When she was just 9 years old， Katie Stagliano planted a cabbage seed（卷心菜种子） in a garden outside her house． She cared for it every day by watering it， weeding it and giving it plant food． It grew to be HUGE! Forty pounds huge!
Katie wanted to do something special with this very special cabbage． With her mom's help， she decided to donate（捐赠） it to a local soup kitchen to help feed the hungry in her community of Summerville， South Carolina．
When she arrived to make her donation， she saw a long line of people waiting for food． Then， Katie served her cabbage to the guest． As the many people thanked her， she knew she could and should do more to help．
With the help of her parents and school， Katie's Krops was born! Katie's Krops plants gardens to grow food that is donated to local soup kitchens to feed the hungry．
Katie's dream is to end hunger around the world． So， after she created several gardens in her community， she decided to do more． She wanted to help other kids create gardens in their communities!
As of 2017， 7 years after she started， there are now 83 Katie's Krops gardens growing across the United States! All of the gardens are led by kids between the ages of 9 and 16．
（1）What is "something special" Katie did at last in Paragraph 2？
A． Building her first garden．
B． Giving the cabbage plant food．
C． Helping mom in the local soup kitchen．
D． Donating the cabbage to people in need．
（2）Who runs the 83 gardens？
A． Hungry people there．
B． Katie Stagliano herself．
C． Teenagers from 9 to 16．
D． Parents and schools together．
（3）Katie's Krops ．
A． creates a lot of jobs for local people
B． has its own soup kitchens everywhere
C． is now all over South Carolina， the US
D． helps fight hunger in their own communities
（4）Katie's story sounds ．
A． encouraging
B． relaxing
C． boring
D． tiring
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My English teacher is Mary. She is from England. Her father is Nick and her mother is Rose. They are very old. So they don’t work now. Mary has two children, a son and a daughter. Her daughter is Betty. Her son is John. Mary and her daughter are in China, but her husband Paul Smith is in England. Her son is in America. Paul is a police officer. John is a college student. Betty and I are in the same school. We are classmates. We are in Class Three, Grade Seven.Betty is Mary’s .
Betty’s father is a (职业).
teaches the writer(作者) English.
Mary comes from .
Nick and Rose are Mary’s .
I have a good friend at home. Its name is Mimi. It’s white and yellow. It’s very lovely. I play with it when I have time. It often plays with a ball. It likes fish very much. When it is behind the sofa or in the box, you can’t see it. When we sit on the sofa and watch TV, it sits with us. In the evening, I do my homework at my desk. It is on the desk, too. At that time I put it down. Then it sits beside me. Is it a good friend of mine?Who is my good friend at home?
A. A boy.B. A girl. C. A cat.When it is in the box or behind the sofa, you .
A. can see it B. can’t see it C. play with itWhen I do my homework, it .
A. does its lessons B. sits in the box C. sits beside me We can see in the room.
A. a big sofa B. a black cat C. some friendsI do my homework .
A. with the cat B. with a friend C. in the evening
| Lost My English dictionary. My name is Grace. Please call 233-4105 or look for me in Room 405 |
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Name: Tom Cooper Age:21 Tel:9873-8769 Mobile: 1596872023 E-mail:Tom. C@yahoo.cn Address: 321 Yongfu Road |
If you find Grace’s dictionary, you can call .
A. 668-0796 B. 233-4105 C. 1596872023Who lives(居住) in Nanjing?
A. Lily. B. Bill Smith. C. Grace. Lily needs of Jay Chou.
A. three pencils B. a red jacket C. new CDsBill Smith is a in No. 9 Middle School.
A. student B. teacher C. workerWhat’s Tom Cooper’s address?
A. 321 Yongfu Road. B. bill999@sina.co . C. 321 Lin He Road.
My name is Lucy. I have two good friends, Mary and June. Mary is thirteen years old. June and I are twelve years old. My birthday is November 11th. June’s birthday is September 11th. And Mary’s birthday is January 18th. I like red, but they like green. Mary and June are in the same(相同的)school. They have an Art Festival and a school trip every year, but I only have a Music Festival at my school.How old is Lucy?
A. 11. B. 12. C. 13.Who is 13 years old?
A. Mary. B. June. C. Lucy.When is Lucy’s birthday?
A. September 11th . B. November 11th. C. January 18th.Who likes green?
A. Mary and June. B. Lucy and June. C. Lucy and Mary.What does Lucy have at her school every year?
A. An Art Festival. B. A school trip. C. A Music Festival.
Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach．His legs were hurt paralysed(瘫痪的) from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself．
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows(阴影) fall behind.”What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?
| A．A car hit him. | B．He met his coach. |
| C．His doctor called him. | D．He fell down and cut his foot. |
The underlined word “depressed” means ___ in Chinese.
| A．懒惰的 | B．好奇的 | C．沮丧的 | D．激动的 |
What is the most important thing we can learn from the story?
| A．Basketball can teach people about life. |
| B．Keep smiling when you face difficulties. |
| C．Life is more difficult for the paralysed. |
| D．Skiing is more dangerous than basketball. |