If you have a good neighbour, you are a lucky person. You have someone who cares about your needs and your property (财产).
A good neighbour is someone who, for example, understands that your children may run across his garden, even though you tell them not to. He or she realizes that children can be careless about things like that, and he won’t make a big fuss about it unless it becomes a regularthing. He doesn’t make a big deal about it.
A good neighbour is also respectful (尊重的) of your property. For example, he or she won’t plant a huge tree between your houses without asking how you feel about it. If he or she wants to put up a fence, he or she will let you know first. He or she might work with you to decide where it should be placed.
A good neighbour will lend you some milk if you don’t have any. He or she will give you a ride to work if there is something wrong with your car, and let your children stay at his or her house in the evening if you are really busy with work. You will do the same for him or her. Both of you will help make the other’s life easier.
1.What will a good neighbour do if a child runs across his or her garden?
A. He or she will punish the child.
B. He or she will try to understand.
C. He or she will take the child to his or her parents.
D. He or she will take good care of the child.
2.What won’t a good neighbour do?
A. He or she won’t care if your child is careless about his or her things.
B. He or she won’t plant a huge tree between your houses.
C. He or she won’t put up a fence in front of his or her houses.
D. He or she won’t refuse (拒绝) to give you some help if you need.
3.Good neighbours make each other’s life easier by .
A. helping each other B. taking care of each other’s children
C. taking each other to work D. working together
4.What does the underlined phrase “make a big fuss” mean in Chinese?
A. 无所事事 B. 大惊小怪 C. 漠不关心 D. 置之不理
5.The writer of the article thinks it is to have a good neighbour.
A. difficult B. easy C. lucky D. unlucky
Many Chinese children are busy. On weekdays, they have many lessons at school, and they have to do homework in the evening. At weekends, they often take part in many activities in all kinds of clubs. At the same time, their parents are busy too. They have to work, cook and drive their children for the activities. Some families even do not have time to have dinner together. A community in Beijing wants to do something to make a change.
The community takes Saturday out just for the families. People in the community call it “Family Day”. On Family Day, parents don’t work and the children have no lessons. All the families turn off their televisions and mobile phones. They cook and eat together at home, and then the parents will play with their children in the open air. They really enjoy the time together.
1.According to the passage, many Chinese families are very.
A. free B. happy C. busy D. easy
2.What do many children do in the evening on weekdays?
A. They play sports. B. They do their homework.
C. They go to clubs. D. They watch TV.
3.Family Day is on .
A. Monday B. Friday C. Saturday D. Sunday
4.What don’t family members do on Family Day?
A. They cook together. B. They play together.
C. They eat together. D. They watch TV together.
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Family Day B. A community in China
C. Children and their parents D. Chinese night life
Peter’s uncle lives in the country. Once in summer, Peter goes to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they go for a walk or for a drive in the car and pass somebody, his uncle waves to the passer-by. Peter is surprised and says, “Uncle George, you seem to know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”
“I don’t know all these people,” answers his uncle. “Then why do you wave to them?” “Well, Peter,” says his uncle, “when I wave to someone who knows me, he is pleased. He goes on his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to someone who doesn’t know me, he is surprised and says to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everybody happy.”
1.Peter goes to the country .
A. for his winter holiday B. to see his sick uncle
C. to spend summer with his uncle D. because he gets into trouble
2.When passing somebody at any time, .
A. George stops and says hello to the passer-by
B. George waves to the passer-by
C. Peter waves to the passer-by
D. George introduces the passer-by to Peter
3.Peter when he sees what Uncle George does.
A. always asks his uncle “Who is that man?”
B. is very happy
C. is not surprised at all
D. is very surprised
4.George tells Peter .
A. he knows all the people
B. he does not know all the people
C. he only knows one of the people
D. he does not know any one of the people
5.George does that .
A. to make everybody happy B. to make Peter happy
C. only to make a joke D. to make himself happy
In China, we often say that a good neighbour is better than a brother far off. It’s very important for us__________a good neighbour.
First, a good neighbour is a good__________. When your family move to a new house, your neighbours can help you__________some furniture like tables and sofas and tell you something about your neighbourhood. Maybe they will also__________all the members of your family to their homes to keep warm and have a hot__________________. It is____________to stay there.
Second, a good neighbour is also a good relative (亲戚).__________you travel, your
neighbours will take care of your house. And__________can also help them when they have the ________situations (境况).
Finally, we can learn a very important lesson__________our neighbours that giving brings us as much happiness as receiving.
1.A. have B. has C. having D. to have
2.A. friend B. hero C. teacher D. waiter
3.A. bring B. carry C. look D. take
4.A. ask B. let C. wait D. invite
5.A. food B. shower C. drink D. sleep
6.A. sad B. soft C. smooth D. comfortable
7.A. After B. Because C. When D. Before
8.A. she B. we C. they D. you
9.A. same B. large C. special D. different
10.A. for B. from C. of D. with
—Have a pleasant trip, Emma.
—
A. I’d love to. B. Thank you. C. I’m afraid not. D. You are welcome.
—I am going to Hainan Island in my summer holiday next month.
—
A. Glad to meet you. B. Sorry to hear that.
C. See you later. D. Have a good trip.
