My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. It’s a wonderful    15  with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didn’t enjoy Indian  16  very much.
On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the  17  they said. “If you go by train, it’ll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot   18  took over four hours. I was very  19  when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were  20  to find it was quite nice. I wasn’t full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.
I said to my dad, “I’ve been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?”
Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very  21  . I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself  22 —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough（咳嗽）and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldn’t  23  how spicy (辛辣的) it was!
I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn’t make me eat another Indian meatball for all the   24   in the world!

It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often, and friends tell other friends how good they look. Sound like a fashion? In fact, it’s another trend (流行趋势): “blog”. What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. The word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online.
Many bloggers are teenagers who log (进入) onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about parents and homework. They share diaries, post songs from the latest bands (乐队) and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their girlfriends or boyfriends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.
However, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words,” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two.
Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place they can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them.
【小题1】The word “it” means ________ in the sentence “People talk about it”.

During these years fashion is more and more popular. Many young students  1   going after fashion. Girls like to wear short skirts or color their hair, and  2  like to wear long hair. Some of  3   try to be more original so that they can  4   others’ attention(注意).
However, another group of students  5   pay much attention to fashion. They like to go their own   6  . They don’t wear the clothes in style. They wear what they really like.
Students going after fashion sometimes  7  look really great, but sometimes may be  8. As for me, I think it is crazy  9  after fashion. Everyone has his own style. Why do we go after fashion and finally make people everywhere look the same? I think we should find things that 10  ourselves, so we will be ourselves.
【小题1】A enjoy B want    C practice       D finish
【小题2】A men  B women C children      D boys
【小题3】A them B their    C theirs   D they
【小题4】A find   B get       C send     D compare
【小题5】A often B don’t   C no       D always
【小题6】A questions  B problems     C thoughts      D ways
【小题7】A may  B must    C need    D should
【小题8】A upset B terrible C ill D original
【小题9】A go  B to go        C and go D to going
【小题10】A like B surprise    C fit    D include

Charlie is twenty-three now. He1a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s2and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he3in a university. So he looks down upon his 4 . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with5. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t6 a foreign instructions （说明书）. An old worker studied it for two days and7Mr. White, the boss of the factory,8it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for9. And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it10 that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White11 and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having12 this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie13 his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my14 !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White15 me acknowledge （承认）I was wrong!”

Dear Editor
I am writing to you to  1  you about my problems with my family. I am very   2  now and I need your help.
I don’t think my parents  3   me. They don’t care what I like doing, but always talk about how   4  study. They don’t let me  5  out with my friends at weekends. They always ask me   6   home and study. I’m sure I could still study very well even if I had more time to play, but they just  7   me. We often argue(争论) with  8 .
I really hope that my parents can 9  my friends. What shall I do ? How can I get them to understand me? Please give me   10  . Thank you !
Yours
Michael