Bob and his wife lived in a peaceful town happily. They usually went to the same barber shop to get their hair cut. The barber was a humorous man and liked to tell jokes. And he liked to ask others to guess his riddles. Many of his customers loved him and his riddles. But he had never asked Bob before.
One day, when Bob was in the barber shop, the barber decided to ask him to guess a riddle,“This is a person who is my parents’ child. But this person is not my brother , and is not my sister, either. Who is this person?” Bob thought for a long time and finally gave up. The barber laughed and said, “This is me!”
Bob liked this riddle very much. When he returned home, he asked his wife to guess the same riddle, “This is a person who is my parents’ child. But this person is not my brother, and is not my sister, either. Who is this person?” His wife could not guess it. Bob laughed and was almost out of breath. He said, “Don’t you know him? This is the barber from our barber shop!”
His wife’s face turned red and she was very angry. Then she said, “How stupid you are! It’s actually you.”
1. The barber liked to tell2. One day, the barber
3. The barber asked Bob a riddle, but Bob spent a
4. Bob laughed at his wife because she
5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that Bob was
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This is my family. My grandpa’s name is Harry Brown. My grandma’s name is Jean Brown. My father’s name is Jeff Brown. My mother’s name is Helen Brown. Jeff and Helen are my parents. I have a sister. Her name is Kate Brown. My name is Tom Brown. I am ten. My sister is eight.
2至6小题为按上图回答下列问题
1. 将人名及其身份填在图画的相应方框内
2. How old is Tom Brown?
3. Is that girl his sister?
4. Is Helen Brown his grandmother?
5. What’s his grandmother’s name?
6. Is Jeff Brown his brother?
My name is Jane Kelly. I’m 10 years old. I have a big family. There are six people in it: my parents, my three sisters and me. My father Donald is 40 and he is a teacher. My mother Anna is 38. She is a nurse. My sisters and I are students. They do well in their lessons. I am not good at math or English, but I am good at P. E. I like football best. My two good friends are brothers. They are Jim and Adam. Jim is 9 and Adam is 10. Jim likes P. E. but Adam doesn’t. He likes art. Look! Here is one of his pictures.
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| Jane’s parents | ·Her parents have ·Her father is a(n) ·Her mother is a nurse. |
| Jane’s sisters | ·They’re all |
| Jane’s friends | ·Jim and Adam are |
| Jane | ·She has a big family. ·Her favorite sport is |
Two years passed. One summer the St Clare family went to their house on Lake Pontchartrain, with all the slaves.
One day Eva and Tom were sitting in the garden reading the Bible and talking about Heaven, angels and spirits.
“Tom,” said Eva, “sing the song I like, the one about bright spirits.”
Tom sang a song about angels and Heaven.
“Uncle Tom, sometimes I see those spirits,” said Eva. “They come to me in my sleep. I’m going there.”
“Where Miss Eva?”
Eva pointed her finger to the sky and said, “There. To the bright spirits. I’m going there soon.”
Tom’s heart almost stopped. He looked at Eva. She didn’t look well: she was often tired, her breath was short, she had a cough, and she was getting very thin.
Miss Ophelia noticed this too, and she tried to tell St Clare, but he didn’t want to hear it.
“Stop that!” he said. “Don’t you see that the child is only growing up? It’s what happens when children grow fast.”
“But she has that cough!”
“That’s nothing, She has a little cold,” he said, but he became worried and watched his daughter every day.
Eva’s health became rapidly worse. She became very weak and she couldn’t leave the house. Maris. was too busy thinking about her own headaches and she didn’t notice anything, but St Clare called a doctor.
1. What were Eva and Tom talking about when they sitting in the garden?2. What did Eva ask Tom to do?
3. How did Tom feel when he heard what Eva said?
4. Why didn’t Marie notice anything about Eva?
5. What do you think of St Clare as a father?
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Today is Monday. The weather is fine, it is sunny all day. I had a busy day. In the morning, I went to school to learn Chinese. After school, I played basketball with my classmates and it made me feel happy because it was great fun ! In the afternoon, I went for a walk with my good friend Lily. We went shopping on the way, We bought a lot of food, it was delicious. And I like hot food. I also bought some hot food. I loved the food very much. In the evening, I played tennis with my little brother. He was lovely, I didn’t do my homework that day. We had dinner at home, My mother cooked for me. I had a good weekend today. Oh, my name is Bob.
1. How is the weather today?___________________________________________________________________
2. What did Bob do after school?
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3. What did Bob and Lucy buy on the way?
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4. Did Bob do his homework in the evening?
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5. Where did they have dinner?
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Thomas Suarez is a 12-year-old schoolboy. He is now in the 6th grade at a middle school in Los Angeles. While most of children at Thomas’ age are playing basketball or watching the Disney channel, he is creating apps and giving talks at TED.
Suarez is not even old enough to have a Facebook account(账户), but he has been strongly interested in computers and technology since before kindergarten. He has established(建立) his own company, Carrot Corp, and has made two popular apps that are now sold in the App Store.
“A lot of kids these days like to play computer games, but now they want to make them,” he says. “And it’s difficult because not many kids know where to go to find out how to make a program…And not many parents have written apps.” Suarez has started an App Club at school. Any students can come to learn to design an app. He says he’s been inspired(启发) by Steve Jobs.
In the future, Suarez wants to create more apps and more games. He also plans on continuing his App Club and finding other ways for students to share knowledge with others.
1. What do children at Thomas’ age usually like to do?2. Can Thomas have a Facebook account?
3. How long has Thomas been strongly interested in computers and technology?
4. Where has Thomas started an App Club?
5. Do you like Thomas Suarez? What do you think of him?
Homestays are becoming more and more popular, and people around the world are offering their homes as hotels. Homestays offer cheap places to stay, and the chance for guests to see the area like a local. They are very popular with people who want to stay in another country to study or on holiday. We asked three families who run homestays to tell us about where they live.
The Atal family
Our family home is in a small village in the east of Pakistan, in the Himalayan mountains. The village is quite small and very quiet. The mountains are extremely beautiful. You can go for a long walk and swim in the rivers but there are no shops, cinemas or cafes.
Kate and Julian Foxton
Our two-bed house is by the sea in the south-west of England. It is about five minutes’ drive to the nearest village of Portreath. There are lots of beaches, rivers and forests and it is very quiet. We spend a lot of time reading books, watching films and going for walks. Our area is great for sports, such as surfing, kayaking and mountain biking. However, the houses here are expensive, which can be a problem for local people. There are no buses or trains here, so it can be difficult to get around without a car.
Chafic and Aline Halwany
Our home is near the centre of Beirut, Lebanon, one of the largest cities in the Middle East. There are lots of cafes and restaurants, which open late at night. We love it here because it’s so friendly and you can always find the things you need—lots of people come to stay to learn Arabic and French. However, it can be noisy at night, and there is quite a lot of traffic during the day.
Homestay holidays — A home away from home
Families | Disadvantages (劣势) | |
The Atal family (Pakistan) | It’s in a small and quiet village in beautiful mountains in the People can | There are no shops, cinemas or cafes. |
Kate and Julian Foxton (England) | It takes a short It’s a good place for sports | Houses here are not It’s difficult to get around |
Chafic and Aline Halwany (Lebanon) | Lots of cafes and restaurants open late at You can always find | There is much |
【推荐1】The story of Robinson has been popular around the world for nearly three hundred years. People used to think the story was not true. However, researchers have found that Alexander Selkirk had the same experience. He went to a small island in 1704 and stayed there for more than four years.
Researchers found a house and some tools on the island. They believed that these were Alexander Selkirk’s. They also found some holes. It was certain that Selkirk watched coming ships or looked out for dangerous animals with those holes.
It is said that Selkirk came to stay on the island after he argued with his captain. He decided to stay there to repair an old ship. He didn’t know that he would stay there for nearly five years before a visiting English ship picked him up and took him back home.
His story was written down in 1709. He told people that he had to kill goats with his gun. He ate the meat and used the skin for clothes.
We are not sure whether Daniel Defoe had ever met Selkirk. Yet, it is certain that he had heard of the story of Selkirk’s adventures before he wrote the novel.
1. When did people across the world start to love the story of Robinson?2. What did Selkirk use the holes to do?
3. How did Selkirk go back home?
4. Was the story of Robinson written by Daniel Defoe or Alexander Selkirk?
【推荐2】I often go to the park near my home. I always see a little boy there. He wears a white T-shirt and black trousers. In front of him is a basket of flowers. He sells(卖) flowers from early morning to midnight(午夜).
Some other boys also sell flowers in front of the park. But no one is like this boy. He asks everyone to buy his flowers. When he sees me, he always follows me and says, “Please buy a flower. Please.” I don’t like that, and I never buy any flowers from him.
Today, I go to the park again. The boy is there. He sits in the same place. I don’t want him to follow me, so I don’t look at him. I walk past him into the park.
When I come out of the park, the boy is still there. He doesn’t ask anyone to buy his flowers. He just sits there. I want to know why.
I walk to the boy. He looks at me but doesn’t say anything.
I ask him,” Boy, why don’t you ask people to buy your flowers today?”
He answers, “Because my sister is dead. I don’t need much money now. You can take a flower for free.”
I buy all his flowers, but I feel so sorry.
回答下面5个问题(No more than five words.)
1. When does the boy sell flowers?
2. Where does the boy sell flowers?
3. What does the boy ask everyone to do?
4. Why doesn’t the boy ask people to buy flowers today?
5. How does the writer feel at last?
A boy got bad grades in the exam and he was upset. He went to the park and sat under a tree. Then he heard a sound from the tree. He looked up and found a squirrel（松鼠）in the tree.
The squirrel was jumping from one tree to another. Minutes later, it tried to jump to a higher branch（树枝）. But the branch was so high that it seemed impossible to make it. The squirrel truly missed. But it still landed safely（安全降落） on a lower branch. After several tries, it finally reached the higher branch.
An old man sitting near the boy said, “I saw a lot of squirrels jump like that. I guess they keep jumping because they don’t want to spend their whole life in one tree. ”The boy thought, “If a little squirrel can be successful, why can’t I make it?” Then the boy went back and make up his mind to get the first place in the exam. He worked hard and his grades improved little by little.
Though we can’t be successful sometimes, as long as we work hard, we will end up better than before. Life is short and time goes by so fast, so why not try our best?
1. The squirrel2. After several tries, the squirrel finally
3. Why do squirrels keep jumping according to the old man?
4. What can we learn from the passage?
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