阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

At the age of 17, pianist Lang Lang had already shown himself to be an artist of maturity（成熟）well beyond his age.

In October, 1998, he made his USA debut（首场演出）with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. The response（反响）was immediate: The Chicago press（新闻界）called him “a phenomenal talent”. (83) This young pianist was born in Shenyang, China.

Lang Lang began his musical studies at the age of three at the Music College of Shenyang under Professor Zhu Yafen. In 1993, he entered the Central Conservatory of Music. Four years later, he was accepted by the well-known Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and he studies with Gary Graffman, one of the outstanding pianists of this century.

He has won many international prizes. He will have a bright future. We Chinese are proud of him. (84)He shows the world how great Chinese are.

A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。

My name is Mariusz Kedzierski and I’m 23-year-old Polish artist. Mostly, I make drawings. There is nothing special, except for one thing – I was born without arms.

But for me disability（残疾）doesn’t mean that I can’t live my own, great life. It doesn’t mean that I have to give up my dreams. Art has been my way of life for 7 years. Since that time I have drawn over 700 drawings that took me 15,000 hours. Thanks to my hard work and determination , I got 2nd prize “Best Global Artist” in Vienna in 2013. I participated in exhibitions in Cracow, Vienna, Oxford, Wroclaw and more.

Now I am travelling around the Europe, drawing on the streets of Berlin, London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, and many other cities. I called this project ‘Mariusz Draws’. This way, I want to encourage all the people and tell them that all the limits are in our heads.

Now students’ English handwriting gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!
◆Use paper that has lines
    Using paper that has lines can keep you writing straight when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母) are written properly.
◆Slow down
    If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.
◆ Hold your pencil right
    When you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much easier. Some kids press(按,压) down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to relax yourself and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. 83 If you do so, people will think you are a student with a good habit.
◆Draw more pictures
    Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. 84Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs (亲笔签名), of course！

A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。

       Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery North American. Black bears are shy animals. They are fearful by nature, and will usually run away if they see or hear people. Because of this , it can be difficult for scientists to learn about these animals.

    In order to study black bears, researchers from New Jersey, USA, catch bears and use drugs to help them go to sleep. Researchers then work out the size and the weight of the bear, take blood to test for diseases, remove a tooth and take it to the lab to find out its age. From these studies, researchers want to find out how many bears live in New Jersey, how long they live, and how many babies they produce.

     83 But in Minnesota(明尼苏达州), USA, researchers study bears that are completely awake. The bears know the researchers’ voices and they are not afraid of the research team. With the help of a few grapes to keep the bears busy, researchers can touch them to check their hearts, look at their teeth, and do other jobs. Researchers can also walk or sit with bears for hours and make videos to learn about their everyday lives.

       In both places, the main purpose is the same—to make sure there is a healthy population of black bears. 84 But the research methods and the kinds of information that researchers are able to collect are quite different.

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When someone laughs at you, it is called teasing. Many people are teased. Sometimes your friends tease you just for fun. You can laugh at it and forget about it. But many times the teasing can be harmful. It is harmful when teasing makes you hate yourself.

It is, therefore, important to learn how to deal with teasing. Here are some ways.

Self-talk. Ask yourself, "What is more important — what they say about me or who I really am? " Of course, ①! You need to believe in yourself. When you start talking to yourself this way, you will feel more confident.

Ignore (忽视). If you become angry, then the teasers will tease you more. So, simply ignore them. When you don't respond (回应) to them, they may stop teasing you.

Turn it into praise. You can turn negative teasing into positive praise. If someone teases you about your hair, you can say, "②."

Agree. ③You can agree with the facts because facts are the truth. If someone teases you by saying, "You have curly hair", then you can say, "Yes, I have curly hair." Always remember to smile when you reply this way.

Laugh. You can simply laugh when someone teases you instead of feeling upset. The teasers may. be surprised to see you laugh. They might even stop teasing after some time.

Teasing is never a good thing to do. You should not tease others. But when others tease you, you have to learn to deal with ④ it well. You should also always remember that what teasers say when they tease you is not what is true about you.

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

Many teenagers feel that （A）___________ people in their lives are their friends，They believe that their family members，and in particular（尤其是）their parents，don’t know them as well as their friends do! In large families，it is quite normal（正常）for brothers and sisters to fight（打架）with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for a teenager to have a good

Friend or a circle（圈子）of friends. Even when they are not with their friends，they usually spend much time talking to each other on the phone .This communication is very important in children’s growing up，because friends can discuss things that are difficult to discuss with their family members.

However，parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents even stop their children from（B）_________ （see）their good friends, The question “choice”is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who chooses your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?

Jimmy lives in a country, and he loves playing in the river near his house. But his father gets a job in a big city, so he moves there with his family. Their new house has a garden, but the garden is small. Jimmy isn't happy. “Is there a river near here?” He asks his mother on the first morning. His mother answers, “No, there isn’t. But there's a nice park near here and there's a good pool (池塘) in it. We are going there this afternoon.” Jimmy is happy now. After lunch, Jimmy and his mother go to the park. Jimmy wants to walk near the pool, but there's a sign (指示牌) before it. His mother reads it to him, “ Warning：This pool is dangerous (危险). Three hundred and sixty-seven people fell into it.” Jimmy looks into the pool carefully, and he says “But I really can't see them”.

      The Americans think a lot about time. From childhood(儿童时期), they learn to value time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time.

        Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturdays and Sundays are filled with activity. On the street, you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they have become servants(仆人) of the clock.

根据短文内容，按要求完成下列各题。

Mrs smith has two daughters . let’s have a look at what chores they do at home .

“ ① Alice started doing chores when she was about eight years old . at that time , she did the dishes with ② me together ③ she has to sweep the floor . she is ten years old now. she is now doing the dishes herself and has to do the laundry ，too ”

“ Amy is four and she started doing chores this July . ④ she cleans the table after dinner , and she also learns to fold her own clothes .she likes to help me sweep . I asked her to help mop , but she fell down too many times . and ⑤ 有时候她也帮助她姐姐 . Her work is usually not perfect. ”

“Last week Alice got her pocket money , but lost it two days later . she didn’t do her chores the next two days.She will get the money back if she can keep doing her chores every day till the end of this month .”

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    How do you study each year? You may answer it in one second: have classes at school, take notes and do homework. Feeling a little bored? Yes? So how do we make learning interesting? There’s a new way of learning called digital (数字的) learning. It helps students learn by using the Internet. There are three important kinds of digital learning. Apps are computer software applications (应用软件). People can download (下载) them on their mobile devices. The other two kinds are social networking services, including weibo and WeChat (微信) and website. Every one of them is like your teacher. A. They help you master (掌握) what you learn at school.

  Compared with regular learning ways, digital learning has its advantages（优点）. Digital learning is also diverse (多样的). It covers almost every school subject. More importantly, it’s always updating. It offers students the newest resources (资源) to learn from.

    Digital learning is also personalized (个性化的). You can choose what you like to learn. If you don’t master what you have learned at school, you can learn again through digital ways.

   B._____, digital learning also has disadvantages（缺点）. When you use digital ways to learn, you have little interaction (相互交流) with teachers and classmates. As digital learning uses computers or smart phones, watching the screen too long may be bad for your eyes. C. It is better to take a rest every 20 minutes.