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I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(胳膊,肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from other girls.” And she did!
There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架). When it was my turn, I said no. some kids laughed. I went home crying.
The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised (表扬)me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage (勇气)to face anything. and she taught me I could, too.
How many younger sisters do I have?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

What does the doctor’s advice mean?

A．My arm could be all right soon.

B．The other girls had the same arms as me.

C．My mom should look after me differently.

D．My mum could treat me the same as others.

Who peeled the potatoes at last?

A．Jenny.	B．Jenny’s mum.
C．Jenny’s sister.	D．Nobody.

Why did Mum take me back to the school playground the next day?

A．She wanted to tell me I could do anything.

B．She wanted the teacher to let me try again.

C．She would punish the kids who laugh at me.

D．She would like to praise me before the other kids.

What’s the best title of the passage?

A．My bad-tempered (坏脾气) mother

B．Different mother love

C．A doctor’s advice

D．My childhood

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Thousands years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks （块） of ice．These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities．Most of the ice was in the northern （北方的）part of the world．
Then the ice blocks started to move south． Cold and rain came with the ice．Animals and people had to move．
At last, the ice began to melt （融化）．After half a million years, most of it had melted．More than half of the earth became covered with water．The climate became much warmer．Things began to grow．The earth began to look the way it looks today．
thousands of years ago our earth was very _________________．

What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved mouth?

A．they tried to stop them moving．

B．They tried to melt them．

C．They tried to stay ahead of them．

D．They tried to move behind them．

The melting ice maybe helped to form _____________．

A．mountains and valleys

B．the sun, the moon and the earth

C．cities and countries

D．seas, lakes and rivers

The underlined word “climate” means _______________．

A．the freezing ice

B．the weather of the year

C．the moving of the ice blocks

D．a plant or an animal

Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?
a．Forests grew
b．Food became harder to find
c．Fishing became easier
d．The temperature dropped．

Mrs. White was going to have her first baby very soon．Yesterday her husband took her to a hospital．So Mr. White helped her get into car and drove her there．A nurse（护士）took Mrs. White to her room and told Mr. White that he could go home and she could call him when the baby arrived（出生）．But Mr. White said he liked to wait at the hospital．The nurse said, “You may wait outside．” Mr. White was walking up and down at about midnight（午夜）when the nurse came out of the room and said with a smile,” “Which would you like better, a boy or a girl?” “A girl,” said Mr. White．“I have an elder sister, and she loves me．” “Well,” said the nurse,” it’s a boy this time．” “That’s all right,” said Mr. White happily．“That’s my second choice．”
Why did Mr. White take Mrs. White to a hospital?

A．Because they wanted to see an old friend．

B．Because they wanted to give their child something．

C．Because Mrs. White was going to have her first baby very soon．

D．Because they needed some help．

Mr. White was______ all the time．

A．Waiting outside	B．staying with Mrs. White
C．waiting at home	D．helping the nurse

Why did Mr. White like to have a girl?

A．because the girl looked like him．

B．Because his elder sister loved him．

C．Because the girl looked like Mrs. White．

D．Because he didn’t have much time to look after a boy．

Mr. White _______．

A．had a boy

B．had a girl

C．had a boy and a girl

D．told the nurse that Mr. White wanted a boy

Which of the following is NOT wrong?

A．Mr. White didn’t like to have wrong．

B．Mrs. White told Mr. White that they had a baby．

C．Mr. White was very happy that he had a baby．

D．Mr. White went to the hospital by bus．

One of the most popular items (项目) in the class newspaper is the advice column(专栏). Here are some of them and their answers:
Question1: I’m always late for school. I try not to be late, but I can’t help it. Please advise me what to do. —Tommy.
Answer: You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school. My advice to you is to enjoy school more, and then you won’t be late so often.
Question 2: I find it difficult to make friends. What do you think I should do?
—Sara.
Answer: I can’t advise you until I know more about you. Your problem may be that you are shy. On the other hand, it may be the opposite. You can try to be brave. Write and tell me more about yourself.
Question3: I’m always at the bottom (底部) of the class. What do you advise me to do? —Molly.
Answer : I advise you to concentrate (集中注意力) on improving your grades in one subject at first. Next, try to improve your grades in another subject. If you do this, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your subjects.
What is the main idea of this passage?
A. The school newspaper has an advice column.
B Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice.
C. Sara finds it difficult to make friends.
D. The advice column in the school newspaper is very popular.
What is Tommy’s problem?

A．He is always late for school.

B．He finds it difficult to make friends.

C．He is always at the bottom of the class.

D．He needs help with his homework.

What does the adviser (建议者) want Sara to do?

A．Stop being so shy.

B．Stop being so brave.

C．Make more friends.

D．Give more information about herself.

What does Molly want to do?

A．Make more friends.

B．Stay at the bottom of her class.

C．Improve her grades.

D．Concentrate on one subject at a time.

By the end of the year, what should Molly have in all her subjects?

A．At the bottom.

B．At little way up from the bottom.

C．Quite a long way up from the bottom.

D．At the top.

We each have memory(记忆力).That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remember them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercise.
Some people can easily learn many things by heart because____________.

A．they always sleep very well

B．they often eat good food.

C．they read a lot of books

D．they have very good memories

Everybody learns his mother language_________.

A．at the age of six

B．when he is a small child

C．after he goes to school

D．when he can read and write

Before a child can speak, he must_____________.

A．read and write	B．make sentences
C．hear and remember	D．think hard

Your memory will become better and better____________.

A．if you have lots of good food

B．if you do more and more exercise

C．if you do morning exercises every day

D．if you get up early

Which of the following is the title for the passage?

A．Memory	B．Exercise
C．Language	D．Mother language

Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research(研究） on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!
When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”2-1-c-n-j-y
Some young people from England _______ after they finish school.

A．go to university

B．spend one year as volunteers

C．go to work for money

D．start work in schools or hospitals

Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in _______ now.