Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth's house was high enough to escape it.

    Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth's friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.

"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won't be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going to get just one present for us all .Now I'll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here's our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."

1. How many children did Elizabeth have?, 2. What did Elizabeth do after the flood? 3.The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn't it? 4. What do you learn from the story?

 

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Miss Li is my favourite teacher. (A)She began to teach us Chinese three years ago. She is a young girl with long, black hair and a beautiful smile. When she came to our school, I was not a good student in our class. I always failed（没有通过） the tests.
Miss Li spent a lot of time with our class, but I never had a chance to talk to her. I thought I was just nobody in my class and Miss Li didn’t like me. But I knew I was wrong later.
One day, Miss Li asked me to meet her at the school gate. When I got there, she was waiting for me already. Then we went to the park in the school together. (B)Talking alone with my teacher made me excited. She smiled at me and told me that I was quiet but I could write wonderful stories. She told me that I could be a good student. 
Today, Miss Li  doesn’t teach us any more, but I still want to say that she taught me the most important lesson of my life: to believe in myself.
【小题1】将文中A处画线句子用现在完成时改写。
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【小题2】写出文中B处画线句子的同义句。
It made me excited ____________________with my teacher.
【小题3】The underlined word “nobody” may mean _________.

A．an important person	B．an interesting person
C．an unimportant person	D．a boring person

【小题4】What does Miss Li look like?
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【小题5】What did Miss Li say the writer was good at?
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The food in White Rose Restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. There were very few people going to eat there. The owner was very worried about it.
Then he thought of a good idea. A few weeks later, his restaurant was always full of men and their girlfriends.  Whenever a gentleman came with a lady, a kind waiter would give each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter handed to the man gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine, while the menu that he handed to the lady gave a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was! The man could make a good impression on the lady.
【小题1】How was the food in White Rose Restaurant?

A．Cheap and good.	B．Cheap but bad.
C．Expensive and bad.	D．Expensive but good.

【小题2】When a gentleman and his girlfriend went into the restaurant, the waiter would give
             a beautiful menu.

A．the gentleman

B．the lady

C．each of them

D．neither of them

【小题3】 According to the passage, when a gentleman and his girlfriend had a meal at the restaurant, the meal would be paid by     

A．the lady only	B．the gentleman only
C．both of the gentleman and the lady	D．the gentleman or the lady

【小题4】What might the lady think of her boyfriend after having a meal together at this restaurant？

A．She thought he wanted to impress her.

B．She thought he pretended to be rich.

C．She thought he was very generous.

D．She thought he was the owner of the restaurant.

【小题5】What does the story mainly suggest?

A．People like to go to expensive restaurants.

B．A restaurant owner should design different menus for different guests.

C．The men should pretend to be generous before their girlfriends.

D．It’s helpful for businessmen to learn customers’ thoughts

At lunchtime, Bonnie and Ruth sat together like they always did at school. Ruth and Bonnie were best friends and best friends always sat together for lunch. They  1  sandwiches, cupcakes and almost everything.

But today things were   2  . Bonnie looked upset, and Ruth did not know why. “Why are you sad today, Bonnie?” Ruth asked. “Because my daddy    3  his job yesterday,” she said. “And we may have to move. My mom and dad are very unhappy and they always argue. I am   4 . What is going to happen to us?”

Bonnie’s news made Ruth very sad, too. What would school be like   5  Bonnie? What could she do to help her friend? When Ruth went home she told her mom the bad   6 .

“What can I do to help?” she asked.

“I’m not sure, Ruth,” said her mother sadly.

Ruth thought and thought. She thought while she ate supper and she thought while she did homework. She even thought when she brushed her teeth before going to bed.

“What can I do?” she  7 .

The next day was Saturday and Ruth woke up very early. She dressed and ate a quick breakfast,  8  went to find her friends. They all decided to    9  together to help Bonnie. They pulled weeds, played with babies and walked dogs. They even put on a Talent show in Ruth’s backyard. All the adults paid one dollar to watch the   10  sing and dance and do magic tricks. After the performance, the children   11 their money. They had made three hundred dollars! Ruth’s mom took them to the grocery store and they bought food, soap, paper towels, and all kinds of things that a person might need.

When they left the store they went to Bonnie’s house and each of the children   12  carried a bag to the door, rang the doorbell and ran away quickly. They had so much fun with   13  secret surprise! They knew it would make Bonnie very happy.

Ruth felt happy too,   14 she had helped her friend. She knew it wasn’t much, but all she needed to do was to show her friend that she cared   15 . I think Bonnie got the message, don’t you?

1.                A．found          B．cooked         C．shared   D．bought

 

2.                A．same          B．good           C．right D．different

 

3.                A．changed        B．lost            C．enjoyed  D．got

 

4.                A．worried        B．lonely          C．disappointed   D．surprised

 

5.                A．to             B．with           C．for  D．without

 

6.                A．story           B．result          C．news D．report

 

7.                A．dreamt         B．answered       C．talked    D．wondered

 

8.                A．so             B．then           C．after D．before

 

9.                A．work           B．study           C．help D．think

 

10.               A．parents        B．actors          C．students   D．children

 

11.               A．counted        B．saved          C．sent D．spent

 

12.               A．slowly          B．quietly         C．seriously  D．patiently

 

13.               A．their           B．his            C．her   D．its

 

14.               A．though         B．and            C．because of D．because

 

15.               A．helped         B．cared          C．understood D．realized

 

 

 In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy(破产). The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, "he doesn't love me anymore, he just thinks about his work".

     One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband stopped her at the door, "Let me take it first, OK?" "Why not let me first," she asked. "I was tired, you take it later, OK?" She was very sad.

     On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears...it was his diary:

     “Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn't as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warmer. So every time I rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least 1℃ or 2℃.Now I can't give her comfortable life or buy expensive dresses for her,  but at least, I can give her 1℃love.”

1.The couple moved out of their house                          .

A. on a rainy day                

B. in a cold winter

C. when the husband lost his work 

D. when the wife saw her husband’s diary

2.The woman thought her husband didn’t love her because                          .

A. he didn’t buy her beautiful clothes    

B. he didn’t have enough money

C. he always worked with no care of her 

D. he didn’t look after her parents

3.The woman’s eyes were full of tears because                      .

A. She felt sad by her husband’s words   

B. the rainy day made her sad.

C. her eyes were hurt by the computer   

D. she was moved by her husband’s words

4.The man wanted to take the shower first because                         .

A. he was tired and wanted to sleep earlier

B. he wanted to make the bathroom warmer

C. he wasn’t as strong as before         

D. he couldn’t stand the cold winter

5.From the reading, we know that                        .

A. the man loved his wife very much   

B. the woman didn’t love her husband     

C. the man was poor before          

D. the woman had no job