My daughter Maria is a girl of nine years old, She is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles（争执）. Three afternoons a week, she has activities (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue（争论）about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond（超越） their abilities（能力）. As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don't know what I should do. Any ideas?
1.Maria doesn't have any activities after school for ________ afternoons.
A.two B.three C.five D.seven
2.The woman thinks that her daughter should do her homework________.
A.by herself B.with the mother C.with the father D.with the classmates
3.What does the mother think of the homework?
A.It’s difficult for students to do all their homework.
B.It’s easy for students to do all their homework
C.It’s difficult for students to do some of their homework.
D.It’s easy for students to do some of their homework.
4.Can you guess where this passage is from?
A.A diary. B.A science book. C.A novel（小说）. D.A film.
A science teacher wants to tell an idea to his students. He takes a large-mouth bottle and_____a few large stones(石头) in it. He then asks the class: “Is the bottle ____ now?” They all answer: “Yes!”
The teacher then takes some small stones and puts them into the ______.The small stones go into the room _____ the big stones. He then asks: “Is it full?” This time _____ students give no answer, but most answer: “Yes!”
The teacher then starts to drop some ______into the bottle. The sand (沙) goes into the room between the small stones. For the ______time, the teacher asks: “Is it full?” Now most are thinking, but still, some say: “Yes!”
Then the teacher brings out a cup of water into the bottle and asks: “What’s the point of this ______?” One angry student answers: “You can _____ find time to do more things.”
“No,” says the teacher. “The point is that if you don't put the big stones first, you’ll never get them in. The big stones are the _______things in your life. If your life is full of small things, the sand and the water – you’ll never have the time for the important things.”
1.A.collects B.puts C.gets D.gives
2.A.full B.broken C.heavy D.light
3.A.mouth B.cup C.bottle D.bowl
4.A.behind B.beside C.below D.between
5.A.some B.plenty C.any D.many
6.A.water B.stones C.milk D.sand
7.A.first B.second C.third D.fourth
8.A.sport B.show C.play D.science
9.A.always B.never C.sometimes D.usually
10.A.beautiful B.important C.careful D.interesting
—Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to the Summer Palace?
—____________. You can ask the policeman over there.
A.Have a good time B.Sorry, I’m new here
C.No, thanks D.I’m glad to hear that
Our teacher asked us to stop _______. So we stopped ______ to him.
A. talking; listening B. to talk; listening C. talking; to listen D. to talk; to listen
— Excuse me! _______ is it from your home to school?
— About ten minutes’ ride.
A.How long B.How much
C.How often D.How far
— Is your best friend’s name Tom? — Yes, ________ is. He teaches ________ English.
A.it; my B.he; my C.he; me D.it; me
