Hannah was busy with work then but she still tried her best to       some time from her tight schedule to visit her mother.

A．cut out           B．squeeze out        C．leave out          D．dig out

 

Dear Jenny,

How’s it going? Are you busy with your study these days?

I’ve been back at school   1   nearly four weeks. I am very glad to tell you that great   2   have taken place in our school this term. First of all, we’re asked to “clear our plates（餐盤）” when having our meals and say   3   to wasting. Some of us used to order more than what we could eat. That was a big waste of food. Now we need to   __4   the food we order. We should also stop wasting in some other ways. For example, we should turn off the lights when we   5   the classroom. And our school has opened up （開辟） some fields for us to learn how to grow vegetables. Each class is given a small garden and our class has decided to grow some tomatoes and beans（豆類）in our   6   time. I think that’ll be very interesting. Maybe I will be able to   7   you some beans we’ve grown by ourselves next time! What’s more, we have only two classes in the afternoon   8   we have more time for after-school activities. I’m one of the traffic safety（交通安全） volunteers in our school. After school, we take turns to go to the streets near school and ask people to   __9   the traffic rules.

I think we are having a different school life now!

Please write back soon and tell   10   more about your school.

Yours,

Wang Wei

1.A. in       B. for      C. on          D. at

2.A. changes  B. things    C. interests     D. lessons

3.A. yes      B. hello    C. no          D. thanks

4.A. clean     B. pay     C. cook        D. finish

5.A. leave     B. reach    C. open        D. build

6.A. busy     B. free      C. happy       D. sad

7.A. plant     B. buy      C. post        D. lend

8.A. because   B. when    C. before       D. so

9.A. follow    B. make    C. break        D. think

10.A. him     B. her      C. you         D. me

 

According to a recent survey, Canadian parents realize their role as protectors and providers to raise their children both emotionally and physically. That’s not very different from the way our parents saw themselves. But with more two-career families and busy schedules, one thing parents today recognize more than ever is the need to set aside special time for their children. These ‘nurturing moments’ are changed into memories that they will treasure all their lives. Nurturing moments might be the time between our work and life,bringing your child to work with you to see what you do during the day,visiting your child’s make-believe world,discussing his other school day and exploring the natural world outside your door.

These times are not merely a luxury (奢侈), they’re a necessity. It’s during these moments that parents pass values and attitudes to their children. Over time, children pick up good habits and positive self-image.

Here are a few tips for making the most of your family time together:

Regularly sit down as a family to share a meal. Allow each person to describe something interesting about his or her day.

Make one night a week family night. Family members take turns choosing a special activity for the evening everyone partakes in the fun.

Show your children you care about their interests by having them teach you about their activity or hobby.

Nurturing healthy children involves body, mind and spirit. The little things you do to your care are the building blocks for confidence, self-esteem and a healthy outlook. By giving your children these tools, you prepare them for life.

1.Present-day parents are different from those in the past mainly because________.

    A．they need more time to spend on their children

    B．they pay more attention to their children’s health

    C．they are much busier with their work

    D．the role they play in bringing up children is different

2.Which of the following is closest in meaning to ‘nurturing moment’?

    A．The time between work and everyday activities.

    B．The time when you are busy with your work.

    C．The time when you play with children.

    D．The time when you show your care for your child．

3.．We can infer that “visiting your child’s make-believe world” ________.

A．is a luxury for parents                

B．is a necessity for parents

C．is good to the imagination of the children 

D．benefits the healthy growth of the children

4.The purpose of the author in writing this article is________.

A．to persuade and advise　             B．to argue and instruct

C．to amuse and interest　              D．to explain and comment

 

--- What are you busy with?

---The exhibition ____ in the city next week．

A．held             B．will be held        C．to be held         D．being held

 

Here’s an idyllic(田園風(fēng)光的) scene: a small village where the sun always shines, crops always grow and your friends drop by to sweep your yard to the sound of guitar music. Animals do what they are told, there is no disease, and lending folks a helping hand makes you richer and wiser. Welcome to FarmVille — current population 69m and rising fast.

“It reminds me of my childhood,” says one player, Lia Curran, 37, a chemist from London. “Right now I’m growing wheat and poinsettia, I’ve got a small orchard, and I’m keeping some chickens and some cows. I like having the animals. It’s comfortable.”

Curran’s young animals, however, are nothing more than a collection of computer-controlled cartoons. FarmVille is an online computer game built into the social networking site Facebook and is described by its players as “addictive”. Launched last June by Zynga Game Network, FarmVille now has more players than Twiter’s entire user base — or more than the population of the UK. The players are largely women over the age of 35.

Jenny Glyn, 33, a London housewife, started playing in September. “I had a look at a friend’s farm and was hooked,” she says. “My first motivation was to overtake her, but I did that pretty quickly. Now there’s something satisfying about growing crops.”

FarmVille intellectually unites the worlds of social networking and gaming. Players are given a patch of ground with six fields, “cash”, a few seeds and a plough and have to build up wealth, skills and neighbors to create bigger, better, richer farms.

Inviting your online friends to play means you earn more and get free gifts; you rise rapidly through the first levels but, once hooked, have to work harder and harder with no final level or goal in sight.

“It’s very moreish,” says Curran. She hasn’t yet paid real-world money to advance in the game, but her friends do. One buys extra virtual currency at the exchange rate of $240 (??145) in FarmVille for $40 (??24) in the real world.

“I’d expanded on FarmVille as much as I could, but I just wanted a pond and some bushes and trees around it,” says the woman, who is too embarrassed to be named. “I didn’t tell my husband I’d paid real money because he’d think I’m mad. But then he did keep me waiting in the car outside our house while he harvested his raspberries.”

Brian Dudley, chief executive at Broadway Lodge, an addiction treatment centre, warns that this sort of obsessive(令人著魔的) play can lead to an addiction as severe as gambling.

59. What does Curran do in the passage?

   A. She is a player.                                                      B. She is a farmer who grows wheat and poinsettia.

   C. She is a chemist.                                                  D. She is a housewife who raises chickens and cows.

60. By FarmVille, the writer means ______.

   A. an addictive farm on which live 69 million farmers

   B. a London housewife’s farm

   C. an online computer game built into the social networking site

   D. a farm on which people grow real crops and play as well

61. In the last but one paragraph, the husband kept the woman waiting outside ______.

   A. because he was angry at his wife’s being mad about the farm

   B. because he himself was busy with his farm

   C. in order to punish his wife for her having paid real money

   D. so that his wife would wake up from her addiction to the farm

62. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The population of the UK is less than 69 million.

   B. This sort of obsessive play can cause very severe addiction.

   C. Once hooked, one has to make greater efforts to reach a higher level.

   D. Up till now, nobody has yet paid real-world money to advance in the play.