A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year- old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, may I ask you a question?” “Yeah sure, what is it?” replied the man. “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?” “That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily. “I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” asked the little boy. “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.” “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10?”
The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then you go straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are so selfish.
The little boy went to his room without any words and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How can he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.
The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.
“Are you asleep, son?” He asked. “No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man, “Here’s the $10 you asked for.”
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you daddy!” He said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.
“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father asked angrily
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
1. How much does the boy’s father make an hour? .| A．$10 | B．$20 | C．$30 | D．$40 |
| A．very angry | B．quite happy | C．too excited | D．interesting |
| A．the boy always borrowed money from him |
| B．he did not have enough money at that moment |
| C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use |
| D．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself |
| A．a new book for himself | B．a nice present for his father |
| C．a toy for his own birthday | D．an hour of his father’s time |
| A．often played with his son | B．spent little time with his son |
| C．didn’t love his son at all | D．often came back home early |
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【推荐1】John and Sylvia were quite rich. They had a large house full of beautiful painting.
They had many friends and were not surprised when they received(收到) two free tickets for the theater. There was no letter in the envelope(信封) with the tickets.
“How strange(奇怪的). We don’t know who to thank.” John said. They phoned many of their friends and asked, “Did you send us theater tickets?” “No,” their friends said. “We didn’t send them.”
“It’s strange,” Sylvia told her husband, “but we can’t waste(浪费) the tickets. Everyone says that the play is very good.”
And so they went to the theater. They did not really enjoy the play, however, because they were worrying all the time.
The play started at eight o’clock and finished at half past ten. When they got home it was after eleven. There was a note on their front door. It said, “We hope you enjoyed the play.” Inside the house all the painting were gone(不见了). They have all been stolen(被偷).
1. There were ________ in their house.| A．so much money | B．many paintings | C．many friends | D．many envelopes |
| A．lost the tickets | B．sold their beautiful paintings |
| C．went to see the play | D．gave the tickets to their friends |
| A．John and Sylvia didn’t go to the theater. | B．The play was not very good. |
| C．John and Sylvia got home early. | D．Someone stole(偷了) their paintings. |
【推荐2】In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich. He wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up with the Joneses" is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City.
When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses" because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States.
"Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Joneses" in every city of the workld. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they __________.| A．want to be as their as their neighbors | B．want others to think they are rich |
| C．don't want others to know they are rich | D．want to be happy |
| A．live outside New York City | B．live in New York City |
| C．live in apartments | D．have many neighbors |
| A．an important name | B．a popular name m the United States |
| C．his neighbor's name | D．a famous name |
| A．correct | B．interesting | C．impossible | D．good |
The good man believed the tiger. He opened the door of the cage. The tiger jumped out. “How silly you are,” the tiger laughed. “Now I am going to eat you.” “Wait!” the man cried. “You ought not to eat me. Let us ask others what they think.” “You may ask three others. ” the tiger said.
The good man asked a tree. The tree said, “I give shade (树荫). And yet I am cut down. Let the tiger eat you.”
Next, the good man asked a bird. The bird said, “I hurt no one. Yet people hunt and kill me. Let the tiger eat you.”
The last one that the good man asked was a road. The road said, “I don’t care if the tiger eats you. People could not get along too well without me. Yet all day and all night people step on me without even a ‘thank you’.”
The tiger was ready to eat the good man. Just then a dog came by. “What is happening?”
asked the dog. The man told the dog the whole story.
“I don’t understand,” said the dog. “The tiger wants to eat you because you put him in a cage?”
“No, no,” said the man. “Some other men put him in a cage.”
“Oh,” the dog said. “He is going to eat you because you do not have a cage.”
“Silly dog!” the tiger cried. “Don’t you understand? I was in the cage. This man let me out.”
“Oh, I see,” the dog said. “When the man was in the cage, you let him out.”
“I was in the cage!” the tiger cried. “In this way!” with that, he jumped back into the cage.
At once, the dog closed the door of the cage. “Oh,” the dog laughed. “At last I understand!”
The good man and the dog walked off. The tiger looked sad in the cage. If he waited long enough, perhaps another good man would come by.
1. When the tiger saw the man, he began to cry, because ________.
| A．he wanted the man to help him out of the cage |
| B．he wanted to eat the man |
| C．he wanted to eat the dog |
| D．he wanted to eat the bird |
| A．to thank the man | B．to eat the man |
| C．to ask the others | D．to run away |
| A．agreed; humans were kind |
| B．agreed; humans were not kind |
| C．disagreed; humans were kind |
| D．disagreed; humans were not kind |
| A．people helped birds |
| B．it liked tigers |
| C．it liked the man |
| D．people hunted and killed him |
We haven’t seen(没见面) each other for a month. I learn a lot during the summer holiday. I’m on my uncle’s farm. My aunt feeds a lot of chickens. They are lovely. I feed them every day. At first I didn’t want to go into the chicken house. You know, it smells(闻) bad. But every time I see the chickens, I like them. Little by little(渐渐地), I like to feed them. As I go into the house, the chickens look at me and seem(似乎) to say, “Welcome!” I say “Hello” to them, too. Then I put the food in front of them and they begin to eat. I like watching them eating. Sometimes I help my aunt collect eggs. It’s very interesting! I often dream them in my dream. My uncle and aunt get up early and go to bed late. They take good care of the chickens. They needn’t go to the doctor’s because my uncle knows a little about illnesses(疾病).
Until now, I don’t want to go back. I’ll return(返回) just before school begins. I want to know what you are doing now. Please write back to me as soon as possible(尽快).
Best wishes!
Daniel
1. Daniel writes this letter to Amy to ________.| A．ask her to write back | B．tell her what he does |
| C．ask her to go to his uncle’s | D．show how hard he works |
| A．there wasn’t enough food for chickens | B．some chickens were ill |
| C．it was small | D．it didn’t smell good |
| A．can cure(治愈) them | B．take them to the doctor |
| C．leave them alone | D．watch them |
| A．some sick chickens are better | B．Amy writes back |
| C．the holiday is over | D．his uncle buys some more chickens |
| A．It’s interesting. | B．It’s exciting. |
| C．It’s necessary. | D．It’s important. |
【推荐2】Scott and Owen are twins at the age of 16. The twins have many quite amazing ways in their life. They have had a very special connection since they were born. When they were very small, they had their own language. They used to talk to each other using their own special language. But nobody else understood what they were saying.
“As we’ve got older, we’ve started using telepathy（心灵感应）to communicate.
There have been similar cases between adult twins too. Actor Ashley lives far away from Mary, her twin sister.
There are many other examples about telepathy between the twins.
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| A．Perhaps you don’t think it is believable. |
| B．Everyone likes to make friends with twins. |
| C．Even their mother didn’t understand them either! |
| D．Sometimes we can use our minds instead of speaking. |
| E．Parents certainly know how to communicate with their twins. |
| F．Although it seems strange, telepathy between twins really exists. |
| G．However, they both know when either of them is going through a difficult time. |
【推荐3】Family rules help children learn what is and isn’t OK in the family. Following them can help children learn to follow rules in other places, so it’s not good to make rules too late. Good family rules are easy for children to understand (理解).
One day, on the way home from school, my mom told me she was going to make some new rules for me, for my brothers and sisters. Before this, we knew she wanted us to be good, but we really didn’t have any rules. Well, Mom took care of that. On Sunday she started giving us some rules. Clean your rooms every other day. Be ready for dinner at 7:00 p.m. That means sitting at the table, with clean hands. If mom is having a meeting in the house, be very quiet. That means turning down the music and the TV. Be ready for bed at 9:30 p.m. and get up at 7:30 a.m. to get ready for school. Take out the rubbish (垃圾) on Monday morning before school. Clean the bathroom on Friday.
Following these rules isn’t too hard, and sometimes it’s even fun. Other times, it can be tough. For example, if your room is really dirty and you can’t finish cleaning it on that day, you have to finish it on the next day, along with something else you have to do. That isn’t easy.
Mom made these rules because she loves us a lot. She wants us to learn how to be on time, be clean and tidy and be polite (有礼貌的). Every day, we try to follow her rules. These rules help make our family warm and happy. I feel lucky to grow up in such a family.
1. What should the children do according to the new rules?①Clean their rooms every day.
②Never watch TV again.
③Wash hands before dinner.
④Be ready for bed at 9:30 p.m..
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．③④ | D．①④ |
| A．have a family meeting |
| B．look after sisters and brothers |
| C．take out the rubbish |
| D．clean the bathroom |
| A．Difficult. | B．Interesting. | C．Relaxing. | D．Boring. |
| A．They get up at half past six every day. |
| B．Rules help them be clean and on time. |
| C．There are four people in the writer’s family. |
| D．They eat dinner at 6:00 p.m. |
| A．Strict. | B．Exciting. | C．Terrible. | D．Helpful. |
On December 24, kids around the world waited for Santa Claus(圣诞老人). They thought that the fat, whitebearded man would bring them gifts. But do you know that some people would rather keep Santa out of the door?
Last month, 10 doctoral(博士的) students from Tsinghua, Peking and Renmin Universities said Santa Claus wasn't welcome in China.
“Foreign holidays like Christmas are now very popular in China, while fewer and fewer people celebrate traditional Chinese festivals like the Dragon Boat Festival,” said the students in a public letter.
They asked people to stop sending Christmas cards and giving gifts to their children. Instead, they said, Chinese should spend more time on traditional festivals.
They have lots of support. In Hunan, several people went out on the street on Christmas Day. They made poems and wrote Chinese calligraphy(书法) .
“Rather than spending money on Christmas, we should care more about our own culture,” said one of them.
But others have different ideas. “Celebrations of foreign holidays help us know more about foreign cultures. It is good for us to make friends,” said Liu Yang, a 14-year-old boy from Shanghai.
Sun Long, 13, from Beijing, sees the celebration as a way to make people happier and closer. “My school held a big party on Christmas Day. We played games and shared gifts with each other. I think we have got closer,” he said.
1. Why did some people not like Santa Claus? Because ________．| A．he was fat and white bearded |
| B．he was kind |
| C．he stopped some Chinese from caring more about their own cultures |
| D．he had lots of presents but usually stayed out of the door |
| A．Some college students wanted Chinese people to pay more attention to traditional Chinese festivals. |
| B．All students are interested in foreign holidays. |
| C．More students want to stop spending more time on Chinese cultures. |
| D．Fewer people like the Dragon Boat Festival. |
| A．They stopped sending Christmas cards and giving gifts to their children. |
| B．They made poems and wrote Chinese calligraphy. |
| C．Few of them cared more about their own culture. |
| D．Many of them supported the students' idea. |
| A．It was good to make friends. | B．It was helpful to know more about cultures. |
| C．It was a happy time to relax and get closer. | D．It was a good time to get gifts. |
| A．Santa Claus | B．A Public Letter |
| C．Foreign Holidays | D．Celebration of Christmas |
【推荐2】Last Friday we had a football game against a team from a country school. They arrived at four o’clock in the afternoon. They were tall and looked very strong. They wore blue T-shirts and black pants. They looked like farm boys in dirty clothes. We thought they must never see a football before and we didn’t need any practice to play with such a team. It was very late, so they had little time to practice.
The game began, one of our boys got the ball and he tried to kick it to another one. But from out of nowhere (突然冒出来), a boy in a dirty T-shirt caught the ball. He was so fast and passed the ball to others. They surprised (使惊奇) us and they had another goal (进球) in ten minutes. Soon it was over. The country team won the game. Of course, we knew that there was still another team stronger than any good team. But from the game, we learned: we can’t judge a person by his clothes.
根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。1. We play ________ with a country team last Friday afternoon.
| A．basketball | B．football | C．table tennis | D．tennis |
| A．It was very strong. | B．They needed more practice. |
| C．They were not strong as they looked. | D．We should help them practice. |
| A．played hard | B．played very well |
| C．ran fast | D．were not good at playing football |
| A．没有任何的好球队。 | B．我们的球队比他们强。 |
| C．再也没有比他们强的球队。 | D．强中自有强中手。 |
| A．the country team lost the game |
| B．we got two goals |
| C．we should never look down on others by their looks |
| D．they had little practice |
【推荐3】Tom was a shopkeeper. He had a small corner shop. It was open from seven in the morning until eleven at night and sold many different things. Tom worked so hard in his shop that he had good sales. He was very happy.
Then a supermarket opened across the street. The supermarket was ten times the size of Tom’s shop.
The manager（经理）of the supermarket wanted to take people away from Tom. He found out what Tom’s prices were and then made his lower than Tom’s.
People quickly stopped buying things from Tom’s shop. They bought everything from the supermarket instead. Soon Tom’s business was very bad and he was angry.
“It’s not fair,” Tom thought, “I must do something to teach that supermarket manager a lesson.”
The price of steak（肉排）in the supermarket was $5.00 a pound. Tom put a sign（标牌）in his window, “Steak—$4.50 a pound.”
The next day the price of steak in the supermarket was $4.25 a pound, Tom changed the sign in his window, “Steak- $4.00 a pound.”
An hour later, the sign in the supermarket said, “Steak— $3.75 a pound.”
Ten minutes later the sign in Tom’s window said, “Steak— $3.50 a pound.” Five minutes later the sign in the supermarket said, “Steak—$2.50 a pound.” Twenty seconds later the sign in Tom’s window said, “Steak— $1.00 a pound.”
The manager of the supermarket ran across the road into Tom’s shop. “This must stop,” he said, “Steak is costing me $4.00 a pound. I’m selling it at $2.50 a pound. I’m losing money every minute!”
“I’ll stop cutting all my prices,” Tom said, “if you stop cutting all yours.” The supermarket manager agreed, and the two men shook hands.
Tom smiled. He didn’t lose any money on the steak. He didn’t sell any steak at all.
1. Before the supermarket opened, Tom was happy because ________ .| A．he liked hard work | B．his prices were high |
| C．he had good sales | D．he wanted to meet more people |
| A．His shop was bigger than Tom’s. |
| B．His prices were lower than Tom’s. |
| C．He told them bad things about Tom. |
| D．His shop sold more things than Tom’s. |
| A．Making your prices the same as others’. |
| B．Making your prices lower than others’. |
| C．Making your prices higher than others’. |
| D．Losing money every minute. |
【推荐1】When I lived in France last year, my friends and I decided to have a "friends giving" in November because we were so far away from our families. We decided to have the dinner at my friend Brigitte's apartment in Paris. There was only one problem. It was difficult to get a turkey because French people don't celebrate Thanksgiving. The day before our "friends giving" dinner, Brigitte and I went to four different markets to look for a turkey. It took us five hours, but we finally found one. We were so excited!
The next day, everyone brought different foods from their home country to share. There was Moroccan (摩洛哥的) food, Italian food, German food, and of course French food. While we waited for the turkey to cook, we played cards and told stories. That's when we heard a loud BANG! We all ran to the kitchen. There was water everywhere. The water pipes under Brigitte's kitchen sink were broken. The kitchen was filling with water very fast.
"Jack, you all grab the food and run to the roof (屋顶)!" Brigitte yelled. We took all the food, plates, drinks and silverware and ran to the roof. Brigitte ran outside to turn off the water. That's when we realized the turkey was still in the oven. We ran to the flooded kitchen, grabbed some gloves, and pulled the turkey out of the oven.
In the end, we all had an amazing "friends giving" dinner on a Parisian rooftop with all of our good friends. The turkey was a little darker and "crispy" but still delicious.
1. Jack decided to have ________ in France in November last year.| A．a party | B．a picnic | C．a friends giving | D．a Thanksgiving |
| A．five hours | B．forty minutes | C．two days | D．a week |
| A．The friends shared different foods. | B．They played cars and told stories happily. |
| C．Jack and Brigitte cooked the turkey. | D．The water pipes were suddenly broken. |
| A．Run to the roof with all the food. | B．Run outside with all of the things. |
| C．Turn off the water with the gloves. | D．Pull the turkey out with the gloves. |
| A．Amazing turkey, delicious dinner. | B．A little afraid, pretty amazed. |
| C．A little darker but still delicious. | D．Just amazed, totally afraid. |
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| Dear Mr ＆ Mrs Miller, This term, Mike could do better in self-control（自我控制）but he is not in the way we want him to. I think more family care will help him solve this problem. Mike is very smart, but it is hard for him to do his homework for a long time. However, he seems to be better now. Mike is able to do his homework very well. He is good at spelling and can use the words correctly（正确地）in his homework. He can also work out the math problems quite easily. Mike is very interested in science. He enjoys reading books and writing reports in an interesting way. I enjoy having Mike in my class. He is going to study in Grade Three next term. Miss King will be his teacher. I hope he can do better than before. Sincerely, Cindy Brown |
1. Who is this letter for?
| A．Mike Miller. | B．Mike's parents. | C．Cindy Brown. | D．Miss King. |
| A．He does very well in it. | B．He has lots of problems in it. |
| C．It is not as good as expected. | D．He does worst in it. |
| A．Math and PE. | B．Science and art. |
| C．Spelling and music. | D．Spelling and math. |
| A．Working out math problems. | B．Reading books and writing reports. |
| C．Doing his homework for a long time. | D．Helping others with their homework. |
| A．Mike is a student of Grade Three now. |
| B．It is difficult for Cindy Brown to teach Mike. |
| C．Mrs Miller will teach Mike next year. |
| D．Cindy Brown hopes Mike can do better. |
【推荐3】Nowadays, shopping online becomes a new way of shopping. It is getting more and more popular. Many people like doing some shopping through Internet.
Why is shopping online becoming more and more popular? First, it has lots of advantages. There are many goods on the Internet . People can save some money. Second, more and more people have their own computers and they join their computers with the Internet. So it is possible for many of them to do shopping through the Internet. People don’t need to go to the shop themselves . They can save a lot of time .
But a coin has two sides. Customers can only see the pictures of the goods on the Internet. And they can’t enjoy the pleasure of buying things in a large supermarket or a wonderful shopping center. Maybe shopping online makes people boring. So some people don’t like this new way of shopping. They are worried about the safety of shopping online, too.
1. From the first paragraph, we know________.| A．No one likes buying things online. |
| B．More and more people don’t like shopping on the Internet. |
| C．Shopping on the Internet is more and more popular. |
| D．There are no advantages shopping on the Internet. |
| A．save their money and time. | B．help them make a lot of money |
| C．be very easy | D．help them save time . |
| A．have to pay more money | B．must send their money first online. |
| C．don’t have enough time | D．are worried about the safety. |
| A．People Like Going Shopping | B．Shopping Online |
| C．How do People Shop | D．People don’t Like Shopping Online. |
