With the development of economics (经济), the problem of left-behind children (留守儿童) has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.
One of the biggest problems is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years, which makes some children lost their parents’ faces. When they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care.
Because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. From a survey (调查) about their study, only two per cent of the children get good results, while ten per cent of them are common and eighty-eight per cent of them are poor. What a pity!
There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and being crazy about Internet and so on.
In a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government, families and schools to try their best together.
【小题1】How many problems are mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．More than four.

【小题2】Which problem is NOTmentioned in the passage?

A．Having no place to live.

B．Being crazy about the Internet.

C．Unhealthy lifestyles.

D．Not study well.

【小题3】What’s the meaning of “some children lost their parents’ faces”?

A．Some children lost their parents.

B．Some children couldn’t find their parents.

C．Some children can’t remember what their parents look like.

D．Some children can’t get any information about their parents.

【小题4】Which of the following sentences isRIGHT?

A．All of the left-behind children aren’t good at study.

B．The left-behind children can see their parents often.

C．The left-behind children have much money.

D．The left-behind children problem is a social problem.

【小题5】What is the best title of the article?

A．The Left-behind Children

B．What is Left-behind Children

C．The Problems of the Left-behind Children

D．How to help Left-behind Children

In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them coral(珊瑚) islands.
A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island.
If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers.
If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral.
They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water.
Then the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.
So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Don’t they teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?
【小题1】 In the sea _____.

A．there are no coral islands	B．there are some coral islands
C．the water is always warm	D．we can see many flowers and fishes

【小题2】A coral island looks like ______.

A．a round cake

B．trees, grass and flowers

C．a ring of land

D．a round lake

【小题3】There are ____ in the holes in corals.

A．flowers

B．little corals

C．grass

D．sea animals

【小题4】How did seeds of trees, grass and flowers come to the coral islands?

A．The wind and birds brought them to the coral islands.

B．Only the wind brought them there.

C．People brought them there.

D．Fishes brought them there.

【小题5】From the story we learn that _____.

A．small workers can’t do big things

B．only big workers can do big things

C．small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time

D．all small things can do things

In our town, there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are so beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas best.
In our zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind legs, hold up their four legs and ask for food. They like cakes very much.
There's also a children's corner in our zoo. Children ride horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children.
【小题1】Which animal likes bananas best ?

A．monkeys

B．tigers

C．elephants

D．donkeys

【小题2】The zoo is ______________ .

A．near our town

B．very big

C．very small

D．next to the city

【小题3】Which animal plays like small children ?

A．the monkeys

B．the tigers

C．the bears

D．lions

【小题4】Why do bears stand on their hind legs ?
A. They are tired and want to have a rest.  B They want to jump out
C. They want to ask for food.           D.  They want to eat people
【小题5】How many kinds of bears are there in the zoo ?

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．five

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”
Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

【小题1】

A．eggs B．coins C．toys D．pencils

【小题2】

A．got B．lost C．took D．dropped

【小题3】

A．on B．off C．back D．around

【小题4】

A．asked B．began C．hoped D．continued

【小题5】

A．how B．what C．whose D．which

【小题6】

A．put B．found C．changed D．cleaned

【小题7】

A．usual B．simple C．different D．dangerous

【小题8】

A．as B．so C．for D．but

【小题9】

A．signs B．men C．boys D．lessons

【小题10】

A．told B．took C．helped D．ordered

【小题11】

A．bag B．hat C．pocket D．basket

【小题12】

A．food B．songs C．beauty D．pictures

【小题13】

A．because B．unless C．before D．though

【小题14】

A．about B．with C．from D．except

【小题15】

A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth

In the USA，every year，Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of November．Because Canada (加拿大) is north of（在……北边） the USA，and is colder．The harvest （收获） comes earlier （更早）in the year．In Canada，people have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October．
The harvest brings a lot of food to the people．On Thanksgiving Day people in Canada and America like to have a big meal with their friends and family just like Chinese people do at Mid—Autumn Festival．Many Canadians（加拿大人） and Americans put flowers．vegetables and fruits around their homes to say“Thank you”for the harvest．
At a Thanksgiving Day dinner，many Canadians and Americans will eat turkey，potatoes，and pumpkins pie．These are food like the food of many years ago．They are saying“Thank you”for the harvest that comes every year．
(    )3．Which country has the Thanksgiving Day like the USA?
A．Japan．    B．China．  C．Canada．  D．Korea．
(    )4．In the USA，Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of    ．
A．January    B．May    C．November  D．December
(     )5．Canada has Thanksgiving earlier in the year because      ．
A．they like flowers     B．the harvest comes earlier
C．they have a big meal  D．they want to be different
(     )6．What do people usually say on Thanksgiving Day for the harvest?
A.Good morning． B．I’m hungry  C．Hello． D．Thank you．