It's Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents from his family and one of them is a big drum (鼓).
" Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.
" His grandfather does." answers Jim's mother.
Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise(噪音) with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear(听见) the noise.
But one of the neighbours doesn't like the noise at all. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello,  Jim, Do you know there is something nice in your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."
【小题1】 Jim's       gives Jim the drum.

It's Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents from his family and one of them is a big drum (鼓).

" Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.

" His grandfather does." answers Jim's mother.

Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise(噪音) with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear(听见) the noise.

But one of the neighbours doesn't like the noise at all. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello,  Jim, Do you know there is something nice in your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."

1. Jim's        gives Jim the drum.

        A. grandfather B.  father       C. mother     D. neighbour

2.Jim's father is        

        A. a worker      B. a  teacher          C. a cleaner   D. a shopkeeper

3.The neighbour hates                .

        A. Jim's presents  B. the drum      C. the knife   D. the noise

4.The neighbour tells Jim                .

        A. to put the drum away (收拾)       B. to look after the drum

        C. to open the drum with the knife     D. to make a noise with the drum

5.Which of the following is right?      

         A. Jim's grandfather makes the drum.

         B. Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears.

         C. There is a nice present in the drum.

         D. Jim's mother doesn't stop (阻止) the noise.

Jane is a junior（低年级的）middle school student in Beijing。She doesn’t talk to her mother at home .She thinks her mother talks too much about her school work，

  Jim is also a junior middle school student in Belling．He doesn't like living at home． Because his parents don’t let him play computer games．

    In fact，lots of middle school students have the same problem like Jane and Jim．They don’t get on well with their parents．Of course they feel unhappy at home。

    As a son or a daughter, you are the most important in the family．Your parents are the  closest（最亲近的）people to you in the world．They love you just because you’re their children．

    On May 15th，people around the world give thanks to their families and deal with on family problems．We call it the International Day of Families. It’s more and more popular with most

families all over the world．

    If you feel unhappy at home，you can try your best to get on well with your parents．It’s good for you and your parents．

1．Why doesn’t Jane talk to her mother at home?

A．Because she talks too much about Jane’s study．

B．Because she often hurts Jane at home．

C．Because she isn’t friendly to Jane．

D．Because she isn’t interested in Jane．

2．Why does Jim hate to live at home?

A．Because he wants to depend on himself．

B．Because he prefers living in the school．

C．Because his parents don’t allow him to play computer games．

D．Because his parents don’t allow him to make friends．

3．Parents love their kids just because__________．

A．they are lovely                                           B．they’re their children

C．their kids live at home                                 D．they have no family problems

4．The International Day of Families is a day__________．

A．to take good care of kids                             B．to give thanks to families 

C．to deal with family problems                        D．Both B and C

5．The writer tells that ___________．

A．it's important for kids to live at home

B．it’s good for students to live at school

C．it's good for kids to get on well with parents

D．all kids should learn to look after themselves