Big schoolbags have been a big problem for students for a long time. Maybe your schoolbag is too   1   to carry, and it troubles you a lot   2  you want to find out a book to read. Now e-textbooks will   3  you.

It is said that many Chinese middle schools are going to use e-textbooks. An e-textbook, in fact, is a small   4  for students. It is much   5  than a usual schoolbag and easy to carry. Though it is as small as a book, it can   6  everything for study. The students can read the text page by page on the   7  ，take notes   8  the pointer (屏寫(xiě)筆)，or even “hand in” their   9      to their teachers by sending e-mails. All they have to do is to press a button (按開(kāi)關(guān)).

Some people say e-textbooks are good, but some say they may be   10  for the students’ eyes. What do you think of it?

How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first    16   without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a    17   and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the    18  .
Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice    19   shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a    20  , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and    21  .
“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes,       22   this coat suited her much better. She looked at the    23  , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to    24   
Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on    25  the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to    26   the coat.
I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest    27   with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(絲帶). I don’t remember    28   I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful    29   and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and    30  —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

--- _______ can a tiger weigh, do you know?

---Yes, I know that a big one can weigh over 300 kilos.

A. How many?? B. How heavy?? C. How much??? D. What

Food or friends? Lip salve (潤(rùn)唇膏) or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers’ lives today? Let’s take a look.

Some find that they can’t do without people.

“My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn’t do much,” said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy.

With others, food always comes first.

“I do not think that I could live without chili con carne (辣子肉丁). I eat it every day. And if I didn’t have it, it’s all I would think about,” said Max Wu, an 8th-grade boy.

Sometimes, the things teenagers can’t do without are strange.

Take 14-year-old girl Hannah Sacchini for example. “I cannot live without lip salve, especially in winter,” said Hannah Sacchini. “I go mad if my lips get dry.”

Of course, today everybody uses mobile phones and computers. Some teens can’t live without these high-tech (高科技的) things.

Justin Beck, a 15-year-old boy, feels like this: “I would not be able to live without my iPod. I use it for so many different things. I always have it with me,” he said.

So, now we know the things US kids really must have. What about you and your classmates? What can’t you live without?

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。 （10分）

1.To Adrian Fernandez, 　　　 is the most important.

A．a(chǎn) friend           B．lip salve           C．a(chǎn) computer        D．chili con carne

2.How often does Max Wu eat chili con carne?

A．Once a week.                          B．Every day.

C．Twice a day.                            D．Three times a week.

3.Hannah Sacchini will become 　　　 if her lips get dry.

A．fat               B．excited           C．shy              D．a(chǎn)nnoyed

4.We can learn that Justin Beck 　　　 takes his iPod to school.

A．never            B．sometimes         C．a(chǎn)lways            D．hardly ever

5.The passage mainly tells us 　　　.

A．what things the US kids really must have

B．what the US teenagers do every day at school

C．what the most important food in the US teenagers’ lives is

D．how the US teenagers’ lives are every day at school

A new supermarket put on a notice at the entrance. It said, "Remember, once a week, one ofour customers will get __ 41  goods. This may be your lucky day. " All the housewives_42  went to the supermarket wanted to be the lucky customer.
In the following several weeks, Mrs. Black _43__ didshopping in the same supermarket.Unlike many other customers, she never __44   hope. Her kitchen was full of things that she did not need. She dreamed of the __45__ when the manager of the supermarket would come and say to her. “Madam, this is your lucky day and __46__ in your basket is free."
One Friday morning, after she finished her shopping and had taken all the things _47  her car, she realized that she had forgotten to buy some tea. She went back to the __48__ to buy the tea. As she was waiting at the cashier(收銀臺(tái)), the manager of the supermarket came to __49 _and said,“Congratulations. Madam! You are our lucky customer and all that you __50__ in your basket is free!"