Lonely old people now can buy “grandkids” by using an app named Papa. Through the app, elderly people can ask young people to come and visit them.
Elderly people, who may have lost touch with their own family, can also ask their rented(租用的) grandchildren to do chores and drive them around.
The elderly people can use Papa on the smartphone. If they don't have a smartphone, they can make a phone call. To use the service, the elderly people have to contact Papa first through either of the ways. The workers of Papa will provide advice for them for free and pair(配对) college students with them. Usually, the app costs the elderly people $15 an hour.
Most Papa Pals make about $20 to $30 per visit. The visit lasts around three hours. Andrew Parker, the founder of the service, says that Papa can also provide the service for people in need.
1.Through the app Papa, elderly people can ask young people to help with chores.
2.The elderly people without a smartphone can also enjoy the service of Papa.
3.The elderly people should pay $10 for the service per hour.
4.Most Papa Pals can make about $20 to $30 per visit.
5.Papa only provides the service for the elderly people.
When I was small, I used to visit my grandparents in the countryside, far away from the city. My grandpa was a _________ farmer. Though he passed away many years ago, I still remember a lesson Grandpa taught me one summer.
Grandpa looked after the sheep and _________ them from wolves and other wild animals in the forest. One morning, when Grandpa gathered(聚集) the sheep, _______ set out. As we were guarding the sheep, Grandpa said to me, “Nick, _______ yourself to be a sheep farmer. What will you do if one of the sheep is lost? Will you go to look for it?”
“Of course,” I replied. “As a sheep farmer, I should be _________ for every sheep. If one sheep is lost, I will do whatever it takes to bring it back.”
Grandpa shook his head and said, “You have a kind heart, _______ I don’t think you are wise enough.”
At that time, I didn’t _________. Then, Grandpa continued, “Remember, no matter what happens, you must keep your cool. If you don’t, you won’t be able to make right _________. If one of these sheep is lost and we go to look for it, what will happen to the other sheep? They might get _________, too. What’s worse, they might be eaten up by wolves.”
The more I thought about Grandpa’s words, the more I ____________ how true it was! From then on, I always remembered to keep my cool no matter what happened.
1.A.chicken B.cotton C.sheep D.rice
2.A.avoided B.punished C.borrowed D.protected
3.A.we B.you C.she D.they
4.A.doubt B.imagine C.encourage D.suggest
5.A.helpful B.known C.thirsty D.responsible
6.A.so B.but C.because D.if
7.A.hear B.discuss C.wait D.understand
8.A.wishes B.mistakes C.decisions D.suggestions
9.A.lost B.sick C.lucky D.popular
10.A.realized B.disagreed C.admired D.forgot
Ever since I was a kid, I have been always ready to help others. Earlier this year, I started Traveling Library by turning an old ice-cream cart(小推车) into a small library on _________. I gave out free books to kids. I wanted more kids to fall in love with reading instead of playing on the computer or _________ the smartphone all day.
_________ I started the first Traveling Library, I had only 100 books. I took my cart to parks and neighborhoods in my hometown. People loved _________ idea of Traveling Library and started to give me books for free. So far I _________ over 2,000 books.
One day in a park, a little girl saw my cart and ran to me. When I told her it held books, she was very _________. I opened the cart and let her _________ a book. She chose a book called Winnie the Pooh and began to read. The book was so interesting that she could _________ put it down, but it was time to go home. Then I told her she could keep it. The girl gave me a big smile and cried out with joy, “Thank you!”
That experience, along with many others, encouraged _________ to build more such libraries, so kids everywhere could get __________ free books to read.
1.A.wheel B.wheels C.stick D.sticks
2.A.to B.in C.with D.for
3.A.When B.If C.Unless D.Because
4.A.a B.an C.the D./
5.A.get B.got C.will get D.have got
6.A.surprise B.surprised C.surprising D.surprisingly
7.A.pick B.to pick C.picking D.to picking
8.A.hardly B.hard C.simply D.simple
9.A.I B.mine C.my D.me
10.A.few B.fewer C.more D.many
Writing（作文）
Write at least 60 words about the topic “A Real Friend”（以“真正的朋友”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，要求意思明确，内容连贯，标点符号不占格。
Use the following points as guide.（短文须包含下列要点。）
*What do you usually do with your friend？
*In your opinion, what should a real friend be？
*Give your reasons.
A Real Friend
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）
There are some easy things you can do to protect the environment and the earth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with few of your own.
·Plant flowers, grass or trees.
·Whenever you visit a park or a beach, take away what you bring there — keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin.
·Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This saves a lot of electricity.
·Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run. Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.
·Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to keep warm air in.
·Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away.
·Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.
·Use both sides of paper.
·Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby.
·Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth. You don’t have to wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day. If everyone protects the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.
1.Where can you keep rubbish before you put it in a dustbin whenever you visit a park or beach？
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2.How can you save water when you brush your teeth？
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3.In order to save paper, what kind of cup can you use instead of a paper cup？
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4.Why should everyone protect the environment？
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5.What can you do to protect the environment and the earth？
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6.How can we protect the rivers or lakes nearby from pollution？
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给）
Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, s1. walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
In o2. to realize their wish, they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching（调查） the industry. One figure caught their attention: they’d read some- where that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries（推理小说）, and many buyers spent more than 300 a year on books. Mary and Richard were t3. mystery readers and owned a big collection of such books.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college it was i4. for the couple to spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to a5. customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to d6. their stories. Today Mystery Lovers make sales of about 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an e7. life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.
