Mire: Hello, Tom!
Tom: Hi, Mike! _________ Where have you been?
Mike: I've been to the countryside
Tom: _______________
Mike: For a week.
Tom: For what?
Mike: For the " hand-in-hand" activity. We gave some money and school things to the children there to help them go to school.
Tom: _________ What else did you do?
Mike: We lived together with the children in their homes and made friends with them.
Tom: Great! ___________
Mike: Though they live a hard life, they study very hard. By the way, _________
Tom: We just had our mid-term exams in our school, and I have passed it.
Mike: Congratulations!
Tom: Thank you.
1.
A.I haven't heard from your mother. B.I have never been to a museum.
C.I haven't seen you for a long time. D.I have read the book
2.
A.How far is it from the city to New York? B.How long does it take you to get there?
C.How many times have you been there? D.How long have you been there?
3.
A.Congratulation! B.Have a good time !
C.Good luck! D.Good job!
4.
A.What do you think of their life and study? B.Why don't you talk with them?
C.What's the matter with you? D.How much did you pay for the trip?
5.
A.where is your new school? B.what's going on in your school?
C.does your school have many rules? D.could you please clean the classroom?
Mary, Shirley and Ben are high school students in New York. They wrote their own book. They noticed that boys and girls are sometimes given ______ messages by family, friends and other people. It's OK for girls to cry and be open about their feelings. Boys are often told to ______ these feelings. They are expected to be strong and silent _______ The three teens saw this happening around them. It happened to younger brothers. It happened to ______friends. They decided to write a book about the problem.
Man Up! ______ in November. Shout Mouse Press made the book. Shout Mouse is a company that shares stories written by local teens. Mary noted that one of the ______ challenges was to create a main character who seemed real. The book needed to be fun but also teach a ______, she said. The three writers got their start as after-school teachers to help younger students ______ their reading skills. Then last summer they joined a ______ workshop. That's where they learned to write a children's book. Cathy Taylor leads Shout Mouse. She began helping teens put out their books in 2013. She said teen writers ______ younger kids. Shout Mouse lets them share ______ they have learned growing up.
"It needed to be talked about in the open, " said Shirley. "Young boys ______ not be shamed for their feelings. " Man Up! is about a boy named Aron. Someone laughs at him because he likes crying. He cries ______ he’s upset by a hurt dog or friends who cheat at video games. Aron is lucky, though. He has an older, understanding brother he can turn to. He learns that talking about his feelings is a good thing.
Ben hopes the story will help readers to understand other people's feelings. "Maybe they will put themselves in Aron's ______ and ask, "How would I feel?'' he said. The three writers said they would like to make ______ book.
Now Mary wants to write about social problems so that things might be able to change.
1.A.similar B.different C.healthy D.difficult
2.A.speak B.explain C.hide D.trust
3.A.again B.instead C.together D.once
4.A.their B.his C.her D.our
5.A.cut out B.sold out C.ran out D.came out
6.A.easiest B.biggest C.busiest D.safest
7.A.lesson B.song C.poem D.plan
8.A.at B.for C.with D.into
9.A.running B.writing C.reading D.dancing
10.A.examine B.protect C.forget D.understand
11.A.what B.how C.why D.where
12.A.should B.may C.must D.can
13.A.before B.though. C.when D.unless
14.A.skirts B.scarfs C.shirts D.shoes
15.A.other B.the other C.another D.the others
—Father's day is coming. I'm thinking about__________________.
—Whatever you do, I'm sure he will have a great time.
A.what present I gave him B.where can we have a big meal
C.when will we have a party D.how I will give him a surprise
—How long have you ____________?
—For almost eight years.
A.become an engineer B.bought the CD player
C.joined the music club D.collected paper cutting art works
—Ross,__________ me an email before you arrive at the train station. Your mother and I will be waiting for you at the exit gate.
—OK, Dad.
A.send B.sending C.to send D.sends
When I returned to my hometown, I was nearly lost. Almost ______ had changed.
A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything
