Hunan TV’s new program, Dad, Where Are We Going? has become very popular since last year. The show tells us that fathers should take part in their children’s growing-up. In fact, this topic was always mentioned by Zeng Guofan（1811-1872）, a famous official during the late Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty（1644-1912）.
Although Zeng spent most of his time away from his family, his letters back home to his children and younger brothers have become famous. In these letters, there are many helpful suggestions on proper behavior. Many of his ways on child education are popular among today’s Chinese parents, including reading classical books and so on. His child-raising methods are useful for today’s busy fathers. Like Zeng, they also spend most of their time away from home.
According to Zeng, the purpose of education was to learn wisdom from books, rather than getting an official position. Children should know that the most important purpose of studies is to get more knowledge about nature and life.
“But now, parents just want their children to be rich and powerful. ” Mr. Tang, a writer in China, said.
Some teachers say that parents need to build a good relationship with their children. Parents shouldn’t force their children to realize their wishes.
In Zeng’s letters, he asked his young children to do housework as part of their daily life, even though his children had many helpers. He believed that doing housework would make his children more confident and independent（独立的）.
1.When was Zeng Guofan born?
A．In 1811. B．In 1644. C．In 1872. D．In 1912．
2.The purpose of education is to _____ according to Zeng Guofan．
A．get an official position
B．learn wisdom from books
C．get high scores in exams
D．make a lot of money in the future
3. --Why did Zeng ask his young children to do housework? —Because___________.
A. it let his children be rich and powerful.
B. it would get more knowledge about nature and life.
C. it would make his children more confident and independent.
D. it would build a good relationship with parents and their children.
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?
A．Zeng Guofan was a great writer during the late Guangxu Period．
B．Zeng Guofan is one of the fathers in the program, Dad,Where Are We Going?
C．Many of Zeng Guofan’s ideas on education are not accepted by modern people．
D．Zeng Guofan was very busy and spent most of his time away from his family．
5.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A．Dad, Where Are We Going?
B．Zeng Guofan and His Children
C．How to Raise a Child
D．Fathers Influence Their Children's Growing-up
According to the Xinhua News, from September 17, 2008, Chinese government decided to give up the rules of food with no checking. Many people said yes to it. The officer said that these days, the food safety accident about children milk of Sanlu made the government decide to give it up.
A young expert of food safety said, “The department of government should take the food from the shop or supermarket and check, not ask them to send. In that way, we can get the real checking.”
But in order to keep people’s health, the government asks the officers to check all the food before they are sent to the shop or supermarket. That means all the food must be checked before they are sold.
1.Where does this passage most probably come from?
A. Letters. B. Books. C. Magazines. D. Newspaper.
2.What did Chinese government decide to give up from September 17, 2008?
A. The safe rules of food.
B. The rules of food with no checking.
C. Food check rules.
D. Checking all the food before they are sold.
3.Many people ____________ to give it up because of Sanlu children milk.
A. agree B. disagree
C. are angry D. are worried
4.A young expert of food safety gives a good idea to keep the food safe. It is __________.
A. to make some strong rules to manage the companies
B. to send more officers to the company to check the food
C. to try our best not to give them chances to make untrue food
D. to select food from shop or supermarket to check, not to ask the companies to send
5.According to the officer’s idea, all the food _________ before they are sold.
A. must be heated B. can be stored for a long time
C. must be checked D. mustn’t be checked
When Mary was seven, her family moved to a new town. She usually went to school by bus, for it was not near her house.
One morning, their family clock stopped and when they got up, it was too late for Mary to catch the school bus. Her mother said she would drive Mary to school on her way to the office.
“But how can you find the way, Mum?” Mary asked. “ You have only been to my school once.
“Yes,” her mother answered. “But you’ve been there by school bus seven times, you know the way. “Oh, yes” said Mary.
They started out and Mary asked her mother to turn one way or another on their way to school, so she made her mother drive round most of the town before they got there. When they arrived, her mother found it was not really very far from their house.
“Why did you make me go such a long way?” her mother asked her. “Well, Mum.” answered Mary. “I know only this way. The bus always goes like this, so the other children can take it to school.”
1.How did Mary usually went to school?
A. By car. B. By bike.
C. On foot. D. By school bus.
2.Why did one morning Mary got up late?
A. Her mother forgot to wake her up.
B. The family clock stopped.
C. She was not feeling well.
D. She wanted to sleep more.
3.Did Mary know the way to her school?
A. Yes, she knew only one way.
B. No, she didn’t know the way.
C. Yes, she knew the shortest way.
D. Yes, she knew many ways.
4.Why did Mary make her mother go a long way?
A. The school bus always went that way.
B. She wanted to stay with her mother longer.
C. She didn’t want to get to school to early.
D. She wanted to take other children to school.
5.What do we know from this story?
A. Mary was a kind –hearted girl.
B. Mary’s mother had never been to the school.
C. The school wasn’t very far from Mary’s house.
D. Mary enjoyed going to school in her mother’s car.
—What’s the matter?
—They said I should not be allowed____here. They don’t allow___in the waiting room.
A. smoking; to smoke B. to smoke; smoke
C. to smoke; smoking D. smoking; smoking
— Look at the photo I took in Dali, Yunnan Province. _____the Dai people were having!
— Wow! They were celebrating the Water Festival.
A. What fun B. How fun
C. What a fun D. How a fun
You can ask the policeman for help_________you don’t know the way.
A. though B. if C. unless D. until
