【推荐1】When I was in the seventh grade, I had problems behaving (行为). My heart was in the right place but I couldn’t always follow the rules. So I was often called to the office of the head teacher. Although I hated going there, I did not hate the head teacher, Mr. Ratcliff. He was a kind man. He often spanked (打……的屁股) me when I didn’t behave well. It didn’t hurt at all but it hurt my feelings

When I got called to Mr. Ratcliff’s office for the sixth time, I had no idea what I did wrong. As I walked there, I just felt sad. I went into his office, sat down and looked at the floor. Then he said, “Kevin, I heard you’ve been behaving really well lately. I’m proud of you and I just called you to my office to give you a candy.”

“Really?” I was surprised.

“Yes. Now you can take that candy and go back to class.”

I carried the candy with me as if it was a gold coin (金币). As soon as I got into the classroom, I excitedly told my classmates what had happened. Mr. Ratcliff was really kind. He made me know that I was just a kid who was having behavior problems. He gave me hope by showing me some love. I will remember him for the rest of my life.

1. What was the matter with Kevin?

A．He didn’t go to school.	B．His heart was on the right.
C．He hated his head teacher.	D．He couldn’t always follow the rules.

2. What did Mr. Ratcliff do when Kevin didn’t behave well?

A．He spanked him.

B．He hurt him.

C．He called his parents.

D．He felt sad.

3. What does the underlined word “proud” mean in Chinese?

A．伤心的

B．自豪的

C．后悔的

D．难过的

4. Kevin got ________ when he went to the head teacher’s office for the sixth time.

A．a candy

B．a gold coin

C．a kid

D．a problem

5. Which following is NOT true ?

A．Mr. Ratcliff is friendly.	B．Mr. Ratcliff’s love made Kevin be better.
C．Kevin carried a gold coin back to the classroom.	D．Kevin will remember the thing forever.

【推荐3】When I was at university, I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass the exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was such a student. He spent more time drinking in the teahouse than working in the library.

Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in Chinese. The test had 100 questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked very easy. Then he told me of his idea.

“It’s very simple. There are 100 questions and I have to get 50 right to pass the test. I’ll take a coin into the room. I haven’t studied a Chinese book for months, so I’ll toss (掷，扔) the coin. In that way, I’m sure I’ll get half of the questions right. ”

The next day, Fred came happily into the examination room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour, he wrote down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.

The next day, Fred met his Chinese teacher at the school gate. “Oh, good,” he said. “Have you got the results of the test?” The teacher looked at him and smiled, “Ah, it’s you, Baines. Just a minute. ” Then the teacher reached his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught in his hand and looked at it. “I’m sorry, Baines, you failed!”

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1. Fred Baines was a hard-working student.
2. They had to take a Chinese test.
3. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test.
4. Fred thought hard and wrote down his answers.
5. Fred passed the test at last.

【推荐1】Jason is a young soldier (士兵) in a big camp. On weekdays he and the other soldiers are always very busy. They can only have a good rest on weekends.

It was Sunday. All the young soldiers were free, and their officer (军官) said to them, “You can go to the town this afternoon, but first I must examine (检查) all of you.”

When Jason came to the officer, the officer said to him, “Your hair is too long. Go to the barber’s (理发店) and then come back to let me have a look.”

Jason ran to the barber’s shop, but it wasn’t open. Then he remembered it was the weekend. Jason was very sad, but then he got an idea and went back to the officer.

“________” Jason asked when he came in front of the officer.

The officer looked at his shoes and said, “Yes, they are better now, You can go out. Remember, next week clean your shoes before coming to me.”

1. The officer asked his soldiers to ________ before they could go out.

A．finish their work

B．examine each other

C．clean their rooms

D．make themselves tidy

2. When Jason came to the officer again, he wore ________.

A．short hair

B．new shoes

C．long hair

D．dirty shoes

3. Which of the following sentences best fits the blank in the story?

A．Am I free now, sir?	B．Is my hair short now, sir?
C．Could I go out now, sir?	D．Are my shoes clean now, sir?

4. We can infer from the story that ________.

A．the officer didn’t like his soldiers	B．Jason was a person who was a little cute
C．life in the camp was quite relaxing	D．the barber’ s shop wasn’t open on weekdays

【推荐2】Sam is eleven years old. His favorite subject is math, and he is good at it.

One day, when Sam goes to school, he sees a fruit store. On the door (门) of the fruit store, it says, “Apples—six for five yuan.” An idea (主意) comes to Sam and he goes into the fruit store. A man is in it. “How much are the apples?” He asks the man.

“Six for five yuan, boy,” the man says.

“I don’t want six apples. I only need one.” Sam says.

“Only one?” Asks the man.

“Well, if six apples are five yuan, then five apples are four yuan, four apples are three yuan, three apples are two yuan. So one apple is free. Now I only want one apple, and I don’t need to pay (支付) for it,” Sam says.

Sam gets an apple and eats it. Then he walks out of the fruit store. The man in the fruit store looks at Sam and doesn’t know what to do.

1. How old is Sam?

A．10.

B．11.

C．12.

2. Sam is good at ________.

A．Chinese

B．math

C．English

3. The underline word “free” means “________”.

A．便宜的

B．空闲的

C．免费的

4. The best title (最佳标题) for the passage is ________.

A．A Free Apple

B．A Fruit Store

C．A Happy Boy

【推荐3】When my daughter Ann was in the third grade, she came to me with a problem after school.“ Mom, Lucy is angry with me!” she said. “She wants me to be her best friend, but I can’t make friends with others. Could you help me talk with her?” I looked at her for a moment. I wondered how I should help her. Suddenly an idea came to me.

I took two baskets from the living room and said, “My dear, when everyone is born, he or she has a little basket. This little basket is yours and the big one is mine. You can see your little basket is inside mine. When you were born, there were many things in it. I put the things in my basket because you were too young. As you grew older and began to do something by yourself, I placed a few things back in your basket. When you learned to dress yourself, the things began to go into your basket.”

“I can dress myself,” Ann said in a low voice.

“Right. As you grow up, you must do more and more things by yourself,” I said to her with a smile. Then I took her basket out of mine and handed it to her. “You will finally carry your own basket and go on with your life.”

Ann looked up at me and said, “I understand, Mom. I have to do some things by myself because they are in my basket.”

1. What was Ann’s problem?

A．She didn’t have any friends.	B．She didn’t like her school life.
C．Her friend got angry with her.	D．Her mother cared too much about her.

2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in the second paragraph?

A．The age.

B．The idea.

C．The big basket.

D．The little basket.

3. Why did the writer use two baskets when she talked to Ann?

A．To show people’s growth.	B．To show people’s talents and interests.
C．To show the problems people meet with.	D．To show the friendship between two people.

4. What can we infer about Ann?

A．She would ask her teacher for help.	B．She would talk with Lucy by herself.
C．She would try to know more about Lucy.	D．She would let her mother talk with Lucy.