One New-year morning, Edward’s father gave him two dollars. He left the house happily. He wanted to buy some books. On the street, he saw a poor family, the father, mother and three children. 1., and they were shivering(颤抖).
“Happy New Year!” Edward said to the man. The man shook his head. He couldn’t understand English. But he pointed to his mouth. It seemed he was saying, “We have nothing to eat.” Edward understood. 2., and he gave one dollar to the man, and the other to his wife. Their eyes were full of gratitude! They said something in their language. It probably meant, “Thanks a lot.”
When Edward came home, his father asked what books he had bought.
“3.,” said Edward, “I gave my money to some poor people. They seemed to be very hungry. I can buy my books until next New Year.”
“My dear boy,” said his father, “Here are some books. 4.. I saw you gave the money to the poor family. Be ready to help the poor and every year will be a happy New Year to you.”
A.He took out his two dollars
B.The children had little clothes on
C.I have bought no books
D.They bought some food, and they were very happy.
E.I give you these books for your kindness
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
