Crazy is our new normal. With two teenage boys and three little boys, our family is restless- to the baseball field, track field (田径场) and piano lessons. Even though we've limited（限制） each boy's activities and try our best to spare some time for the family, it seems that we're always in a hurry.
"Accept it. Roll with it," my husband, Lonny, says, "It's going to be like this for a while."
He is right. It's likely that life will continue to go forward before it slows down. But I remembered the peaceful, quiet days that our family used to enjoy. I missed long walks through the park when we held the boys' little hands. I wished for lazy Saturday afternoons under the tree in our backyard. I wanted to go back a few years, when busyness was the exception and not the rule（惯例）．
One night, after a particularly ful day and evening games, our family gathered on the porch (门廊) for ice cream. Two parents, two teens, and three small boys sat on one old swing and a couple of rocking chairs. We were together, in one place, for a short period of time.
The moon was full. The Mississippi River, flowing past our home, was smooth as glass. I put my own arms around the son who sat on my lap and breathed in deeply his little-boy smell -dirt and sweat. My heart was peaceful and satisfied.
I realized that though crazy is our new normal, happiness is as usual. They may look different from before, but they are still there - even if they're in the form of a single moment on the porch. Maybe I just need the eyes to see.What does the writer mainly talk about?
| A．Her tiredness of her busy life. |
| B．Her family's struggle for a better life. |
| C．Her new feelings about the present life. |
| D．The pleasure of staying with her children. |
Which of the following could best describe the writer's present life?
| A．Busy and boring. | B．Busy but happy. |
| C．Crazy and terrible. | D．Normal but exciting. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．The writer has five sons. |
| B．There is at least one child learning to play the piano. |
| C．The husband likes the present life. |
| D．The writer used to live a peaceful and quiet life. |
Which of the following might the writer agree to?
| A．Happiness is everywhere, but we have to discover it. |
| B．Life is nothing but sadness, busyness and hurry. |
| C．Parents should do more for their kids' better life. |
| D．Life in the countryside is attractive, wonderful, and sweet. |
Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It’s hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons(变色龙) can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes.
Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them.
Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them.Animals have ways to stay alive. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage ?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
Why do animals hide ?
| A．Because they like to play hide-and-seek. |
| B．Because they are shy. |
| C．Because they want to catch others. |
| D．Because they want to protect themselves. |
How do Chameleons hide ?
| A．They change colors. | B．They change shapes. |
| C．They hide in snow. | D．They hide in leaves. |
How do zebras hide ?
| A．Become good friends. |
| B．Talk to each other. |
| C．Help each other look out for danger. |
| D．Eat and play together. |
Why do animals try to look bigger than they are ?
| A．They want other animals to run away from them. |
| B．They want other animals to follow them. |
| C．They want other animals to see them. |
| D．They want other animals to like them. |
In America，when people say “man’s best friend”，they don’t mean another person. Instead，they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship(友谊)between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people，too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blind person(盲人)or “ears” for a deaf(耳聋)person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier，too. Because of that，they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.
Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America，you，too，can do this. How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet，take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.
If you don’t have a pet，be kind to animals around you. For example，if you see a street dog，just leave it alone，or make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to animals，try to speak up. As people，we must protect(保护)animals who can’t speak for themselves.“Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” is used to prove(证明) that ________.
| A．pets have the right(权利)to inherit(继承)money |
| B．money can make pets happy |
| C．it’s the best way to spend money |
| D．some pets are as important to their owners as their children |
According(依照)to the passage，scientists bring the dogs to hospital because_______.
| A．they are ill and they need to see the doctor |
| B．they can make the patients(病人)happier |
| C．they can help the doctor find out the problems |
| D．the doctors can do experiment(试验)on them |
During the “Be Kind to Animals Week”，the people in America________.
| A．hold pet shows |
| B．play with the pets the whole week |
| C．cook delicious food for pets |
| D．make friends with other people’s pets |
Which of the following statements(陈述)is NOT true?
| A．Dogs can help people in many ways. |
| B．Dogs Call help people live happier. |
| C．Dogs can help people make everything. |
| D．Dogs can make people’s lives richer. |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．A lot of people are interested in dogs. |
| B．Dogs can help people do many things. |
| C．Pets are lovely and need care and protection(保护). |
| D．We have done a lot of things for pets. |
It was getting late. There was no noise in the forest. We could only hear the birds singing. And then, a bear—a big brown bear—came into the forest. The bear stopped under a tall tree. He was very hungry. He looked up into the tree. There in the nut tree was his supper—a supper of nice nuts. But the nuts were high up in the tree. The hungry bear could not reach them. But he knew how to get his supper. He climbed up the tree.21*cnjy*com
Up and up he climbed. He climbed onto a big branch of the tree. He sat there and then shook(摇) the branch again and again. At last the branch broke. The brown bear fell down with the branch and nuts.
The bear sat up and looked around. With his big paws he picked up the nuts and ate them up.How did the brown bear get his supper?
| A．He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there. |
| B．He shook the nuts off a tree and ate them. |
| C．He picked up the nuts on the ground and ate them. |
| D．He fell down with the branch of the tree. Then he took the nuts and ate them. |
The story took place .
| A．in the morning | B．at noon |
| C．before evening came | D．at midnight |
The word “branch” in this passage means in Chinese.
| A．树干 | B．树叶 | C．树枝 | D．树桩 |
Where did the bear eat the nuts?
| A．in a forest. | B．outside the forest. |
| C．near a forest. | D．in front of the forest. |
From this passage we can see the bear was .
| A．small but heavy | B．big but light |
| C．big and heavy | D．small and light |
A new study says that American children have exciting after-school life. Many junior and senior students have a lot of interesting things to do in their free time. About 57% students have activities every day. 82% students have activities at least four times a week. American students spend their free time doing sports or enjoying arts, music and dancing. They like to have fun outside school because they can make a lot of friends during their activities.What is American children’s life like after school?
| A．Unhappy. | B．Boring. |
| C．Exciting. | D．Unhealthy. |
How many students have activities every day if there are 200 students?
| A．About 30 students. | B．About 114 students. |
| C．About 139 students. | D．About 164 students. |
American students or enjoy arts, music and dancing in their free time.
| A．do sports |
| B．watch TV |
| C．surf on the Internet |
| D．play computer games |
American students like to have fun outside school because .
| A．they like their teachers |
| B．they can make many friends |
| C．they don’t like school life |
| D．they are free to do anything outside |
Jack drives a school bus. His bus is different from（与……不同）other school buses because it doesn’t carry children. Jack’s bus takes dogs to school in the morning and brings them home at night. Jack takes the dogs to “The Dog School. There he teaches the dogs to obey（服从）and protect（保护）their masters. All kinds of dogs go to Jack’s school—large dogs, small dogs, young dogs and old dogs. Jack says that young dogs are the easiest to teach, but the old ones can learn, too.
Do you have a dog? Maybe it would like to go to “The Dog School”.
Jack .
| A．is a bus driver | B．teaches dogs at school |
| C．keeps a dog in his house | D．teaches children at school |
Which kind of dogs are the easiest to teach?
| A．Old dogs. | B．Young dogs. |
| C．Large dogs. | D．Hot dogs. |
At night the dogs sleep .
| A．in a bus | B．at a hospital |
| C．at the school | D．at their masters’ homes |
The best title（标题）of the passage is .
| A．A School for Dogs | B．How to Drive a Bus |
| C．How to Find Dogs | D．Taking Children to School |