Hi, Mary. Now let me tell you about my family. I have a big family. There are seven people in my family---- my parents, my aunt, my brother, my sister, my cousin and I.
My parents are teachers in a middle school. My father, Jack, is a math(数学) teacher and my mother, Laura, is an English teacher. My anut Sarah doesn’t work (工作) now and she cooks (做饭) for us every day. Her son Jim, is my classmate (同班同学). And my brother, Tony, is in Grade （年级）Nine now. His math is very good. And my sister, Sharon, works very hard (努力地). Her teachers like her very much. I have a happy family.
【小题1】How many people are there in Mary’s family?
A Eight       B Seven       C Nine          D Ten
【小题2】Mary’s father is a/an ______ teacher and her mother is a/an _______ teacher.
A math, math    B math   English    C English  math    D English   English
【小题3】According to (根据) the passage (文章), who works very hard?
A Mary’s aunt    B Mary’s brother      C Mary’s sister      D Mary
【小题4】According to the passage, who are students?
A Mary                   B Mary and Jim
C Mary, Jim and Tony.     D Mary Jim Tony and Sharon
【小题5】Which (哪一个) is right (对的)?
A Mary has (有) a small family.
B Mary’s parents are English teachers.
C Mary’s aunt, Sarah, works hard now.
D Mary’s family is happy.

—Mom, this is my new friend, Jack.

— _________.

A．OK

B．Thank you

C．Nice to meet you.

D．You are very good.

I do not need a calendar to tell me when it is winter. All I need is my nose. When I wake up in the morning and smell the tasty treats my mom is cooking downstairs, I know winter has arrived.
The first one is the smell of chocolate. During the holiday season (from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) my mother makes her special hot chocolate. She always adds a peppermint candy cane (薄荷味拐棍糖) to the drink and tops it with cream.
The hot chocolate gets me out of bed, but it is my mother’s chocolate fudge (软糕) that makes me run downstairs. It is a thick chunk (块) of chocolate that tastes like heaven. My mother adds nuts. That gives it more texture (质感).
But my mother isn’t done yet. She also makes a treat she calls “window panes (窗玻璃)”. She takes a few different colored marshmallows (棉花糖) and melts them together with chocolate. The final product looks like a colorful church window, so we call it “window panes”.
These tasty holiday treats are usually eaten after a meal as a dessert. But don’t tell Santa Claus because I secretly eat them all day long.
【小题1】What wakes “me” up in the morning?