Teens Enjoy Reading
According to a survey on reading conducted by the U.S. National Education Association (NEA), young Americans say reading is important—more important than computers and science. Over 50% of the twelve to eighteen years old children interviewed said they enjoy reading a lot. Seventy-nine percent find it stimulating and interesting, and 87% think it is relaxing. Most of those surveyed (68%) disagree with the opinion that reading is boring, or old-fashioned.
Teens Read Variety of Material
Over half the teenagers interviewed said they read more than ten books a year. The results also showed that middle school students read more books than high school students. Most teens (66%) like to read fiction, such as novels and stories. Only 26% were interested in non-fiction, such as biographies and history books. Sixty-four percent of students liked reading ‘stories about people of my own age’ as their favorite topic. Mysteries and detective stories came second on the list at 53%. Just under 50% said they were interested in reading about their own culture and heritage.
Other Interests
Of the teenagers who took part in the survey, 49% said that libraries are where they get most of their books. However, many complained that their school libraries do not have enough up-to-date, interesting books and magazines. Even though many teenagers in the U.S. enjoy reading, they still have other interests. When asked which activity would be the most difficult to give up for a week, 48% said listening to music. TV would be difficult to give up for 25% of those surveyed.
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Another survey which is published by www. SmartGirl.com studied the differences between teenage boys’ and girls’ reading habits. According to the report, more girls than boys read for fun. Many more girls (77%) than boys (6%) read fashion and beauty magazines. More boys (47%) than girls (7%) read magazines about video games, but an equal number of each like to read adventure stories and newspapers. Girls also read more material about celebrities and social issues such as crime, drugs, or poverty. Boys, on the other hand, read more about sports.
【小题1】Most teens enjoy reading______.
| A．history books | B．novels and stories |
| C．about their own culture | D．about science |
| A．reading books | B．watching TV |
| C．reading magazines | D．listening to music |
| A．Teens’ Reading Habit | B．Another Survey about Teens |
| C．Boys’ and Girls’ Interests | D．Boys’ and Girls’ Habits Differ |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】D
解析试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了了年轻人喜欢阅读，大部分喜欢读小说和故事书，并且讲述了年轻的一些其它爱好和男女生的爱好差异问题。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据Most teens (66%) like to read fiction, such as novels and stories.描述，可知大部分年轻人喜欢读小说和故事书。故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据When asked which activity would be the most difficult to give up for a week, 48% said listening to music.描述，可知青少年认为很难放弃听音乐的爱好。故选D。
【小题3】标题归纳题。根据第一段Another survey which is published by www. SmartGirl.com studied the differences between teenage boys’ and girls’ reading habits.及下文描述，可知本段主要讲述了男女生在个人爱好方面的一些差异。故选D，男女生的爱好差异。
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科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
These days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful, So they turn to plastic surgery (整形
手术) for help. They spend thousands of yuan on these painful surgeries to fix (修整) their nose, to fix their eyes or to be thinner.
In fact, most people are not happy about the way they look. Even the most beautiful actresses often wish they could fix something about their looks.So we should believe that we are as beautiful as others. A smile is beautiful on any face, being kind is much more beautiful than a pretty look.
So, let's feel happy that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need surgeries! Today, I wish you to make a small change: believe yourself! smile and be kind to others. If you do these, you will be happy, beautiful, and popular everywhere you go.
【小题1】_______ are more and more interested in plastic surgeries.
| A．Old people | B．Young people | C．Men | D．Women |
| A．kind | B．good | C．beautiful | D．clever |
| A．Believe yourself | B．Smile | C．Be kind | D．A,BandC |
| A．改变 | B．计划 | C．担心 | D．说明 |
| A．Young people spend a lot of money on plastic surgeries. |
| B．Actors never worry about their looks. |
| C．We only need to make an easy change to feel beautiful enough\ |
| D．Being kind is more important than a good look |
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We go to school every day to become a better
person. So how can we become powerful and start
changes in our own life? Perhaps we can get tips from the US
First Lady Michelle Obama. During her 'visit to China, from March 20-26, Mrs. Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.
The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education* In Chengdu No. 7 High School, she told students that having humble (贫寒的) roots doesn't matter as long as you have perseverance（毅力）
Mrs. Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents' sacrifices（牺牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4:30 am and study late into the night. "But whenever I got tired or discouraged(气馁 WJ)... I would remember something my mother. always told me. She said: 'A good education is something that no one cart take away from you.''
Mrs. Obama also encourages Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons（开阔眼界） in her speech at Peking University. "As the Chinese saying goes: It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books," she said. It's not enough to get good grades in school. It's also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own, she noted.
Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. It could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems such as climate change, Mrs. Obama said.
【小题1】From the first paragraph , what kind of views did Mrs. Obama share with the students ?
| A．education and development |
| B．empowerment and perseverance |
| C．education and youth empowerment |
| D．education and youth perseverance |
| A．be good at | B．be good with |
| C．be bad for | D．be good for |
| A．Michelle Obama lived a rich life when she was young . |
| B．Michelle Obama worked hard to make her parents proud.. |
| C．Michelle Obama sometimes had to wake up at 4:30 pm and study late into the night. |
| D．Michelle Obama would remember something her teachers always told her whenever she got tired or discouraged. |
| A．The first lady encourages Chinese students to aim high and get a good education. |
| B．The first lady thinks it terrible for students to have humble roots . |
| C．The first lady thinks that a good education is something that no one can take away from you. |
| D．Mrs. Obama encouraged Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons. |
| A．We can get tips from the US First Lady Michelle Obama during her visit to Beijing No. 7 High School |
| B．It's wonderful enough for students to get good grades only in school. |
| C．It's not important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own. |
| D．Studying overseas could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems. |
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We live in an amazing world, reading the following news and you will find it yourself.
News 1: Bao Xishun is the tallest man in the world. He is 2.36 metres tall. He Pingping is the shortest man in the world. He is only 0.73 metres tall. They are Chinese. On July 13th, Bao Xishun married (娶) a girl and He Pingping took part in their wedding ceremony (婚礼).
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News 3: A young sheep climbs a tree to feed on leaves in a park in the southern Swedish town of Lund. The sheep climbed to a height (高度) of seven metres and spent an hour and a half in the tree before returning to the ground.
【小题1】 Where do the tallest man and the shortest man in the world come from?
| A．China. | B．America. |
| C．Sweden. | D．Florida. |
| A．13. | B．12. | C．250. | D．7. |
| A．Nearly half an hour. | B．Over half an hour. |
| C．An hour and a half. | D．12 hours. |
| A．Bao Xishun married He Pingping. |
| B．The tallest man and the shortest man are not both from China. |
| C．The boy caught the biggest fish in the world. |
| D．The sheep climbed very high and spent a long time in the tree. |
| A．The Tallest Man’s Wedding Ceremony |
| B．The Amazing World |
| C．A Boy Caught the Biggest Fish |
| D．A Sheep Climbed a Tree |
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“We get up at 7:30 in the morning. Then we have breakfast. Usually we have porridge for breakfast. There is always tea, coffee, bread and pies. After breakfast, we head for a bus stop and get on a bus which runs to the media center. It takes us 30 minutes to get there,” she said.
When volunteers arrived there, they went through the security (安全) check point. They couldn’t bring water or food with them. “Security guards check our bags. We are not allowed to have things made of metals. They check phones, video cameras, electric equipment and computers,” Oksana added.
In the evening volunteers got back to the apartment buildings. All of them were like one big family. They lived together and got some rest together—after dinner they went to the beach to watch the sunset.
Not only students helped organize the Sochi Olympics. There were many so-called silver volunteers who retired but didn’t lose interest in sports. Some of the volunteers had an experience working at the Olympic Games in other countries and even at the Moscow Olympics in 1980.
【小题1】 How many foreign languages did Oksana Verkholyak use at the Games?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
【小题2】Where did the volunteers go first after breakfast?
A. To the apartment buildings.
B. To the security check point.
C. To a bus stop.
【小题3】 What couldn’t the volunteers take into the media center?
A. Water and computers.
B. Video cameras and phones.
C. Knives and hamburgers.
【小题4】Which is NOT true about the silver volunteers?
A. They’re all young people.
B. They love sports.
C. Some of them have volunteered for the Olympics before.
【小题5】What is the best title of this passage?
A. A volunteer’s day at Sochi Olympics
B. 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
C. Different jobs for volunteers
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These days picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some chosen from the Internet by Jack. Read on to find out which one you like best.
★ SPRING is coming, together with butterflies(蝴蝶)! On March 31,the Natural History Museum in London, UK, had a butterfly show. Children came over and played with these beautiful creatures. They also got to know how butterflies grow up. Colorful butterflies flew freely at the show. They sometimes landed on visitors. Look! A large blue butterfly sits on the nose of the girl.
★Earlier in April 2014, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing. It hopes to encourage more people to read books.
“We welcome everyone who loves to read books at any time.” The general manager of the store told China Youth Daily.
Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
★ This year, many children in the UK will have a new language to study: Chinese.
Starting in 2014, students aged 7-11 in the UK need to study one of seven foreign languages. They can choose from French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek(希腊语) and Chinese.
The British government is offering to train a group of Chinese-language teachers. They will teach Chinese to more than 3,000 primary school students.
China and the UK work together in many fields. So it’s important that the future generation(一代人) can speak Chinese.
【小题1】What could children get from visiting the butterfly show?
| A．Beautiful creatures. | B．Pleasure and knowledge. |
| C．Colorful butterflies. | D．Care by the visitors. |
| A．You can read in the bookstore only during the daytime. |
| B．Sanlian Taofen Bookstore opens 24 hours a day. |
| C．Reading online is more enjoyable than reading in bookstores. |
| D．Many people read in bookstores in order to save money. |
| A．Primary schools in the UK | B．Chinese teachers in the UK |
| C．Chinese comes to the UK | D．Foreign languages in the UK |
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d. 
| A．Picture a → Third news | B．Picture b → First news |
| C．Picture c → Second news | D．Picture d →Second news |
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Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you’re traveling to the railway station, you look at your watch, for you are afraid you will miss your train.
But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction (建设) on the express railway (高速铁路) between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.
“There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint (检查站) and taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes,” said an engineer.
There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decrease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.
The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run along side the present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air.” Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.
According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project (三峡工程).
【小题1】The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.
| A．at the end of this year | B．before the Spring Festival of 2008 |
| C．by 2013 | D．in about 5 years |
| A．buy a ticket | B．get through the checkpoint |
| C．pack your things | D．make some friends |
| A．延长 | B．缩短 | C．提速 | D．限速 |
| A．Traveling by train is usually difficult in China because tickets are too expensive. |
| B．The high-speed trains will have 21 stations in Shanghai, Shandong, Hunan and Jiangsu. |
| C．Tickets for the high-speed trains will be cheaper than those for planes. |
| D．The cost of the express railway project is as high as that of the Three Gorges Project. |
| A．An enormous project. |
| B．Train tickets will get more expensive |
| C．Specially built bridges |
| D．Beijing—Shanghai express railway |
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A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned(赦免)the bird on Thanksgiving eve.
The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台).
The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress（议会） ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.【小题1】That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________.
| A．George Bush | B．Congress |
| C．President Truman | D．the public |
【小题2】 The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________.| A．celebrate the harvest of British settlers |
| B．celebrate the progress of Americans |
| C．encourage the struggle with British settlers |
| D．celebrate the joy of all Americans after a hard winter |
【小题3】 We can infer(推断)from the passage that ________.| A．President Obama pardoned a turkey before Thanksgiving because of the economic crisis |
| B．the turkey named Courage was pardoned by President Roosevelt before Thanksgiving |
| C．the pardoned turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden on Thanksgiving eve |
| D．the pardoned turkey will appear in a celebrating parade of Thanksgiving Day |
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