The Maori people of New Zealand believe that the world began in darkness.
They say it was dark because Rangi, the sky father, and Papa, the earth mother, were lying together, keeping out of the light.
Rangi and Papa had many children who were all gods (神). Their children did not like the darkness, so one of them, Tane, the god of the forests, made his mother leave his father. After that, the sky stayed far above the Earth, and let the light in.
Later, Tane was living on the Earth. He wanted to have a wife. There was no woman around, so he made one from sand. He breathed (呼出) life into her, and she became the first human(人类).
As Tane breathed life into his wife, he knew that the breath of life would one day leave her. So it was that humans were not like gods — they could not live all the time.
回答下面5个问题,每题答案不超过5个词。
1.What do the Maori people believe?
2.Who was Papa?
3.Why did the sky stay far above the Earth?
4.What god made the first woman?
5.How are the humans different from gods?
Then the white rabbit saw Alice.
“What are you doing here, Mary Ann?” he asked. “Go home right away and bring me a fan and a pair of white gloves.”
Alice was too afraid to tell him she was not Mary Ann, a servant. So she ran off.
“I’ll try and find his fan and gloves,” she thought when she ran.
She soon came to a little house. There was a name on the door, “W. Rabbit.”
She went inside without knocking on the door. “How strange this all is!” she thought. “I am running errands for a rabbit. Perhaps Dinah will ask me to run errands for her.”
She ran up the stairs into a little bedroom, and there she found a pair of gloves and a fan. She picked them up and was going to leave when she saw a bottle. It was near a looking glass. On the side of the bottle were the words “Drink me.”
“I’ll drink some,” Alice thought. “Perhaps it will make me grow again. I am tired of being so small.”
She quickly drank half the bottle. Before she could get out of the little house, she started to grow. Soon, she was so big, she could not move in the room.
“That was a silly (傻的) thing to do,” she thought. “Why didn’t I take the bottle with me and drink from it outside the house?”
1.Who was Mary Ann?
A. Alice’s friend. B. Alice’s sister.
C. The White Rabbit’s friend. D. The White Rabbit’s servant.
2.What did the underlined phrase “run errands” probably mean?
A. To chat with somebody. B. To do something for others.
C. To play games with somebody D. To have lessons with somebody.
3.What made Alice grow taller inside the house?
A. A fan. B. Something she drank.
C. A pair of gloves. D. Something she ate.
4.Which of the following showed the right order of what happened in the passage?
a.Alice became taller.
b.The white rabbit saw Alice.
c.Alice came into a little bedroom
d.Alice saw a bottle near a looking glass.
A. b c a d B. d c b a C. b c d a D. d a c b
5.Which sentence was TRUE according to the passage?
A. Alice was too big to move out of the house.
B. Alice felt comfortable after she became bigger.
C. After knocking on the door, Alice went into the house.
D. Alice thought it is clever to drink the bottle inside the house.
Do you want to be a reporter? Are you a good English writer who loves the news? We’re looking for 100 students from all over the world. They will join the BBC Kid Reporter team for the 2016－2017 school year.
In the past, BBC Kid Reporters:
★Interviewed (采访) some famous people.
★Wrote news stories for BBC For Kids.
★Talked about their work on television.
Next year our team will go on to report local news stories for BBC For Kids magazine (杂志) and bbcforkids.com.
How to Enter
Visit www. bbcforkids.com and fill in the entry form (报名表). Be sure to read the rules and share them with your parents, who must sign your form. You must finish the form by July 9, 2016. You must be OVER 13 years of age. Good luck!
1.Who can join (加入) the BBC Kid Reporter team?
A. The students from China.
B. The students from the UK.
C. The students from the USA.
D. The students from all over the world
2.What did BBC Kid Reporters do in the past?
A. They made a lot of films.
B. They gave talks in the USA.
C. They read letters to British kids.
D. They interviewed some famous people.
3.For whom will the team go on to report local news stories next year?
A. Chinese newspapers.
B. American televisions.
C. British middle schools.
D. BBC For Kids magazine and bbcforkids.com.
4.What will you do first of all to enter the BBC Kid Reporter team?
A. Do your entry on July 9, 2016.
B. Ask your parents to sign your entry form.
C. Visit the website and fill in the entry form.
D. Read the rules and share them with your parents.
5.How old must you be to join the BBC Kid Reporter team?
A. 12 years old. B. More than 13 years old.
C. 10 years old or so. D. Less than 13 years old.
There are two mice. They are called Bill and Paul. They are good friends. One mouse lives in the country; the other mouse lives in the city. On a sunny day they meet in the street.
Paul: Hi, Bill! Have a look at my house in the country. I’m sure you can enjoy yourself.
Bill: I’d love to. But I hear that the food is not delicious, and your house is not good. Is it so?
Paul: No, that’s not true. Go and see!
Then Bill goes to the countryside with Paul.
Bill: Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have better food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.
Paul: Thanks! Maybe you are right. I’ll visit your house one day.
____days later Paul goes to Bill’s house in the city. The house is big and beautiful. They are sitting in the sitting-room, having a big dinner comfortably. Suddenly, there a great noise.
Bill: Run! Run! The cat is coming!
Paul: Oh, no! It’s terrible! Both the house and the food are nice, but I do not like living in the city. I enjoy living in my hole in the field, for it is nice to be poor but happy than to be rich but afraid.
1.What the relationship between Bill and Paul?
A. They are friends. B. They are relatives.
C. They are brothers. D. They are neighbors.
2.Where does Bill live?
A. In the hole. B. In the country.
C. In the city. D. In the field.
3.What does the underlined word several mean?
A. Few. B. A few. C. A little. D. Many
4.Why does Paul hate living in the city?
A. Because he likes to be rich.
B. Because he likes to be poor.
C. Because the house in the city is big and beautiful.
D. Because he enjoys happiness.
5.Which is the best title?
A. The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
B. Two friends
C. Two Beautiful Mice
D. The Country and they City
Many years ago, my dad worked in a children’s hospital.
A girl in the hospital had a _______ illness. She couldn’t move her hands or feet. She could only move her head. She _______ on bed every day and she was very sad. Even the __________ couldn’t help her.
My dad _______ to try his best to help her. He brought paints, brushes and paper to her room. He hung (挂) the paper on the wall, put the brush in his _______ and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head moved. My dad ______ the girl, “See, you can do __ anything you want to do.”
Soon the girl began to paint using her own mouth. She and my dad became good friends. But my dad fell ill _______ that time and he had to stay at home.
Two months later, my dad went back to the children’s hospital. _______ he went into the hospital, the girl ran to him and hugged him tightly (紧紧地). She gave my dad a picture and said, “I _______ this picture with my hands. Thank you for helping me.”
My dad would cry every time he told us this _______. He would say, “Sometimes love is more powerful (有力量的) than doctors.”
1.A. strange B. little C. small D. careless
2.A. chatted B. sat C. stood D. lay
3.A. nurses B. doctors C. classmates D. parents
4.A. agreed B. decided C. nodded D. prepared
5.A. hand B. mouth C. feet D. hair
6.A. said B. spoke C. asked D. told
7.A. to B. in C. at D. on
8.A. Till B. Before C. When D. Because
9.A. took B. bought C. drew D. followed
10.A. story B. picture C. hospital D. brush
—Will you carry the box for me, please?
—Sure, ______.
A. no problem B. no good C. no idea D. no way
