A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.
Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.
“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.
He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.
“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”
【小题1】During the war, children are ______________.  
A.studying at school       B.safer than their parents   C.in great danger
【小题2】The children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.
A.it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.
B.their parents are not at home
C.they want to get food and water.
【小题3】Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.
A.he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason
B.he doesn’t want to tell a lie.
C.he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.
【小题4】“sleeping pills” are __________.
A. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.
B.a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep
C.a kind of food to make them strong
【小题5】According to the passage we know that__________.
A. all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.
B. all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem
C. the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.

In the world today, all of the people need recreation（消遣）. We can not work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.

   Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual（个人的） sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor（室外的）.

  Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.

  It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.

1. Which is the most popular form of recreation?

   A. Sports       B. Watching TV       C. Sleeping      D. Singing and dancing

2.People want to take part in sports in order to       .

   A. keep healthy and enjoy life              B. make friends

   C. find a good job                       D. make more money

3. Outdoor sports include（包括）               .

   A. watching TV                        B. singing and dancing

   C. listening to the radio                  D. skating and mountain climbing

4.Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?

A. Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them.

B. Because they don’t enjoy sports.

C. Because they don’t enjoy life.

D. Because they don’t need recreation.

5. The passage tells us that               .

A. basketball is a kind of team sports   

B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them

C. different people have different ways of relaxing

D. indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports

Dear Mike,

We got your letter yesterday. Yes, we can visit you at Christmas. We thought to spend(度) Christmas at home, but now we are going to be with you. Jack will not be in school then.

The weather in Chicago is cold, but is doesn’t matter. Sometimes we like the snow.

We got our plane tickets. We will get to your city on the 18^th. We will stay with you for two weeks. Is that all right with you?

We’ll take our favourite recipes(食谱), so we can have a nice Christmas dinner.

See you soon.

Love

Mom and Dad

根据短文内容用适当的单词完成下面句子：(每空一词)

1.This letter is from Mike’s              .

2.In Chicago, it is             now.

3.Mike has a brother called             . He is in school now.

4.Mike’s parents will go to his city by           .

5.Mike and his parents will          a nice dinner on Christmas Day.

— I wonder _ _.

— I'm afraid we'll be late.

A. how we can be on time                B. what we are going to do

C. why we get to school late            D. if we will arrive at the meeting on time

The teacher asked us ______.

1. A.
   when did I finished my work
2. B.
   why didn’t we tell him about it earlier
3. C.
   what we were interested in
4. D.
   where we are going to have our lunch