CBC Canada, CTV News
A group of Canadian kids are spreading a bit of Christmas spirit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by covering warm clothes around light poles(灯杆) for the city's homeless people to pick up and use. It was such an unusual sight that locals stopped to take pictures to share on social media(媒体)．
Every year, Tara AtkinsSmith collects warm clothes from her community in order to help the less lucky. This year, since the family was travelling to Halifax with their daughter Jayda and seven of her friends to celebrate her 8th birthday, Tara thought it was the perfect time to teach the children a valuable life lesson.
The kids spent time handing out coats to the homeless and tied the rest around light poles for others to pick up. Each of the clothes had a tag that read, “I am not lost. If you are caught in the cold, please take me to keep warm.”According to Tara, the experience helped the children better understand the difficult situation of homeless people, who have to brave the cold winter on the streets. “When we got back in the car after an hour on the streets, they were all freezing cold and crying for the heater(火炉) to be on because they were cold，” she said.
By next morning, all the jackets, gloves, and scarves on the poles were gone. Photos of the inspiring project have been shared about 8，000 times on Facebook, and have got over 10，000 likes. Tara, who did something similar in Toronto in December last year, says she's already planning next year's coat drive. She hopes that the meaningful thing can spread around the world, and she also wants to add $5 fast food gift card so that the homeless people can also enjoy a hot meal.
“We've got help from others when we were in need, and we knew how great it made us feel，” said Zackary Atkins, Tara's husband.
1.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to “________”．
A. children were dressing light poles in warm clothes
B. Jayda's friends were picking up clothes and using them
C. local people were sharing the photos on social media
D. homeless people were getting food and warm clothes
2.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Tara celebrated her daughter's 8th birthday at home.
B. The children felt too cold to hand out clothes.
C. No one took away the clothes on the light poles.
D. Tara is planning to do more to help homeless people.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that Tara is a(n) ________ woman.
A. brave B. polite
C. kind D. honest
4.The purpose of this passage is mainly to ________．
A. teach us to be thankful to people around
B. encourage us to spread love and warmth
C. tell us to give children valuable life lessons
D. advise us to show opinions on Facebook
There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.
Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also____and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题), traveling to many different countries to share his____
In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got____He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨头).
In less than a week after he got back, he could not____it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to____at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗)his problem and he might never____the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope .
Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by____thoughts. He did not want to take____to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of____laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
Deciding that the____could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could____his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins____in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt____Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for____
After a few months, Mr. Cousins was____to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.
1.A. laughed B. taught C. wrote D. copied
2.A. magazines B. subjects C. photos D. ideas
3.A. rich B. sick C. lonely D. famous
4.A. stand B. realize C. face D. improve
5.A. dream B. eat C. shout D. sleep
6.A. go through B. look after C. get over D. find out
7.A. unhappy B. pleasant C. silly D. clever
8.A. food B. time C. medicine D. money
9.A. unusual B. false C. real D. wild
10.A. friends B. laughter C. experiment D. doctors
11.A. begin B. end C. continue D. report
12.A. rested B. worked C. studied D. played
13.A. well B. tired C. afraid D. worried
14.A. help B. exercise C. freedom D. fun
15.A. able B. safe C. lazy D. uncertain
Peggy was a good girl, but she didn’t like talking to others. It changed when she and her family moved to a new place.
At the new place, Peggy found an old house near theirs. There were many old things in it. She found an old book. It could shine. Then Peggy took the book to her room. That night, she sat with her dog and started reading it. It was a storybook.
Then her dog suddenly started speaking to her, “What an interesting book!”
Peggy couldn’t believe it, but the dog continued. It told her many things and asked her questions. Peggy was surprised and asked, “How can you speak?”
“I don’t know,” answered the dog. “Maybe it was the book that did it.”
Peggy showed the book to some other animals. They all started talking, too. Soon Peggy talked with a dog, three cats, two doves(鸽子), a parrot, and five lizards(蜥蜴). She found it was fun to talk to others. Then she began to talk with other children, trying to know more about their lives. Finally she had more friends and became happier.
1.What kind of girl is Peggy?
A. Lively. B. Bad. C. Quiet. D. Deaf.
2.The underlined word “believe” means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 相信 B. 描述 C. 找到 D. 阅读
3.Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. Peggy found the old book at school.
B. The dog knew why it could talk.
C. At last Peggy still wouldn’t like to talk with others.
D. Peggy started reading the book with her dog that night.
4.How many kinds of animals did Peggy talk with?
A. Four. B. Five. C. Seven. D. Twelve.
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. The importance of reading. B. The way to talk to animals.
C. Peggy’s talking pets. D. How to communicate with your friends.
A few years ago, I worked in a school. It was Christmas Day. I ______ with the school’s Christmas party. I______ as Father Christmas at the party. My fantastic(极好的)______ really attracted(吸引) lots of children.
I enjoyed ______very much. I made so many young children______. Among the children there was a special boy. He visited me for a(n)______ time and then for a third. The presents weren’t really enough, _____ I asked him why he was coming to see me so often. He answered, “I _____ love talking to you.”
Then I learnt that, in many families, parents do not_______their children to talk and really listen to them. I learned a(n) ______ in my life. So, we should always ask family and friends to talk about themselves and their feelings and really listen.
1.A. agreed B. helped C. stopped D. forgot
2.A. looked after B. got up C. looked up D. dressed up
3.A. look B. voice C. name D. party
4.A. me B. him C. myself D. himself
5.A. sad B. happy C. friendly D. alive
6.A. one B. another C. first D. second
7.A. so B. but C. and D. if
8.A. never B. also C. just D. still
9.A. allow B. encourage C. buy D. let
10.A. lesson B. advice C. way D. project
根据汉语提示完成句子。
1.他总是准备着帮助别人。
He is __________ ___________ ____________ help others.
2.这些学生中的大多数都通过了这次考试。
_________ _________ the students passed the exam.
3.我希望有一天能买一个带花园的房子。
I _________ __________ buy a house _______ a garden.
4.其中一个主要的原因是他太懒了。
______ _________ ___________ __________ __________ is that he is too lazy.
5.刚才谁打破了一个杯子?
__________ __________ a glass just now?
6.为什么不和我共享这个蛋糕呢?
__________ ___________ __________ the cake with me?
7.这个男孩试着找到他的父母, 但是他没找到。
The boy _________ ________ _________ his parents, but he failed.
8.没有人知道这个高个子男人来自哪里。
Nobody knows __________ the tall man __________ _________.
9.他们的家庭生活和我们相似, 喜欢的食品和爱好也相同。
Their family life _________ ________ _________ ours, and they enjoy the same food and hobbies.
10.当你面临危险时, 你必须保持冷静。
You must keep calm when you _________ __________ __________.
— ,Jenny!
—Hello,Alice!
A. Good morning B. Good evening C. Hello
