【推荐1】Sam was a fifteen-year-­old boy living with his little sister Julie. Their parents passed away long ago because of cancer (癌症). Sam had to take care of Julie by himself.

One day, Sam woke up at three in the morning as usual. When Julie was sleeping alone, Sam left their house to send newspapers. After Sam opened the door, he found an old man sitting in front of their house. Sam looked at him in surprise. It was an icy morning and he looked very cold.

The poor old man didn’t have anything to cover (盖上) himself with. Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket (毯子). However, there were no other blankets, so Sam took his father’s coat. It was the only thing of his father’s in the house. Sam wrote a short note. “Sir, this is my father’s coat. I hope it fits (适合) you well.” He put the note in a pocket of the coat and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he came back, he found nothing in front of his house.

That afternoon, Sam went back home quickly after school because Julie was at home alone. However, Julie and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Julie shouted to Sam, “Brother! He’s our grandfather!”

The old man smiled and said, “Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. I gave my son this coat a long time ago!”

1. The underlined expression “passed away” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A．died

B．worked

C．returned

D．breathed

2. What was Sam’s morning job?

A．To take care of his sister.	B．To go to school.
C．To send newspapers.	D．To look for his grandfather.

3. Why did Sam cover the old man with his father’s coat?

A．Sam wanted the old man to take care of his sister.

B．The coat was the only thing in the house.

C．Sam knew the old man was his grandfather.

D．Sam had no more blankets.

4. Which of the following best describes (描述) Sam?

A．Clever.

B．Shy.

C．Funny.

D．Kind.

【推荐2】Hello! I'm Bill Smith. I'm twelve. This is my sister, Jenny. She's ten. We are from the USA. But now we are in China. My father is an English teacher in a school. My mother is a doctor. They work hard. At school I have a friend. His name is Ben Jones. He's twelve, too. He's from England. We all like China.

1. What is Bill's sister's name?

A．Jenny Smith.

B．Jenny Jones.

C．Jenny King.

D．Jenny Brown.

2. Bill's father is________

A．English

B．Chinese

C．Japanese

D．American

3. Where does Bill's mother work?

A．On a farm.

B．In a shop.

C．In a hospital.

D．In a school.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Bill and Ben come from England.	B．Ben is Jenny's friend.
C．Ben likes the USA.	D．There are four people in Bill's family.

【推荐3】Sally didn’t know what was wrong with her grandma. She was always forgetting things, like where she put the sugar and what time to have dinner.

“She might have Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症),” her mother said. “We might have to put her in a nursing home (养老院) so that she can get proper care.

“Oh, that’s terrible! She’ll miss her own house!” Sally said.

“Maybe, but we can see her on weekends,” her mother answered. “We can bring her presents.”

“Like ice cream? Grandma loves strawberry ice cream!” Sally said.

The first time they visited Grandma, Sally wanted to cry. Grandma sat all by herself in the corner of the room.

Sally hugged Grandma. “Look,” she said, “we brought you strawberry ice cream!”

Grandma took it and began to eat without saying a word.

“She doesn’t seem to know us.” Sally was unhappy. “You have to give her time.” her mother said. But the next time it was the same. Grandma ate the ice cream, but didn’t say anything.

“Grandma, do you know who I am?” Sally asked.

“You’re the girl who brings me the ice cream.” Grandma said.

“Yes, but I’m Sally, your granddaughter. Don’t you remember me?”

“Sure. You’re the girl who brings me ice cream.” Suddenly, Sally knew that Grandma would never remember her.

“Oh, how I love you, Grandma!” she said. Just then she saw a tear roll down Grandma’s cheek (脸颊), “Love,” she said. “I remember love.”

“You see, dear, that’s all she wants,” her mother said. “Love.”

“I’ll bring her ice cream every weekend then, and hug her even if she doesn’t remember me.” Sally said.

After all, remembering love is more important than just being able to remember a name.

1. What was the matter with Sally’s grandma?

A．She always felt sad.	B．She ate too much ice cream.
C．She always forgot things.	D．She put more sugar while cooking.

2. Why did Sally want to cry the first time the family visited Grandma?

A．Because Grandma didn’t like her present.

B．Because she thought Grandma was quite lonely.

C．Because she saw a tear roll down Grandma’s cheek.

D．Because people in the nursing house weren’t kind to Grandma.

3. In Grandma’s eyes, Sally is ________.             

A．a kind-hearted girl

B．a cold person

C．an honest granddaughter

D．a careful nurse

4. According to the passage, we can infer (推断) that ________.

A．Grandma will be taken home to get better care

B．Grandma doesn’t love strawberry ice cream any more

C．Sally and her family visited Grandma three times a week

D．Sally won’t care if Grandma can remember her name

5. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A．Hugs can give people a lot.	B．Food is the best way.
C．Love can always stay in the heart.	D．Alzheimer’s disease is not serious.

【推荐1】Have you ever done housework? Most of us probably answer, “No, never.” Most of us think cleaning the bathroom or cooking is boring. However the fact is that someone has to do it.     1    

    2     However if we all do some housework, it will seem less annoying. Why should your mother wash your dirty dishes? Part of growing up is being able to take care of yourself. Please do a few things!

Some of us may think that we are so busy that we can’t do housework. But most parents work all day and are then expected to keep a clean house!     3     It seems much better to have three or more people together keep the house clean.

    4     It can be very fun if you are creative. Learning how to cook a meal is a great skill. If you learn how to cook your favorite food, you will show others that you have a very special talent. Don’t be afraid to help around the house, your parents will greatly like it. The next time you see something that needs to be done at home, do it yourself and show that you can do anything!

    5     It helps you to understand the idea of fairness.

A．Dividing housework among the whole family will make everyone’s job easier.

B．Most of the time our parents end up doing housework.

C．Let’s take cleaning the room as an example.

D．Doing housework is really not as good as it sounds.

E．Cooking is one part of housework.

F．Don’t do housework at home.

G．Anyway, doing housework is not so difficult.

【推荐2】

Wendy lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Darling, and her brothers John and Michael, at number 14 (the house number on the street).

The children have a nurse (保姆) because the neighbors’ children have nurses, and Mrs. Darling wants to be like his neighbors. But the family is poor so their nurses aren’t like other children’s nurses. She is a big dog and her name is Nana.

Nana puts the children to bed every evening and she looks after them if they cry in the night. Her Kennel is in the children’s bedroom, just next to their beds.

Nana is a good nurse, but Mr. Darling is a bit worried. He worries about the neighbors. Sometimes he thinks, “what do they think of me? Do they think that the Darlings are a strange family because the children’s nurse is a dog.” He also thinks that Nana doesn’t like him. But Mrs. Darling always says: “Nana loves you very much, George.” The Darling family is a very happy family. Sometimes Mr. and Mrs. Darling and their children all dance around the sitting room together. What a lovely time they have! But then, Peter Pan arrives.

One morning Mrs. Darling found some leaves on the bedroom floor. She is surprised because it is a strange place to find leaves. When Wendy sees them, she smiles and says: “Oh! It’s Peter Pan again! He is a naughty boy! He never cleans his feet.” Wendy tells her mother that Peter Pan comes into their bedroom during the night. It is the first time that Mrs. Darling hears about Peter Pan.

From Peter Pan

1. How many family members are there in the Daring family?

A．Three

B．Five

C．Seven

D．Nine

2. Why do families choose Nana as the children’s nurse?

A．Because they are so poor that they can’t pay for a nurse.

B．Because the children love Nana better than anyone else.

C．Because the parents are too busy to look after the children.

D．Because they want a nurse that is the same as their neighbors’.

3. What does the underlined phrase “Her Kennel” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Nana’s food.

B．Nana’s toy.

C．Nana’s house.

D．Nana’s clothes.

4. Which of the following best describes (描述) Peter Pan according to this passage?

A．Wendy knows him earlier than her mother.

B．Mrs. Darling invites him home to play with the children.

C．He shares happiness with a Darling family all the time.

D．He is a clever boy playing with the children every morning.

【推荐2】A young man once went to buy a pair of pants（裤子）. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were two inches（英寸）long.

Then he came out of his room to see his mother and his two sisters. They were washing something in the kitchen. “These new pants are too long, they need to be shortened（缩短） about two inches. Would one of you like to do this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. The mother went upstairs after she had finished washing and shortened the pants two inches. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.

Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. So she went upstairs without saying to anyone, and shortened the pants two inches.

The younger sister went for a film, but when she came back, she also remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs, and took two inches off the legs（裤腿）of the new pants.

1. The young man put on his new pants in ___________.

A．his mother’s room	B．his own room
C．his elder sister’s room	D．his younger sister’s room

2. The new pants were ______________.

A．too long for the young man	B．two inches long
C．six inches long	D．too short for the young man

3. The young man asked ______ to shorten his pants.

A．his mother and his two sisters	B．his mother and one of his sisters
C．his mother	D．his mother or one of his sisters

4. _________, his elder sister shortened the pants.

A．After supper	B．After the mother finished washing
C．After the young man went upstairs	D．After the younger sister went for a film

5. How many inches did the young man’s mother and sisters shorten at last?

A．Two.

B．Four.

C．Six.

D．Eight.

6. When the young man put on the pants, he would _________.

A．feel happy

B．be very sad

C．thank his family

D．be very excited