3 . Helping your child choose a hobby is very good for him or her. Here is some advice.

Know your child’s interests. If he likes collecting baseball cards, buy him a special scrapbook (剪贴簿). Show them your interests and support (支持) their interests.

Try different hobbies. Introduce (介绍) a new hobby as a birthday or a holiday gift. In trying something quite different, your child may become interested in it or get to know a new thing.

Share a hobby with your child. Spending family time doing fun things can make a healthy and nice relationship (关系).

Don’t push your interests to your child. Don’t show your unhappiness (不快) when they choose something different from what you think of.

Hobbies are a great way for children to learn new things. Help your children to try different interests until they choose one they want to learn more about.

1. What can you do if your child likes collecting baseball cards?

A．Buy him a special scrapbook.

B．Give him some baseball cards.

C．Play baseball with him.

2. The passage is written for ______.

A．teachers

B．students

C．parents

3. ______ is good for the family relationship.

A．Knowing your child’s interests

B．Trying something different

C．Sharing a hobby with your child

4. The underlined word “push” means ______ in Chinese.

A．推

B．拉

C．强加于

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Learn more from your hobbies.

B．Knowing your child’s interests is important.

C．Some tips (建议) that help children choose hobbies.

4 . The tourists on Trip Advisor choose the top 3 beautiful islands for you.

Maui	Where: Hawaii, the US Size: 1.886 square kilometers (平方公里) Population: over 100,000 Best time to visit: All year round What you can do: Go swimming under the waterfall (瀑布); walk around the white, red and black beach; climb the 3,000-meter high volcano (火山); watch different kinds of sea animals under the sea.
Santorini	Where: Aegom Sea (爱琴海), Greece (希腊) Size: 96 square kilometers Population: Over 14,000 Bet time to visit: From May to August What you can do: Walk around the black beach; Have a look at some beautiful paintings; Enjoy the night life in Oia Town.
Jamaica	Where: An island country in the Caribbean (加勒比海). Size: 10,991 square kilometers Population: Over 2.8 million Best time to visit: From November to April What you can do: Watch different kinds of arts; Walk around the long and white beach; Climb the Blue

1. Which place is the biggest one?

A．Maui.

B．Santorini.

C．Jamaica.

2. Maui is about ______ times as large as Santorini.

A．ten

B．fifteen

C．twenty

3. The three islands all have ______.

A．a beach

B．a mountain

C．beautiful paintings

4. From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A．the best time to go to Maui is in summer

B．visitors can watch sea animals in Santorini

C．Jamaica has the biggest population of the three islands

5. If you like ______, the passage is helpful to you.

A．art

B．travelling

C．swimming

5 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容按要求完成任务。

Do you and your classmates like Doraemon? Yes, he is a popular cat. But he is not a real cat but a robot. The cat is a famous cartoon character (人物) from Japan. Doraemon is from the 22nd century. I love Doraemon and I also love his amazing gadgets (小玩意)!

Doraemon has bamboo-copters (竹蜻蜓). Put one on your head, and you can fly in the air.

Here is the jelly translator (果冻翻译器). Eat this jelly and then you can speak and understand any language in the world. You can also understand what animals say.

Doraemon has a great door. It can take you to any place you want to go. First say the name of the place, and then pass through the door. You can get to that place in no time.

Doraemon also has memory (记忆) bread. Take a piece of the bread. Stick it onto a page of a book. Eat it, and you can remember everything on the page quickly. But I don’t like this kind of bread. Learning new things is fun.

How I wish I could have some of these gadgets!

Task Ⅰ: Finish the chart according to the article. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.

Doraemon’s amazing gadgets	The bamboo-copter It helps people     1    .
	The jelly translator It helps people speak and     2     any language, even     3     languages.
	The great door People can get to any     4     after they go through the door.
	The memory bread It helps people remember things     5    .

Task Ⅱ: Answer the following questions.
1). How many gadgets of Doraemon does the writer tell us?
    6    
2). Why doesn’t the writer like memory bread?
    7    
3). Which gadget do you like best? Why? Explain your reason(s) in about 20 words.
    8    

6 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容按要求完成任务。

Why do you remember the lovely cartoon characters (人物)? What makes you love them? Well, maybe because they’re like the people around you. Think about it! You may just find a friend or classmate like them.

Maybe he or she is:

As smart as Snoopy: He went to school at a very young age. He always learns to use new things. He thinks a lot. He is so smart that you all like to be with him.

As friendly as Hello Kitty: She likes to eat cakes. She loves to make new friends. She often asks friends to her tea parties. She is warm and sunny and will always help you.

As sarcastic (讽刺的) as Garfield: Sometimes he is not nice. He says strong words to you, but in his heart, he loves you. He is a friend with hard words but a warm heart.

As naughty (调皮的) as Mashimaro: He doesn’t look like a good boy. He has sleepy eyes and looks naughty. He always makes fun of people. His mind is full of ideas. He tries to be big to catch your eyes. But, he’s still a child.

Task I: Finish the chart according to the article. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.

Do you have a friend or classmate     1     cartoon characters?
	A “Snoopy” friend is good at     2     and he thinks a lot.
	A “Hello Kitty” friend is friendly, warm and sunny. She loves making friends and often    3     friends to her party.
	A “Garfield” friend is not nice sometimes. Although he says     4     to you, he loves you in his heart.
	A “Mashimaro” friend doesn’t look like a good boy. But his mind is full of     5     and he just wants to catch your eyes.

Task II: Answer the following questions.
1)Which cartoon character likes to eat cakes?
    6    
2) Which cartoon character has sleepy eyes?
    7    
3) Which cartoon character do you like best? Why? Explain your reason(s) in about 20 words.
    8    

7 . Donald Duck (唐老鸭) was born on June 9, 1934. Now he is 89 years old. He is the oldest duck in the world. He is very funny. He makes a lot of people laugh again and again. Children around the world all like him.

He first appears in the cartoon The Wise Little Hen (《聪明的小母鸡》). The little hen works very hard. But Donald Duck and his friend Peter Pig do not want to work. Then the little hen gives them a lesson. She tells them that work is important.

Donald is like a little man in a big world. He has a good heart. He wants to help others. But things always go wrong for him. He doesn’t like it. He gets angry (生气的) easily. Then his girlfriend Daisy comes to help him. So he tries it again. He thinks there must be a better way to do things. But he does not know another way. It does not matter what other people think of him.

1. Donald Duck was born _______.

A．in 1934

B．in 1944

C．in 1954

2. Children like Donald Duck because he is _______.

A．old

B．funny

C．friendly

3. Where does Donald Duck first appear?

A．In a book.

B．In a movie.

C．In a cartoon.

4. Which sentence about Donald Duck is NOT right?

A．He doesn’t want to work.	B．He doesn’t have any friends.
C．He makes people laugh again and again.

5. We can know from the passage that Donald Duck is very _______.

A．quiet

B．clever

C．kind

8 . The worst danger is a house on fire when people are asleep. Always be ready to leave through a window into the garden by making sure you can open it if necessary. If you are on holiday in a tall building or hotel, make sure you know where the fire escape (太平梯) is. When you can’t find any way out, try to find pieces of cloth and make a rope to get out of a window to safety. If you smell something burning in your home, get out right away. If you can’t breathe (呼吸) properly, crawl (匍匐行进) on the floor because smoke rises and the air will be cleaner near the floor. Smoke is a killer and more people die from breathing it in than actually (实际上) being burnt.

Fire in a cinema, hall or public place often means people pushing to reach a door. Keep your head up with arms up in front of your chest (胸). This protects your chest and gives you the best chance (机会) to breathe. Above all, don’t be afraid.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. People can leave a burning house through a window if ________.

A．there is smoke in the room	B．there is no other way out
C．they can’t breathe properly	D．they want to put out the fire

2. In a room full of smoke, you had better crawl on the floor because ________.

A．you won’t get burnt	B．the floor is cleaner
C．there is less smoke near the floor	D．you won’t breathe in any smoke

3. There are some things to do to keep yourself safe. Which of the following is NOT talked about in the passage?

A．Leave the house right away when you smell something burning.

B．Get out of the house by crawling on the floor.

C．Raise your head and keep your chest from being burnt.

D．Rush out of the house, dressed in wet clothes.

4. When a tall building is on fire, people ________.

A．can leave by coming down the fire escape	B．should first check the room windows
C．had better find a long rope	D．must lie down on the floor at once

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．In a fire, more deaths are caused by smoke.

B．The most important thing is not to be frightened in a fire.

C．When a public place is on fire, people usually push to leave.

D．Be ready to leave a burning house through a window if there is a garden down below.

9 . Invented (发明) it.

Zhang Heng was born in Nanyang in the Eastern Han dynasty. At that time, earthquakes (地震) happened every year. People thought they were from ghosts, but Zhang Heng didn’t believe that. He studied about earthquakes for many years, and in AD 132 he invented the first seismometer (地动仪) in the world.

Used it.

At first, people didn’ t believe it. In December, AD 134, Zhang Heng’s seismometer told that there would be an earthquake in the west of the country. After four days, three earthquakes really happened there. People believed that it was helpful from then on. But the seismometer was lost later.

Reproduced it.

Scientists tried to reproduce a seismometer like Zhang Heng’s in the past years. Now there is a reproduced one in Shanghai Museum. Some people say it was a little helpful during the earthquakes in Tangshan. We hope it will be better soon and be really able to help people one day.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The passage mainly (主要) tells us about ________.

A．earthquakes	B．Zhang Heng
C．how to make a seismometer	D．the first seismometer

2. When did Zhang Heng make the first seismometer in the world?

A．In AD 78.

B．In AD 132.

C．In AD 134.

D．In AD 139.

3. Where can we see the reproduced seismometer?

A．In the west.

B．In Luoyang.

C．In Nanyang.

D．In Shanghai.

4. What do people think of the seismometer during the earthquakes in Tangshan?

A．Helpful.

B．Bad.

C．Interesting.

D．Helpless.

5. We can read this passage in a ________.

A．fashion book

B．cinema

C．newspaper

D．science book

10 . Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? We hope we can help you understand how we are trying to help children all over the world.

Operation Smile was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines to help children who had holes in their lips (嘴唇) or inside their mouths. It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not carry on with the work because they were short of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help these needy children. They called it Operation Smile.

Operation Smile works in more than twenty developing countries and has cured over 10,000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999 they even started a special event called “The World Journey of Hope”. 5000 children in 18 countries are cured during the event.

On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in developing countries so that they can continue to help children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to American for further treatment.

So show your kindness and generosity (慷慨) to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local bank. Many thanks from the children who can smile now will come to you.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Operation Smile is a famous ________, which was started by a doctor and his wife.

A．school

B．charity

C．building

D．person

2. Operation Smile works to help children ________.

A．who had holes in their lips	B．who have eye problems
C．who can’t speak	D．who has no teeth

3. Why did they worry that they could not carry on with the work?

A．Because the doctors were too busy.

B．Because there were no more volunteers.

C．Because they didn’t have enough money.

D．Because they went to America for further study.

4. Operation Smile helps the children by ________.

A．helping blind people to see again

B．helping poor children go back to school

C．offering living places to homeless people

D．curing the children who have problems with their mouths

5. What does the writer ask us to do to show our kindness and generosity to the needy children?

A．To donate money at local bank.	B．To be a volunteer in Philippines.
C．To send cards to the needy children.	D．To be a doctor of Operation Smile.