Are you afraid of moving up to senior high school? It is a completely new experience, but you shouldn’t worry. We’ve put together a guide to help you.
You are not alone
Remember that everybody else in your grade is in the same boat. You may not notice it, but they are just as nervous as you are.
Moving up to senior high school is a chance, not a problem. Things are different, and all you need to do is be polite and learn the new rules.
The teachers will help
If you don’t know what to do or are worried about something, then ask for help. Teachers are probably the best people to turn to because they have experience in helping new students.
Everything changes
There are lots of differences between junior high school and senior high school. You will have your lessons with different teachers in different rooms. You will have homework for different subjects on different days, so make sure you get organized.
Other points
If you’ve got an elder brother or sister at senior high school, then ask them for advice.
Be yourself! It sounds simple, but people will respond much better to you if you act naturally.
Going to bed early makes a difference. You’ll also find it easier to get up in the morning!The author says that you’re not alone because other students______
| A．are polite and nervous |
| B．will help you |
| C．feel the same as you do |
| D．will learn the new rules with you |
When you don’t know what to do, you can______
| A．write your problem down |
| B．watch your brothers |
| C．go to bed early |
| D．turn to your teachers |
The main purpose of the passage is to ___________?
| A．Tell students about a new experience |
| B．help students that are going to senior high school |
| C．tell students that teachers are the best helpers |
| D．teach students how to organize themselves |
I used to believe in the American dream that meant a job，credit and success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us separately chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I searched the countryside for some place I could rent for the cheapest possible amount. I came upon a deserted cottage in a small remote valley.I hadn't been alone for 25 years. I was scared, but I hoped the hard work would distract and heal me.
I found the owner and rented the place for$ 50 a month.The locals knew nothing about me. But slowly they started teaching me the art of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, tools and canned deer meat and began sticking around to chat. They would ask if I wanted to meet cousin Albie or go fishing. They started to teach me a belief in a different American dream, not the one of individual achievement but 
of neighborliness. Men would stop by with wild berries, ice cream or truck parts to see if I was up for courting. I wasn't, but they were civil anyway.The woman on that mountain worked harder than any I'd ever met. They taught me how to store food in the stream and keep it cold and safe._I_learned_to_keep_enough_for_an_extra_plate_for_company.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were necessary for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.
After four years in that valley, I moved back into town. 
I saw a lot of people were having a really hard time, losing their jobs and homes. With the help of a real estate broker (房地产经纪人) I chatted up at the grocery store, I managed to rent a big enough house to take in a handful of people. It's four of us now，but over time I've had nine come in and move on to other places from here. We'd all be in shelters if we hadn't banded together.
The American dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about how we can all get by together.Before a series of unhappy events happened, the writer________.
| A．had a wellpaid job | B．worked hard for his American dream |
| C．worked hard and liked to share | D．felt hopeless about his American dream |
What does the underlined word
“it” in the second paragraph refer to?
| A．The house. | B．The job. |
| C．The company. | D．The American dream. |
Remind children that bad things don’t last. It may sound simple, but the message is extremely important. “Children often don’t have the experience to know that when something bad happens---they lose an important game or their best friend lets them down---it’s not the end of the world,” explains Nancy Leffert, a senior research scientist with the Research Institute, an American adolescents(青少年) and children’s research group. “They think their bad feelings will last for ever, or that one failure will ruin everything.”
Unfortunately, that kind of thinking discourages motivation(动机). “If a child believes that the cause of her upset is lasting, or that nothing she does will make a difference, it decreases her ability to keep on trying.” says Dorothy Rich, president of the MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute, based in Washington. Any time you can help your child see that a situation is not lasting, that a result can be changed, or that one opinion does not reflect reality, you give her reason to hope.
Case in point: “When my daughter Kathy was eight, art was one of her favorite subjects,” says Beth, a mother of two. “Then she got an art teacher who gave a great deal of praise to one student and barely noticed the rest. Kathy was ready to give up until I explained to her, “Never stop doing your best just because one person doesn’t give you praise.” Beth had to repeat the advice often, and finally her daughter got the message. “Kathy is 12 now, and art is still one of her strongest subjects.”According to the passage we know many children__________.
| A．know how to face a failure |
B．try their best  to avoid a situation of failure |
| C．don’t want to stay in bad feelings for ever |
| D．tend to take a failure as the end of the world |
Which of the following is RIGHT about Nancy Leffert?
| A．She is concerned about children’s attitudes towards failure. |
| B．She is the president of the Education Center. |
| C．She strongly believes that bad things won’t last long. |
| D．She is the director of the Research Institute. |
Which of the following can a parent say to his children to show that one’s opinion does not reflect reality?
| A．“If you call your friend and apologize, he won’t stay mad at you.” |
| B．“Go ahead. Don’t care what other people think.” |
| C．“You have lost today, but you can try again tomorrow.” |
| D．“That may be what your teacher thinks, but I see it differently.” |
The best title of the passage is__________.
| A．Help Children Promote Problem Solving Ability |
| B．Tell Children Not to Let Failure Ruin Them |
| C．Set Reasonable Hopes for Your Children |
| D．Teach Your Children to Be Happy |
She was born to wealth and power in a time when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Graham became one of America’s most powerful women.
Despite a privileged background, Katharine had to deal, while growing up, with the high demands her mother placed on her children. Katharine’s love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in 1933．At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming lawyer who became her husband. When, in 1945, Katharine’s father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, Katharine didn’t object and stayed at home as a wife and mother of four.
While Phil’s successful efforts to restore the Post to fame made the Grahams popular members of the Washington social scene, Katharine privately suffered great pain from her husband’s increasingly harmful behavior caused by severe depression. When Phil committed suicide, the 46-year-old Katharine found herself thrown into a new job, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to save the family paper for her c
hildren, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.
In 1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret documents revealing the truth about the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. What’s more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate（水门事件）, one of the greatest scandals（丑闻）in American political history. Katharine managed to keep control over the most disorganized situation when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America. Katharine Graham was born in a time when __________.
A． women were not permitted to achieve their goals |
| B．women were not given the chance to receive education |
| C．women did not have equal opportunities as men in some ways |
| D．women could not enter any field despite their privileged backgrounds |
When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham ______.
| A．was strongly against the idea |
| B．was not happy to be rejected |
| C．didn’t believe her husband would do a good job |
| D．was willing to take her share of responsibility |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life. |
| B．When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability. |
| C．Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression. |
D．It was Katharine Graham’s husband who made  the greatest contributions to the Post. |
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Ups and downs of The Washington Post |
| B．Katharine Graham's family life and career |
C．Katharine Graham: from housewif e to successful publisher |
| D．Katharine Graham: a woman who controlled American journalism |
Exhibition: Little Angels
Date: January 10 -- September 13, 2010
Time: 10:00 am -- 5:00 pm
This exhibition shows more than 25 paintings by the Mount brothers, exploring the ways in which the artists use images of children in their work and why these images are still popular today.
Museum admission: $9 Adults / $7.00 Seniors / $4.00 Students / Free for children under age six
Where: The Long Island Museum 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, NY 631-751-0066
Summer Docs Series
Date: June 25, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
For the first time since its founding in 1993, The Hamptons International Film Festival, working with Guild Hall, will expand its programme to host a summer documentary (纪录片) show with three films that focus on various cultural and social themes.
Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin will serve as host for all three films, beginning with The Cove, an environmental documentary about the dolphin capture (捕猎海豚) trade on Friday, June 25th at 8:00 pm.
The other films will be screened on July 31st and August 25th.
Where: Guild Hall 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 631-324-0806
Admission: $20 / $18 Guild Hall members
Not Your Typical Solar Energy Class
Date: June 18, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm -- 9:30 pm
Suns
hine is free and so is this “Not your typical solar energy class”. Learn how solar electric and solar hot water can cut your bills. Free admission, plus free food and drink, and free “green” gifts.
Where: The Velux Building 2905 Veteran’s Memorial Hwy, Ronkonkoma, NY 516-809-7182
Stony Brook vs. Brown
Date: September 19, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm
* High School Night
* Tickets are free for all Stony Brook students with a Stony Brook ID. Wear red and support your Stony Brookers! Tickets can be bought at our website.
* Game time may change.
Where: LaValle Stadium at Stony Brook University Nichols Rd, Stony Brook, NY 631-632-9556The title of the exhibition Little Angels probably refers to ______.
| A．visitors | B．children | C．the Mount brothers | D．talented artists |
What can we kno
w about the film The Cove from the passage?
| A．Alec Baldwin is the leading actor in this film. |
| B．It is the first film shown at Guild Hall since 1993. |
| C．People can watch it two months earlier than the last one of the three films |
| D．The Hamptons International Film Festival starts with it. |
The “Not your typical solar energy class” will _______.
| A．give visitors free presents |
| B．be held in NY 631-324-0806 |
| C．provide food and drink at a low price |
| D．tell you how to cut bills when shopping |
The last part is probably an advertisement for ______.
| A．a web game | B．a sports meeting | C．a music concert | D．a sports game |
In the US and Britain, the slogan around colleges was “Save water. Shower with a friend.” Now, Wuhan University has come up with another system for the campus bathhouse. It charges students for the amount of time in a shower. Before entering the bathhouse, students pay for the amount of time they want in the shower with cash or their student ID card. The clock starts ticking the minute the tape is turned on. It pauses when a button is pressed for soap. An integrated circuit(IC) card reader at each tap shows the time. No mone
y, no water. The benefits of the new system can be seen with the old system, which charged 1 yuan for each person regardless of time in the shower. The university used about 320 tones of water daily under the old system, but only 160 tons now.
Many students use the new system but opinions on it are divided. Some student
s say it is bad because bathing had become a sort of race. Many people using it for the first time are not sure how long they need to shower. Some might be embarrassed if their time is up and they’re still covered in soap. They have to ask the bathhouse worker to help them buy extra time.
“It’s a flaw in the system that you can not buy extra time on the ID card,” said Ren, a freshman in Wuhan University. The university is also considering some students’ suggestions that they be allowed to pay after they’ve finished the shower. Not surprisingly, some are complaining about losing the hour shower. But many students say the move helps them develop a water-saving sense.
Without the time limits, most students tended to shower for 30 to an hour in the bathhouse. Some even used the hot water to wash their clothes. “In my experience, 10-20 m
inutes is enough,” said Dai Zhihua, a third-year student who usually takes 8 minutes. A similar system has been installed in other universities. Shanghai Normal University introduced it at its Fengxiang Campus in September. The bathing fee there is 0.2 yuan per minute. One male student responded by setting a record with a two-minute shower. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Having finished bathing, the student has to pay for it. |
| B．The clock times all through while the student is bathing except when the bather paused for soap. |
| C．If money runs out, there will be no water. |
| D．Students pay for the amount of time they want in the shower. |
The underlined word “flaw” (Paragraph3) most probably means______.
| A．perfection | B．advantage | C．pity | D．fault |
Since the new system has performed, ______ of water can be saved.
| A．a quarter | B．one third | C．one half | D．two thirds |
It can be inferred from the passag
e that______.
| A．the new operation can solve the water crisis. |
| B．The new operation can raise students’ environmental awareness. |
| C．a similar operation has been set in other universities. |
D．The univ ersity has saved a lot of water by using the new system. |
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