People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. Thisbecomes a problem, because most families love home cooking. The food tastes goodand warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, “ I care about you enough to send an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”
There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking please people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved---- even if we are the ones doing the cooking. “Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood”(心情).
1.Why do fewer people cook now? ___________.
A. They like to eat in restaurants
B. Many people are too busy
C. Many people don’t like cooking
D. They don’t like family meals
2.A parent spends an hour making cookies___________.
A. just to satisfy her or his child’s sweet tooth
B. only to send a message
C. to let a child eat up in 15 minutes
D. often to show her or his love
3.The writer thinks the smell of home cooking___________.
A. makes us be interested in cooking
B. makes us happy
C. makes us pay attention to our mood
D. makes us love others
4.What does the underlined word “satisfying” mean here?
A. 令人生气 B. 使人满意 C. 填满 D. 修补
An artist（画家）went to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got back, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, “I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. What he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe.”
1.The artist liked to ________ near a nice place.
A. sing songs B. dance
C. paint pictures D. write something
2. He liked painting ________.
A. in a house
B. because he would do well in painting
C. in the open air
D. with the most important artist
3.The famer thought that the artist ________.
A. was not good at painting
B. was really a great man
C. did well in painting
D. was the most important artist
4.The farmer’s son wanted to ________ some day.
A. be an artist B. become a popular singer
C. write twenty novels D. dance around the world
5.The farmer _________.
A. was a foolish man
B. didn’t want his son to be a painter
C. liked the artist’s picture very much
D. couldn’t pay for his son about his paintings
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit（放弃） climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.
1.The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.
A. hard B. enjoyable
C. painful D. comfortable
2.The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.
A. 岩石 B. 火焰
C. 水晶 D.寒冰
3.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?
A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.
B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.
C. You can find life is full of nice things.
D. Never give up half-way.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang are very forgetful. For example, Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning, because he thinks it is . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family.
One summer they planned to to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes the plane took off. So time was short. But Mrs. Wang said she must tell Lingling, their daughter, not to forget to the front door when she went to school. But Lingling then was at school. They couldn’t tell her about it by . So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Wang wrote a short to Lingling, and Mr. Wang bought a and an envelope. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter , but suddenly Mrs. Wang began to cry. The short note was in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the envelope.
1.A. sunny B. cloudy C. Monday D. Sunday
2.A. walk B. drive C. fly D. run
3.A. before B. often C. when D. because
4.A. often B. everC. always D. suddenly
5.A. open B. lockC. close D. push
6.A. plane B. trainC. telephone D. bus
7.A. e-mail B. book C. note D. story
8.A. note B. penC. stamp D. letter
9.A. envelope B. box C. / D. office
10.A. still B. already C. always D. not
I ________ let him know it as soon as he ________ back.
A. will, will come B. ×, comes
C. ×, come D. will, comes
There’s only one ticket. __________ you _________ he can go to the cinema.
A. Neither…nor B. Either…or
C. Neither…or D. Either…nor
