Yesterday my son, daughter and I went to the grocery store. In front of us in line was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking almost broke the mother’s heart, “I’m sorry, Honey, but we have no money to buy it ”
My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking(用耙子耙)leaves our garden to raise himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the store, he ran to the candy counter(柜台)and bought a box of Smarties with the money .
He turned to look at me and I just nodded. He ran out after the little girl and her mother and he gave them the box. He came back and told me what he told them. “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you smart.”
I was so excited that I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity(慷慨)because he gave his own Smarties to others Quickly, he replied, “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it .”explained, “when you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t expect to get anything, when you do get something you should be very thankful.” When the writer and her children went to the grocery store, they saw a little girl asking ____.
| A．her mother for a nice toy |
| B．her mother for a box of Smarties |
| C．where she could find a box of Smarties |
| D．her mother if she could had enough money |
From the passage we know Smarties are ____.
| A．a beautiful doll |
| B．an interesting story book |
| C．a kind of candy |
| D．some leaves of a nice tree |
The writer was____to see her son buy a pack of Smarties for the little girl.
| A．sad | B．excited | C．angry | D．proud |
What can we learn from the story above?
| A．Every kid should have a pack of Smarties.. |
| B．Everyone should have a good mother. |
| C．Everyone should do nice things for others. |
| D．Every mother should often do something for her children. |
We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain. I took my 6-year-old daughter’s hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.
“Buy for me?” she asked.
“Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes. You aren’t taking tap dance.”
“Buy for me?” she repeated.
“Well, let’s try them on.”
She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots. When she stood up we heard “click”. She took a step, “click, click, click.”
The sun came out and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store. “Click, click, click…” people turned to look as we entered the store. People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store.
“Excuse me, dear. Why would you allow(允许) your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a noise.”
“Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place to wear those shoes.”
“You don’t understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and patience, but she asked for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk,” I said.
My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worthwhile (值得的). She has taught me that it doesn’t matter what others think. They don’t walk in your shoes.Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop?
| A．Because the daughter loved the place. |
| B．Because they liked walking there so much. |
| C．Because they tried to keep themselves from the rain. |
| D．Because the mother wanted to buy cheap shoes for her daughter. |
People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store because _________.
| A．they are noisy | B．they are expensive |
| C．they are dirty | D．it is not allowed |
What does the sentence “They don’t walk in your shoes” mean?
| A．They don’t know how you feel. |
| B．They don’t walk the same way as you. |
| C．They don’t know the size of your shoes. |
| D．They don’t have the same shoes as yours. |
The story tells us ______.
| A．the love between mother and daughter is strong |
| B．you should wear the wrong shoes for your feet |
| C．wearing your own shoes helps you walk faster |
| D．sometimes you shouldn’t care about what others say |
Joe, an outgoing girl, is from a rich family. Therefore she can afford almost everything. But Joe’s parents are too busy to spend enough time with her, which makes Joe more than lonely. So, she always goes to WeChat. On WeChat, she can do a lot of things like buying things, reading articles, and making friends with those she either knows or not.
She uses the name Linda on WeChat and has made a lot of friends there. Last year Joe made a foreign friend on WeChat. Her name was Catherine and she lived in Sydney. Catherine once sent a picture of “herself”: a tall, good-looking young woman with big eyes. Catherine and Joe were both interested in rock music and modern dance. So, they liked each other very much.
When Joe’s father told her that he was meeting a client in Sydney this summer, she went with him to give Catherine a surprise for her birthday. When Joe came to Catherine’s house in Sydney, she found that her foreign “girlfriend” was a ten-year-old boy named Jim! What a surprise! Joe spends time on WeChat to.
| A．make friends | B．kill time | C．read articles | D．buy things |
What is the real name of Joe’s “girlfriend”?
| A．Catherine | B．Joe | C．Jim | D．Linda |
From this article, we can say.
| A．Everyone uses his real name on WeChat |
| B．On WeChat, we can only talk with Chinese people. |
| C．On WeChat, we can talk with Chinese people in Australia. |
| D．Joe’s father went to Sydney to meet Joe’s friend Catherine. |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．A Sad Girl | B．A Real Surprise |
| C．A Special Foreigner | D．A Boy Called Jim |
A school for stars
In this school, most students come from rich families and some of them have famous parents. People from Hollywood sometimes go to Beverly Hills High School to look for future actors.
School life
There are lots of good things about going to this school: There are two theatres, a television studio and a radio station. The students make TV programs and films in their drama classes. The biggest activity of the school year is the school dance.
Traveling to school
In California, children can learn to drive three months before their sixteenth birthday. Lots of students in Beverly Hills High School have their own cars, but they have to pay a lot of money to park their cars in the school parking area.
What the children think
Most children enjoy going to Beverly Hills High School because it is fun and there is a lot to do. But some children do not like the school if their parents don’t have enough money to buy them a fast car or expensive clothes.The first paragraph(段落) tells us that _________.
| A．none of the students in Beverly Hills High School are poor |
| B．most students in Beverly Hills High School come from the USA |
| C．some students in Beverly Hills High School may become actors in the future |
| D．the parents of the students in Beverly Hills High School always want to be stars |
The students make TV programs and films ___________.
| A．in a theatre | B．in a television studio |
| C．in a radio station | D．in their drama classes |
Lots of students in this school come to school ___________.
| A．by bike | B．by car | C． by plane | D．on foot |
Why do most children enjoy going to Beverly Hills High School?
| A．Because they will be actors in the school. |
| B．Because it is fun and there is much to do in the school. |
| C．Because they will have a fast car and expensive clothes |
| D．Because they can learn to drive three months before their fifteenth birthday. |
Mr. White looks out of his window. There is a boy at the other side of the street. The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it. There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.”
The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, but he does not give it any bread. He kicks(踢) the dog. It runs away, and the boy laughs.
Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).”The boy is happy and says “Yes.” “Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick(用棍子打他).The boy cries and says, “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”Where is Mr. White at first?
| A．In the room. | B．In the street. |
| C．In front of the house. | D．Close to the boy. |
Why does the dog go to the boy? Because _____.
| A．it wants to eat | B．the boy asks it to do so |
| C．the boy is the dog’s owner | D．the boy is friendly to it |
Why does the dog run away? Because ________.
| A．the boy gives some bread | B．the dog doesn’t like bread |
| C．the dog doesn’t like the boy | D．the boy kicks the dog |
Why does Mr. White tell the boy to come up to him? Because he wants to _______.
| A．give him a shilling | B．give him a good lesson (教训) |
| C．give him some more bread | D．help the boy |
What kind of man do you think Mr. White is? He is a _____.
| A．cruel(粗鲁的) | B．sympathetic (有同情心的) | C．friendly | D．polite |
I’m Mary. I have a piece of good news to tell you. My parents bought a new flat in the centre of the city. The rooms are not big, but they are all comfortable. There are more rooms than our old flat. I am excited(激动) because I have my own bedroom. In the old flat, I share the bedroom with my sister.
My favourite room in the new flat is my bedroom. I can be alone (单独) in it. It is my own small world. I can listen to music, read comics and chat with my friends on the phone. I can also look for things on the internet and send e-mails to my e-friends.
Kitchen is my favourite room, too. I like helping my mother with the cooking. She is not only a good teacher but also a good cook. She often teaches me how to make some different dishes. She lived in Sichuan when she was a child. So she likes hot food and she can cook very delicious hot food. What’s Mary’s new flat like?
| A．Big and comfortable | B．Small and not comfortable |
| C．Big but not comfortable | D．Small but comfortable |
Mary can do the following things in the bedroom except(除了)__________.
| A．play the piano | B．chat with her friends |
| C．send e-mails | D．listen to music |
Which room does Mary like best?
| A．The kitchen | B．Her bedroom | C．The sitting room | D．Both A and B |
What does Mary’s mother do?
| A．A teacher | B．A cook | C．A housewife | D．A worker |
Where did Mary’s mother live when she was a child?
The old flat B. The centre of the city C. Sichuan D. The new flat