Hello, I’m Peter in the second grade. Now I have one thing to say: It’s not easy being a kid. Being a kid might look like fun, but sometimes it’s not fun at all.
Yesterday I was playing outside with my friend. We were having a good time. But suddenly, my mother said, “Peter, it’s time to come inside now. It’s getting dark.” When you’re an adult, no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.
When you are a kid, you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school, you have to study math, English, science and history. After school, you have to do your homework. When you are an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework to do.
When you are a kid, the older kids sometimes pick on you. When I was walking home from school on Monday, Tom and Steve bothered me. Steve took my schoolbag and put it in a tree. It made me very mad. When you are an adult, no one can pick on you.
When you are a kid, you have to go to bed early. On school nights, my mom asks me to go to bed at 9:00 pm. But I do have parents who love me, which is really great. So I think I like being a kid, even though it’s not easy being a kid.
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【小题1】 What was Peter doing when his mother called him home yesterday?

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Mr King comes from the USA.His family lives in a village called Hylas. It’s near the town of Ashland. It’s a nice and small village.Hylas is a little nearer than Gum Tree from Richmond.It’s about four kilometers away. Mr King has a building.There are six floors in it.There isn’t a lift in it.Mr King likes going up and down on foot.He works in the city of New York.He is going to China next month again.He says the Chinese people are friendly and the food is nice.

(   )1.Mr King is_________

     A.an American  B.an Englishman   C.a Chinese   D.a Canadian

(   )2Which of the follow is not true?

     A .Hylas is a small village.

     B Hylas is near to Ashland.

 C.Hylas is four kilometers from Gum Tree.

  D. Hylas is four kilometers from Richmond.

(   )3.Mr King lives ______

A.      On the sixth floor of the building

B.      in a six-floor building. 

C.      in Ashland   D.in Richmond

(   )4.Mr King goes up and down the building _______ .

     A.by lift  B.by car    C.by train  Don foot

(   )5.What is Mr King going to do next week?

     A.He’s going to have a holiday.

 B He’s going to move to China.  

 C. He’s going to China .

 D He’s going to find work in China.

Come and meet the Indian(印度的) elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you. The giraffes from Zambia(赞比亚) are waiting to look down on you.

(    )6. How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？

A. Four        B. Five        C. Six        D. Seven

(    )7. Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other aged 10. How much are the tickets all together(总共)?

        A. ＄4.00      B. ＄2.00     C. ＄3.00    D. ＄1.00

(    )8. Which of the following is a visiting time?

         A. 8:30 a.m. Monday.               B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

         C. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.               D. 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

(    )9. From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _____.

         A. fat         B. long          C. tall        D. strong

(    )10. Which of the following can we do in the zoo?

A. Take a few nice photos.         B. Give some food to the fish.

C. Touch the monkey on the head.   D. Throw things everywhere.