It is a great thing to help others. First, you can learn new things. Second, it can also make you feel good.
How can you do it? Helping through charities(慈善团体) is a good idea. Charities are organizations(组织) that help others. September 5 is the International Day of Charity.
You can help charities by giving your time, giving money or giving things that you own.
● Volunteering
Volunteering is to give time to help others without pay.Some ways of volunteering are:
☆visiting old people to talk to them or help them
☆ walking dogs at an animal shelter(收容所)
☆ cleaning up a park
☆ helping some children.You can teach the children without life skills how to take care of themselves.
● Fundraising
Fundraising is to collect or produce money to a charity to help others. Some ways of fundraising are:
☆ making cakes or biscuits to sell
☆ doing sponsored(有赞助的) activities. For example,families and friends give you money if you finish a long walk.
● Donating
Donating is to give your things to a charity to help ot hers.Some ways of donating
are:
☆ giving your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people
☆giving your old books to a library.
So, what can you do to help others?
(1)Why is it a great thing to help others? (at least one)
(2)Which day is the International Day of Charity?
(3)Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese .
(4)Mary makes some money by drawing pictures. She gives the money to a charity. It is a way of .(填写序号A或B或C)
A.volunteering
B. fuundraIsil
C. donating
(5)Give a proper title to the passage .
American boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV set. Some even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturdays.
TVs are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some programmers help children to understand the news, others show people and places from other countries or other time in history. With TV a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.
TV brings many places and events into our homes. Some programmers show crime and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.Some children spend eight hours or more ____.
A.studying | B.playing games |
C.watching TV | D.helping their parents |
On TV children can see ____.
A.games | B.big animals |
C.oceans | D.almost everything |
Children usually spend ____ a day in school.
A.six hours | B.more than eight hours |
C.only a few hours | D.four hours |
“TV brings places and events into our homes” means “____”.
A.TV makes things happen in homes |
B.We can know places and events without going to see them |
C.We can see houses and building on TV |
D.We can find them easily |
Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is ____ for children.
A.a bad program | B.an animal |
C.a game | D.a play |
My name is Maria. I’m 13. I live in New York City. I often go to school by bike. Riding a bike is good exercise for me. I like watching NBA matches on TV very much. I watch them every week. It’s real fun for me. I like pop music a lot, too. My favorite singing star is Michael Jackson. At school, music is my favorite subject. I have a good voice and I play the violin well. I have a dream of being a singer like Madonna.
I’m Linda. I’m 12. I live in Los Angeles. I like playing football and basketball. I play football or basketball every day with my friends after school. I like animals and I also like animal stamps. I have panda stamps from my pen pal. They are very good. On weekends I often go to the mountains to paint pictures. I have painted some very nice pictures. Painting is my life, so I want to be a painter when I grow up.
I’m Sophia. My home is in Washington D.C. I like reading and watching programs about travel and history. I often stay at home reading on weekends. At school, I like French very much and I’m good at it. I’d like to be a guide. I can go around the world and meet a lot of people. That would be great fun.Maria goes to school _________.
A.on foot | B.by bike |
C.by bus | D.by car |
Linda wants to be _________ when she grows up.
A.a singer | B.a guide |
C.a painter | D.a player |
_________ likes animal stamps very much.
A.Maria | B.Sophia |
C.Linda | D.Linda’s pen pal |
Sophia is good at ________ at school.
A.French | B.history |
C.music | D.English |
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Maria lives in New York City. |
B.Linda likes ball games very much. |
C.Sophia often reads at home. |
D.Sophia can play the violin well. |
One day Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben to go shopping. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping mall(购物中心). “Why do you buy things here, Mum?” Trudy asked. “Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store,” Mrs Wilson said. “Help me check(检查) the prices.” The Wilsons were not wealthy(富有的) and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries(杂货) in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said, “We don't think you saved(省) money by going to the supermarket there.” “Of course I did,” said Mrs Wilson, “everything was cheap there.” “We know,” said the children, “but we came home by taxi (出租车)because we had too much to carry. The cost(花费) of the taxi was more than the money you saved!” Mrs Wilson added(加) everything up and found her children were right. “Well done,”she said, “next time we will do shopping near our home.”Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben ______.
A.to the supermarket | B.to the zoo |
C.to the park | D.to the museum |
Mrs Wilson bought things in the supermarket in the new shopping mall because ______.
A.goods there had good quality |
B.there were many goods |
C.goods(货物) there were cheap |
D.goods there were expensive |
Which of the following is right?
A.The Wilsons were rich and they bought a lot of things in the supermarket. |
B.The Wilsons were not rich and they bought things in a cheaper supermarket. |
C.The Wilsons enjoyed shopping in the shopping mall because it was large. |
D.The Wilsons were poor and they seldom went shopping. |
Mrs Wilson went home ______.
A.by bus | B.by minibus |
C.by taxi | D.on foot |
Mrs Wilson decided to go shopping ______next time.
A.in the shopping mall far away |
B.in the cheapest shop |
C.in the most expensive shop |
D.near her home |
Hi, I’m Anna. These are my grandparents, John Clark, Kelsey Clark. They are kind (
和蔼的). They are over 70. They have (有) two sons and a daughter. My father is their first son. His name is Mike. He is 42. My mother’s name is Sally. David is my uncle. Emma is my aunt. My uncle has a son. His name is Jim. He is my cousin. My aunt has a daughter She is Gina. I like Gina. She is my good friend.
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Hello!I’m Tim Hand, I’m English, but I’m in China. This is my mother. Her first name is Steve. My telephone number is seven-six-zero, nine-one-seven-six, My friend is Li Lei. His English name is Paul. He is Chinese. His telephone number is 281-5248.Look at the photo. Who’s that in the photo? It’s my Chinese teacher. His name is Liu Yong. He is a good teacher.---Where is Tim?---______.
A.China | B.in China |
C.In china | D.In China |
My father’s last name is ______.
A.Jim | B.Steve |
C.Hand | D.Tom |
My telephone number is ______.
A.760-9176 | B.687-9716 |
C.281-5248 | D.706-9671 |
—What’s Li Lei’s English name?
—________.
A.Mary | B.Paul |
C.Tim | D.Lei |
______ is in the photo.
A.His father | B.Jim Green |
C.Li Lei | D.Liu Yong |