It was hard being the younger of two sisters. I got all the hand-me-downs (旧衣服). I never got to do anything first and my teachers always said, “Oh, you’re Jenny’s little sister.” “No, I am Lauren!” I never liked being the younger. Jenny and I got along with a few fights here and there.
Then a few years ago, Jenny and I were in a car accident. She was okay, but I had a large scar (伤疤) on my face. I was very sad. Jenny told me I shouldn’t worry about the scar.
One day we were riding home from school on the bus. A boy named Jordan made fun of me about my scar. This went on for about a month. Finally I broke down and told Jenny about him. She was angry.
When Jordan made fun of me the next time, Jenny stood up, walked to where he was sitting and said something into his ear. I didn’t know exactly what she said, but Jordan never said a single word to me again.
So, even though getting all of the hand-me-downs might not be the best, I was very happy to have a big sister like Jenny.
When anyone asks now, I will tell them, “Yes, I’m Jenny’s little sister.”
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1. Why did Lauren hate being the younger of the two sisters?
A. Because she could do nothing first.
B. Because Jenny often beat her.
C. Because Jenny always made fun of her.
D. Because Jenny always made her busy.
2.Lauren had a large scar on her face because of .
A. a fight with her sister
B. a car accident
C. a fight with a boy
D. a bus accident
3.. On the bus, Jordan often .
A. made fun of Lauren B. helped Lauren
C. made fun of JennyD. helped Jenny
4.When Lauren says, “Yes, I’m Jenny’s little sister”, she is very .
A. angry B. sad
C. upset D. proud
5. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Lauren’s sister B. Lauren and Jenny
C. My sister and I D. I’m Jenny’s sister
I live in an apartment building where there are several elderly people. There is an old neighbour of mine who is always willing to and go out of his way to help anyone in need.
A few weeks ago, I was taking a large amount of out. This neighbour saw me and stopped to help me as he was taking out his own rubbish. However, after he dumped his rubbish out of the bag, he his rubbish bag.
“Why don’t you throw it away?” I asked him.
He replied that he had been using the rubbish bag for a few months because he really didn’t have extra money to buy new ones. This immediately made me tear up. I thought that having rubbish bags was really .
So I started working out a(n) . I went to every apartment in the building and told them what was going on. I asked each household if they could at least one rubbish bag. I got almost 100 bags. I then put them into a gift basket and left an anonymous (匿名的) saying that they were from his grateful neighbours.
A few days later, he told me about the rubbish bags that he . I, of course, did not tell him they came from. Then, later that afternoon, I came home and found this very neighbour using all those rubbish bags to help another neighbour move out!
1.A. come outB. help outC. give out D. work out
2.A. rubbishB. money C. food D. medicine
3.A. threw B. openedC. kept D. sold
4.A. magic B. beautiful C. new D. same
5.A. difficultB. different C. expensiveD. simple
6.A. problemB. answer C. planD. lesson
7.A. donateB. collectC. buyD. make
8.A. phoneB. noteC. bookD. ticket
9.A. receivedB. missedC. gave D. picked
10.A. when B. what C. why D. where
—What does your pen pal look like?
—
A.She is from France
B.She’s quiet and wise
C.She is very tall and wears sunglasses
D.She likes surfing the Internet
—There is something wrong with your bike,isn’t there?
—Yes. I’ll have it tomorrow.
A.repair B.repairing
C.repaired D.to repair
— Usually, I don’t go to bed until midnight.
— But late isn’t a good habit. It’s bad for your health.
A. staying up B. cleaning up
C. turning up D. waking up
— Do you think Brazil will beat Japan in this match?
— Yes, they have better players, so I them to win.
A. order B. agree
C. hope D. expect
