Hello, I’m Peter in the second grade. Now I have one thing to say: It’s not easy being a kid. Being a kid might look like fun, but sometimes it’s not fun at all.
Yesterday I was playing outside with my friend. We were having a good time. But suddenly, my mother said, “Peter, it’s time to come inside now. It’s getting dark.” When you’re an adult, no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.
When you are a kid, you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school, you have to study math, English, science and history. After school, you have to do your homework. When you are an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework to do.
When you are a kid, the older kids sometimes pick on you. When I was walking home from school on Monday, Tom and Steve bothered me. Steve took my schoolbag and put it in a tree. It made me very mad. When you are an adult, no one can pick on you.
When you are a kid, you have to go to bed early. On school nights, my mom asks me to go to bed at 9:00 pm. But I do have parents who love me, which is really great. So I think I like being a kid, even though it’s not easy being a kid.
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1. What was Peter doing when his mother called him home yesterday?
A. He was playing with his pet.
B. He was cleaning his bike.
C. He was drawing a picture.
D. He was playing with his friend.
2. The underlined phrase “pick on” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 挑中 B. 取笑 C. 欺负 D. 尊重
3. As a kid you do the following things EXCEPT .
A. go to school
B. do your homework
C. get up early and go to bed early
D. go anywhere without telling anyone
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Peter is a student in Grade Two.
B. Peter usually goes to bed at 9:00 pm on school nights.
C. Steve took Peter’s schoolbag and put it in a tree on Monday.
D. Peter is looking forward to being an adult as soon as possible.
5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Being a kid is fun.
B. It’s not easy being a kid.
C. Peter likes being a good kid.
D. Peter likes being a superman.
Keeping traditions alive is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai, the owner of Baoyuan Dumpling House, has the past 16 years improving one of the most traditional Chinese foods: jiaozi.
Her are not the white crescent-shaped (月牙形状的) ones simply filled pork or lamb, but colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.
“ I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of home,” Chen says. “I hope every customer, Northerners or Southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners can something familiar.”
Chinese dumplings are believed more than 2,000 years old. , they are made and eaten by people in North China at some festivals such as the winter solstice (冬至). To the year-end cold, people usually fill dumplings with strongly flavored (有强烈味道的) meat such as pork or lamb.
For Chen, her came after she noticed that there were not many choices for those prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients, and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.
“I think I can make it,” Chen says.
1.A. wasted B. paidC. spent D. cost
2.A. dumplingsB. noodlesC. cakes D. cookies
3.A. by B. from C. of D. with
4.A. Which B. Where C. What D. When
5.A. smell B. tasteC. feel D. touch
6.A. to be B. beingC. to have D. be
7.A. SuddenlyB. LuckilyC. TraditionallyD. Finally
8.A. get B. refuse C. enjoy D. fight
9.A. plan B. ideaC. information D. advice
10.A. which B. whom C. who D. /
15.—I haven’t heard from my friends for one month.
—Don’t worry.
A.What suits you is the best!
B.No news is good news!
C.Tomorrow is another day.
C.Failure is the mother of success.
— What did you say just now?
— I asked you .
A. why you wanted to become a nurse
B. how long had you stayed in the town
C. whether was there a bank near our school
D. when you will go shopping with me
— You should have a part-time job during the summer holidays.
— I don’t you, Mom. I am too young to do that.
A. come up with B. catch up with
C. get along withD. agree with
— Yuan Lihai brought up so many children! How great she is!
— .
A. So she isB. So is she
C. So she doesD. So does she
