At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often rent their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence（独立性）is learned from childhood.
From an early age, American children learn responsibility（责任感）. Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.
Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend or save it, usually with little guidance（指导） from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance, it must be made by doing extra chores.
Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions and make mistakes. Failure often teaches children more than success. Many American young people begin to live on themselves __________.
| A．at eighteen years old | B．from childhood |
| C．after they get married | D．from an early age |
An American child learns to __________ at the age of 2.
| A．find a full-time job | B．rent an apartment |
| C．put on his or her own clothes | D．do lots of chores |
The word “allowance” means __________ in Chinese.
| A．奖品 | B．零花钱 | C．财产 | D．礼物 |
A child can get some more money by __________.
| A．understanding the value of money | B．helping the rich |
| C．reading many books | D．doing extra chores |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．the independence of American children |
| B．the value of money |
| C．the guidance from parents |
| D．failure and success of American children |
We are collecting more news for our school English newspaper. Would you like to be reporters for it? Welcome! Here are two pieces from the news page.
The best Runner
We had a sports day at school yesterday. Last year’s best runner, Li Yu, only won the second prize in the 800-meter race. Instead, Yang Liu from Class 2 came first by two seconds. Next year the race is going to be more interesting! Who will be the best runner? I wonder.
Good-bye, Mr. White!
Our English teacher, Mr.White, has finished (已经完成) his two years’ teaching at our school and will leave next month. Mr.White is an excellent teacher and he’s always friendly to us. We’ll never forget his lively and interesting teaching. We are lucky to be his students. We thank him for all his hard work and wish him a nice journey(旅游) home .We will miss you, Mr. White.You are welcome(受欢迎的) to be reporters for our school English newspaper.
Li Yu won the second prize in the 800-meter race yesterday.
Yang Liu was the best runner last year.
Mr. White will teach us English for two years at our school.
We’ll always remember Mr.White’s lively(生动的) and interesting teaching.
There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality (质量) of different brands (品牌). We need to know how to make sensible choices when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need the skill if we want to lead a useful and happy life.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I have an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I take a bus to school today or will I walk? Will I wear the red T- shirt or the blue one to go to the movie? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I work hard only in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like these every day.
Making wrong choices can cause unhappiness. We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our life. And our choices can also affect other people. If you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movie, consider this: who else does your choice affect?
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 can help us use our money wisely when we shop.
| A．Choosing good brands |
| B．Comparing the price and quality |
| C．Going to big shops |
| D．Learning business at school |
What does the underlined word “sensible” mean in Chinese?
| A．明智的 | B．敏感的 |
| C．不同寻常的 | D．愚蠢的 |
According to the passage, doesn’t belong to “life skills”.
| A．knowing how to spend money wisely |
| B．knowing how to compare different things |
| C．knowing how to get good grades at school |
| D．knowing how to make right choices in life |
Which of the following choices is more important than others according to the passage?
| A．Will I have an apple for breakfast? |
| B．Will I walk to school today? |
| C．Will I study harder at English? |
| D．Will I wear my blue jeans to go to the party? |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．We can’t learn all the things at school. |
| B．Making wrong choices in life is necessary. |
| C．There are many choices for us to make in life. |
| D．We should consider how others feel while making choices. |
| SCHOOL REPORT Term: Summer Name: Luo Hui Age: 15 Class: 2 |
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| Chinese |
She has great preference(偏爱) for writing, but there are always several mistakes in her work. I believe. She can do better. |
A- |
| Math |
She is good at figures (计算), but she doesn’t always pay much attention to the results. If she wants to make greater progress, she must be more careful. |
B |
| English |
Maybe she is not so interested in English. She doesn’t often answer questions in class. I think she should read English aloud every day and try not to be so shy. |
B |
| Science |
She does well in doing experiments and she has a lot of good ideas in her work. |
A |
| History |
Getting better. |
B- |
| Geography |
Nice work. |
A |
| Art |
Being very good at drawing pictures of her teachers. |
A- |
| P.E. |
Excellent. She is a good player. |
A |
| Music |
Common. |
B- |
| General: Luo Hui is a clever girl. She spends much time playing ping-pong. She usually hands in her homework late. But she has excellent performance (表现) in Chinese, science and geography besides P.E. and art. We believe Luo Hui should work harder at math. |
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| Gao Hui Head teacher |
根据表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 Luo Hui draws pictures of very well.
| A．her teachers | B．her parents |
| C．cartoons | D．mountains |
In this term, how many subjects does Luo Hui have?
| A．Seven | B．Eight |
| C．Nine | D．Ten |
According to the report, Luo Hui is good at .
| A．music, P.E. and geography |
| B．music, math and English |
| C．science, P.E. and geography |
| D．science, math and English |
The underlined sentence “Maybe she is not so interested in English” means .
| A．Luo Hui likes English very much. |
| B．Luo Hui doesn’t like English at all. |
| C．Luo Hui pays more attention to English. |
| D．Luo Hui pays less attention to English. |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the School Report?
| A．Luo Hui should be more careful in math lessons. |
| B．Luo Hui does well in P.E. and her history is getting better. |
| C．Gao Hui is Luo Hui’s head teacher. |
| D．Luo Hui is sixteen years old now. |
Morison and Philip were classmates. They lived in the same town. After they left school, Morison became the manager of a flower shop and Philip became a doctor in a hospital.
Philip made a girlfriend. He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love. The flowers made her very happy. Sometimes he took the rose to her himself. But when he was busy in the hospital, he asked Morison to give the rose to her instead of him.
One morning, Philip came into the flower shop and said to Morison. “I’ll go to another town to work today. I have no time to give the letter and the flowers to my girlfriend. Please give her the letter and twenty- four roses.”
In the evening, when Morison was closing the door of the shop, Philip came. “Morison, how many roses did you give my girlfriend this morning?” asked Philip angrily.
“I gave her thirty,” answered Morison.
“Why did you do that?” asked Philip.
“I thought you often bought roses for her in my shop. I want to give her six roses as the gifts. Six is a good number, you know,” said Morison.
“How foolish you are!” He threw his letter on the table. “Read it!”
Morison picked it up and began to read:
Dear Mimi,
I love you very much. Today is your birthday. Please accept my present- some roses, one rose is a year. And the roses are your age.
Yours,
Philip
“She returned them to me,” cried Philip, “you must go and explain it to her.”
根据短文内容判断句子的正误，正确的在括号内写上“T”，错误的写上“F”。Philip and Morison had different jobs after school.
Mimi never accepted Philip’s flowers.
Philip couldn’t send flowers to Mimi himself on her birthday because he was ill.
Mimi was happy to get six more roses from Philip.
From the passage we know that Mimi was 24 years old at that time.
Once there was a huge apple tree．A little boy loved to come and play around it every day．He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him．
Time went by---the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day．One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad．“Come and play with me, ” the tree asked the boy．“I'm no longer a kid．I wouldn't play around the tree any more．” the boy replied．“I want toys．I need money to buy them．” “Sorry, I don't have money．But you can pick all my apples and sell them．So, you will have money．” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily．The boy never came back after he picked the apples．
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me, ” the tree said．“I don't have time to play．I have to work for my family．We need a house for shelter．Can you help? ” “Sorry, I don't have a house．But you can cut off my branches to build your house．” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily．The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then．The tree was again lonely and sad．
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased．“Come and play with me! ” the tree said．“I am sad and getting old．I want to go sailing to relax myself．Can you give me a boat? ” “Use my trunk to build your boat．You can sail far away and be happy．” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat．He went sailing and never showed up for a long time．
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years．“Sorry, my boy．But I don't have anything for you any more．The only thing left is my dying root, ” the tree said with tears ①
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest．Come and sit down with me and rest．” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears ②The boy picked all the apples on the tree because __________.
| A．he wanted to eat them |
| B．he needed money to buy toys |
| C．he liked the tree without apples |
| D．he wanted to share them with friends |
The boy came back to the apple tree _________.
| A．whenever he was happy |
| B．if he missed the apple tree |
| C．when he was in times of difficulty |
| D．as soon as he was free |
At last the boy wanted ___________.
| A．to have a house to live in |
| B．nothing except a place to rest |
| C．the root of the apple tree |
| D．anything that the apple tree had |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．The phrase with tears ① means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much. |
| B．The phrase with tears ② means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time. |
| C．Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help, the tree tried her best to satisfy him. |
| D．After reading the passage, we can easily think of the old Chinese saying “Parents’ love is universal!” |