Susie Sunbeam was not her real name．It was Susan Brown．But everyone called _____Sunbeam（阳光的人），because she had such a sweet，smiling face．She______took brightness with her wherever she went．Her grandfather first gave her this ______，and it seemed to fit the little girl so ____ that soon it took the place of her own name ．
Even when Susie was a baby，she laughed and smiled from morning till night．No one ever heard her cry unless she was _____or hurt．When she had learnt to______，she loved to go around the house and get things for her mother．_____，she helped her as much as she could．
She loved_______．She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time，and ask her many questions．At other times，she would take a new book and read quietly．Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children．She never used an______word，but tried to do whatever would make her playmates happy．
One day，a（n）______little girl with an old torn(撕破的) dress passed by．Susie heard some children teasing and laughing at her．She at once ran out to the gate，and asked the little girl to come _____．"What are you crying for？"Susie asked．"Because they all _____at me．"she said．Then Susie took the little girl into the house．She _____ the little girl with kind words，and she gave her one of her own best dresses and a good pair of shoes．This bought real ____ to the poor child，and she thought that Sunbeam was the ____ name for Susan Brown．
1.A. it B. itself C. Her D. herself
2.A. sometimes B. seldom C. never D. always
3.A. name B. chance C. dress D. book
4.A. possibly B. clearly C. nicely D. easily
5.A. happy B. sick C. Fine D. busy
6.A. walk B. Say C. read D. write
7.A. By the way B. In this way C. On the way D. In the way
8.A. study B. nature C. travel D. sport
9.A. kind B. unkind C. usual D. unusual
10.A. honest B. Weak C. Poor D. rich
11.A. in B. Out C. up D. down
12.A. Look B. point C. shout D. laugh
13.A. showed up B. gave up C. picked up D. cheered up
14.A. pain B. trouble C. pleasure D. truth
15.A. wrong B. right C. strange D. common．
1.Linda has to do the homework after work. She is so busy that she seldom has time to take care of her 2-year-old son, So she needs an app for him to learn to speak and count.
2.Justin was given a list of books to read by his teacher, but he has just had an eye operation and needs some app that can store the books and read them aloud to him.
3.Bob find it difficult to remember all the new words from the English textbook. He wants to make progress in a relaxing way for he thinks it boring to do a lot of word exercises.
4.Cathy is fond of traveling, she needs an app that can make it easier for her to buy train or airline tickets.
5.Ray is going to have a long railway trip. During this trip, he needs something like games to kill the time.
A.Word Easy is a fantastic English learning app with world exercises of different levels. Only when you pass a test of a certain level, can you go on to learn words of a higher level.
B.Rail Friend can be the best for helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets, you can buy tickets anywhere at any time.
C.World of Tanks Blitz, a free-to-play online dating with over 40 million downloads, brings quick-fire tank fights "A lot of tanks, a lot of people and a lot of fun." It will be the best choice to kill your time.
D.Himalayas Reading has millions of books including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. What's special about it is that you can use it to download book recording that can be listened to.
E.Cheese Reading catches the main idea of each book you have a download so that you can save time by finishing reading a book within 5 minutes.
F.Baby Bus is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak understand numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app.
G.Vocabulary Hero may help you learn more English words while you're playing games, so if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it!
As a young man, Tom was a famous artist with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son was ill. Tom and his wife thought it was nothing serious. But the boy died suddenly that night..
After his son died, Tom always felt very sad. To make matters worse, his wife also left him later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son, Emie. Sadly, he turned to alcohol(酒) for help.
As time went by, Tom began to lose everything he had---his land, house, etc. A few months later,Tom passed away alone in a small bar. Hearing of Tom's death, I thought,“What a complete failure (失败)!”
But later, I began to change my earlier opinion. I knew Tom's now adult son, Emie. He is one of the kindest, most caring men. I saw the love between Emie and his children. And I thought that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.
One day, I asked him what made him become such a specia1 person. Emie said quietly, “My father came into my room every night, give me a kiss and said,“love you, son.”
Hearing his words, I understood everything. Tom didn't leave many things behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.
1.What did the writer think of Tom when he heard of his death?
A.Tom was a lazy man.
B.Tom was an unsuccessful father.
C.Tom was a hard-working man.
D.Tom liked drinking too much.
2.What happened to Tom's wife later?
A.She was mad. B.She went to work. C.She died. D.She was ill.
3.Where did Emie's kindness and caring come from?
A.His father's love. B.His mother's love.
C.His own hard-work. D.His parent's hard-work.
4.Finally, the writer thought
A.Tom was a good father. B.Tom was a rich father.
C.Tom was a careless father D.Tom was a bad father.
Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. "I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?" he said to Mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK", but often he gets "You can do better than this." Mum knows what it means. She tells me "You can do better than this" means "Extremely bad" in China.
In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.
But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was a 6thgrader in the USA! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.
Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.
1.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday ?
A.Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.
B.Because he did something wrong.
C.Because the teacher was happy with his progress.
D.Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.
2.American parents will be when their children get a B-grade in their school.
A.excited B.sad C.angry D.happy
3.The underlined words "high expectations" in this passage means .
A.很高的待遇 B.很多的自由
C.很高的期望 D.很多的关爱
4.The writer mainly wants to tell us .
A.the differences between Chinese education and American education
B.Chinese students are better than American students
C.American parents are not strict enough with their children
D.what the best way to educate children is
A good hobby is an important part of a teenager’s life. With hobbies, teenagers can become more familiar with history, social science and culture. Here are some hobbies for teenagers.
Collecting
Coins(硬币) may be too expensive for teenagers, but postcards, bookmarks even T-shirts can be great things to collect. Teenagers can collect things that do not cost much. Many teenagers enjoy collecting things when they visit a place. No matter what they collect, the most important thing is the information they get from the collection.
Writing
Writing can improve teenagers’ language skills. It can be a great hobby for teenagers. Writing a diary can help teenagers enter a private (个人的) world. It is important for their development. They can also write stories and poems.
Building
Models, birdhouses and anything else that teenagers make with their own hands can make them happy. Building is a great hobby because it is easy to start. Most teenagers can find interesting things to build. Building can help them improve their creativity.
Music
Do you dream to be a music star? Music can give teenagers self-confidence (自信). They can sing songs and play an instrument. Sometimes teenagers can learn music in a music club and make friends with the people who have the same hobby.
1.According to the passage, teenagers can learn more about ______ from hobbies.
① history ② social science ③ culture ④ their schools
A.①②③ B.①②④ C.②③④ D.①③④
2.Tom is a middle school student, so the good thing for him to collect may be______.
A.gold coins B.famous paintings C.cars D.bookmarks
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Collecting is easy and cheap.
B.Teenagers can’t write poems and stories.
C.Building is the most difficult hobby.
D.Music can give teenagers self-confidence.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Teenagers’ Lives B.How to Choose Hobbies
C.Hobbies for Teenagers D.Join Our Clubs
Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenage inventions that might change the world.
Banana leaves usually go bad in two or three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV to make the leaves stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things. |
David Cohen, an American teenager, built an earthworm(蚯蚓) robot. It is able to go into the smallest places, where humans or dogs can’t go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake. |
Remya Jose, a 14-year-old from India, found it tiring and boring to handwash clothes in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time. |
Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer＇s disease（老年痴呆） would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors(感应器)to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Popular ads
B. Useful machines
C. Strange pictures.
D. Teenage inventions
2.The earthworm robot by David Cohen can ______.
A. make things stay fresh
B. help people wash clothes
C. go into the smallest places
D. take care of the old people
3.Which of the following is TRUE
A. Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves.
B. Remya's washing machine can also keep people fit.
C. David Cohen is a middle school student from India.
D. Kenneth's wearable sensors will keep old people at home.
