【推荐1】John is a schoolboy. He was good at his lessons. But he started to miss his lessons about two weeks ago. Soon, his parents got a call from the school.

At last, John’s parents found him in an Internet bar（网吧）. He went there to play computer games. His parents felt sad. Now they are taking the son to visit his grandfather.

His grandfather is a farmer. He grows crops（庄稼）, vegetables and many other things. He walks with his grandson in the fields（田地）, looking at the crops. “Everything has its time. I grow every crop—each in its own season, because I don’t want to get nothing in autumn.” He stops and looks at his grandson. “For you, it’s the same.” he says. “I don’t want you to be a man missing the season for growing.”

John learns a good lesson from his grandfather.

1. John’s parents got a call from school because ________.

A．John was good at his lessons	B．John often arrived late for class
C．John started to miss his lessons	D．John fought with his classmates

2. Where did John’s parents find him?

A．At school.

B．In the library.

C．In an Internet bar.

D．In the fields.

3. What do we know about John’s grandfather?

A．He is a smart farmer.	B．He wants John to miss his time.
C．He gets nothing in autumn.	D．He told his grandson an interesting story.

4. At the end of the passage, we can know John will ________.

A．talk to his parents	B．live with his grandfather
C．learn to grow vegetables	D．go back to school and work hard

【推荐2】Mr King goes to a dinner party. He wears old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don’t ask him to sit at the table.

Mr King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat. Mr King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, “Eat, clothes!” The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “I’m asking my clothes to eat food. When I wear my old clothes, you don’t look at me. You don’t ask me to sit down. Now I’m in these clothes and you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!”

1. Mr King goes to the dinner party, but the people in the room don’t look at him, because ________.

A．he doesn’t come by car	B．he is young
C．he wears his old clothes	D．he is old

2. Mr King goes home to ________ his ________ clothes.

A．put on; good	B．puts on; fine
C．take off; good	D．wear; old

3. Mr King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him, because ________.

A．he wears his old clothes	B．he comes by car
C．he wears his good clothes	D．he puts on his old clothes

4. Mr King takes off his good clothes, and ________ them ________ the good food.

A．ask; to eat

B．asks; to eat

C．lets; to eat

D．ask; eat

5. Mr King says the good food is for ________.

A．me

B．him

C．his old clothes

D．his good clothes

【推荐2】When Einstein was traveling from London on a train, the conductor came down the aisle (过道) to check the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his suit pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket there, so he reached in his trouser pocket. It wasn’t there, so he looked in his briefcase (公文包) but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.

The conductor said, “Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.”

Einstein nodded thankfully. The conductor continued down the aisle checking tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great scientist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket.

The conductor rushed back and said, “Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.”

Einstein looked at him and said, “Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.”

1. What does the underlined word “conductor” mean in Chinese?

A．乘务员

B．推销员

C．司机

D．乘客

2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The train was traveling to London.

B．The conductor kept asking Einstein for the ticket.

C．Einstein forgot where he was going.

D．Einstein hurt his hands and knees.

3. How did the conductor probably feel when hearing what Einstein said?

A．Nervous.

B．Surprised.

C．Angry.

D．Afraid.

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A．A Great Scientist

B．The Nice Trip

C．The Lost Ticket

D．A Thankful Conductor

【推荐3】

Charlie was very obedient (顺从的) to his parents and teachers, for which everyone loved him a lot. Because of his father’s job, he went to a new school. As Charlie was a nice boy, soon most of his new classmates became his good friends.

But there was one boy named Bill in the class. He was a very naughty boy, and no one liked him at all. He found that Charlie was a quiet boy. So, he started creating troubles for his new classmate. At lunchtime, Bill often ate Charlie’s lunch. No one dared to stop Bill for fear of being bullied (欺凌) by him. Charlie kept quiet and did not complain to the class teacher! When Charlie’s parents learned about Bill, they wanted to come to the school. Charlie stopped them and said, “Mom, Dad, please do not worry. Everything will be all right. After all, Bill is also a kid like me.”

The days went by and the time came for the sports meeting at school. Charlie was good at sports and he took part in a number of events. Bill also took part in the sack race, though he could not run very fast. When Bill saw that Charlie won the first prize in the 100-meter and 200-meter races, he felt jealous (嫉妒) and decided that he would not let it happen in the sack race too.

As planned, Bill tried to push Charlie while running on the tracks of sack race. But he lost his own balance and fell down! His leg was badly hurt. Charlie at first did not see what happened and kept running toward the finish line. But when he turned back and saw Bill lying, he stopped and went back to help him!

Charlie took him to the school doctor. “You lost this sack race because of me!” said Bill. “My Mom told me that helping a friend is more important than winning a race,” answered Charlie.

Bill was touched and decided that he would try to be a good boy like Charlie. After that day, Charlie and Bill became best friends!

1. From the passage, we know Charlie was ________.

A．unfriendly

B．nice

C．strong

D．careless

2. No one liked Bill because ________.

A．he was a fat boy	B．he was a naughty boy
C．he wasn’t good at sports	D．he wasn’t good at study

3. What happened in the sack race?

A．Bill hurt Charlie while running.

B．Charlie fell down and hurt his leg.

C．Charlie gave up the race to help Bill.

D．Bill took Charlie to the school doctor.

4. What can you learn from Charlie?

A．To become confident, try your best to win.

B．To make a lot of friends, don’t bully others.

C．Experiences can help you solve problems easily.

D．Kindness can change someone into a good person.