Dick I think cigarette smoking is highly addictive and very expensive. Especially when you’re 14 and get a $9 weekly allowance. I’m in ninth grade and started smoking in sixth, the first cigarette I ever had was in fifth grade. My morn was walking our dogs and found an unopened pack that she brought home to use as an insecticide in the garden. A friend had told her that tobacco stops ants from attacking plants. Of course, when I found the pack, I took the cigarettes to my bedroom and, being the little rebel I was, lit one with matches I stole from Dad. The fact I was actually smoking made me think I was cool. But my friend Donna didn’t think so. She just looked at me like I was the stupidest thing on earth. Which I probably ,as, I still smoke to this day. Benny I know it’s bad to smoke, and I’ve tried to quit, but it’s very hard since most my friends smoke too. When I started smoking regularly at the beginning fifth grade, not that many students smoked; by the and of the year, a lot were smoking. It was pretty bad. Some kids’ grades went down, including mine, from skipping classes to get nicotine into their systems. Now, in ninth grade, I’m still smoking. Andrew My parents don’t allow me to smoke, and often ask, "where do you buy cigarettes" I buy them anywhere. Hardly anyone ever asks me for ID. Maybe a look 18; maybe I just put another $2.50 in the cash register. The Safeway down the street won’t sell me cigarettes. Last time I went there, I stole four packs, got caught, and had to write an essay on why stealing is wrong. About five months after I started cigarettes. There’s no doubt in my mind that cigarettes are a drug. Almost everyone I know started smoking before doing drugs. That has to tell you something. Bill Since I’ve smoked, I can hardly run around the block without getting out of breath. My mom quit smoking 18 years ago, and my dad stopped smoking 14 years ago. My mom now has cancer, and my dad has had three heart attacks. My grandma quit nine years ago, and she has emphysema. Not only that--my two grandfathers died from the results of smoking. After all this, you’d think I’d know better than to continue. Frank I can’t tell that I smell of tobacco, but my parents and others can, I remember one time before I smoked, I left my jacket at a friend’s house. Both her parents smoked. When I got the jacket back, I had to throw it away because it smelled like an ash-tray. So I felt sorry for those who don’ t smoke and have to put up with my odor all day. When I smoke in my room at home, I hang out the window I have told my parents that I will try to stop smoking as a present to them. But I hate the thought of never having another cigarette. You see--no ifs, ands or buts--I’ m really hooked. Now match each of the teenagers (16 to 20) to the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements.A. Smoking is a dangerous thing.B. Smoking is harmful to health.C. Smoking is cool.D. I began to smoke by accident.E. I began to smoke out of curiosity.F. Smoking had a bad effect on me.G. I am a heavy smoker now. Benny
Jada and Jessie are twins. They were born on August 5, 1992. They are ten now and in the fourth grade. Jada and Jessie do everything together. They are in the same class. They dress alike. They look the same. People always get them confused. This really makes Jada and Jessie laugh. Teachers always get them mixed up at school. Even their father has trouble telling them apart. Their mother doesn’t, though. She always knows which twin is which. Jada and Jessie often try to confuse her, but it has never happened.Their older brother, Jared, is fifteen. He never knows which one is which. He doesn’t even try. Jada and Jessie have the same friends. Their friends always mix them up. It doesn’t matter to Jada and Jessie.One day, their father told their mother to get one of them a different haircut, so that he could tell them apart. Jada and Jessie were horrified. They didn’t want to look different. They liked looking the same. Their mother came to the rescue, and refused to make them cut their hair. The girls were happy just the way they were and didn’t want to change. Their dad just shook his head. He would have to stay confused. Jada and Jessie didn’t care. They knew which one was which, and that was all that mattered. Why do you think Jada and Jessie don’t care if people can’t tell them apart().
A. They know their differences.
B. They like wearing blue dresses.
C. They like making Jared mad.
在本节中,你将听到10个简短话语。请从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出一个最佳应答。每小话语后有20秒钟的停顿,以便选择答案和阅读下一小题的选项。每个话语渎两遍。
A. I really love it.
B. Sure.
C. It5 easy.
Everyone talks about the "five" senses of man. And it’s true that we get our information about the outside world from our sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Researchers tell us that the sense of sight--our visual--gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies while the other senses, the auditory (hearing), the olfactory (smell), the tactile (touch), and the gustatory(taste) bring into our brains information about the other twenty percent of what is happening. But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without, though they are very seldom given any credit for helping us to survive in this difficult world. These are the sense of balance, and the kinesthetic sense. The sense of balance, without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy bout with the bottle, is located in the inner ear. The inner ear contains three curved tubes (the semi-circular canals) tilted with liquids. The shifting of these liquids activates nerve endings in the linings of the canals and nerve impulses from these nerve endings help oar brains to keep us upright. The kinesthetic sense is actually made up of nerve impulses that arise from nerves planted in close contact with our muscles. These nerve messages are constantly telling us what position our limbs, trunk and head are in. They serve as a continuous "feed-back" system to help us know how to move our various parts, and when to held them still. Otherwise, we would lack the coordination to run, jump, dance the twist, or even sit still. Incidentally, the word "kinesthetic" comes from two Greek words meaning "motion" end "feeling." The kinesthetic sense gives us our ideas about our own motion. What is the main idea of the passage
A. We get most of our information about the outside world from our sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste.
B. The sense of sight gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies.
C. The sense of balance keeps us upright.
D. Two important senses which are often overlooked ate tile kinesthetic senses and the sense of balanc