After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office.” You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me 12 pounds.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”
Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Er, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean…she hasn’t started school yet, she’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …let me see… 13.50 pounds. The law is the law, but since the mistake is mine….”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
1.The woman was angry because __________.
A. she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip
B. she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
C. she spent more money than she had expected
D. Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
2.Harry was worried __________.
A. the woman was angry with him
B. he had not done his work carefully
C. the Jersey timetable was wrong
D. the little girl didn’t have a return ticket
3.Harry started talking to the little girl ___________.
A. because he was in trouble and did not know what to do
B. because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
C. because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D. when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
4.When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the mistake was mine…” he meant that ____.
A. they must follow it without other choice, even though the mistake was his
B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to
C .the woman had to pay him 1.50 pounds and the railway would pay her for the hotel
D. she should pay 1.50 pounds, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
5.The woman left the office without saying anything because _______________.
A. she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket
B. she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man
C. she was moved (感动) by Harry’s kindness
D. she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted (坚持)
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Now, we’re getting happier and happier. But in fact, everyone worries. How do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take these three steps to do with them:
1. Try to find out what you’re worried about.
Sometimes, you will know what you’re worried about. Other times, you might not.Try to find it out first; If you can’t, you can ask for help.
2. Think of ways to make it better.
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won’t solve your problem.
If your worry is about a fight you had with a friend, you might write down all the things you could do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her,etc.Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose the one that gets your friend back.
3. Ask for help.
When you’re worried,it can help to find someone to talk to.You can ask your parents,friends or teachers for help.
根据短文内容，完成下面表格。
| Title: How to deal with ____1.________ |
Fact（事实） |
____2.______ |
Ways | ◆______3.______ |
Think of ways to make it better. ▽ Reason:Worrying is no fun and it won’t solve problems. ▽ Example:_____ 4._____ | |
◆_____5._____ |
根据短文内容，选用方框中的单词或短语并用其适当形式填空。
live, ancient, deepest, name, warm, through, river, second, desert, before |
The Congo River(刚果河) is a famous river in Africa. The Congo River gets its _1._____ from the Kingdom of Kongo. It is an ___2.___ country on the left bank(河岸) of the river.
The Congo River is the __3.____ largest river in Africa and the ___4.____ river in the world.This river runs for about 2920 miles __5.___ going into the Atlantic Ocean. The river runs ___6._____ several African countries.Because the Congo River runs around the equator(赤道), the water in this river is usually _7.____.That is different from the water in any other __8.___.
As we all know, there is a large ____9.____ in Africa,but there are many forests along the river.Many plants and animals___10.___ along the river.It’s very important to Africans.
完成句子：根据中文意思，完成下列各句，每空一词。
1.水可以变成冰。
Water can__________________ ice.
2.从前有一位美丽的公主。
__________________________________________ there was a beautiful princess.
3.撒哈拉沙漠是世界上最大的沙漠。
The Sahara is ___________________desert in the world.
4.你觉得愚公的故事怎么样?
So what do you ____________________ the story of Yu Gong?
5.出生时一只小熊猫大约是15厘米长。
___________________ a baby panda is about 15cm long.
Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.
Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.
Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.
His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。
1.Beethoven was from a in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.
A．educational family
B．teacher’s family
C．rich family
D．poor family
2.Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make .
A．him be a great musician
B．him not drink too much like him
C．himself rich
D．him beat Mozart in music
3.What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?
A．He wasn’t a rich boy.
B．He did as well as Mozart in music.
C．He didn’t love his parents.
D．He would be a great singer.
Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年). Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language (语言)over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and maths and English ... Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English.
1. Many students in China are learning English, aren't they? ____.
A. No, they aren't
B. No, they are
C. Yes, they are
D. Yes, they aren't
2. If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.
A. learn at school B. study by himself
C. work hard D. study harder
3.The sentence "It is difficult to answer that question" means ____.
A. that question is not difficult to answer
B. that question is difficult to answer it
C. it is difficultly to answer that question
D. it is hard to answer that question
4.What's the Chinese of "study by themselves"?
A. 和他们一起学习 B. 自学
C. 向他们学习 D. 通过学习
