(十二)

Water is the ___1___ of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but ___2___ true. The human body can go without ___3___for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet(然而)two ____4___three days without water can usually make people ___5___. Man can’t live ___6___ water. A lot of people don’t understand how ___7___ water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, ___8___in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say, most of our body ___9___ water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. ___10___ we don’t drink some water, we won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.

1. A. important B. most important C. more important D. importance

2. A. it’s B. its C. it D. is

3. A. food B. water C. drink D. meat

4. A. so B. and C. but D. or

5. A. to die B. die C. dying D. died

6. A. have B. with C. without D. in

7. A. many B. much C. little D. few

8. A. even B. ever C. almost D. hardly

9. A. is B. are C. have D. has

10. A. because B. For C. Since D. If

(十三)

We children often give and get presents. Do you know what presents Western children like?

How do they give them? Let's have a quick 1 .

Most children 2 the video games, CDs and DVDs. A video game costs around $60 and CDs or DVDs are 3 at about $20 each. Girls like to give omaments (饰物)and they often 4 the presents themselves. They first choose pretty beads(珠子)in DIY shops and then put them 5 in their own way.

Different, children like different presents. If you are not 6 what your friends will like, you can give them the "gift certificate cards(授权卡)”from a store. They can buy things they like 7 the cards. There is $20 or $30 in the card. Usually parents help the kids buy the gifts that they 8 .So they can buy the things they like best. Before the parties, children usually put the 9 in boxes. Then 10 to open the gifts? They are usually opened while everyone is at the party.

1.A. laugh B. read C. look D. word

2.A. like B. dislike C. make D. have

3. A. better B. cheaper C. expensive D. smaller

4.A. sell B. buy C. send D. make

5.A, travel B. timetable C. together D. trip

6.A. happy B. sure C. afraid D. interested

7.A. with B. for C. of D. in

8.A. make B. hate C. relax D. want

9.A. videogames B. CDs C. DVDs D. presents

10.A. why B. how C. when D. where

(十四)

Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict __1__ them.

Parents often find __2__ difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to __3__ how they themselves felt when they were young.

For example, young people like to do things without much __4__. It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can __5__ any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed.

So when you want your parents to let you do 6__ , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.

Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something __7__. But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that __8__ this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their way of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home __9__ and do what they like.

If you plan to control your ___10__ , you'd better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you.

If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.

1. A. on B. with C. in D. to

2. A. it B. this C. that D. one

3. A. forgets B. remember C. forget D. remembers

4. A. thinking B. speaking C. reading D. saying

5. A. know B. find C. find out D. solve

6. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything

7. A. else B. one C. old D. more

8. A. by B. through C. in D. over

9. A. sadly B. alone C. lonely D. sad

10. A. life B. work C. study D. health

(十五)

The plane took off. A passenger needed a cup of water to take his medicine. An air hostess (空姐) told him that she would bring him the 1 soon. But the air hostess was 2 busy that she forgot to bring him the water. 3 . The passenger couldn't take his medicine on time. About half an hour later. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 4 it.

In the following hours. Each time she 5 the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not But the passenger 6 paid notice to her.

When it was time to get off the 7 , the passenger asked her in hand him the passengers' booklet (留言簿) , She was very 8 . She thought that he would 9 bad words in it, but with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane. She openness the booklet and then 10 . The passenger put it, "In the past few hour, you have asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve faithful (真诚的) smiles?"

1.A. medicine B. water C. cup D. coffee

2.A. very B. too C. quite D. so

3.A. With her help B.As a result C. On the one hand D. To tell the truth

4.A. drank B. accepted C. refused D. received

5.A.looked at B.listened to C.talked about D.passed by

6.A.usually B.never C.sometimes D.often

7.A.plane B.train C.ship D.bus

8.A.interested B.happy C.excited D.sad

9.A.break down B.get down C.write down D.down

10.A.smiled B.cried C.wondered D.worried