One night, I was sitting in my kitchen half listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the ____. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kev, do you want to talk?” No answer. I tried again, “Hey, why don’t you come out of there?” Again, no answer. So I took a stack of（一堆） cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to ______, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was _______ sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank(空白的) and the other was cards _____Kevin on which he had translated all his unpleasant feelings into words for me.______ I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “______ in this family cares about me, I’m not clever. Tommy thinks I’m a fool and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even ___ me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. It was ______what he had said about me. I wrote back, “You know Kev, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it to you. I am here for you and you are _____ in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had _____ cards wrote on a torn-up(撕毁的) paper cup, “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” It returned to me with “loving me” written on it. Since then, I try my best to ____ half notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer _____ now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
A．kitchen B．study C．bedroom D．bathroom
A．talk B．listen C．know D． see
A．again B．surely C．still D．angrily
A．for B．from C．about D．of
A．Because B．Though C．So D． As
A．Nobody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Everybody
A．call B．praise C．help D．notice
A．strange B．true C．funny D．wrong
A．understood B．proved C．loved D．protected
A．played with B．searched for C．looked forward to D．run out of
A．never B．ever C．only D．yet
A．friendship B．connection C．relationship D．touch
Everyone needs friends. We all like to close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. , sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people . But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are . Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make peace with each other，and become again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very . We miss them very much, but we can them and write to them. It could be possible that we could even see them again. And we can also new friends.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t have. Why? It could be that they are . Being happy helps you stay well and it could be good just knowing that someone cares about you.
A．look B．watch C．feel D．see
A．Hardly B．Nearly C．Suddenly D．Certainly
A．alone B．away C．all over D．around
A．friendly B．kind C．just the same D．quite different
A．that B．whether C．how D．why
A．enemies B．strangers C．students D．friends
A．angry B．sad C．happy D．alone
A．call B．ask C．tell D．talk with
A．look for B．find C．make D．know
A．happier B．stronger C．kinder D．richer
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Do you know how to get well fast when you are ill? Here
is some for you.
※Rest is very important. When you are ill，you’ d betterin bed and rest a lot. Try to have a good sleep. Sleep
helps to make you feel better and .
※Take some . If the doctor give you some medicine , take it. You must take it on time even it may
bitter (苦的).
※Eat a lot of . Oranges, apples , strawberries and bananas are all great for you to get well quickly.
※Get out in the sun. If it’s a nice day, take a chair and sit the sun for some time . Sunshine can help make a sick person get well .
※Take a. Taking a shower will help to wash off any germ(细菌) on your skin(皮肤) and keep your body
.
※Give your body time to get well. Wait until you are better before you start going to work or school again.you start working hard again without giving your body the time to get well, your illness will get even worse.
It was a Sunday afternoon. It was very ______and nobody wanted to stay at home. Mike decided to go swimming in the river. His brother, Jim, wanted to go with him. " _____him with you, Mike," said their father. "He will do what you say, I think."
They ______ the river soon . A lot of people were _____ in it. Mike told Jim to play on the bank, then he ______ into the water. About an hour later, Mike swam to the bank with a fish in his hand. Jim was very ______ . He found a bottle and put the fish in it.
Jim did ______except watching the fish that evening. Suddenly Mike heard Jim ______in the room. He ran to him and asked, "What's wrong _______you, Jim?"
"The fish is _______ ." Jim said, "It swam all the time .I thought it was tired . So I took it out of the bottle and put it on the chair. I only wanted it to have a rest."
A．warm B．hot C．cool D．cold
A．Carry B．Bring C．Take D．Catch
A．worried about B．gave up C．arrived at D．grew up
A．washing B．running C．resting D．swimming
A．ran B．threw C．fell D．jumped
A．exciting B．excited C．sad D．angry
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．crying B．to crying C．to cry D．cried
A．with B．from C．to D．on
A．hungry B．healthy C．dead D．busy
The little boy entered the house，unhappy．His mother was making cakes in the kitchen．She smiled as she turned around, but when she saw his face, “Tyler, happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, Mom.” said the boy, “Today in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the ．She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are ．She wants us to think of something we can do to help them．I thought all the way home．But there is nothing I can do to make a difference.”
“ Let me tell you a story,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach，there he saw dying starfish covering the beach，they were pushed up by the waves and it was too far up for them to make their way back by themselves. The man shook his head as he walked along. ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very for those starfish．He went on walking and just at that time he was to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as as he could．‘How silly you are! My son,’ the man said, ‘there are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. ‘Though I can’t help them all, I can help this one，and this one, and this one.’ said the boy. Thinking for a moment, the man to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the person.’”
A．shouted B．stopped C．asked D．cried
A．who B．what C．where D．when
A．air B．land C．water D．environment
A．dying B．death C．dead D．die
A．two thousands B．thousands of C．thousand D．two thousands of
A．happy B．angry C．sorry D．tired
A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．happy
A．slow B．soon C．fast D．far
A．began B．continued C．forgot D．remembered
A．happiest B．smallest C．kindest D．smartest
The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up(折叠) so it is to carry them.
However, the umbrella has not always been as as it is now. In the past, it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this .Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.
Umbrellas are very old. People in different parts of the world began to umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there, umbrellas to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, wouldn’t use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women.
England was the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very and umbrellas are very useful.
Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, you’ll feel you are important people, too.
A．rain B．could C．air D．water
A．lovely B．cheap C．hard D．easy
A．light B．heavy C．common D．special
A．way B．size C．reason D．place
A．discover B．use C．examine D．discuss
A．walked B．travelled C．rode D．flew
A．children B．parents C．men D．women
A．probably B．already C．suddenly D．immediately
A．sunny B．rainy C．snowy D．windy
A．sell B．return C．borrow D．carry