high school in Kansas (堪萨斯州), America, have a meeting with their city"s mayor to complain (抱怨)
about their heavy bags. They say their bags are giving them headaches, and making their necks (脖子) and
backs hurt. The mayor says he is very sorry. He says students may do more of their homework on the
Internet (国际互联网) to give their backs a rest.
B. earache
C. toothache
D. A, B and C
students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework
is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don"t know how to save time.
They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students
spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up (熬夜) very late. Some students
have to get up every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike. It can be a long way
from home to school.
School and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than
nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, we should make best use of our time. When
we have enough time for sleeping, we will find it much better for both our study and health.
B. Playing computer games.
C. Doing their homework.
D. Doing housework.
B. Other students.
C. themselves.
D. Nobody else.
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
B. He would do well in study.
C. He would finish his homework fast.
D. He would have good health.
B. All the students stay up late for their homework.
C. Children should be given less homework.
D. Schools and parents should take care of children.
would do anything for you.
Like a lot of middle school students, Jessica has a problem. She and her parents don"t get on well.
"I really want to be my daddy"s good girl. But it seems he just doesn"t understand. He talks to me but
doesn"t listen to me," said Jessica, a student from Grade Nine.
Do you and your parents have problems?
A study shows that many Chongqing families have the same problems as Jessica"s family. The children,
12-15 years old, don"t like talking with their parents much. They aren"t happy at home. Of course, lots of
other children feel that way. But you and your parents will be happier if you can be friends. Here are some
ways to have a good talk with your parents: Find a good time to talk, like when you"re eating dinner, going
out for a walk or watching TV. Tell them something you"re interested in, or ask them about their lives
when they were young. They love to talk about that! Listen to them carefully, and look at them in the
eyes.
If you try these ways, you will probably get on better with your parents.
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Yesterday I read a report on a charity show in a local newspaper. The aim of the show was to 1 money for the poor children. In the poor areas, some children were out of school because their parents couldn"t 2 their education. Many pop stars 3 the charity show, such as Andy Liu, Jay, Faye Wang and Kitty Chen. The stars didn"t ask for any pay. They did it for long! There were a lot of performances 4 singing and dancing. The audience (观众) were so 5 that they clapped their hands from time to time. Of course, the show was 6 . All the people followed the stars" example. They showed their generosity in 7 their money to the show. Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon sent to the poor areas and some of the poor children could get back to school. Now many charity shows 8 on our country, not only to support the education in poor areas, but also to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, "All the others will come to one"s rescue (援助) 9 one is in trouble." I 10 the whole world will become better and better.
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