2 . Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词完成短文)

Animals are our good friends. Without animals, we will be lonely in the world, so we should protect them and_________them.

Lots of kids love animals and dream of   ________a pet. But not every family can have a pet. So, in many western countries such as America, Britain and Australia, primary and middle school classes have their own pets. Looking after a pet is not as________as you may think! Fish and turtles need_______water and the right food. Hamsters and rabbits need fresh vegetables and a warm place to sleep. Class pets teach kids about nature and being responsible.________the pets have babies. It’s very exciting but it also means more animals to look after!

Students take turns to look after their class pets. Every week, the pets have new "parents" to look after them, You may want to know what happens to the pets_________ school holidays. This lucky student keeps the pets at his or her home for the ________

1.

A．run with

B．talk about

C．ask for

D．take care of

2.

A．bringing

B．having

C．carrying

D．watching

3.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．excited

D．boring

4.

A．dirty

B．clean

C．hot

D．warm

5.

A．Sometimes

B．Usually

C．Always

D．Never

6.

A．before

B．after

C．during

D．never

7.

A．pets

B．students

C．teachers

D．holidays

3 . Answer the questions（根据以下内容回答问题）

Tyler walks back home with his schoolbag. He doesn’t look happy. His mother asks, “Why are you unhappy, son?”

“I’m thinking about my science homework.”

“What’s it?”

“In my science class, Miss Green, our science teacher, tells about Earth Day. She wants us to come up with (想出) some ideas to help the earth. But what can I do? How can I do it? I’m only a student.”

“Sure, you can’t do big things.” Tyler’s mother says, “But you can do small things. You can help clean the city streets. You can write articles (文章) about Earth Day for newspapers and magazines (杂志) to tell more people about it. You can also work as a cleaner (清洁工人) on Earth Day.”

“Great! Now I know that small things can also be helpful.”

1. How does Tyler feel when he goes home that day?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Who is Miss Green?
_____________________________________________________________
3. What is Tyler’s science homework?
_____________________________________________________________
4. How many pieces of advice (建议) does Tyler’s mother give?
_____________________________________________________________
5. What can you learn from his mother’s words?
_____________________________________________________________

4 . Mr. Green is a kind man. He is 65 years old. Now he doesn’t work, but he is not happy. He likes to be busy. He wants to find something to do. Then he phones a hospital in the city centre. He asks, “Could I help you in your hospital?” Of course he can! Now Mr. Green takes a bus to the hospital every morning. There he brings food and water to the sick people. He helps to look after them. He reads to them. He talks with them. He usually tells them funny stories. He makes sick people have easy days. The sick people want him. The doctors want him, too.

1. How old is Mr. Green?
________________________________________________________________.
2. Is he happy when he doesn’t work?
__________ , _____________________________________________________.
3. What does he do then?
________________________________________________________________.
4. How does he go to the hospital?
________________________________________________________________.
5. What do you think of Mr. Green ?
He is _______ because he ___________________________________________.

5 . C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.（选择最恰当的单词或短语, 完成短文。）

Last Sunday afternoon, Nancy ______ in a bookshop. She wanted to buy a book about animals. Suddenly she saw a short man behind ______ . The man stole her purse and ran ______ the shop. She followed him along the street, but he ran faster than her. She shouted,“ Stop thief! Stop thief!” At that time a policeman came to help. Then a woman came and told them, “ I saw him. He ran along the street and _______ left at the first crossing.” The policeman started to run. He ran faster than the _______ . Soon he stopped the thief and Nancy got her   _____ back.

1.

A．is

B．be

C．was

2.

A．she

B．her

C．hers

3.

A．out

B．out of

C．into

4.

A．turned

B．turn

C．turning

5.

A．thief

B．girl

C．woman

6.

A．book

B．bag

C．purse

6 .

It was a cold December day in New York. A little boy was standing outside a store. With no shoes on his feet, he stood there and looked in the window for a long time. A lady came up to the boy and asked, “My little friend, what are you looking at so hard in that window?”

“I was asking God (上帝) to give me a pair of shoes,” the boy said.

The lady took him to the store and asked the salesman to get several pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her some water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little boy to the back of the store, took off her gloves, sat down, washed his little feet and cleaned them with the towel (毛巾).

By this time the salesman had returned with the socks. After putting a pair on the boy’s feet, she then bought him a pair of shoes. She put the other pairs of socks in a bag and gave them to him. She held his hands and said, “My little friend, do you feel more comfortable now?”

As she turned to go, the boy caught her by the hand, looked up to her face with tears in his eyes and asked: “Are you God’s wife?”

1. When did the story happen?
It happened on __________________________ of December.
2. Why did the little boy look so hard in that window?
Because he wanted __________________________________.
3. What did the lady do with some water and the towel?
She______________________________________________.
4. Did God buy socks and shoes for the little boy?
____________, _____________________________________.
5. What do you think of the lady?
__________________________________________________.

7 . Read the passage and complete the table. （根据短文内容用完整的句子完成表格）

My name is Joanna. I study in No.3 Middle School.

I have a lot of friends at school. Alice, Kitty, Ben and Joe are all my good friends. They are all kind and helpful. We always go to school together. We have lunch and play at noon together, too. Ben often shares his books with me because he likes reading. Alice always helps me with my English. Joe is good at maths so he helps me with it. Kitty never tells lies.

I have a dog named Mimi. She is small and lovely. I like playing with her and we sometimes go to the park together. When my parents go out, Mimi will stay with me at home. She is my good friend at home.

Two years ago, my classmates and I joined Friends of the Earth. The environment is our friend, too. It's important to keep it clean. We go to the park to pick up rubbish at weekends.

	Name	Things to do
Friends at school	Ben	1
	Alice	2
	Joe	3
	Kitty	4
Friend at home	Mimi	5
Friend outside	The environment	6

8 . Choose the best answer （根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)

In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join “environment clubs”. In the clubs, they work together to make the environment clean. Here are some things they often do.

No-rubbish lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches to school in bags so that they can have their own favorite lunch at school. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least (最少)rubbish and report them to the school.

No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car-- not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to the air, so remember: walk, bike or run. It’s lots of fun to use your legs!

Turn off the taps! Do you know that washrooms can waste about twenty tons of water an hour? In a year, that will fill(填满) a small river! In the clubs, students mend(修理) those broken taps in washrooms.

We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean.

1. Environment clubs ask students _______.

A．to run to school	B．to exercise more
C．not to forget to take cars	D．not to throw away food

2. We can know that students eat lunch ________.

A．at restaurants	B．at home
C．at clubs	D．at school

3. When a no-car day comes, _________ will take a car to school.

A．both students and teachers	B．only students
C．neither students nor teachers	D．only teachers

4. Students mend the taps in washrooms to save _________.

A．a club	B．a lot of water
C．a toilet	D．a small river

5. This passage mainly tells us that _________.

A．everyone should look after the environment well

B．some great teachers start environment clubs

C．all students are the members of environment clubs

D．using your legs is a lot of fun for many people

9 . “The zoo has some trouble,” Grandmother Sandy said.

Angel listened. She heard that Garden Town Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals. Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.

Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote, "Give a dollar, help an animal," She sent a letter and a dollar to The Garden Bee, a local (当地) newspaper.

A few days after that, Angel's letter was published (发布). Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel's letter was having effect (效果)!

At school, Angel went to each classroom to read her letter and asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. She was invited to be on a popular talk show. The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray is the person most responsible (有责任的)for the animals. He said, “Angel let us see that people can make a difference.”

1. Garden Town Zoo had enough money to take care of its animals, didn’t it?
____________________________________________________________________
2. How did Angel feel for the zoo animals?
____________________________________________________________________
3. What did she send to a local newspaper?
____________________________________________________________________
4. Where did Angel read her letter?
____________________________________________________________________
5. What do you think of Angel? Why?
____________________________________________________________________

10 . C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

Kate’s new classmate is a girl c    1     Zhang Lan. She is ten years old and comes from a small village in China. When she was seven, she wanted to go to school. But she could not because her family was too p    2     to afford (负担得起) the school fees (学费) for her. So her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Zhang Lan looked after her brother and worked in the fields every day. The China’s

Hope Project heard about Zhang Lan, and h    3     Zhang Lan to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school in Shanghai.

Unluckily, there are still thousands of children who cannot go to school in China. If you give the Hope Project ￥300 e    4     year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, the Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books for the children

Let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good s.    5    in life..