, there are in fact few books like this, __8__ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not __9__ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as __10__ of children’s literature（文学） were in fact written for __11__ “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious（明显）of this.
　　Children, left for themselves, often __12__ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a __13__ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative (并非想象的 ) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics（连环图书）, full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.
　　Perhaps we parents should stop __14__ to brainwash（洗脑）children into accepting（接受）our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so __15__ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协）over the bedtime story.

　　1. A. to                   B. in               C. with                D. around
　　2. A. short              B. long           C. bad                 D. good
　　3. A. easy               B. short         C. high                 D. difficult
　　4. A. and                B. but            C. or                    D. so
　　5. A. both               B. neither       C. either              D. very
　　6. A. child               B. father        C. mother            D. teacher
　　7. A. hears              B. buys         C. understands     D. reads
　　8. A. but                 B. however   C. so                    D. because
　　9. A. hard               B. easy         C. enough             D. fast
　　10.A. articles          B. work        C. arts                  D. works
　　11. A. grown-ups   B. girls          C. boys                D. children
　　12. A. are              B. show         C. find                 D. add
　　13. A. school         B. home         C. office              D. library
　　14. A. going           B. liking         C. trying              D. preferring
　　15. A. same           B. friendly      C. different          D. common

 Suppose （假定）every person on Earth ate only one kind of food. And maybe one year that food couldn’t   1  . If that happened, man would soon   2  .

    Luckily, man doesn’t   3   that problem. But another animal may. The animal is the giant （巨大的）panda, one of the world’s most-loved animals.

    Dr Thomas Soderstrom, a scientist, has   4   for the first time that the bamboo（竹子）the giant pandas eat is dying. As a result, many of the pandas are also dying of being   5  . Scientists estimate （估计）that so far more than 140 giant pandas have died. This number may be   6   one-quarter of the world’s giant panda population. Between 400 and 1000 giant pandas are   7   to live in mountains.

    Giant pandas were once more   8   all over many parts of Asia（亚洲）. Now they are only in small parts of China.

    Can the wild pandas be   9  ?

    The scientists want to find out more about the animals’ food. They want to see whether the pandas are able to   10   their food while the bamboo is dying.

    Chinese scientists are trying to raise（饲养）more pandas in zoos. The first baby panda was born in the Beijing Zoo in the fall of 1978.

（    ）1. A. found     B. be found      C. founded      D. be founded

（    ）2. A. break     B. live              C. die               D. lose

（    ）3. A. want     B. work            C. answer        D. face

（    ）4. A. found    B. invented      C. known        D. studied

（    ）5. A. cold      B. tired            C. hungry        D. ill

（    ）6. A. almost   B. already       C. hardly         D. really

（    ）7. A. thought   B. believed     C. seen         D. said

（    ）8. A. big       B. liked              C. interesting  D. common

（    ）9. A. kept      B. saved           C. made         D. taken

（    ）10. A. have     B. catch           C. change      D. get

  More and more people are becoming interested in the internet. They have formed a bad habit. In fact,the bad habit has become a (31)     —Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD网络综合症）. Staying (32）   for more than six hours a day (33)    working or studying, and feeling very upset from not being able to get online, are the two major symptoms (症状)of IAD

    Internet addiction(上瘾) is （34）     in China now. A recent research （35）  that 42% Of Chinese young people get quite interested in the web, while only 18% of Americans feel in the same  (36)   .

    What causes IAD? Some people believe that It's the lack(缺乏) of family care. Most children in China are the (37)  ones in their families. They are only told to (38)  hard, but few really care about their personal interest .So some children would like to keep  (39)   away from the real world

    How can people stay away from IAD? Don t get online any more, go back to the real world and if it doesn't work, go to see the  (40)___,

31. A. disease                 B. task                 C. rule

32. A .home                    B. online               C. in school

33. A. because of              B. Out of               C. instead of

34. A. changing                B. increasing            C. becoming less

35. A. shows                    B. notices                C. knows

36. A. road                      B. way                    C. country

37. A. best                       B. worst                  C. only

38. A. study                    B. play                    C. think

39. A. themselves            B. their parents       C. their teachers

40. A. friend                     B. teacher                C. doctor

  American boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children __21__ six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV set. Some children even watch TV for eight __22__ or more on Saturdays or Sundays.

      A child can learn geographical things from __23__. Some shows help children to understand the news from other parts of the __24__. Some programs show people places from other countries or other times in history. Children can watch a play, a concert, or a soccer __25__  at home. Some programs even __26__ children how to use computers or how to cook. It’s __27__ to watch TV.

      But as the saying goes: Every coin has two sides. One problem from American kids is that they watch __28__ TV. They don’t have much __29__ to do other activities. Playing, reading, spending time with friends and families are much better than sitting in front of a TV. Another problem is that not all programs are __30__ ones. Children also learn something bad from TV.

(   ) 21. A. make       B. take            C. spend           D. keep

(   ) 22. A. days       B. hours           C. minutes         D. weeks

(   ) 23. A. class      B. school          C. teachers        D. TV

(   ) 24. A. family     B. country         C. world           D. time

(   ) 25. A. match      B. player          C. team            D. fan

(   ) 26. A. teach      B. like             C. mind            D. talk

(   ) 27. A. bad        B. awful           C. popular         D. fun

(   ) 28. A. a little   B. little          C. too much        D. too many

(   ) 29. A. money      B. time            C. information      D. work

(   ) 30. A. bad        B. interesting       C. boring         D. good