Look! This is Helen and Kate’s room. Their room is big and tidy. The white bed is Helen’s and the brown one is Kate’s. Helen is twelve years old. She is in No. 2 middle school. The tape player and the model plane are in the bookcase. Kate is nine. Her soccer ball is under the bed and the clock is on the desk. A watch is on the sofa. It’s Helen’s. Where are their schoolbags? Oh, they are on the chair. Books, pens and rulers are in the schoolbag. They like their room very much.
1. Helen and Kate’s room is small but tidy.2. Kate’s bed is white and Helen’s bed is brown.
3. Helen is a middle school student.
4. Kate’s soccer ball is on the bed and the clock is on the desk.
5. The passage is about Helen and Kate’s room.
Hi, I’m Jenny. There is (有) a big zoo near my home. Many kinds of animals are in it. People go to see them every day. Now let me tell you something about some of the animals.
Three tigers and four lions are in the zoo. They are strong. They like meat and they eat much every day. Two elephants are in the zoo, too. They are from Thailand. They often eat grass (草) and leaves (树叶). They are clever. In the zoo, there are five black bears (熊). They can stand (站立) on their back legs. They like meat, too. I like pandas, but the zoo has only one panda. Her name is Huanhuan. She likes to eat bamboo (竹子) a lot.
1. People go to see the animals every day.2. Four tigers and three lions are in the zoo.
3. The elephants often eat grass and leaves.
4. Jenny doesn’t like pandas or bears at all.
5. The passage (文章) is mainly (主要) about Jenny’s home.
Hi, boys and girls! I’m from China and my English name is Helen. This is my room. There is a blue desk in my room. The computer is on the desk, I can learn (学习) English on it. My dictionary is on the desk, too. My books are under the desk. Where are my pencils? They are not on the desk. Oh! They are in my pencil box and my pencil box is blue. The chair is blue, too. I love this color very much. There is a blue box next to the desk. What’s this in it? Oh, it’s my yellow and white volleyball. My room is very tidy. I like my room!
1. Helen is an English girl.2. The dictionary is under the desk.
3. Helen loves blue very much.
4. Helen’s volleyball is in a blue box next to the chair.
5. This passage is mainly (主要) about Helen’s room.
Some people like breakfast. They think it’s very important. Some people love lunch because it’s time for them to have a rest (休息) . And some like dinner. They go home and cook their favorite food.
For Jessica, she loves breakfast. Her mom always makes (做) her favorite donuts (甜甜圈) for breakfast. Jessica says her mom’s donuts are great and full of (充满) love. She usually eats one at home. But these days, she also takes one to school. “You can’t eat too many donuts, Jessica. You will get fat (胖的),” her mom says.
“This one is not for me, Mom, but for Molly. Molly is my friend. She loves donuts, too. She doesn’t have money to buy food for breakfast. You always say that breakfast is important, right? I want Molly to have a good breakfast, too.” Jessica says.
1. Jessica likes donuts very much.2. Jessica thinks her mom’s donuts are good.
3. Jessica’s mother thinks Jessica can eat many donuts.
4. We can know Jessica is really a nice girl.
5. The passage (文章) is about how to make donuts for breakfast.
Do you know “guo nian hao” means “Happy New Year”? But in China, New Year isn’t the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is a big festival in China. It means the beginning（开始）of a new year. In the Spring Festival, people welcome the new year and say goodbye to the old year.
People often do many things for the Spring Festival. They clean their houses. They buy new clothes. They make a big dinner.
During the Spring Festival, we can see some red things. In China, red is the symbol（象征）of good luck. Some people love to wear red clothes. Lanterns are red. Children can get red envelopes（红包）. Their parents or grandparents always put some money in red envelopes. Children are always happy when they get red envelopes.
1. In China, the Spring Festival is New Year.2. For the Spring Festival, people often do many things.
3. All the people love to wear red clothes during the Spring Festival.
4. Parents or grandparents always put some cards in red envelopes.
5. This passage is about the Spring Festival.
My name is Alan. I’m an American boy. I’m a student in Guangming Middle School. I’m in Class 4, Grade 9.
Xiao Ming is my friend in Guangming Middle School, too. He is also in class 4. He is 15. Here is a picture of his family! Let’s look at it. His father is a policeman. His mother is a Chinese teacher. Xiao Ming loves his parents very much. He has two sisters. They are twins (双胞胎). Their names are Ling Ling and Li Li. The twins are in Guangming Middle School, too. They are in Class 7. They have a cat. Its name is Coco. Look! It’s on the box.
We are good friends.
1. Xiao Ming is in Class 4.2. Xiao Ming’s parents have one son and two daughters.
3. Coco is on the table in the photo.
4. From the passage (文章), we know that Alan, Ling Ling and Li Li are in different (不同的) schools.
5. The passage is mainly (主要) about Alan’s mother.
Hello, my name is Alex. There are many rules in my family. On weekdays, I have to get up at 6:00 in the morning, and then take a bus to school. I have to get home quickly after school. I must do my homework first. I can’t watch TV or go out on school nights. I have to go to bed before half past nine. On weekends, I can watch TV until（直到）10 o’clock. But I have to clean my room and wash my clothes.
My parents are strict with me. But they love me very much, too. They often play sports together with me. They want me to be healthy and have a beautiful future（未来）. I love my parents.
1. Alex has to get up at seven o’clock on weekdays.2. Alex usually goes to school by bus.
3. Alex has to wash his clothes and clean his room on weekends.
4. Alex’s parents never play sports with him.
5. Alex wants to tell us there aren’t many rules in his family.
8 . My name is Li Lin. I come from the countryside. Now I’m studying in a big city. People can eat all kinds of foods and do lots of things. It’s so convenient (便利的). Many people like living in the city. But I don’t like it very much. In the city, the traffic is heavy and the cost of living is high. It’s noisy, too.
I miss the life in the countryside. There are many houses with big yards. The air is fresh and the water is clean. We can see green trees and colorful flowers here and there. More people like living in the countryside now.
判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）
1. Li Lin comes from a big city.
2. Li Lin doesn’t like living in the city.
3. We can see many houses with big yards in the city.
4. There is fresh air and clean water in the countryside.
5. Li Lin tells something about city in the second paragraph (段落).
On New Year’s Day, many people eat special food for good luck.
In Spain and some Latin American countries(拉丁美洲国家), people eat twelve grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve—One grape for good luck in each month of the new year.
Chinese people eat dumplings. Some are made with a coin inside. Everyone tries to find the coin for good luck and money in the new year. Of course they don’t eat the coin.
Japanese people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve and on their birthdays.
It may bring them good luck and long life.
1. In Spain, people eat a bag of grapes for good luck in the new year.2. Chinese people like to eat roast duck on New Year’s Eve.
3. Everyone in China tries to eat the coins in the dumplings.
4. Japanese people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve.
5. People in different countries eat different foods for good luck.
