Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third, and to my youngest, one-ninth." Soon after that he died.
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father's. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours." The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two. After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him.
1.The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".
A.服从 B.违背 C.听从 D.嘲笑
2.The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is "________".
A.向他请教 B.问他数量 C.批评他 D.劝告他
3.The second old man ________the three brothers.
A.was good to B.was not good to C.didn't like D.cheated (哄骗)
4.Both the two old men in the story were ________.
A.foolish B.clever C.poor D.rich
Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents, however, it is not true. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you to eliminate the generation gap (代沟).
Don’t argue with your parents. Don’t get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can’t express yourself well if you are angry. Go someplace to cool off. Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don’t think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise (和解). Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect (尊敬) to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong.
Talk about your values. The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life.
A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try!
1.According to the passage who have a communication problem?
A.parents and other people B.only school kids and their parents
C.teachers and their students D.parents and children of all ages
2.How many pieces of advice does the writer give us to bridge the generation gap?
A.5. B.4. C.3. D.2.
3.The underlined word “eliminate” in this passage means “_________”.
A.建立 B.消除 C.通过 D.到达
4.If the values of your parents are different from those of yours, you’d better _________.
A.argue with them B.keep away from them
C.agree with them all the time D.tell your parents what you care about and why
Most children don’t enjoy doing chores. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mom, have you worked out next week’s chores? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun! ”When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.
To help the children do chores, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the chores at weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.
1.From the passage we know that most children like .
A.doing chores B.playing computer games
C.playing cards D.doing housework
2.Jim and Robert chose cards for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.
A.two B.four C.eight D.ten
3.Who did the chores at weekends?
A.Jim. B.Robert. C.The parents. D.The whole family.
Once upon a time, there was a swan(天鹅). She lived in a lake. A woman with her two daughters lived in a small house____the lake. They lived a hard life. Sometimes they____money to buy food.
The swan was____to see that. She____to help them. Every day she came to the woman’s house and left a golden feather(羽毛) without____anything. The woman sold the feather____bought food. She was happy because her life was ___than before.
But the woman became greedy (贪婪的). One day when the swan____, the woman caught(捉住)her and took all her golden feathers. Suddenly the golden feathers____common(普通的) feathers.
The swan said, “I came to help you, but you wanted to kill(杀)____. I will never come back. Never be greedy. ”With these words, the swan disappeared(消失).
1.A.under B.near C.in D.by
2.A.haven’t B.don’t have C.didn’t have D.has
3.A.unhappy B.friendly C.happy D.unfriendly
4.A.continued B.decided C.rushed D.hurried
5.A.seeing B.saying C.bringing D.hurrying
6.A.but B.so C.because D.and
7.A.better B.good C.best D.well
8.A.jumped B.came C.hurried D.cried
9.A.changed into B.picked up C.again and again D.took around
10.A.him B.her C.I D.me
Fill in the blanks according to the phonetic symbols.
1.A.surface B.wave C.save D.take
2.A.teacher B.lead C.meat D.dead
3.A.sensible B.event C.belong D.lend
4.A.out B.soul C.around D.announce
5.A.once B.go C.ago D.no
Rewrite the sentences as required.
1.I paid two hundred yuan for the new T-shirt. (否定句)
I________two hundred yuan for the new T-shirt.
2.John lay on the floor with Charlie. (对划线部分提问)
________ did John ________ with Charlie?
3.John’s troubles began soon after he walked into the hotel with his dog. （保持句意基本不变）
John’s troubles began ________ he walked into the hotel with his dog.
4.Paul failed his driving test. (改为反意疑问句)
Paul failed his driving test, ________?
5.I was very tired and I went to sleep quite soon. （保持句意基本不变）
I was ________tired ________ I went to sleep quite soon.
6.Joyce took charge of the meeting. （保持句意基本不变）
Joyce ________ for the meeting.
7.The pizza on that dish is quite delicious. (改为感叹句)
________ delicious the pizza on that dish ________!
8.I wonder where I should put this case. (改为简单句)
I wonder ________ put this case.
9.Her mother is a doctor, and her father is a doctor too （保持句意基本不变）
Her parents ________ doctors.
10.I can speak French, so can Li Hong.
Li Hong and I can ________ French. （保持句意基本不变）
11.She doesn’t like any of the skirts. （保持句意基本不变）
She________ of the skirts.
12.you/ without/ couldn’t/ the sense of smell/ the delicious food/ smell (连词成句)
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