My 10-year-old Donna said， “Mom， I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure， honey， that sounds great.” I said， thinking back to my own best friend， Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights， New York. We met at the age of 10， too. Like my daughter， I was shy， but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school， with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.
In senior high school， Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later， Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon， my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her， tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi， Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me， Lillian’s sister， from Washington Heights.” Yes， my daughter’s friend looked familiar (熟悉的). She was Lillian’s niece.
1.The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ____.
A. to help her become less shy
B. to help her become smart
C. to help her live happily
D. to help her walk out of her house
2.Why did Laura look familiar to the writer?
A. Because she looked like Donna.
B. Because she also had shiny black hair and a big smile.
C. Because she was from Washington Heights.
D. Because she was as old as her daughter.
3.The writer lost her best friend because _______________.
A. she moved to New Jersey
B. they were different from each other
C. her best friend moved to Florida
D. her best friend lost her life on a trip
4.“I knew we would be best friends forever.” is a sentence from the passage and should be put at the end of _______．
A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3
C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5
5.We can know from the passage that .
A. Laura and Donnaare of the same age
B. The writer didn’t know about Lillian’s death.
C. Laura was Lillian’s daughter.
D. Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian’s death
Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you’re you. And they would do anything for you.
Like a lot of middle school students， Zhang Li has a problem. She and her parents don’t get on well. “I really want to be my daddy’s good girl. But it seems he just doesn’t understand. He talks to me but doesn’t listen to me，” said Zhang Li， a student from Grade Three.
Do you and your parents also have problems?
Well， why don’t you take a walk and have a walk on Saturday? May 15 is International Day of families（国际家庭日）. On that day， people around the world give thanks for good things about families and work on family problems.
A study last year showed that 1500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhang’s family. The children， 12 to 15 years old， didn’t like talking with their parents much. They weren’t happy at home. Of course， lots of other children feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends.
Here are some ways to have a good talk with your parents: find a good time to talk， like when you’re eating dinner， going out for a walk or watching TV. Tell them something you’re interested in， or ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about that! Listen to them carefully， and look at them in the eyes. Be honest， your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.
1.Zhang Li and her daddy don’t get on well because ___________.
A. her daddy doesn’t talk to her
B. her parents don’t love her.
C. she doesn’t like her parents
D. they can’t understand each other
2.The purpose(目的) of ________ is to let people in the world think more about families and family problems.
A. the writer of the article
B. International Day of Families
C. the story of Zhang Li
D. the study of Beijing families
3.The problem discussed in the passage mostly happens to ___________.
A. junior school students
B. families in Beijing
C. families in Hebei
D. primary school students
4.The underlined word “that” in the last paragraph means “____________”.
A. going out for a walk or watching TV
B. something your parents are interested in
C. your parents’ lives in the past
D. some way to have a good look
5.Which of the following is NOT a good way for kids to get closer to their families?
A. Find a good time to talk
B. Don’t talk to their parents.
C. Listen to them carefully
D. Be honest to their parents
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What comes to your mind when you talk about donations? You probably think of a group of people with in hand asking people to donate money. But my school think of a way of raising funds—Fun Night.
Fun Night is like a party. Students pay money to get in and have dinner at school. The they pay will go towards helping poor children .
Two months ago， I took part in Fun Night. There were all kinds of in Fun Night. The most popular game was the “jousting ring”(夺环). I “jousted” with several of my and tried to knock plenty of them off the ring. ， they developed different strategies(策略) to win， such as starting in a crouched position(蹲姿) to gather more strength when pushing.
Sometimes they attacked me I was ready. It would usually be as cheating(作弊)， but we didn't care and playing. After all， it was just ， not. a competition.
The best of Fun Night was not the fun activities. The fact was that we raised a lot of money by having a time. A lot of students at my school wouldn't money if they were simply asked to hand it over. But this kind of event not only made them to give， ______ allowed them to have a great time playing games with friends. I realized that charity can be fun. We raised 2，000 yuan on that night.
1.A. boxes B. books C. schoolbags D. clothes
2.A. another B. different C. silly D. magic
3.A. seat B. attention C. stationery D. money
4.A. in danger B. in need C. in a hurry D. in love
5.A. rules B. subjects C. games D. lessons
6.A. neighbours B. cousins C. visitors D. friends
7.A. However B. Luckily C. Otherwise D. Hopefully
8.A. before B. unless C. after D. if
9.A. named B. treated C. called D. discovered
10.A. finished B. started C. continued D. stopped
11.A. a game B. an opinion C. a research D. an experience
12.A. tiring B. hard C. long D. good
13.A. save B. make C. donate D. spend
14.A. afraid B. glad C. sorry D. angry
15.A. and B. or C. but also D. To
— Thanks for listening to my problem and giving me your advice.
—____. That’s what friends are for.
A. It’s nice of you B. With pleasure
C. Never mind D. My pleasure
—This physics problem is too difficult. Can you show me ________， Wang Lin？ —Sure.
A. what to work it out B. what to work out it
C. how to work it out D. how to work out it
— How many students are there in each group?
— Usually each group _______ six students in our class.
A. is made from B. is made up of
C. is made in D. is made of
