If your children are learning to read，it's wonderful!Whatever they're reading，they're probably super﹣excited readers!But the fact is，reading is a skill．（1） ．
◆Create a comfortable reading space．
Choose a special place with right furnishings（装饰），blankets and pillows for your children put a bookcase of your children's books．（2） If your children feel like they have got their own special place for reading，they will probably spend time in their little space with all their new favorite books．
◆（3） ．
If you want your children to learn to love reading，set aside a few minutes every day to read together，no matter how busy you are．（4） Plan to go to bed a few minutes earlier each night so your children have the time to choose a book to read．Besides，reading aloud to your children can make them more willing to read on their own．
◆Make the library and bookstore a special treat．
Whether your kids are big readers or not，they are only children．They may be excited about new clothes and toys，but not books!Try to use that excitement to help your children love to read．Making a special treat of spending some time at the library or bookstore can be the perfect way to get your children excited about reading．（5） ．
A．Set aside time to read together．
B．Ask your children about their favorite books．
C．Reading together is the perfect way to relax before bedtime．
D．This special place may push your children to start to love reading．
E．Here are some useful ways to help make your children love reading!
F．Let them have fun around there and they can choose whatever excites them．
October is getting closer and it also means that the year of 2014 is coming to an end. “Hooray! It’s a holiday!” While you are thinking of putting textbooks aside and playing video games, let’s take a look at what children in other continents usually do during their holidays.
Children in America don’t have much homework to do. They keep themselves busy by playing camp games. A parent says, “My daughter Shirley usually attends different camps. We don’t ask her to spend plenty of time on maths problems or spelling tests.”
Children in Australia take partin activities on over twenty different themes (主题). They learn painting, dancing, singing, history, culture and so on. Parents can accompany their kids to enjoy the learning process and to build a closer relationship with them.
These are what African kids do: build a boat, have a camel race, make a drum and make a rag (碎布) football. Don’t you think it is interesting that kids in other places have no idea how to make a drum, but kids in Africa do?
Plan your holiday well and try what you want to try. Make a good plan and you will have a lot of fun.Where does Shirley come from?
| A．Asia. | B．America. |
| C．Australia. | D．Africa. |
What does the underlined word “accompany” mean in Chinese?
| A．提醒 | B．监视 | C．陪伴 | D．排斥 |
According to the passage, only kids in Africa know how to ______.
| A．play camp games | B．do spelling tests | C．build a boat | D．make a drum |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The passage was written before October. |
| B．Kids in America are good at maths. |
| C．Kids in Australia spend much time on homework. |
| D．Kids in Africa don’t play football. |
What is the purpose of this passage?
| A．To advise kids to make holiday plans. |
| B．To introduce some good holiday camps. |
| C．To encourage kids to make friends with parents. |
| D．To show the importance of doing homework during holidays. |
We say that a person has good manners if he or she is polite, kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners. But no one likes a person with bad or careless manners. Yes, but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?
Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. When people are waiting for a bus, he stands in line and takes his turn. He never pushes to the front of the line. On the bus, he offers his seat to an older person or a woman with a child in the arms. If he gets in someone’s way, he says “excuse me”. He says “please” when he makes a request (请求), and he says “thank you” when he receives something. He doesn’t stop other people when they are talking. He does not speak with his mouth full of food when he is eating.People agree that a well-mannered person is really a person.
| A．polite | B．kind |
| C．helpful | D．polite, kind and helpful |
Saying “please” and “thank you” is for a well-mannered person.
| A．useless |
| B．a little useful |
| C．hypocritical (虚伪的) |
| D．important and necessary |
A person with good manners thinks of .
| A．others before himself | B．himself before others |
| C．no one but himself | D．others as well as himself |
If you want to be well-mannered, .
| A．you laugh at people when they are in trouble |
| B．it’s all right to speak with your mouth full of food |
| C．you should stop someone when he is talking |
| D．you can only speak after someone else has finished talking |
Malls(购物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12, 750cars. About 750,000 people shop there very week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town centers where people can come to do many things. They shop, and of course, they also eat in food courts(美食街) that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.Those Americans are called mall rats.
| A．who eat in food courts at malls |
| B．who spend so much time at malls |
| C．who enjoy themselves at malls |
| D．who do all their shopping at malls |
According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping .
| A．in one place | B．in a quiet place |
| C．in a busy place | D．in different places |
What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
| A．People like to go to the mall. |
| B．The Mall of America is noisy. |
| C．When America had the first mall. |
| D．The Mall of America is very large. |
Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．People can see a doctor in some malls. |
| B．Parking is free in all the malls. |
| C．The malls are only in big cities. |
| D．The largest mall is in Hong Kong. |
Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.
Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dreams were over. Tony did what the doctors told him. But it didn’t work when he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a rehab center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident. Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called The Sun. It was a wheelchair basketball team, because everybody on the team played on 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 Sun, Tony improved quickly. Playing basketball was like medicine for him. Tony was much better that before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to help him. The day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy, even with his broken legs.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadow falls behind.”What happened to Tony one afternoon?
| A．He was ill. |
| B．His arms were broken. |
| C．His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident. |
| D．His legs got hurt badly in a car accident. |
What does the underlined work “rehab” mean in Chinese?
| A．戒毒 | B．篮球 | C．康复 | D．娱乐 |
What is The Sun?
| A．It is a wheelchair basketball team. |
| B．It is a normal basketball team. |
| C．It is a football team. |
| D．It is a volleyball team. |
After Tony joined The Sun, he.
| A．became sad and angry |
| B．play badly all the time |
| C．was much better than before |
| D．felt sorry for himself |
Events from Newspapers
| Children’s Ocean of Art The second children’s art exhibition in our city will be held in the Children’s Palace. It aims to improve children’s creativity. Dates: Aug. 30th－Sept. 10th Houses: 9:00a. m.－5:30p. m. |
| Food Festival The Coffee Garden will host a food festival. It will offer all kinds of delicious food. You can also enjoy traditional music and dancing at the same time. Price: 98yuan per person (buy five and get one free) Dates: Aug. 9th－Aug. 25th Places: The Coffee Garden at No. 152 Zhongshan Road |
| Disney Magic Shows Children’s favorite, Mouse, together with other Disney cartoon figures will come to our city for 12 magic shows from July 28th to August 1st. The magic shows will tour eight cities in the next two months, including Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou. Tickets: 80－580 yuan Address: 5018 Huaying Road |
The advertisement for the second children’s art exhibition is most probably seen in the newspaper.
| A．on August 31 | B．on August 29 |
| C．on September 9 | D．on September 10 |
If you invite four people to go to the food festival with you, you will spend yuan.
| A．196 | B．294 | C．392 | D．490 |
Maybe you can enjoyon August l st.
| A．art exhibitions | B．dancing performance |
| C．singing contests | D．the magic shows |