1 . Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. After the story was over, we would turn off the lights, and talked until they fell
One night after the lights were off, my 3-year-old son, Will,
Thus a story-telling tradition was
When I see how
Storytelling is used as a creative way to
| A．asleep | B．short | C．ill | D．silent |
| A．warned | B．forced | C．begged | D．allowed |
| A．made up | B．chosen | C．picked up | D．copied |
| A．frequently | B．casually(随便地) | C．secretly | D．carefully |
| A．sight | B．heart | C．mouth | D．mind |
| A．unbelieved | B．doubted | C．loved | D．knew |
| A．ended | B．followed | C．born | D．destroyed |
| A．crazy | B．fine | C．strange | D．original |
| A．parents | B．children | C．students | D．relatives |
| A．bond | B．argument | C．distrust | D．difference |
| A．cruel | B．bad | C．sad | D．complete |
| A．valueless | B．important | C．helpless | D．common |
| A．earned | B．progressed | C．contributed | D．lost |
| A．familiarity | B．introduction | C．invention | D．discussion |
| A．evening | B．arrival | C．morning | D．picnic |
| A．dying away | B．passed down | C．passed through | D．dying out |
| A．set | B．cut | C．slowed | D．take |
| A．struggle | B．relax | C．fight | D．escape |
| A．unusual | B．boring | C．happy | D．difficult |
| A．confidence | B．courage | C．experience | D．happiness |
2 . Nowadays parents and their children are spending less and less time communicating with each other.
Eat together & listen to each other
Most children today don't know the meaning of the family dinner time.Yet the communication and unity built during this time are necessary to a healthy family life.Sharing a meal together allows parents and their children to talk about each other's lives.
Read often
It's important for parents to read to their children.The latest research shows that reading to your children can help your children develop an interest in knowledge and contribute to language development.It also increases their concentration on things and helps them become more curious.
Start a hobby or project
Choose a fun activity that your children are interested in.Activities like cooking, fishing or biking can be their great hobbies.
Plan a family outing
| A．It is very important for children to exercise |
| B．They can open the door to exciting family time |
| C．Sometimes getting out of the house is important |
| D．Look for books that your children would enjoy reading |
| E．New technology has made video games more popular with children |
| F．This is also an opportunity for parents to listen and give advice to their children |
| G．As a result, many children are getting less love than their parents once got |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I love doing housework. I always assist my parents in doing the dish after meals. I also water the flowers in the yard and tidying up my own bedroom whatever necessary. In my opinion, students can benefit a lot doing some housework. Firstly, doing housework was helpful for us to be a responsible person. Also, it gives our parents more time to do what they are like and it improves the family relationship. What’s most, doing housework can be a form of mentally relaxation from study. That’s our view on housework. And hopes this can inspire more thinking on the topic!
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）画掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：(1)每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
(2)只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Every summer vacation, I feel very exciting to visit my grandparents, which have been living in the countryside since they retired. I often get up early in the morning and breathe fresh airs. At noon, I pick some vegetables and fruits in my grandmother's backyard, but my grandfather often cooks for delicious food for me. When night fell, I often sit under the sky, appreciating the beautiful stars and telling my grandparents something about their life in the city. When I have to go back to the city, I always feel little bit sad. I really have a great sense of satisfy when living in the countryside because I am attract by everything there.
5 . When our second baby was coining, I couldn’t help worrying about my older daughter. Would the introduction of a sibling(兄弟姐妹) be a problem for her? Would she like a sibling? My husband and I read all the books we could find on preparing for a sibling and came up with a plan of action to help our daughter get used to it.
Our plan went really smoothly for the first year of our daughters, living together. But as the little one grew and became a person with opinions and feet that walked and hands that could pick up toys easily, things got more difficult.
Having more than one kid is a management challenge — one I failed at daily. I immediately turned to a bestseller Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish — and it was helpful. But it paid more attention to older siblings and those who are closer in age than our two.
And, then, two months ago I received a copy of Dr. Laura Markham’s Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings, and it changed my parenting forever. It is a step-by-step guide to calming conflict and creating connection and even friendship between siblings. From laying the groundwork for emotional connection so kids are less likely to act out on their siblings, to managing fights, this is a great guide to helping your kids get along. And it actually includes examples you can relate to.
My husband and I are parenting differently and better since reading it. The book is of practical value and really worth reading. If you are thinking of adding another child to your family or you have trouble with the ones you have pick it up.
1. What worried the author?| A．When to have a second baby. |
| B．How to balance her work and life. |
| C．Whether her second baby would be healthy. |
| D．Whether her older daughter would accept a sibling. |
| A．It turned out rather rewarding. | B．It proved quite reasonable. |
| C．It didn’t function effectively. | D．It was very efficient. |
| A．It was not helpful at all. | B．It didn’t work so well for her family. |
| C．It eased conflicts in the family. | D．It worsened her parenting problems. |
| A．To entertain readers with family stories. |
| B．To inform readers of parenting problems. |
| C．To recommend a book to potential readers. |
| D．To warn parents of the cost of raising kids. |
6 . Grandma was going to turn eighty-two on Friday. I heard Mom ordering a cake from the bakery over the phone. “Don’t put any icing on it,” she said, “Just a plain angel cake.” Angel cake with fresh strawberries was her favorite. So Mum was ready.
That afternoon when Dad came home, he showed me the phone he had bought for Grandma. “It has speed-dialing,” he said. “She won’t have to push so many buttons when she calls the doctor’s office or her sister.” Dad looked pleased. “Her fingers are so stiff with arthritis (关节炎) that the phone seems a good idea.”
But what about me? Here I was with only one dollar in my pocket and one night to think of a gift. Even though Mom always insisted that “it’s the thought that counts,” I had a big problem. My mind was even more empty of ideas than my wallet was empty of money.
When I have a problem, it sometimes helps to shoot a few baskets in the driveway. Dribble, shoot, rebound.
For a while I just played without even trying to think. I began to remember back before Granddad died, when we used to visit them in Kentucky, Granddad showed me how to do a jump shot. Thinking about Granddad made me sigh. Grandma’s life was a lot happier when he was alive.
Swish! I’d made two in a row.
Suddenly, I remembered a green glass dish in the shape of a leaf that Grandma used to keep on a table back in Kentucky. It was always full of those red-and-white-striped peppermint candies. I hadn’t thought of that dish for a long time. Maybe it was lost or broken when Dad rented the truck and brought Grandma and the belongings to Ohio.
Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. I could almost hear Grandma saying，“Help yourself to a piece of peppermint, Burt.” That voice had a smile behind it. It was a voice I hadn’t heard for a long time.
Aha! I took one last shot, then dribbled to the back door, ran up the steps two at a time, and grabbed my wallet.
1. What do you know about the author’s grandma?| A．She has difficulty moving fingers. | B．She loves high-tech products. |
| C．She doesn’t like a plain cake. | D．She has a sweet tooth. |
| A．Melting. | B．Chewing. | C．Swallowing. | D．Fading. |
| A．Something decorative for candies. | B．Something bringing good memories. |
| C．Something convenient to use. | D．Something to Grandma’s taste. |
| A．The Good Old Days | B．The Gift of Gratitude |
| C．The Thought That Counts | D．The Inspiration from Basketball |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I can’t wait to tell you the decision my parents had just made. They plan to give birth to a second child. How excited it is! Being the only child in the family, most teenagers like you grow up lonely, that does harm to our psychological health. However, things will change from now on. I am going to have a sibling to play. I will help my parents looking after my sibling when he/she is born, ensuring that he/she grows up happy with love and affection all around. However, I am afraid that I know little about how to take a good care of a baby and how to set a good example to him/her. I want to get some advices from you but I am looking forward to your early reply.
8 . After a long day at work, coming home is a breath of fresh air. Home is a comfortable place to sit back and relax.
Cleaning the house regularly is the first thing we should do. It may seem like a tiring thing to clean but there is a reason for doing so. We can remove dust by cleaning the house. Leaving layers of dust everywhere means that there is a build-up of dust. And where do these layers of dust go?
Making sure the rooms are full of sunlight is also important. We may not realize it but sunlight is an important part of our growth. We all know that sunlight promotes better working conditions.
Along the lines of being green, it can also be vital to think about what things we are bringing into the house. Try to avoid specific plastics that are harmful to health.
| A．Into our lungs. |
| B．However, is it as healthy as it can be? |
| C．Is our home as comfortable as it used to be? |
| D．It is also a good idea to add more plants in our house. |
| E．The same thing applies to things like carpets and paint. |
| F．Besides, it can reduce both stress and high blood pressure. |
| G．It is acknowledges that a greener lifestyle is linked to better health. |
9 . Nothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.
And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin's chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). The smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we complained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right. For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.
As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. For about half an hour, the pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally, Dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse. When Dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.
Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!
Determined, Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around. It didn’t look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn’t offend the nose so much, either. I took a taste. It would never win a prize in a cooking competition, but it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup!
1. Why did Dad clean Old Man Mocolgin’s chicken house regularly?| A．To earn some money for the family. | B．To collect manure for his crops. |
| C．To get rid of the terrible smell. | D．To set a good example to us. |
| A．It is popular among the neighbors. | B．It contains honey and vegetables. |
| C．It looks very wonderful. | D．It tastes quite delicious. |
| A．To attract. | B．To upset. | C．To air. | D．To shut. |
| A．He is an experienced cook. | B．He is a troublesome father. |
| C．He has a positive attitude to life. | D．He suffers a lot from his disability. |
