Amanda Moore noticed that the new student at school always sat alone at lunch. She felt bad about that. The 10-year-old girl decided to befriend Rafael Anaya, but she also noticed something else — he struggled to understand English. Instead of letting that stop her, she used Google Translate to handwrite a note in Spanish asking him to join her for lunch. Her act earned her the “Student of the Month” award for October at her school.
Rafael had moved to Temecula, California from Mexico at the beginning of the school year. He often cried after returning home from school because he felt so lonely. Amanda didn’t know that when she wrote the letter. She simply knew that he spoke Spanish and that he was lonely. She spent the afternoon carefully writing a letter. When she got home, she couldn’t wait to tell her mother, Kimber Kinard, about the letter, wanting her to proofread(校对) it.
But Kinard felt confused, because she didn’t understand Spanish, either. So Amanda helped her use the app to understand it. Kinard was excited and tearful because she thought it was the nicest thing. The note read: “Would you like to sit with me today? Look for me and I will show you where I sit. We can chat or simply tell interesting stories.”
The next day, Amanda handed the note to Rafael. He gave her a hug. But it wasn’t until their maths class that he said “yes” to lunch. The two have been sitting together ever since.
The note helped Rafael feel more comfortable and encouraged him to work harder on his English. He really wants to learn English to talk to Amanda.
The two use gestures and Google Translate to communicate now, but they hope it will become easier when Rafael’s English improves. And Amanda is learning some Spanish.
1.When Amanda wrote Rafael the note, she .
A. asked her teacher for help
B. sensed Rafael’s loneliness
C. knew Rafael often cried after school
D. knew Rafael had moved to Temecula from Mexico
2.The note to Rafael .
A. moved Rafael’s mother to tears
B. was written to arrange an appointment
C. was written to ask him to eat with Amanda
D. was translated by Amanda’s mother
3.We can learn from the text that Rafael .
A. agreed to Amanda’s invitation at once
B. wrote back to Amanda in English using Google Translate
C. was encouraged by the note to improve his English
D. was encouraged by Amanda to communicate with other students
Are you running a restaurant but can’t afford to hire waiters? Well, you could learn from this Japanese restaurant that hires monkeys for the job. In order to make them look more human, the restaurant owner even masks(用面具遮掩) their faces.
The restaurant is Kayabuki, which a traditional Japanese restaurant. They have hired a couple of monkeys named Yat-chan and Fuku-chan to work as waiters (or waitresses, we’re not sure). 16-year-old Yat-chan is the older of the two, but he moves quickly between tables as he takes the customers’ drink orders. Fuku-chan gives customers a hot towel and helps them clean their hands before they order their drinks, as is the custom in Japan. Believe it or not, the pair is actually certified(授予执照) by local authorities to work at the restaurant. The customers like them as well, so they give them beans as tips. One customer, Takayoshi, said, “The monkeys are actually better waiters than some really bad human ones.”
Yat-chan and Fuku-chan were once the household pets of the restaurant owner, Kaoru Otsuka. But the older one started imitating him in restaurant duties, and that was when he realized they were actually capable of working there. “Yat-chan first learned by just watching me working in the restaurant,” he said. “It all started when one day I gave him a hot towel and he brought the towel to the customer.”
Some customers even feel that the little monkeys are just like children, or even better. 62-year-old Shiochi Yano, a regular at Kayabuki, says, “Actually, they’re better. My son doesn’t listen to me, but Yat-chan will.” Customers also say that Yat-chan is able to understand exact orders and remember them. “We called out for more beer,” said one customer, “and he just brought us some beer. It’s amazing how he seems to understand human words.”
1.What can we learn about Yat-chan and Fuku-chan?
A. They both get beans as tips.
B. Fuku-chan is older than Yat-chan.
C. Yat-chan helps customers clean their hands.
D. Fuku-chan takes the customers’ drink orders.
2.According to Takayoshi, the two monkey waiters .
A. can understand exact orders
B. listen to him very carefully
C. can remember the regular customers
D. behave better than some human waiters
3.What does the underlined word, “imitating” in the 3rd paragraph mean?
A. surprise B. copy
C. laugh D. frustrate
4.Why did Kaoru Otsuka let the monkeys work in the restaurant?
A. He couldn’t afford to hire waiters.
B. He thought monkeys worked better than humans.
C. He found his monkeys were able to work
like waiters.
D. The officials encouraged him to hire the monkeys.
The summer holidays are coming up. It’s time to fill the bookshelves with quality literature for the kids. Here are some great books.
Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French
Price: A＄14.99 (for ages4+)
Josephine is a kangaroo who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don’t dance; they jump. But Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the air. When a ballet group comes to town and the lead ballerina(芭蕾舞演员) is injured, Josephine is called upon to help save the day. Can she do it, and, more importantly, does it matter that she’s a kangaroo?
House of Secrets by Chris Columbus
Price: A＄19.99(for ages 9+)
The Walker kids — Caroline, Brendan and Nell — may have saved the world, but they can’t save their home and must leave Kristoff House. Things can’t get any worse, but then it turns out that the Wind Witch is still alive and planning an attack. To defeat her, the Walkers must return to the book world. The Walkers always help each other, but they must go it alone in their most important mission yet. And this time, if they fail, there’s no chance of coming back.
Edge of Extinction Book 1 by Laura Martin
Price: A＄16.00(for ages 9+)
If you like The Land of the Dinosaurs, you will love this book. Two hundred years ago, the first dinosaur was successfully cloned(克隆). Soon after, humans realized they’d made a big mistake... Thirteen-year-old Sky Mundy’s father suddenly disappeared five years ago. Along with her best friend, Shawn, she steps out into the world above — a world of dinosaurs — to look for him. Then she learns that everything she’s been taught has been a lie.
1.Which book will you choose if your child is five years old?
A. House of Secrets.
B. Josephine Wants to Dance.
C. The Land of the Dinosaurs.
D. Edge of Extinction Book 1.
2.What can we learn about the Walker kids from the text?
A. They live in a secret house.
B. They hate each other.
C. They are afraid of the Wind Witch.
D. They have to carry out the task alone.
3.What is the world like in the last book?
A. Animals live happily together.
B. It is full of dinosaurs.
C. Many dinosaurs attack the earth.
D. Many adults are killed by the dinosaurs.
4.The text is especially helpful for those who .
A. are interested in raising animals
B. want to make friends during the holidays
C. plan to educate their children during the holidays
D. want to explore an unknown world during the holidays
为了鼓励在家多读，联合国教科文组织确定4月23日为“世界读书日” (World Book Day)。请你写篇英语短文呼吁同学们多读书。内容应包括：
1.简述世界读书日（时间及目的)；
2.读书的益处；
3.呼吁同学们多读书。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处，错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My parents run the restaurant in our city. I help out there after school every time when I am free. Yesterday afternoon I went there help out as usual. While I was there, two foreigners from Australia came to have a meal. Learned that they didn’t speak Chinese at all，I went up and greeted them with English. I recommended some typical dish to them and they had a nicely meal. After the meal, they expressed their satisfaction with the food but praised me for my English. It was the first time that I have communicated with foreigners. My parents felt proud of mine.
1.At the crossing of the street you can find the __________(农业的) Bank of China.
2.It was our __________(祖先) who invented the paper-making, the compass and so on.
3.How can I __________(积累) enough cash to get out of debt.
4.He is still involved in __________(自愿的) work promoting local enterprise.
5.I met her because of a lucky __________(巧合).
6.If you spend more time reading your English, you can improve it r__________.
7.In Canada, smoking will be b__________ in all offices later this year.
8.I need some m__________ to make a dress.
9.With the d__________ of science, many new things are invented.
10.Though I haven’t met him for many years，I could r__________ him immediately.
