Cosplay is great! Cosplay is short for "costume play", which means play-acting in costumes. People who
take part in cosplay are called cosplayers. They usually create or make costumes of their favorite animation
characters (动漫人物) by themselves or get a tailor (裁缝) to make them. Sometimes they even prepare small
things, like knives and earrings, which the characters wear or use in the animation.
Cosplayers are creative (富有创造性的) and proud of their work. They spend a lot of money and energy on
it. They not only dress up as their favorite characters in the animation, but also act like the characters.
New trend (趋势) is on!
While Chinese fans are busy cosplaying characters in Japanese animations or movies, Japan, as a big country
of cosplay, now has a trend to cosplay non-Japanese movie characters. Japanese cosplayers like the characters
in Star Wars and Lord of the Rings very much. But the most popular ones are from the Harry Potter films. They
have a very large number of fans in Japan. The character who is liked the best by Japanese cosplayers in Harry
Potter films is Draco Malfoy, though he is Harry"s rival(对手) and always tries to get Harry and his friends into
trouble.
Cosplay doesn"t have anything to do with age. Whether you are 5 or 50 years old, you can be a cosplayer if
you are creative enough!
B. music
C. sport
B. Japanese
C. western
A. Harry
B. Draco
C. Lord
B. act like their favorite animation characters in common clothes in the cosplay
C. dress up as the animation characters and act like them in the play
B. If you are not young enough, you can"t be a cosplayer.
C. Cosplayers are creative and enjoy their work.
place in the new century. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will
live longer than before. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in
every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in schools.
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for
sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And more people will go to
other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for buildings, new towns and houses.
Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat
it every day, instead, they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots (机器人).
Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a new problem.
B. milk
C. bread
D. meat
B. work fast
C. work long hours
D. eat meat
B. more people
C. fewer people
D. fewer buildings and houses
(1)u them. They often think their parents are too strict (2)w them.
Parents often find it difficult to win their (3)c trust, and they seem to forget how they themselves
felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much (4)t . It"s one of their ways to show
that they grow up and they can solve any difficult (5)p . But older people always think (6)m
than young people. Most of them plan things ahead and don"t like their plans to be (7)c , so when
you want your parents to let you do something, you will succeed easily if you ask before you really start
doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the (8)c they wear, the music they enjoy and
something else. But they don"t mean to cause any trouble. They just want to be cut off (摆脱) from the old
people"s world and they are (9)t to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don"t like
their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going
out with their parents, they just want to stay at home (10)a and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you"d (11)b win your parents over and get them to understand you,
if so, your parents will certainly let you do (12)w you want to do.
School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won"t only have
high marks. They will also be kids who don"t dye (染) their hair. The following are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else"s work on an exam? Don"t do it again! That"s not
something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room,
don"t tell your parents you have done homework.
Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-loving month in
China. Is your school doing anything to celebrate? You should join! That way, you can learn more about
animals and how to protect them. When more people work together, it makes it more fun for everyone.
Have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together
can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only
yourself.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Maybe you"ll discover
Earth Ⅱ someday. Don"t look down on new ideas. Everyone"s ideas are important. You should welcome
them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.
Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don"t let it happen to
you. If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know.
Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. But some things on the
Internet aren"t for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for run or
homework. Can"t you find any good! Web sites for children? Here are some: Http:// kids.eastday.com
Http://www.chinakids. net.com http:www.Cycnet.com
B. what they should do at school
C. what is right and what is wrong
D. how they can protect themselves
B. Tell the truth, even when you are wrong.
C. Keep some animals to protect them.
D. Use the Internet, but keep away form bad things.
B. helping with each other
C. being a good friend to others
D. getting on well with others
B. help them with their studies
C. do homework for them
D. make life easier
B. do more at school
C. care for others
D. use the Internet
order to see all the homework (1). There is so much work and he is very (2) after school. I have to give him a
little time-out, so he can swim (3) just get relaxed in front of the TV. Then we continued and it (4) a few hours
at least to finish all the homework. I don"t remember having so much work when I was at this (5) and I don"t
remember it being so hard!
It seems to me as if I am paying the school and they are sending my child (6) with so much work for me to
(7) him do! Why don"t they do all this work at school? I think these (8) are doing the students great harm
(伤害)! They shouldn"t be (9) to give the kids so much work to do on their (10).
Then the sport is pushed again and again! I have always been a (11) of sports, but I can see that my son is
not as interested as I (12) to be. I can see that he would rather read or do something (13) like drama or art. I
would love him to be a sportsman, but if that isn"t (14) he wants, then I would rather he was happy. Kids should
(15) their own interests and not be made to do what other people want them to do!