Jodie’s Daddy Is a Garbageman(垃圾清理工)
Mr Swales wanted to find out what his students’ parents did. He had just called Jodie when some girls burst out laughing. Shirley shouted, “Jodie’s daddy is a garbageman!”
Everybody in the class laughed out loud, except Jodie. She felt her face turn red.
“Silence!” Mr Swales said, “Being a garbagemen is a difficult and useful job. We should all be grateful to Jodie’s father.”
Jodie’s father came to walk her home from school as usual, but she didn’t run up to him the way she always did. When they got back home, Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time.
Her father came into her room, “What happened, Jodie? Why are you so sad?”
Jodie told her father what had happened and looked at him. He didn’t seem angry or hurt. “Well,” he said, “they are right. Being a garbageman is a dirty job. Tomorrow’s Saturday. Come to work with me, Jodie.”
The place really smelt too bad. Jodie wrinkled her nose. “Don’t worry, kid. In five minute you won’t smell a thing.” said her father.
Everybody there was working hard, and they seemed to have a good time. Jodie’s father handed her a pair of gloves and told her to get the little plastic bags and throw them into the truck.
It was fun, but also hard work. Jodie’s arms soon got tired. At last, no more garbage was left and Jodie felt very happy.
“Garbage is disgusting, but when we clear it away, everything’s nice and clean. You can make yourself happy only by making other happy. That’s why I like being a garbageman so much.”
Jodie gave her dirty, smelly garbageman daddy a big kiss(吻). She said, “When I grow up, I will be a garbage-girl!”
Now whenever someone asks Jodie what her daddy does, she says, “He’s a garbageman! Everybody makes garbage, but my daddy takes it away!”What happened in Mr Swale’s class?
| A．He wanted to showwhat job was the most useful. |
| B．He asked an improper (不适宜的）question. |
| C．Jodie gave an honest answer. |
| D．The other students laughed at Jodie. |
Which of the following is Not True according to this story?
| A．She didn’t run up to her father the way she always did. |
| B．Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time after she got back home. |
| C．She gave her father a sweet kiss as usual. |
| D．Jodie told her father what had happened and had a talk with her father. |
Why did Jodie’s father take her to his workplace?
| A．To make Jodie cool down. |
| B．To prove how dirty his job was. |
| C．To help Jodie learn about his job. |
| D．To keep Jodie away from her classmates. |
Jodie gave her father a big kiss mainly because ______.
| A．he was kind | B．he was unselfish |
| C．he was cheerful | D．he was hardworking |
How does Jodie feel about her father now?
| A．Sad | B．Dirty | C．Angry | D．Proud |
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| The Ritz-Carlton New York Battery Park ★★★★ (＄299 each night) Location: No.2 West Street About it: You can have a good view of the Statue of liberty from the 39-floor, 298-room hotel |
Millennium Hilton ★★★ (＄219 each night) Location: No. 55 Church Street About it: You can go swimming in the indoor swimming pool. The hotel is near Times Square. |
| Midtown East ★★★(＄ 170 each night) Location: Between East 41st Street and East54th Street About it: It’s quite easy to pay a visit to the United Nations, Grand Central Station, and so on |
Marriott New York Financial Center ★★(＄209 each night) Location: No. 85 West Street About it: Next to many shopping centers. It’s quite easy if you want to buy things in this modern city. |
Which of the four hotels is the most expensive?
| A．Midtown East. |
| B．Millennium Hilton. |
| C．Marriott New York Financial Center. |
| D．The Ritz-Carlton New York Battery Park. |
Which two hotels are on the same street?
| A．Midtown East and Millennium Hilton. |
| B．Millennium Hilton and Marriott New York Financial Center. |
| C．The Ritz-Carlton New York Battery Park and Midtown East. |
| D．Marriott New York Financial Center and The Ritz-Carlton New York Battery Park. |
Which of the following is TRUE in the passage?
| A．You can swim indoors in Midtown East. |
| B．The five-star hotel has 39 gates to get in and out. |
| C．It’s easy to visit the United Nations from Millennium Hilton. |
| D．Marriott New York Financial Center is more expensive than Midtown East even though it has only three stars. |
The passage is probably from_____________________.
| A．a guidebook | B．a dictionary |
| C．a telephone book | D．a story book |
Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying: Friends are God’s way of looking after us. But how do you find real friendship and keep it?
The Care and keeping of Friends by American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends.
Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed(种子) and look after it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient（耐心）. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complains( 抱怨) and do their best to help. To make a friend, you can’t be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.
But things can’t always be happy. Even the best friends have fights（吵架）. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to them. When there is no one around, have an honest （真诚的） talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter.
Sally says there are three steps of being friends again: Tell him or her how you are felling; say what your friend has done wrong, and say why you did this or that . The book also has advice on some small but important things like celebrating your friends’ success. Even if you haven’t had a real friend before, you will start to think of having one if you read this book. Because the book tells that friendship is the most important thing in your life.The writer of the text really wants to tell us________.
| A．life is great |
| B．an old saying |
| C．Sally is an American writer. |
| D．God’s way of looking after us. |
The Care and Keeping of Friends is_____________________.
| A． the word of the God |
| B．a way of making good friends |
| C．the name of a book by Sally |
| D．a story from a newspaper |
A good friend should_________________.
| A．have a lot of money | B．have good look |
| C．be kind and patient | D．listen to you |
What can’t you do if your good friend has done wrong?
| A．Write a letter to him. |
| B．Have an honest talk with him. |
| C．Tell him or her your feeling. |
| D．Have a fight with him. |
I like playing football, but I am not very good at it. I do not usually play on my school football team. I am a reserve player. This means that I play only if another player on the team can’t play or is hurt during a game. I have only played in one of the games this year. That was the game we played yesterday. In the middle of the game, one of the players hurt his knee. “Take his place,” the coach said. I ran onto the field. Soon a player on the other team ran towards me with the ball. We were both near my team’s goal. I ran towards him. I got the ball away from him. “ I can’t kick hard, “ I thought. “ I’ll kick the ball to my goal-keeper. He can pick it up and kick it to the other end of the field. “ I did this, but I kicked the ball too hard. The goal-keeper couldn’t get it. The ball went into the goal. I had scored on our own goal! I don’t think the coach will ask me to play for the team again.Why won’t they ask him to play on the team again?
| A．He doesn’t know the rules. | B．He got hurt. |
| C．He made a big mistake. | D．He plays too well. |
How often did he play on the team before this game this year?
| A．Never. | B．A few times. |
| C．Quite often. | D． All the time. |
How did he probably feel after he scored the goal?
| A．worried | B．Excited. |
| C．Sad | D．Very happy |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “reseave”?
| A．业余的 | B．专业的 | C．替补的 | D．优秀的 |
One day Einstein（爱因斯坦）is walking in the street in New York. His friend meets him and says to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is !”
But Einstein answers, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here.”
After a few years Einstein becomes a famous scientist. But he still wears the old coat.
His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new one.
But Einstein says, “I needn’tbuy a new one. Everyone knows me here”Einstein isscientist.
| A．an English | B．a Chinese |
| C．an American | D．a Japanese |
Einstein’s coat is very old. His friend.
| A．gives him a new one |
| B．asks him to buy a new one |
| C．helps him buy a new one |
| D．helps him mend the old coat |
Einstein doesn’t want to buy a new one because.
| A．nobody knows him | B．he likes the old one |
| C．he has no money | D．he doesn’t mind it |
A few years later Einstein.
| A．buys a new one | B．becomes a great scientist |
| C．wears a new coat | D．nobody knows him |
The title of this passage should be（短文的题目应是）.
| A．Einstein and His Friend | B．Einstein and His New Coat |
| C．Einstein’s Coat | D．Einstein |
Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. Italians like to eat __________.
| A．dumplings | B．pizza | C．hot food | D．fish |
Fish and chips are very popular in _____.
| A．England | B．Australia | C．the USA | D．Canada |
In different countries people eat ______ food.
| A．different | B．the same |
| C．the different | D．same |
The hamburger does not have any _____ in it.
| A．beef | B．pork | C．fish | D．chips |
Hamburger is a kind of ______.
| A．meat | B．drink | C．food | D．vegetable |