【推荐1】Sometimes the hardest thing about feelings is sharing them with others. Sharing your feelings helps you both when your feelings are good and when they aren’t so good. Sharing also helps you get close to people who you care about and who care about you.

Before you can share your feelings with someone, you have to know what feelings you have. Making a list of your feelings can help. You can do this in your head or by writing them down on a piece of paper, or even by drawing pictures.

If you’re feeling sad, worried or upset, you’d better tell someone. If you keep such feelings locked inside, they can even make you sick! So if you talk with someone who cares about you, like your mom or dad, you will start to feel better. But what if you don’t want to talk with your mom or dad? Then find another trusted adult. Maybe this person can help you talk with your mom and dad about your problem.

When you have known who you can talk with, you need to pick a time and a place to talk. If you think it’s hard to say what’s in your mind, write it down on a piece of paper. If the person doesn’t understand what you mean, try explaining it in a different way. Is there anything you think could be done to make things better? If so, say it.

1. Sometimes sharing feelings with others is the most ________ thing about feelings.

A．useless

B．popular

C．difficult

D．important

2. The third paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A．how to say what we think about	B．why we need to share our feelings
C．what we need to talk with parents about	D．where we can talk about our feelings

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Sharing feelings helps you to get close to people.

B．Keeping bad feelings locked inside can make you sick.

C．It isn’t helpful that you share your good feelings with others.

D．You’ll feel better if you share your bad feelings with someone.

【推荐2】Rick was a young boy who was angry at everything around him. To calm Rick down, his mom came home with a canvas (画布) and paint.“Whenever you feel bad about something, paint it instead of getting angry.”

Though not that happy, Rick gave it a try. After creating many paintings, he took his artwork to his mom.

“Tell me, Rick. What are these paintings about?”

“The first is about how some kids show off their new clothes. The next is about my teacher who always tells me about how I’m doing things wrong. And the last painting is about how one of my schoolmates said I should change my attitude (态度). They all make me so angry.”

Rick’s mom took Rick by her side and told him, “Don’t you see, Rick? You’re getting so angry but you never try to understand why.” Then she explained carefully, “All the people you were angry at did nothing wrong. The kids were shoving off their good clothes but never laughed at you for being poor. Your teacher scolded you but that was because you caused trouble in class. And your schoolmate was only trying to help you correct your mistakes.”

“Next time you get angry, take a deep breath and walk away for a couple of seconds. And when you come back, talk to the person you’re angry at. You might calm down in this way.”

Rick took his mom’s advice and became less angry. He even started to feel happy around other children.

1. Why did the mom give Rick a canvas and paint?

A．To celebrate Rick’s birthday.	B．To test Rick’s painting skills.
C．To help Rick with his anger.	D．To learn from great artworks.

2. What does the underlined word “scolded” mean?

A．Thought highly of.	B．Spoke to someone angrily.
C．Hit somebody’s body hard.	D．Gave true suggestions.

3. What did the mom think of Rick’s situation?

A．The kids actually laughed at Rick’s clothes.

B．The teacher didn’t treat her son fairly.

C．The classmates should change their attitude.

D．Her son didn’t have a clear understanding of it.

4. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Don’t believe a kid’s words.	B．Seeing things a different way.
C．Setting free your anger.	D．Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.

【推荐3】One day, a businessman (商人) hurried (匆忙) to go to his office in the morning. When he opened the door of his car, a dog sleeping under his car suddenly came out and bit (咬) his leg! He was angry and threw a rock at the dog.

After arriving at his office, the businessman called a meeting of his managers (经理). During the meeting, he took out his anger (愤怒) on his managers. They were sad and angry about this, then took out their anger on the workers working under them.

One of the workers was still angry when he came home from work. His wife opened the door. She asked him, “Why are you so late today?” The man shouted at his wife, “I didn’t go to the office to play soccer. I went to work. So don’t ask me stupid questions!” His wife was sad because he shouted at her for no reason. She turned her anger on their son. He was watching TV. “This is all you do. You have no interest in studying! Turn off the TV now!”

The son became sad and angry as well. He walked out of his house and saw a dog passing by. He took a rock and threw it at the dog. The dog ran away, shouting sadly.

1. What made the businessman angry in the morning?

A．He went to the office in a hurry.

B．A dog was sleeping under his car.

C．A dog suddenly bit him.

D．He didn’t catch the dog.

2. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A．The dog.

B．The meeting.

C．The worker.

D．The businessman’s anger.

3. Why did the worker shout at his wife?

A．He was still angry.

B．He was tired after working.

C．His wife asked a difficult question.

D．His son was watching TV.

4. Which is the correct order of the story?
a. The son threw a rock at the dog.   b. The worker shouted at his wife.
c. The businessman called a meeting.   d. The wife was angry with her son.   e. The dog bit the businessman.

A．a-d-e-c-b

B．e-c-b-d-a

C．e-c-d-a-b

D．a-d-b-e-c

5. What can we learn from the story?

A．We should be careful of a sleeping dog.

B．We should study hard at home as students.

C．We should learn not to shout at others.

D．We should learn to control our anger.

【推荐1】

1. The picture above may be from ____________.

A．a story

B．a diary

C．a letter

D．a newspaper

2. ____________ of Chinese people don’t have sleeping problems.

A．19%

B．22%

C．59%

D．81%

3. Who goes to bed latest?

A．People born in 1990s.	B．People born in 1970s.
C．People born before 1960s.	D．People born after 2000s.

【推荐2】Every day, you may go to school by school bus. But do you have lessons on the bus?

On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It’s a school bus, but it doesn’t take the children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels. Every time the bus comes, the farmers will come, running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus.

When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. However, the farmers hope that they can have a real school some day.

1. The driver of the bus is ________.

A．the teacher

B．the student

C．the farmer

D．the runner

2. The bus school will ________.

A．take the children to school	B．stay here for a year
C．go round from place to place	D．take the fathers and mothers to school

3. The bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon because in the morning ________.

A．they have to work

B．they can’t get up early

C．they have to do their homework

D．the teacher wants to teach the small children first

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The school bus	B．A big school
C．Schools in Mexico	D．A school on wheels