On a cold December morning, my mother and I were walking home from pizza store. We were  35  warmly and equipped with the video we had been trying to watch. I was feeling a little tired  36  I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the video.

They were so  37  that I decided to throw away some of them. So I started to walk towards the dustbin when I noticed a poor man stepping out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He  38  over to another nearby dustbin and started looking  39  it.

I suddenly felt very upset. I know this man would take all he could get, so I walked up to him and  40  the drink and some snacks to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles(皱纹) on his forehead, looked up in  41  and took what I gave him.

A huge smile spread across his face and this made  42   feel indescribable satisfaction(满意). I felt like I couldn’t be happier with myself, but then he said, “Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some tasty food, this is my daughter’s  43  day!”

He thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him whistling(吹哨) a song as he  44  away.

I now understand what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can  45  help and everyone will be helped by something kind.

The image(图像) of that man’s happiness  46  by my small gift appears in my mind every time I have the chance to do something nice.

1.A. welcomed                   B. dressed                           C. invited                    D. served

2.A. because             B. when                                C. although                         D. after

3.A. dry                       B. dirty                                 C. heavy                     D. salty

4.A. jumped               B. climbed                           C. fell                                    D. headed

5.A. through              B. around                            C. for                                    D. over

6.A. showed              B. threw                              C. returned                         D. handed

7.A. sight                   B. danger                            C. surprise                          D. trouble

8.A. him                      B. me                                    C. us                                     D. them

9.A. busy                    B. boring                    C. terrible                            D. lucky

10.A. walked             B. rode                                 C. ran                                   D. flew

11.A. offer                           B. receive                            C. refuse                    D. share

12.A. drawn                        B. led                                    C. caused                            D. taken

 

You may know about “ junk food” like French fries. But do you know about “junk sleep”?
Recently, a British survey found that electronic(电子) products in teenagers bedrooms are affecting(影响)their sleep.
The survey was done among 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It found that thirty percent of them got just 4 to 7 hours sleep every day. But doctors say they need 8 to 9 hours.
Almost a quarter of the kids said they fell asleep more than once a week while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic products.
“This is very worrying.” Said Dr Chris Idzikowski, a British expert, “We call it ‘junk sleep’, It means you don’t get enough sleep and the quality of the sleep is bad, too. If you don’t get good rest, you don’t perform well in school the next day.”
The survey found that 40 percent of the kids felt tired each day, with girls between 13 and 16 feeling the worst. Nearly all the teenagers have a phone, Mp4 or TV IN THEIR BEDROOM. And many of them have all three.
【小题1】 This passage is mainly about______.

A．junk food	B．junk sleep
C．electronic products	D．the importance of sleep

【小题2】 _______of the children in the survey sleep only 4 to 7 hours a day.

A．200	B．300
C．500	D．1,000

【小题3】“Junk food” and “junk sleep”are similar to each other in the way that_______.

A．they are both low in quality	B．they are both produced in factories
C．people enjoy both in their spare time	D．they are both good to people’s health

【小题4】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Teenagers need 4 to 7 hours of sleep each day.

B．Few of the teenagers have a phone in their bedrooms.

C．Teenagers spend too much time on electronic products.

D．Girls between 15 and 16 spend the least time on electronic products.

【小题5】 Which of the following is the best solution to the problem?

A．Parents watch TV together with their children

B．Forbid teenagers to use any electronic product.

C．Teenagers limit (限制) their use of the electronic products.

D．The use of mobile phone and Mp4 is not allowed at school

It was a Sunday afternoon. It was very ____and nobody wanted to stay at home. Mike decided to go swimming in the river. His brother,Jim.wanted to go with him.

  “ _______him with you, Mike” said their father.” he will do what you say, I think.”

  They got ____the river quickly. A lot of people were ___in it. Mike told Jim to play in the bank,then he ____into the river. About an hour later, Mike swam to the bank with a fish in his hand. Jim was very _____. He found a bottle and put the fish in it.

   Jim did____except(除了) watching the fish that evening. Suddenly Mike heard Jim ____in the room. He ran to him and asked,” what’s wrong ____you, Jim?”

  “ The fish has died,” Jim said “I thought it was ______. So I took it out of the bottle and put it on the chair, I only wanted it to have a rest.”

1.A.warm       B.hot        C.cool        D.cold

2.A. Carry      B. Bring      C. Take       D. Catch

3.A.to         B.at          C.in           D. For

4.A.washing    B.running     C.resting      D.swimming

5.A.ran        B.walked      C.fell        D.jumped

6.A.happy      B.angry       C.sad        D.sorry

7.A.everything  B.something   C.nothing     D.anything

8.A.singing     B.crying      C.smiling     D.laughing

9.A.with       B.from       C.to          D.on

10.A. Hungry   B.free        C.tired       D. Busy

 

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was        cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she         ,but she stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,          happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the          .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is      I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you        .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish* covering the beach, they        up by the waves*, and it was too difficult for them to make their way back by           . The man shook* his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man        very sorry for those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man    to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   person.

1.A. drinking       B. making        C. selling        D. washing

2.A. turned around   B. turned down    C. turned on      D. turned off

3.A. what          B. when          C. where         D. why

4.A. air            B. land           C. water         D. environment

5.A. something      B. anything        C. everything    D. nothing

6.A. a legend       B. a joke           C. a story       D. an idea

7.A. pushed         B. was pushed      C. were pushed   D. were pushing

8.A. himself        B. itself           C. ourselves      D. themselves

9.A. feel            B. felt            C. fell           D. fall

10.A. afraid          B. surprised       C. sad           D. angry

11.A. slow           B. fast           C. soon          D. high

12.A. father         B. mother         C. son           D. daughter

13.A. Or            B. So             C. Because       D. Though

14.A. began          B. remembered     C. forgot        D. waited

15.A. shortest   B. tallest          C. smallest      D.biggest

 

Do you still remember the disaster(灾难)several years ago? In Indonesia (印度尼西亚) thousands of people were killed by the tsunami(海啸) that washed people out to sea and pulled children out of their parents’ arms. “The weather was fine with no clouds .There was no warning and suddenly the sea water just hit the city. In some parts the water was as high as two meters.” a man in the city said. “Sadli, an official at the hospital, said many of the dead in the city were children under the age of ten.” “Maybe the children were being carried by their hold but they fell over in the water and couldn’t hold on to their children .All the dead children drawed.” said Sadli. Officials said hundreds of houses had been swept away the force (力量) of five –meter –high waves across Aceh, which lies on the northern tip (末端)of Sumatra Island . “Tens of people saw the rushing water and didn’t run to high ground .Instead, they kept watching it .Several of my workmates are missing.”  Lelana said by telephone.
【小题1】According to the passage, ______were missing in the tsunami.

A．some officials

B．some of Sadli’s friends

C．some children under the age of ten

D．some of Lelana’s workmates

【小题2】In the tsunami, ____ _swept away hundreds of houses.

A．huge waves	B．strong winds
C．heavy rain	D．rushing river water

【小题3】“…. There was no   warning and suddenly the sea water was as high as two meters.”“Warning”here means ________.
A. 预兆       B. 借鉴       C 教导          D 教训
【小题4】“…but they fell over in the water and couldn’t hold on to their children.”
“They”here refers to ______.
A. officials   B children
C. the dead   D. the children’s parents
【小题5】Some people saw the rushing water and didn’t run to high grounds because _____.

A．they couldn’t run fast

B．the ground was too high to reach

C．they didn’t know they were in danger

D．the rushing water stopped them from running.