【推荐1】Patrick never did homework. “Too boring,” he said. He played baseball and basketball. His teachers told him, “Patrick! Do your homework or you won’t learn a thing” And it’s true, but what could he do? He hated homework.

Then one day, his cat was playing with a little doll and he caught the doll and took it away. To his surprise, it wasn’t a doll at all, but a man of the smallest size, a little elf(小精灵). He cried, “Save me! Don’t give me back to that cat. I’ll help you to realize your dream.”

Patrick couldn’t believe how lucky he was! So he said, “Only if you do all my homework till the end of the term and help me get A’s.” He had to say,“Oh, I’ll do it.” But the elf didn’t always know what to do and he needed help. “Help me! Help me!” he was afraid. And Patrick would have to help— in whatever way.

“I don’t know this word,” the elf said while reading Patrick’s homework, “Look up the word and sound it out by each letter.”

When it came to math, Patrick was out of luck. “What are times tables?” The elf asked. “We elves never need that. Here, sit down beside me, you simply must teach me.”

Elves know nothing of human history. So the little elf just shouted “Go to the library. I need books. And you can help me read them too.”

So Patrick was working harder than ever! He was staying up nights, and he had never felt so tired before. Finally the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go. Patrick got his A’s; his classmates were very surprised; his teachers smiled. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. He was now the model kid. Cleaned his room, was cheerful, never rude…

You see, in the end Patrick still thought he’d made that little man do all his homework.

1. Patrick didn’t do his homework because ________.

A．someone would help him

B．he liked playing baseball and basketball

C．his teacher thought he wouldn’t learn anything

D．he thought it was not interesting to do homework

2. The elf might feel ________ when Patrick’s cat was playing with him.

A．lucky

B．excited

C．afraid

D．bored

3. Who did the homework in the end?

A．Patrick.

B．The cat.

C．The elf.

D．The teacher.

4. What can we know about Patrick from the passage?

A．He was very polite to others before.

B．He helped the elf read the books when it came to math.

C．He changed so much that his teachers were very happy.

D．After he got his A’s, he still kept the elf doing homework for him.

【推荐2】It’s Jimmy’s birthday and he is 9 years old. He gets a lot of presents from his family and one of them is a big drum (鼓). His grandfather buys it for him.
Jimmy likes it very much. He plays with it every day and he often makes a terrible noise (令人讨厌的声音). His father works in the day and Jimmy is in bed when he gets home in the evening. So his father doesn’t hear the noise.
But Mrs. Black doesn’t like the noise, so one morning she takes a knife and goes to Jimmy’s room when he hits his drum. She says to him, “Hello! Jimmy. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here is a knife. Please open the drum and let’s find it.”
1. What does Jimmy get on his birthday?

A．He gets only one present from his family.	B．He gets a lot of presents.
C．He gets a knife and a drum.	D．He gets a drum from Mrs. Black.

2. When his father gets home in the evening, what does Jimmy do?

A．He hits his drum with his grandfather.	B．He watches TV with Mrs. Black.
C．He sleeps in bed.	D．He does his homework with his grandfather.

3. What’s the Chinese for “hits” in this passage (文章)?

A．敲击

B．拿着

C．知道

D．看见

4. Why does Mrs. Black give Jimmy a knife?

A．Because she likes Jimmy’s drum.

B．Because she knows there is something in the drum.

C．Because she doesn’t like the noise.

D．Because she wants to know what is in the drum.

【推荐3】One Tuesday morning, Harry saw an ad in a window. It said. “Wanted, The Best Salesman in the World Top Pay.” Harry thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job. “I am the best salesman in the world.” he said to the manager. “Give me the job.”

“You must prove you’re the best,” the manager said.

“OK. I will!” Harry answered.

“Good!” The manager took a box of sweets out of his desk. “Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week. You can have the job,” said the manager.

“That’s easy.” Harry said. He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the boxes of sweets. He couldn’t sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. “I’m sorry, sir.” He said. “I was wrong about myself. I’m not the best salesman in the world. But I know who is.”

“Oh.” said the manager. “Who?” “The person who sold you a thousand boxes of these sweets.” Harry said.

1. Harry went to ask for the job because he was____________ himself at first.

A．afraid of

B．sure of

C．wrong with

D．worried about

2. If Harry wanted to get the job, he would have to____________.

A．buy all the sweets from the manager	B．sell out all the sweets in a few days
C．eat up all the sweets	D．sell the sweets at the weekend

3. Choose the right order（顺序）of this story.
①Harry went to ask for the job
②Harry told the manager who the best seller really was.
③Harry saw an ad in a window
④Harry went to sell the sweets.

A．①-②-③-④

B．④-③-②-①

C．③-①-④-②

D．③-④-①-②

4. According to（根据）the story, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Harry sold some of the sweets.	B．The sweets were too expensive.
C．Harry was not clever at all.	D．The sweets were terrible.