Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥) , her house was quite all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children , Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their houses.
Anna's friends were puzzled （迷惑的）when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to support .
"Well," Anna her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I later lived found herself very poor, because her husband in the war and she had a lot of children, I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for this year, so I’m going to only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were happy to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. was that Christmas present.”
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I still remember(记得) my English class. It is very interesting. The teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning, he makes a self-introduction(自我介绍). And he tells us what his English name is John Smith.
Then he asks all of us to find English names for ourselves. We are very happy to find a good name. Then he asks us to write our names down on our notebooks. I think about my English name for a long time. Then I come up with (想出) a beautiful name—Shirley. All the students write their names down and give the notebooks to the teacher.
When the teacher calls “Shirley”to answer his question, three girls stand up at the same time.What does the teacher do at the beginning?
A. He asks us to spell our names.
B. He introduces(介绍) himself to all of us.
C. He asks every student to do a self-introduction.What do we do in the first English class?
A. Play computer games.
B. Find English names for ourselves.
C. Tell the teacher our Chinese names.What’s the first name of our English teacher?
A. Smith.
B. Shirley.
C. John.Where do we write down our English names?
A. On our notebook.
B. On the computer.
C. On our ID cards.Which of the following is TRUE？
A. The teacher has a Chinese name.
B. Three girls have the same name “Shirley”.
C. The teacher gives every student an English name.
American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation(假期). There are two terms（学期） in a school year: the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools(公立学校). High school students take only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they have many activities. After high school, many students go to college.（大学）Most American children start school life in ______________.
| A．September | B．February |
| C．June | D．January |
How many vacations do American children have each year?
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
Students in the high school have _______ subjects at a time.
| A．four | B．five |
| C．six | D．four or five |
Which of the following is false (错误)?
| A．In July students don’t need to go to school because of vacation. |
| B．Students have the same classes every day. |
| C．Students don’t have homework for every class. |
| D．Most American children go to public schools. |
After class students ___________.
| A．do homework | B．go back home |
| C．have many activities | D．go to movies |
Mr. and Mrs. Green have three daughters. They are Sue, Rose and Kitty. Sue is sixteen, Rose is twelve and Kitty is fourteen. Their father, Mr Green, is a teacher. Their mother, Mrs Green, is a nurse. They love their three daughters very much.
Sue, Rose and Kitty all like fruit, but they don’t like the same fruit. Sue likes apples. Rose likes bananas. Kitty likes oranges.
Now Mr. and Mrs. Green don’ t call their real(真正的)names at home. They call Sue“Apple”,Rose“Banana” and Kitty“Orange”. The children like their own nicknames (绰号) very much. Often they call each other’s nicknames, too.There are people in the family.
A. four B. five C. sixMr. Green works in a .
A. school B. shop C. bookshop“Apple ” is years old.
A. 11 B. 12 C. 16“Orange” is nickname.
A. Sue’s B. Kitty’s C. Rose’sSue doesn’t like .
A. apples or bananas
B. oranges or apples
C. bananas or oranges
Hello! My name is Jenny. My favorite day is Wednesday. Do you know why? We have a science lesson on Wednesday morning. It is my favorite subject. On Wednesday morning we also have Chinese, English and art. They are good, too. In the afternoon we usually(通常) have three lessons, but on that day we have two lessons, P.E. and history. Miss Guo is our history teacher. She is my favorite teacher because her lesson is very interesting. I like sports, too. I can play many kinds of games with my friends in the P.E. class. I can go home earlier(较早地) on the day. I like the nice day.Jenny’s favorite day is _____________.
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday_______is Jenny’s favorite subject.
A. Science B. P.E. C. ArtJenny has______lessons on Wednesday.
A.three B.four C.sixJenny’s favorite teacher teaches ______.
A. P.E. B. history C. Chinese下面的陈述哪一项是正确的？
A. Jenny doesn’t like English.
B. Miss Guo is Jenny’s mom.
C. Jenny can play games in the P.E. Class.
John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can’t tell the time. He says “breakfast time”, “lunchtime”, and “teatime” when it is eight o’clock, twelve o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn’t know how to help him.
One day John’s aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that.
“Let me help you. I think I can help him.”
When John gets home after school, Mary starts to teach him.
“Can you count, John?” she asks him.
“Yes. One, two, three, four…” John says. “That’s great. Now I put the longhand on twelve and the shorthand on one – that is one o’clock. I put the short hand on two, what is the time?”
“Two o’clock.”
“Good. And on three?”
“Three o’clock.”
It is then four o’clock in the afternoon, and John’s aunt asks him, “What time is it now, John?”
“Teatime, Aunt.” John looks at the clock and answers.John’s mother can’t help him to _________ the time.
| A．read | B．write | C．tell | D．listen to |
When it’s twelve o’clock, John says it’s _______.
| A．breakfast time | B．lunchtime |
| C．supper time | D．teatime |
Mary is John’s ________.
| A．mother | B．aunt | C．teacher | D．sister |
The underlined word “count” means “_________” in Chinese.
| A．认识 | B．读 | C．数 | D．熟记 |
From the passage(短文) we know ____________.
| A．John thinks breakfast time is eight in the morning. |
| B．John thinks four o’clock in the morning is teatime. |
| C．John can’t count |
| D．John has a nice watch but it doesn’t work. |