Dear Mike,
We got your letter yesterday. Yes, we can visit you at Christmas. (A) Although we thought to spend Christmas at home, but now we are going to be with you. Jack will not be in school then.
The  ( B ) in Chicago is cold, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes we like the snow.
(C) We got our plane tickets and it will take us 90 minutes to reach your city. And we will get to your city (D) the 18th. We will stay with you for two weeks. Is that all right with you ?
We'll take our favorite recipes(食谱), so we can have a nice Christmas dinner. (E) It will be very wonderful then.
See you soon.
Love
Mom and Dad
任务一：【小题1】(A)处句中有一处错误，请改正。（可用文字叙述）
任务二：【小题2】将(B)和(D)处的横线上分别填一个单词(B) _________.(D) _______.
任务三：【小题3】将(C)处译成汉语：________________________________________________
任务四：【小题4】将(E)的句子改为感叹句。
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任务五：【小题5】Mike has a brother called______________

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things: they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine(常规) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.

1.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ________.

A. listening to skilled people’s advice

B. asking older people many questions

C. making mistakes and having them corrected

D. doing what other people do

2.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

A. Give children correct answers.

B. Allow children to make mistakes.

C. Point out children’s mistakes to them.

D. Let children mark their own work.

3.According to the writer, teachers in school should ________.

A. allow children to learn from each other

B. point out children’s mistakes whenever found

C. give children more book knowledge

D. correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible

4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ________.

A. different from learning other skills

B. the same as learning skills

C. more important than other skills

D. not really important skills

After our hospital visit, my husband and I needed cheering up, so we thought we would treat ourselves to a big breakfast at our favourite restaurant. While we were waiting for our meals, we decided to use all our small change and make our wallets light, so we counted it out as we waited.

I vaguely(含糊地) remember seeing a man sitting nearby. When our meals arrived, we found a note. It read,” Your breakfast has been paid for. Hope you have a lovely day.”

It was a wonderful surprise as nothing like that had ever happened to us. He must have thought we could hardly pay the bill. We looked around to thank him, but he had left. As retirees(退休者)，we were grateful for the help like this, but it was the kindness of a total stranger that meant so much more to us.

【小题 1 】The old couple went to restaurant for a big breakfast in order to _______.

A. become happier                  B. become healthier

C. become lighter                   D. become younger

【小题  2】What have you learnt from the story?

A. The old couple couldn’t afford the meal.

B. The old couple paid the meal by small change.

C. The old couple had a free meal in the end

D. The old couple bought the man a big breakfast

【小题  3】Clearly, the man sitting near the couple was _______.

A. poor       B. rich              C. helpful         D. grateful

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。（共4小题，每小题2分；计8分）

When I was a boy, I didn't have any hair on my head. So I was very shy. I liked to watch my friends play in the park. Sometimes I would join them, but most of the time I just watched them play.

Every day, we would see an old man walking in the park. He had big ears and no hair. We thought he was dumb (哑的). Every time when my friends saw him, they would say loudly, "Hey, Mr. Dumb, what's the time?” But they got no answer.

One early evening, I was standing outside my house, and I saw the old man coming. I was not with any of my friends and there were no other kids around to say the usual words of "greeting( 问候)”.

But how could I let the old man walk by without saying anything? So for the first time, I asked, “Hey, Mr. Dumb, what’s the time?"

The old man looked at me. Then he looked at his watch and answered, "It's six thirty. " I ran into my house and never said that "greeting" to the old man after that day.

1.The boy often played with his friends together.

2.The boy’s friends were very polite to the old man.

3.Neither the boy nor the old man had any hair on the head.

4.Actually, the old man could hear and speak.

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。

Yesterday my classmates and I went to visit an old people'shome with our parents. It  was quite1.   

from our school, so we went there by bus. After forty minutes, we 2.    there.When the old people saw us, they felt very glad. We did a lot of things that day. First, we cleaned the house. It 3.       us the whole morning to do the work. And 4.      we cooked and ate lunch with them happily. After that some students sang and danced for them, some students told funny stories to them, and 5.    students chatted with them. The old people smiled all the time. Our6.       worked hard, too. They made good examples to' us students. Doing things with our parents is 7.      and exciting. We like it. We were all very 8.        when we left. But we thought it was a special experience for us. And 9.    of us felt that we were members of a big family. How happy we were! It is important for us all to help the people in need and show our 10.        to everyone.