1、上海中考网版权所有 谢绝转载 上海中考网 http:/中考英语首字母专练1Mr. Ma, a famous mental doctor from Beijing once said at an important meeting, “Now many young students can have p with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble g on well with people around them like thei
2、r parents and classmates. Parents and teachers should c more about this problem.”Then Mr. Ma gave some e . One patient, a middle school students from Xian was doing badly in his lessons. He thought his teachers and friends often laughed at him, and he became so nervous and worried that one night he
3、left his homes w telling parents. Another student, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Shanghai, was very afraid of exams. While she was reading the exam paper, she couldnt think of anything to write.A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of the young students in Shanghai have mental problems.
4、They often fell worried and very unhappy. U many of them wont go and ask for help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others wont talk about their secrets.At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma offered some good ideas to young people: Talk to your parents or teacher often. T par
5、t in group activities. Try to get on well with the people around you. Go to see a doctor if you often feel unhappy. 2Chris Jones recently finished a very unusual j . Our reporter Mary Owen mer him at his home in south London and he told her all about the trip. Reporter: What gave you the idea to tra
6、vel around India on an elephant, Chris? Chris: Well, is all started 2 years ago when I was p a trip to India. I visited a photographic（摄影） exhibition of elephants and I realized（意识到）that the only way to travel an elephant. Reporter: What did you do next? Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started lookin
7、g for an e . I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I didnt know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert（专家）for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also h me find an elephant. Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey? Chris: Well. I bought a female elephant c Tara for abo
8、ut $ 6000. We set off from New Delhi a week later. We were heading to Sonepur in northern India where there is a big elephant market and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur was more than 1,200 kim away. The journey t us 64 days! Report
9、er: Did you have any problems on your journey? Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing s . On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. But that got better quickly. Also there was a log of teavy rain duting the first week and we got very wet! 上海中考网版权所有 谢绝转载 上海中考网 http:/3Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a
10、 r and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jeans family are so b that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes
11、being anonymous（匿名）, talking to people who do not know about her farnous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in t with quite often. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David wa
12、s f of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common（共同的）interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-loo
13、king young man with a big, happy s . As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jeant father told her that he was going on a b trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday
14、. She would take him the latest DVD of their f rock singer. But when she knocked on Davids door in San Francisce, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim! 4 FOUNDBlack wallet with some money.Come to Room 502 in the e , or call 9796788. WANTED IMMEDIATELYA boy or a girl
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