When the final bell rang I left the school. But 45 minutes later, I didn't know where I was. I couldn't call Thomas became he was at work, and my mom wouldn't be any help. I finally decided to knock (敲) at a door.
"How may I help you, dear?" an old woman asked.
"I'm new to town and I was walking home and I got lost. Could you please tell me the right direction? I live on Shay Street."
"Oh, you went the wrong way. Shay Street is about five miles in the other direction."
"Thank you very much." I turned to leave, but the old woman called out to me.
"You aren't planning on walking home, are you? Let me get my grandson to drive you home." She turned to call into the house. A few minutes later, a boy appeared at the door.
"Kale, bring this sweet girl home. She lives on Shay Street. And bring back some bread and cheese."
"Sure," he smiled.
The boy drove me home and left before I said "thank you". When I opened the door, Thomas was singing and making dinner in the kitchen. He was never home for dinner because of work.
"Hey, Thomas," I said happily, "what's the occasion (场合)?"
"Well, I wanted to hear all about your first day of the school."
1. Why did the writer knock at the door?
A. To ask for some food.
B. To ask for the direction.
C. To meet her new friend.
2.How did the writer go home at last?
A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car.
3.Who might Thomas probably be?
A. The writer's brother.
B. The writer's teacher.
C. The writer's father.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Kale was the old woman's son.
B. It was the writer's first day at school.
C. Thomas was usually busy at his work.
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. An Old Woman and a Nice Boy
B. My First Day at School
C. A Great Day for Me
In China, more and more villagers have left their villages to work in big cities. As a result, their
children have become left-behind children and they need more care. The survey below was done in
villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred left-behind children were chosen to answer the questions.
What do you need most? | Love | Money | Freedom （自由） | Control | Something else |
40% | 18% | 28% | 10% | 4% | |
Whom do you communicate with? | Oneself | Family members | No one | ||
27% | 55% | 18% | |||
Can you communicate with your parents freely? | Yes | A little difficult | No | ||
46% | 44% | 10% | |||
Do you want to live with your parents or alone? | Living with parents | Living alone | No idea | ||
58% | 14% | 28% | |||
What do you think of your parents' working in cities? | Bad | Good | No idea | ||
20% | 39% | 41% | |||
What's your happiest place? | School | Home | Friends' homes | ||
48% | 34% | 18% | |||
1.The survey was done to 。
A. make left-behind children go to school
B. know how to make children happy
C. care about left-behind children
2.Of all the four things, the children need most.
A. love B. money C. freedom
3.58% of the children like to
A. live with their grandparents
B. live in big cities
C. live with their parents
4.How many children think their happiest place is their school?
A. 48. B. 102. C. 144.
5. We can learn from the survey that __________.
A. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to their parents freely
B. about 1/3 of the children think their parents' working in cities is bad
C. about half of the children have no one to talk with
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂A，错误的涂B。（共5小题，每小题2分；计10分）
Here are some of the fastest animals in the animal world. As you read about them, remember that top speed of hummer runners is 20 to 25 miles an hour. And the fastest human runner can only run at this speed for a few hundred meters.
| Heavy people do not run very fast. But some heavy animals can run at amazing speed. Black rhinos can run at a speed of almost 30 miles an hour, even though they may weigh over 3,500 pounds. |
| Cheetahs are the fastest land mammals (哺乳动物) over short distances (距离). They can run at a speed of over 70 miles an hour. But they can get tired quickly and usually stop after a few hundred meters. |
| Pronghorn antelopes are the fastest land mammals over long distances. They can run at a speed of 35 miles an hour for many miles. Their top speed is probably more than 50 miles an hour. |
| Hummingbirds are the smallest birds. But they move their wings (翅膀) faster than other birds. Some of them beat their wings 4,500 times a minute. |
| Ostriches can't fly, but they can run faster than other birds and most other animals as well. They can run at a top speed of 43 miles an hour for a short distance, but can keep up a speed of more than 30 miles an hour over long distance. They are also the largest of all birds, and they lay the largest eggs. |
1.Black rhinos can run faster than the fastest human runners.
2.Though cheetahs run very fast, they get tired soon.
3.Pronghorn antelopes are the fastest animals over short distances.
4.Hummingbirds move their wings faster than other birds because they are large.
5.Ostriches can run fast over long distances.
I'm Li Hua from China. My spoken English used to be very . I went to an English school every night. I read different textbooks and learned the grammar roles. But I didn't make any at all! Then one day, I the Internet for "Learn English". I found a great website with interesting articles, videos and games.
After that I started learning English from the website. I was glad to find was much easier and more interesting to learn English in this way. After several months, something happened. One day I met an American in a coffee shop. I started to have a(n) with him. English words came out from my mouth one by one. It was hard for me to that I could speak English so easily. We talked for about one hour. Then we decided to in touch and talk to each other on the Internet.
My English has greatly now. There are many good ways to learn English. We should using a way that doesn't work and find out what is helpful to us.
1.A. good B. poor C. useless
2.A. mistakes B. decisions C. progress
3.A. searched B. created C. discovered
4.A. that B. this C. it
5.A. amazing B. terrible C. difficult
6.A. competition B. conversation C. argument
7.A. promise B. consider C. believe
8.A. keep B. get C. lose
9.A. spread B. improved C. increased
10.A. enjoy B. continue C. Stop
My little brother sat in the corner of the living room, with a pen in one hand and my father's book in .
As my father walked into the room, my brother knew that he did something . And I just watched my brother scribble (乱写乱画) in the book. Now, he and I both waited for our father's .
My father his book and looked it carefully. He didn't punish us, but took the pen and wrote in the book: John's work, 1959, age 2. Thank you for scribbling in my book. You have made the book .
The years came and went. From time to time we would the book, look at the scribbles and read my father's of love. My father taught us about what is really in life: people, not things.
Now I'm a father, too. Unlike my father, I don't my daughters to take books from my book-shelf and scribble in them. I take one down and give it to them to scribble. As I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the he taught me.
1.A. other B. another C. the other
2.A. funny B. wrong C. proper
3.A. advice B. promise C. punishment
4.A. picked up B. cleaned up C. fixed up
5.A. dirty B. special C. thick
6.A. open B. throw C. return
7.A. invention B. discussion C. expression
8.A. difficult B. important C. interesting
9.A. wait for B. depend on C. turn down
10.A. skill B. present C. Lesson
根据对话内容，从方框中选出适当的选项补全对话，并将选项的编号依次填入题号后横线上。(共4小题，每小题1分；计4分)
A: See, this picture. This is my vocation house in Australia and it is near the coast.
B: 1. Were you doing BBQ (烧烤)?
A: Yes. I cooked for my family.
B: 2. You were in a sweat (汗水).
A: Yes. The temperature was above 35℃.
B: What's this? 3.
A: Yes. These are pictures I took during my Christmas holiday last year.
B: 4. I remember last year our Christmas was snowing.
A: But in Australia it's quite different.
