1 . Maggie is a 50-year-old woman in Watertown. She wanted to do something ________ for her local community. She found that there were some ________ and homeless people in her neighborhood. They ________ felt hungry because they couldn’t have enough food. So Maggie decided to build a food room in her yard. It was open to people that were hungry. They could eat the food from it. However, she found that not everyone wanted to be known that they ate the food.They often waited until it was dark to ________ embarrassment(尴尬). Then they could enjoy the food ________.

Maggie got the ________ from the local community college. There she saw a small food room with a lot of free food inside. Students that couldn’t ________ a snack or a meal could eat there. The students were ________ the food.

At first, the food room started with money all from Maggie. Later, after the other neighbors knew what Maggie did, they began to raise ________ to help. Little by little, more and more people joined them. Many people also wanted to build their own food room to help, too. A local store decided to provide all of the wood needed to build the food rooms. After just two months, over twenty food rooms were ________ in Watertown.

Sometimes, even small acts of kindness can make a big difference.

1.

A．modern

B．serious

C．popular

D．special

2.

A．rich

B．poor

C．polite

D．friendly

3.

A．never

B．often

C．seldom

D．ever

4.

A．protect

B．refuse

C．avoid

D．punish

5.

A．secretly

B．heavily

C．clearly

D．exactly

6.

A．idea

B．luck

C．smell

D．treat

7.

A．expect

B．receive

C．offer

D．afford

8.

A．interested in

B．afraid of

C．pleased with

D．strict in

9.

A．guide

B．money

C．work

D．drinks

10.

A．set down

B．set off

C．set up

D．set out

3 . 阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

student, bad, ran, fall, hand, quick, child, before, stop, go

It was a fine day in autumn.Some girls and boys were out with their teacher. They were     1     to a museum. On their way to the museum, they suddenly heard a loud shout behind them. The teacher told her students to     2    . Then she turned and listened. When she heard the cry “Mad dog!” She knew what was happening.     3    she could do anything, she saw a dog running to them. “    4    !” said the teacher, “Keep close to each other. Don’t move or cry. Then she stood before the dog so that the dog would meet her first. The dog came     5    . At this moment the teacher saw a man. He ran up with a gun（枪）in his     6    . “The children must be kept safe until the man comes.” thought the lady. The teacher     7     to the dog, facing it bravely（勇敢地）. The mad dog snapped（猛咬）her and she     8     down. The man came and killed it. The dog had bitten her so     9    .

The brave lady died soon after the doctors arrived. She lost her life for her     10    . When people heard of this, they said, “The brave lady will always be remembered among us!”

4 . For the Love of Animals

I have always loved animals. Even before I learned to write, when I watched TV programs that showed animals from around the world that needed help, I drew the shapes of the phone numbers from the screen. I would take what I had copied to my mother and tell her, “We need to call here. They need help. We need to help them.”

For my fifth birthday party, my mom said that we could ask my friends to bring donations (捐赠) of cat and dog food instead of birthday gifts. Then we could give them to the local animal shelter.

When I first saw the big pile of pet food, I was amazed. Together, my friends and I could help many animals, I thought.

Afterward, when we went to the shelter, we told the volunteer, “We’ve brought the animals here some cat and dog food. Could you open the back door so it will be easier to bring the food in?”

The shelter worker looked at us and you could tell she thought opening the back door was unnecessary (不必要的). Finally, she said, “Okay.” Then, she met us around back, and when we opened the van loaded with food, her mouth hung open. “Wow! You sure do have pet food! What’s all this?”

I told her about the whole story, and she almost cried. “You and your friends are so amazing! Thank you for being so generous (大方的) and kind.” We felt really proud. Even as little kids, we could do something big.

She let me go through the shelter. Holding kittens, I felt my heart filled with love and joy, “We do make a difference.”

1. The writer asked for cat and dog food instead of birthday gifts to ________.

A．feed her own pets	B．give it to the animal shelter
C．sell it to the pet store	D．save her friends some money

2. At the end of the story, the writer felt ________.

A．happy

B．lucky

C．tired

D．worried

3. What can we learn from the story?

A．We shouldn’t be afraid of problems.	B．It’s unnecessary to buy birthday gifts.
C．Advice from parents is always helpful.	D．Kids can play a part in helping animals.

5 . Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into the class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random(任意的) kindness. His students did not c    1     understand the homework and didn’t know what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He encouraged his students to work it out by themselves.

One week later, the students entered the classroom excitedly to share their s    2    . One student gave away blankets to the homeless. Another reported on helping an old man cleaning the house, and another student had been trying to f    3     a long, lost friend. Students were energized(给予活力的) by the homework and wanted other people to be kind too. And luckily, the local businesses provided them some money and materials. With the s    4     of them, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something kind for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind—-not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.

Since then, kindness activities have been very p    5     in schools around the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, around November 13th, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform different kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or r    6     money for a charity. Students learn to consider other people and think about how small actions can make the world a b    7     place.

6 . I recently went to a charity party. At the end of the visit our host told us that the following Monday was his birthday. He asked if, as a gift to him, we would do something kind for someone else on that day. I thought that was a terrible birthday idea!

The following Monday, I saw my neighbor, a new mother, in the garden with her baby, I went outside to say “hello” to her. During the talk, she told me, not in a complaining way but just as a matter of fact, about the sleeplessness and the challenges to get anything done with a baby followed by. I remembered the charity party host’s request and said, “Hey! Why don’t I watch your baby for an hour! I will just hang out with him here in the back garden and you go in and take an hour to yourself.”

She was so surprised that she almost cried. “Are you serious? Would you be able to do that?” ”“of course!” I said. “I’d be happy to!” An hour later she came outside with a smile on her face. “I have got so much done!”she told me, and I told her that I had sung every kid’s song I knew and had a good time hanging out with the baby, too. And I was so happy to see her smiling like that.

It was one of the best presents I’ve ever given, and it has given me the desire to ask the same from all my friends this year. I know it will make me feel great to know my friends are out there sharing their wisdom and time with people who can really use it.

1. The following Monday was the host’s birthday, wasn’t it?
_______________________________________________________
2. What did he ask his friends to do as a gift to him?
_______________________________________________________
3. What did the writer decide to do on the following Monday?
______________________________________________________
4. How did the writer look after his neighbor’s baby?
______________________________________________________
5. Why was the writer so happy when his neighbor came outside?
______________________________________________________
6. What’s your opinion on the birthday present in the story?
______________________________________________________

7 . “But I feel good doing this!” the little boy’s voice rang in my ears when I entered the mall. He stood raising money for cancer research. In the cold wind, he pulled his hat down over his ears. He warmed one hand in his pocket and held a list with the other hand. I noticed him greeting the people passing by without gloves on his hands.

I checked my purse but I didn’t find any change. I was always ready to give money because I wished cancer could be cured (治愈) one day.” I’ll bring you some money when I returned,” I promised the little boy.” Thank you!” he smiled and he seemed almost frozen in the cold air. I suggested he come inside the mall, but he said, “The guard there said no one is allowed to raise money for charities (慈善机构) in the mall. But I feel good doing this here. It’s OK.”

I did my shopping and thought about buying something for him. Finally, I bought a pair of gloves, brown ones. The cashier felt curious when I repeated the boy’s words “But I feel good doing this!”

The boy still stood where he had been. I offered some money to him and filled in the list that he handed to me. Then he told me that his best friend George had leukemia (白血病). He did this in order to help him out of trouble.

With tears full of my eyes, I put the gloves that I bought for him into his hands.

“Will the cancer research give you something to thank you for doing this?”

“Oh yes!” the boy said and his eyes lit up with joy. “It sure does! Now I can stand here much longer than I expected!”

“What do you receive then?” I asked. He answered with a smile, “I get another new, empty list.”

根据短文内容回答下列问题
1. What did the boy raise money for?
He raised money for ____________________.
2. What was the weather like?
It was ____________________.
3. Why didn’t the boy come inside the mall?
Because ____________________.
4. What did the writer buy for the boy?
He bought ____________________ for the boy.
5. Who was ill?
The boy’s best friend ____________________.

8 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式补全短文(有两项多余)。

when, much, child, one, with, receive, good, play, age, sell, full, afford

Gina is only 12 years old. She is a girl who is     1     of love.

At the     2     of four, she began to learn how to play the guitar. And she did     3     in it. She wanted to help the poor kids in her town, so she decided to raise money by     4     the guitar in the street. At     5    , only a few people gave her money. Three days later, she put a sign beside her, saying why she was doing so.    6     people saw the sign, they were all moved and started to help her     7     the work. Gina also sold her favourite things to collect money. When her classmates got to know this, they all began to     8     their old toys, clothes and books to collect money, too. Gina has raised money for two years, and now she has got     9     than $ 3, 000. She says she will continue to do something like this and help the poor     10    .

9 .

Helping others is a great thing to do. You can learn new things and have fun. You can help people, animals or the environment. It can make you feel good too! How can you help? Charities are organizations that help others, for example, UNICEF or the World Wildlife Fund. You can help charities by giving your time, giving money or giving things that you own. You can also help people or places you know.

Volunteering Volunteering is when you give your time to help others. Some ways of volunteering are: • visiting old people to talk to them or help them; • walking dogs at an animal shelter; • cleaning up a park. Fund-raising Fund-raising is when you collect money to help others. Some ways of fund-raising are: • making cakes or biscuits to sell; • doing a sponsored (为慈善筹款而发起的) activity. For example, family and friends give you money if you finish a long walk. Donating Donating is when you give your things to help others. Some ways of donating are: • giving your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people; • giving your old books to a library. So, what can you do to help others?

1. Which of the following is a good way to raise money for a charity?

A．Visiting a sick child.	B．Doing a sponsored walk.
C．Cleaning up a library.	D．Talking with old people.

2. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To show ways of helping others.	B．To share personal experiences.
C．To explain reasons for donations.	D．To introduce some organizations.

3. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．A magazine.

B．A storybook.

C．A travelling guide.

D．A science fiction.

10 . 根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个适当的单词。

We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day. It is bad     1     our environment. However, we can do something to help. Recycling is one of the     2    (great) ways to make a difference in the world. It is important for both our natural environment and     3    (we), especially when we can get a little money for doing so.

Mr. Black is our class     4    (teach). He loves to recycle and always encourages us all to take part in it. By recycling bottles, newspapers, and other things, he     5     gets about thirty dollars a month. It is not a lot of money,    6     he is happy to have a little extra(额外的) money now and then. Most of the time he     7    (use) the money to take his family to the cinema. So his family always look forward to     8    (go) to the movies at the end of every month.

Mr. Black also teaches his children the     9    (important) of protecting the environment by recycling. So all the Black family love recycling and they lead     10     meaningful life.