It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. She’ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.

“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her co-worker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I’m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary(薪水).

I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 a.m. and usually comes home around 5 p.m. or even 6 p.m. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.

1.Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A．The writer’s studies.                    B．The writer’s future job

C．Dinner plans                           D．Wars around the world

2.We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother ____________.

A．doesn’t want the writer to major in English

B．doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor

C．gets along very well with the writer

D．doesn’t think working in the science field is a good idea

3.The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _____________.

A．agrees            B．shouts            C．complains         D．smiles

4.Which of following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?

A．He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.

B．He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C．He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.

D．He wants to do something he really likes in the future.

 

Bob Smith is a little boy. On the first day at school, his teacher, Ms. Green, teaches him three words—you, he and I. Then the teacher says, “I am your teacher. You are my student. He is your classmate.”
　　 When school is over, Bob goes home. His mother asks him,“What does your teacher teach you today?”Bob says with a smile,“Listen, Mom. I am your teacher, you are my student and he is your classmate.”His mother says,“No, dear. You are wrong.”Then she says, “I am your mother. You are my son. He is your father.”
　　The next morning at school, Bob’s teacher asks Bob to make sentences with the words “you, he and I”. Bob stands up and says, “I am your mother. You are my son. He is your father.”
【小题1】Who teaches Bob three words?

A．Bob’s teacher

B．Bob’s father

C．Bob’s mother

D．Bob himself

【小题2】Bob answers his mother with a smile because ________.

A．Bob is a little boy	B．he goes to school on the first day
C．he thinks he can give a good answer	D．he is at home now

【小题3】________ is Bob’s mother.

A．Ms. Green

B．Mr. Smith

C．Mrs. Smith

D．Mrs. Green

【小题4】 Which one is right?
　　  

A．Bo’s teacher is wrong.

B．Bob is wrong.

C．Bob’s mother is wrong.

D．Bob’s classmate is wrong.

 

    John’s family is going on vacation next week. They are renting a house in the mountains for a week. John plans to hike and go bike riding there. And he is going to the mountains on Monday, and coming home on Friday. He is having a party on Saturday night. John’s mother is going on Monday, too. She is staying for a week and coming home on Sunday. She plans to take walks with her family in the beautiful countryside. John’s father is working on Monday and Tuesday, so he can’t be in the mountains then. He is going on Wednesday morning. He plans to go fishing, and he is coming home with John’s mother. John’s sister is staying at home. She is taking classes this summer and visiting friends.

People	Time in the mountains	Activities
John	Monday to   51	Go hiking and go bike riding.
John’s mother	Monday to Sunday	52
John’s father	53   to Sunday	54
55	(She isn’t going there)	Stay at home and take classes

 

完型填空

My friend Tony is an American   1  . He is ten years old. He lives  2  his family in China now. There are   3   people in his family; his mother Mrs. Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat.   4  name is Betty. Look！Amy is playing   5  Betty. His father, Mr. Green, is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing   6  Chinese homework. He can't  7 Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much. Tony's         8  works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an   9  teacher. Tony and his sister 10  to the same school.

1.                A．girl            B．boy            C．cat  D．dog

 

2.                A．on            B．after           C．with D．in

 

3.                A．two            B．three          C．four D．five

 

4.                A．His            B．Her            C．It's  D．Its

 

5.                A．to             B．with            C．from D．at

 

6.                A．her            B．it's             C．a    D．his

 

7.                A．say            B．tell            C．speak    D．talk

 

8.                A．father          B．mother         C．sister D．brother

 

9.                A．Chinese        B．Japanese        C．English   D．Australian

 

10.               A．go             B．goes           C．going D．to go

 

 

A. because  B. growing  C. by  D. found  E. who  F. on G. mother H. enjoyed  I. my  J. which  K. never  L. pleased

  If you had a chance to cook dinner for your mother, would you choose to make it right now or some day in the future? Watch the video Paradise Dinner<天堂的午餐> 1.      Liu Xiaoyu, a college student, and you will find a right answer.
Paradise Dinner is a six-minute video. It tells the story of a son 2.        makes a big dinner for his 3.      , but he can only send the dinner to paradise 4.      his mother has passed away.
“If you do not show your love to your mother right now, you might 5.        have the opportunity in the future, for your mother is 6.       older and older day by day-this is the main theme of 7.         video,” said liu.
Liu imagined the story of Paradise Dinner during his 2010 summer vacation. In fact, Liu was hardly 8.         with Paradise Dinner when he finished it. However, screening the video to his parents, he 9.        them moved to tears by his successful completion, which encouraged him to post the video onto the Internet later, and then entered it in the Beijing University Student Film Festival.
Many web users later said they greatly 10.        the video, and most of them said they cried right along with Liu’s parents.