I'm confused these days．We are taught at home and at school that using violence(暴力)is the least civilized(文明的)way to solve problems．For example, last week I thought about hitting my friend for winning a beautiful shell while we were playing At the beach．I talked with him instead and we came to an agreement．If two adults had a disagreement，and if they used violence towards each other in order to win, is it all right? 

    When two countries disagree，they often fight a war．Why is using violence not okay at home，at school，or in your country but okay between countries? So many people have been killed because of wars，not only soldiers but ordinary people, even small children and babies. And refugees(难民)exist，too．

    A war is a great violence，like two people fighting over a shell，just much bigger. Adults say they are fighting wars in order to solve problems and make peace. But can you really“make peace”by killing so many people? I don’t think bombs(炸弹)can reach people’s hearts and change them．Bombs can’t create love and caring, and that’s what we need in the world．Why do adults use violence so quick? Why can’t they use their wisdom(智慧)and talk it over?

    Adults might say that things are not that easy．But they are the ones that teach us to be kind，not to hurt people，and not to kill．Why don’t they act as what they say?

                          A page from a 1 2-year-old boy，Joshua’s diary.

1．At the beach，Joshua_________.

   A．hit his friend

B．won a beautiful shell

   C．played with a beautiful shell

   D．came to an agreement with his friend

2．Joshua hates wars between countries because

A．he is afraid of wars

B．he doesn’t understand adults

   C．wars create death and refugees

   D．wars are not the only way to make peace

3．What’s the key to peace in Joshua’s opinion?

   A．Love and care for each other．

   B. Don’t use Violence so quickly

C. Stop using bombs in wars．

D. Don't hurt or kill people in wars.

4. From the reading we can see Joshua wants adults to_____.

  A．1earn from children

  B．be children's models

  C．be kind to children

  D．teach children how to solve problems

5．Choose the best title(标题)for the passage．

  A．Adults and Wars

  B．How to Stop Wars

  C．Wars Can't Make Peace

D．Ways of Solving Problems

ENJOY YOUR FAVORITES IN STAR CINEMA

September

Fri—Sun

Voldemort ：14:00；16：00

Lord of the Rings(Ⅱ)The Two Towers；14 : 00；16 : 00；20：00；22 : 00

Mon-Thurs

The Lion King，Shrek(Ⅱ)：12：00；14:00；16：00；20：00

October

Fri-Sun

Goblet of Fire：14 1 00；16：00

Lord of the Rings(Ⅲ)The Return of the King：14 :00；16 : 00；20 : 00；22 :00

Mon-Thurs

Lord of the Rings(II)The Two Towers：12：00;14:00; 16 : 00; 20：00

Voldemort：12 :00；14 : 00；16：00

Tickets must be booked an)L time up to 30 minutes before the film starts．Ticket

holders are given seat numbers.

Drinks are provided．Food may be bought from the shop and eaten in the area provided outside the cinema．

Ticket price：Adults：$16；Children under 6：$6；students under 16：$10

Smoking is not allowed anywhere in the cinema．Mobile phones must be powered off．

1．What film can you see on a Saturday night in October?

  A．Lord of the Ring (Ⅲ)The Return’of the King．

 B．Lord of the Rings(Ⅱ)The Two Towers．

  C．The Lion King，Shrek(II).

  D. Voldemort。

2．When can you see the film Voldemort?

    A．Tuesday，0ctober，4 pm.

    B．Tuesday，0ctober，10 pm.

    C．Thursday，September，8 pm．

    D．Friday，September，4 am．

3．How much will it cost for a fam41y·with two children(one is 5 and the other is 8)to see a film?

    A．$22．    B．$30．   C．$44．    D．$48．

4．When can people book tickets?

   A．The day before the film．

   B．Anytime before the film．

   C．An hour before the film.

   D．No later than half an hour before the film.

5．What can you do in the cinema?

  A．Eat some food．    B．Have．some drinks．

  C．Make a phone call．D．Smoke in the area provided．

   Throughout history，people had dreamed about joining England and France together．Even Napoleon had a plan to dig a tunnel(隧道)?and reach England．0ne of the first people who tried to dig a tunnel under the Chard，(英吉利海峡)was a French engineer called Albert Mathieu。His tunnel failed．

    In 1881，Colonel Beamont and Captain English from Britain also tried to dig a tunnel．Their tunnel went six kilometers out into the Channel．Queen Victoria stopped them and said it was dangerous to connect with France．It was a very good tunnel，and it is still there today．

    The new tunnel(ready in 1993)is，in fact，three tunnels two for trains and a “service tunnel”for fresh air to go in and for men who take cake of the tunnels．The tunnels are fifty kilometers long，forty meters under water．Forty kilometers of tunnel are under the sea itself．They are the longest undersea tunnels in the world． Trains travel through the tunnels at 1 60 km／h．People drive their cars onto trains and the trains take them through the tunnel．Each train takes 1，500 people and there are trains every ten minutes．

    A special radio station called Channel Channel has started, because it is impossible to receive normal radio signals(信号)when you are under the sea. The station sends news to keep people up—to—date with the’world outside’s while they are in the tunnel．

1．What was people's dream about England and France?

    A.Napoleon could reach England．

    B．Napoleon could dig a tunnel for them．

    C. Albert Mathieu would Succeed．

    D. England and France could be joined together．

2．Which i8 TRUE about the tunnel building in 18817?

    A．The tunnel went six kilometers from France．

    B．Tunnel—building was a dangerous；job．

    C．The old tunnel is still under the sea．

    D．The queen agreed to the digging plan．

3．What's the traveling like in the tunnel?

    A．Trains and cars can travel at 1 60 km／h．

    B．People can travel by trains through two tunnels．

    C．It takes ten minutes to go through the tunnel by train．

D．People can drive their cars or take trains through the tunnel.

4．Channel Channel has started to_________ ．

A．tell people what the date is

B．send news about people in the tunnel

C．tell people news about the outside world

D．receive radio signals of the outside world

5．The passage mainly tells us __________．

   A．the history of the Channel tunnel

   B．the importance of the Channel tunnel

   C．it's hard work to dig an undersea tunnel

   D．the people who tried to dig the Channel tunnel

    2004 is the International Year of Rice! This was decided by the UN in 2002．

That was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate(庆祝)just one

crop．What was the UN，s purpose(目的)for its decision? The UN wants us to re—

member“Rice is life”．

    Rice was first grown 1 5，000 years ago in East and South Asia．Rice is more than three times as old as China．Today，almost half of the world’s population eats this very old crop.

    Rice is the most important food in Asia．83  90％ of the world's rice is grown in Asia．People in Africa now eat more rice than before．

    84  Nearly 1 billion(十亿)people around the world have jobs because of rice．

But still，about 840 million people，including more than 200 million children，don’t have enough food．So，growing more rice would really help the world’s hungry and poor people．

A．根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．What decision was made by the UN in 2002?

___________________________________________________________________

2．Why should we grow more rice in the world?

____________________________________________________________________

B.将短文中画线的两个句子译成汉语

3.________________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________________

C.请给短文拟一个合适的标题。

5．________________________________________________________________

       history of this special Pacific island brought      unusual feeling to me.

A.The,a                 B.A,an                   C.The,an               D.A,a

-Nice to meet you, Mile.      

-Everything is OK. Thanks.

A.What are you doing?                     B.What is it doing?

C.How are you going?                        D.How is it going?

       Lucy        Lily may go to the concert with you. Because they are not allowed to go out on school nights.

A.either,or             B.neither,nor       C.both,and             D.not only,but also

-What’s your father like?

-        

A.He if funny and smart.                     B.He is a skillful worker.

C.He is tall and strong.                 D.He looks like a star.

Ben’s composition is almost perfect       several spelling mistakes.

A.except         B.except for        C.besides                    D.beside