Tom,Jean,JackandLucyaretalking-优题课

A big umbrella
Nancy: I saw seven girls in one umbrella and none of them got wet.
Taney: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.
Nancy: No, it wasn’t raining. [
A good boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents（美分）.
“What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?”
“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.
“You’re a good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two more cents. But why are you so interested in the old woman?”
“She is the one who sells candies. ”
Break a mirror
“What are you so happy about, Jason?” Lisa asked the 98-year-old man.
“I broke a mirror,” he replied.
“But that means seven years of bad luck. ”
“I know,” he said happily. “Isn’t it wonderful? I can live for another seven years. ”
The three passages above are all ________.

A．jokes

B．notices

C．news

D．letters

The seven girls didn’t get wet because _________.

A．the umbrella was big enough	B．the seven girls wore raincoats
C．it wasn’t raining at all	D．it wasn’t a heavy rain

Little Robert spent the money ________.

A．helping the poor old lady	B．buying candies for himself
C．helping his mom	D．buying gifts for his mom

_________ broke the mirror.

A．Nancy

B．Lisa

C．Robert

D．Jason

2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?
The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his master（主人） soon. He loves his master, even after his master has died. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the master was killed, and fell from his horse. When his body was found some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his master, without food or water, in the coldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t be a great animal?
The horse is a _________ animal to man.

A．strange

B．lazy

C．useful

D．small

When the body of the master was found, the horse was _________.

A．going away	B．eating grass beside it
C．drinking water	D．still standing beside it

The story probably took place in _________.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

天晴国际学校将举行一系列主题活动，请你仔细阅读以下A到F选项中六位外教的信息，邀请期中五位外教分别给的活动做讲座。
________.Music Festival ______.Science Festival ________.Sports Festival _______English Festival _____.Reading Festival

Personal Information of Teachers
Jane Birch is from America.She speaks 5 languages and has been to 14 counties. She is very popular with students and has many methods of learning foreign languages.
Jerry Smith is a humorous teacher. He often turns his maths classes into game time. Math is more than numbers and shapes in his class.It can be used to solve real life problems.
Daisy Chambers,a smart lady ,is good at playing the piano.She has been learning it for ten years. Amazingly,she learns it all by herself.Many students are her fans.
Rod White is a creative teacher and inventor. He believes that invention is for everyone and everyone can be an inventor. In his class, students find it great fun to do scientific experiments.
Emily Roy has written many stories. Students love reading her books, She always recommends good books to her students. She plans to write a book to share how reading changes her life.
Lewis Nichols is an excellent swimmer. He takes part in the winter swimming competition every year. He thinks that swimming in cold water builds up not only his body but also his will.

Most people hope to have a memory which helps them succeed in study, work and life. Can memory be improved? Luckily, hundreds of studies in the past 50 years have already given us a definite* answer.
A healthy lifestyle keeps your brain young and memory sharp. First of all, it is necessary to have a healthy diet. Eating more food rich in B vitamins and Vitamin E, such as vegetables and lean meat, helps you have a better memory. Doing exercise can keep your brain alive, too. Proper exercise provides much needed oxygen for the brain. Running ,riding a bike ,swimming and even walking two or three times a week are helpful. Moreover, getting enough sleep is important. Only when your brain gets a good rest, can it work well. The healthier your lifestyle is, the better your memory will become, but do not expect a sudden change---it takes a long time to make a difference.
Memory skills help you remember things better. The following three are the most widely used. Chunking* is a way of remembering a piece of information by cutting it into smaller ones. For example, to memorize a ten--digit telephone number 2127983630,you can divide the digits into three groups: first 212,then 798,and lastly 3630.This method is far more effective than remembering a string* of 10 digits. Organization means organizing information into groups of the the same kind. For example, trees, grass and flowers are plants; tigers, panadas, horses and cows are animals ,Imagery is remembering newly learnt information by using your imagination and connecting it with something that you are familiar with.
However, memory skills will hardly work if you don’t understand the information. What’s more, only a regular review can make the memory last long. That is why students are always advised to go over what they have learnt after one day and then after three days, and then use it as regularly as possible.
Human brains are like muscles that need nutrients and exercise to become stronger. If you make a few lifestyle changes and try some memory skills, you can certainly improved your memory.
How many ways of keeping a healthy lifestyle are mentioned in the passage?

A．wo

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

Which of the following examples is the use of the skill “organization”?

A．Remembering the word “sad ”by putting it into the group of “feeling ”

B．Remembering the meaning of the word “red” by connecting it with fire

C．Remembering a long and difficult passage by understanding its meaning.

D．Remembering the post number 0708591 by diving it into 070 and 8571

According to the passage, why should we review what we’ve learnt?
To use it better every day
B.To understand it in a better way
C.To improve memory skills
D.To remember it for a longer time
The passage is written to tell us______.
not everyone has a good memory
B. memory skills are not difficult to learn
C. memory can be improved in some ways
D. it is important to have a healthy lifestyle

Rita was in shopping mall, looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store, inside which were all kinds of dolls.
“Why not a lovely doll? Girls like dolls,” she thought as she stepped into the store.
Looking around ,she saw a grandma doll—one with gray and a pair of glasses. As she gazed at it, in her mind somehow appeared Linda, her mother.
When Rita was a little girl, she got her first doll form Linda for her birthday. She was very happy. Then the second, the third……,Rita began to feel puzzled, When she asked her mum the reason, the answer was always “A girl can never have enough dolls.” Year after year, Rita grew up and Linda aged, but a doll a year from Linda never arrived late.
“But why always a doll?” This question had been in Rita’s mind until one day her father gave the answer.
Little Linda dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived .The never—received gift was the most precious* in her eyes. That’s why she thought dolls were the best birthday gifts for Rita.
Her mother’s story being recalled ,Rita got an idea……
It was Linda’s sixtieth birthday. The whole family gathered around the sixty-year-old lady when the doorbell rang, Much to Linda’s surprise ,a package was delivered* to her, with a card read:
Dear Linda,
I forget to send you the package that you should have received on May 20,1956,your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged ,but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Sorry for the lateness! Love, Angel of Joy
Linda opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She clasped the doll that she had waited so many years to receive ,tears coursing down her face. The doll, given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the happiest “child ”alive .
Who is Linda in the story?
Rita’s daughter B. Rita’s mother
C. The grandma doll D. Angel of Joy
Why did Linda think that dolls were the best birthday gifts for Rita?

A．Rita dreamed to have all kinds of lovely dolls.

B．Rita looked liked a doll when she was a little girl.

C．Linda received a lot of lovely dolls form her parents.

D．Linda had never got the dream doll form her parents

What does the underlined word clasped probably mean in the passage?

A．held

B．threw

C．made

D．bought

Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．The Story of an Angel	B．Linda’s Birthday
C．Linda,the Happiest Child	D．A Late Birthday Gift

A．Tom and Jean	B．Jean and Jack
C．Jack and Lucy	D．Lucy and Tom.