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Hey, book lovers! Here are some great books for you.
| GONE WITHTHE WIND 
Writer: Margaret Mitchell ￥22 (in bookstores)￥18(online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller. It tells a story that happened in the American Civil War（美国内战）. Scarlett O'Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family. |
| ALITTLE PRINCESS 
Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess ￥23(in bookstores)￥19(online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. It's an excellent book. |
| PETER PAN 
Writer: J. M Barrie ￥15(in bookstores）￥12(online） It is a children's story full of imagination and adventures（冒险）. It is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling's adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. |
| THE SECRET GARDEN 
Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥35(in bookstores)￥30(online) Mary Lennox finds herself in her uncle's dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
1.What difficulty did Scarlett O'Hara face in her life?
A.The American Civil War. B.The loss of her parents.
C.Adventures in Never-Never Land D.The locked rooms and gardens.
2.If you buy PETER PAN in a bookstore, you have to pay
A.￥12 B.￥15 C.￥18 D.￥19 .
3.Who brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life?
A.Sara Crewe. B.Peter Pan. C.Mary Lennox. D.Scarlett O'Hara.
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I was walking home from work on a busy city street with lots of people. I wasn't looking forward to going home, because my friends were busy with their own business and weren't able to spend time lazily with me. It's then when I walked past a homeless person that I hadn't seen before. He was moving back and forth（来回的）to stay warm, and very gently asking for some change. His words for money were so quiet that I could hardly hear him.
Something made me stop, turn around and walk up to him. At the same time, some thoughts appeared in my head like, "What do you think you're doing?" "You're alone, it's dark out and you're a woman. "Before I knew what I was doing, I asked him if he had had dinner yet and if he would like to join me at a nearby restaurant. He said he hadn't eaten and he would like to. So, he walked with me a few yards to the restaurant and held the door open for me as we entered.
He asked for the smallest thing on the menu but I ordered a larger meal and I explained that the price wasn't worth worrying about. We had a good dinner and a pleasant conversation about our life like where we grew up and what kind of music we liked. During the whole time, I just tried to say the right thing and give him the respect and care everyone has. I didn't want to show that I was better than him.
I was so grateful for this experience. I may not have met my friends that evening but I met an unexpected friend and the experience changed my life. It will make me think twice in future before I complain about something I don't have.
1.Why was the homeless man moving back and forth?
A.To look for some money. B.To wait for his friends.
C.To keep himself warm. D.To make people notice him.
2.What did the writer ask the homeless man to do?
A.To have a dinner with her. B.To ask change with her.
C.To take a walk with her. D.To go to work with her.
3.What did the writer learn from her experience?
A.She should live better than the homeless man.
B.She should do more for homeless people.
C.She would care more about her friends.
D.She would let herself complain less.
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If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don't need to feel surprised. They are a flash mob（快闪族）. A flash mob, organized with the help of the Internet or other communications networks, is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a period of time, such as coming together to look at the sky, shouting something at the top of their voices for 30 seconds, and then quickly disappear before the police can arrive.
Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its place if the first one has been replaced for any reason. Bill Wasik, a senior editor, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May,2003 and the first successful flash mob came together on June 3,2003—after the first try was foiled at Macy's department store. Following this, about 200 people crowded into the hall of the Hyatt hotel, applauding(鼓掌）in one voice for fifteen seconds, and next the mob pretending（假装）to be tourists on a bus trip entered a shoe shop in Soho. Wasik said that he created flash mobs as a social experiment designed to make fun of hipsters(时尚潮人）.
Though flash mobs were firstly regarded as pointless, the idea has already developed for the benefit of political（政治的）and social events. Flash mobbing takes advantage of the effect of communicating information on Websites and by email, and protesters(抗议者）can similarly use it to be involved in political events.
Flash mob gatherings can sometimes surprise people. Such an activity might seem amusing and fantastic, but it also might frighten people who are not clear about what is taking place. Undoubtedly, flash mobs can serve as good political tools in any direction. They also have big economic potential（经济潜力）, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things.
Flash mobs give people an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
1.The word "foiled" in Paragraph 2 probably means "__________".
A.praised B.prevented C.confused D.succeeded
2.Why did Bill Wasik create the flash mob?
A.To help people make friends. B.To advertise some products.
C.To create some memories. D.To make fun of hipsters.
3.What can we infer about the flash mob from the passage?
A.It can be made use of in many fields just for fun.
B.It usually breaks up quickly for not having enough time.
C.If the place for the activity is decided, it can't be changed.
D.It gives people the chance to do something unusual together.
4.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A.Flash Mob: the Popular Culture
B.Flash Mob: the Political Potential
C.Flash Mob: the Short-term Memory
D.Flash Mob: the Beginning of Information
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SHANGHAI——Health researchers in Shanghai are calling for more protection for young children as the latest research shows about half of the children are suffering（受折磨）from secondhand smoke.
About 45% of children suffer passive（被动的）smoking in families, 50% in public places, and almost 6% on public transportation, shows a research reported by the Shanghai Children's Medical Center (SCMC)on Tuesday.
"Not only adults but also children and newborn babies are at risk for the bad effects of passive smoking," said Tang Jingyan, a doctor. Research has shown that children who are living in a secondhand smoke situation will suffer from more colds, coughs and sore throats, and they are more likely to suffer from pneumonia(肺炎）and will have a higher risk of developing cancer. Doctors even suggested that children suffering passive smoking are more likely to have behavioral problems and may not develop mentally(智力上) as quickly as other children.
Other research by the SCMC has found that more than 80% of child patients in the center live in a smoke-filled household, where one or both parents smoke. "Though doctors have stressed the harm of passive smoking over and over, it is still hard to reach a totally smoke-free home," said a doctor named Zhang Yiwen. Parents often want to smoke even though the have learned the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
China has 540 million people suffering from passive smoke,180 million of the younger than 15, the age of smokers is also getting lower, "earlier reports said. "There are more young smokers than before. You can see young people wearing a school uniform(校服）and carrying a schoolbag light a cigarette(香烟）on the street. Some of them are even girl students," said Jing Xingming, a professor. "Children like to copy adults, especially their parents. If parents often smoke at home, it is very likely children will develop a smoking habit which can cause a bad circle," Jin said.
Reports from the Ministry of Health said China has about 350 million smokers, of whom 15 million are underage smokers. Also, around 40 million of the country's 130 million children aged between 13 and 18 had tried smoking, and 15 million had become addicted to(上瘾) smoking.
1.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.The bad effects of passive smoking. B.The influences of adults to children.
C.The bad living situations of children. D.The attitude towards children smoking.
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A.About 45% of children suffer passive smoking in public places.
B.About 40 million children aged between 13 to 18 tried smoking.
C.About 350 million children are heavy smokers in China.
D.About 80% of the children in the SCMC smoke heavily.
3.What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A.To question about the behaviors of the children smokers.
B.To show the reasons why children like learning smoking.
C.To call on people to protect children from secondhand smoke.
D.To encourage children to give up smoking as soon as possible.
