James is a good student and he has lots of friends，but he also has a problem．Some older boys are bullying（欺負）him at school．James is very unhappy and he doesn't know what to do about it．Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation．

    Don't feel worried．It's not your fault（過錯）! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry，but you are not alone．Don't feel that you have to hide the problem．You should find a person you can trust，and tell them．It might be your teacher，your parents，or even your friend's parents．After you tell someone，you will get some support and feel some relief（解脫）．

    Speaking to an adult might make you nervous，but here are other things you can do．Some people express their feelings more easily on paper．Write a letter to someone or keep a diary．Include all the details（細節(jié)）about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens．You can use it as proof to show what is going on．And it is a wonderful idea to

 show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult．Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!

Also，don't show you are sad and don't try and fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Ignore them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.

1．What do you think the text is trying to tell us?

    A． What to do about being bullied.

    B．How to be a good student at school.

    C．What to write well in a diary.

    D．How to give suggestions to teenagers.

2．Why does the text advise you not to feel worried if bullied?

    A．Because you are not alone.

    B．Because it is not your fault.

    C．Because someone has known about it.

    D．Because you' re doing something wrong.

3． You'd better go and find a person you can trust and ____.

A．know what happens                B．learn from them

C．a(chǎn)sk for help                             D．make them lonely

4．If you remember and follow the suggestions above, ____.

    A．nobody will speak to the bullies

    B．everybody will feel some relief

    C．someone will express their feelings

    D．the bullies will soon stop

5．What does the underlined word "ignore" mean in the text?

    A．take no notice of                         B．take care of

    C．make full use of                   D．get more help from

下面的短文由六個段落組成，開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，其余的四個段落均是隨機排列的。請根據(jù)段落之間的邏輯關(guān)系，用字母A、B、C、D重新排列這四個段落的順序，使短文通順。

1．In 1857, he achieved his ambition and got a job working on a steamboat. He sailed up and down the wide Mississippi River until the American Civil War began.

2．His father died when he was just 12 years old and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. He traveled around, and worked in many different cities.

3．In 1865,Clemens wrote a story about a jumping frog with his pen-name. The story and the writer became famous. After that, he wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It was published in 1876. He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous and popular man.

4．Clemens moved around the USA on the steamboat, and tried several jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. And then he started working as a writer for a newspaper. At this time, he decided to use a pen-name for his stories, and he chose the name "Mark Twain". Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He is considered to be one of the greatest writers in American history

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.

    One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.

    He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood．But without sunlight and good soil（土壤）,the tree soon died,

    Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.

    "Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed （毀掉） a good apple tree !"

1．What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?

2．How many people are there in the story?

3．Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last?

4．Why did the apple tree soon die?

5．Who destroyed the apple tree?

Island University has a competition for middle school students.

Read about the competition on their web site.

School Competition

Students! Here is your chance to help the physically disabled（殘疾人）. Think out a robot or a machine to help them live better. There'll be three prizes. The winning schools will each get $15,000. Read the information below:

    What do you have to do?

·Try to know problems faced by the physically disabled in Hong Kong. Write a 200-word article on the difficulties these people have to suffer each day.

·Try to know modern inventions that help the physically disabled．Then think out a robot or a machine that will improve the lives of the physically disabled．Draw your invention. You can make as many drawings as you like to show your invention. You can even make a small model of your invention.

· Write a short description of your invention.

Who can join?

All middle school students in Hang Kong.

So, come on! Join the competition, and get the chance!

1．Where can you find the information?

2．Why is the school competition held?

3．What prize will each winning school get?

4．How many words should be written on the difficulties the disabled have to suffer each day?

5．Who can join the competition?

短文填空

    As the World Cup is going on, South Africa's football grandmothers are also working hard．The team 1  made up of 35 women, aged from 50 to 84. It was developed  2  a housewife five years ago to help old women keep fit. The project has been so successful   3  they will take part in the Veterans Cup competition （元老杯足球聯(lián)賽） in the USA.

    "We are  4  to play in the Veterans Cup, where many grandmothers from all over the world come  5  and play football, "said the team leader.

    Whatever happens,  6 , the grandmothers have no regrets. Most of them often play football in their aprons （圍裙） after   7   .

    "I suffered back pain and sore knees （腰酸腿痛） before joining the team three years ago. Now I am fresh. I don't feel  8   pain in my body，and I can run．At home I do all the housework by myself!”said  9 of the grandmothers．

閱讀短文，然后從短文括號中所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

    Climbing the highest mountains in the world is not an   1   （easily）job．You have to fight bad weather，illness and fear．But Jordan Romero，a thirteen-year-old boy from America，will climb 2 （Asia） highest mountain，Mount Qomolangma．He will set out this month． 3  （He）parents and helpers will climb with him．He plans to take   4   （second）months for his climb．“I'm ready．But if I don't reach the top   5   （successful），I'll try next time，”he said．Jordan has already climbed the highest mountains of six other continents（洲）．If he  6  （get）to the top this time，he will become the youngest person to climb the world's highest mountain．

Is there a chocolate-powered racing car in the world? Hey! You have read too （A）________ children's books! But wait! Now，there is really such a racing car in the world．A team from a British university made it．

      The chocolate-powered racing car's engine（發(fā)動機） uses waste from chocolate factories or vegetable oil as fuel （燃料）．Its body （B）用土豆制成，its steering wheel is made from carrots，its seat is made of soybeans，（C）________its brake pads（剎車片）are made from nuts! Well，can this car run very fast?  （D） Certainly! It can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds，and go as fast as 135 miles per hour．When the racing car is running，it cleans itself and lets out oxygen．

“It took us more than nine months to （E） complete the racing car，”said a team member．“The car is really green．You can find many of the car's parts at a farmer's market or even in a litter bin because most of the materials（材料） are waste in most people’s eyes．It’s fun．”

However，（F）this eco-friendly  （環(huán)保的） car cannot be driven in the official（正式的）race because of the engine's unusual fue.

1．在文中（A）和（C）的空白處分別填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~ ________ ________

2．將文中劃線部分（B）譯成英語：________

3．寫出文中劃線部分（D）和（E）的同義詞語或近義詞語：________ ________

4．將文中劃線部分（F）改寫為：the engine's unusual fuel makes it________ to_______this eco-friendly car in the official race

5．從文中找出能說明本文中心大意的短語：________

Do you carry too much on the way to school or home? Don’t worry．Try e-readers（電子閱讀器）and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag．

      An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books．So people want to（A）扔掉沉?xí)��?/u> and read with small, light e-readers．For example，Cushing Academy，a high school in Massachusetts，USA，replaced（替換）most of the 20，000 books in （B） its library last summer．Teachers and students will use e-readers instead．