The exam will soon be finished and the summer holidays are coming. Boys and girls will have two months' holidays.

　　　 The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good. You can spend most of your time playing if you live in the coun?try, out ill the woods and fields.The best place for a summer holiday ,however, is the seaside. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea. but for the other; who do not, a week or two at one of the big beaches or something that they will talk about for the whole of the following year.

In England, it is not only the rich who ran take their children to the seaside; if a factory worker or a bus driver.，a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and chil?dren to Southland, or Other places. He is usually quite able to do so.

Now. what is it that children like so much about the seaside? I think it is the sand, sea and the sun more than any other things. Of course. there are lots of new things to see. nice things to eat. and exciting things to do, but it is the feeling of sand under one's feet, of salt water on one's skin. and of the warm sun on one's back that make the seaside what it is.

Fill in the blank with the suitable words according to the passage.

1. The favorite time of the year for children is [1]_________ [2]__________.

2. The [3]________ in summer is [4]_________ in the passage.

3. The writer thinks the children [5]_________ the [6]_________ are lucky.

4. The writer hints (暗示 ) that not only the [7]__________ but also the [8]_______ can go to the seaside.

5. The main thing that makes children like the seaside is the feeling of [9]________, salt water and [10]___________.

The best day of the week for shoppers is Saturday. In America, women do most of the shopping, while the young also enjoy shopping with their friends. Men don’t enjoy taking time in the store. There are many places to shop. A mall is a group of many shops where you can buy clothes, furniture, and everything of the house. Shopping malls provide parking of the cars which is very important to the shopper. Usually the mall is under one roof, so each people doesn’t get cold or wet from rain, wind, or snow. Mothers can buy clothes for family members. For the children, shoes, socks, dresses, coats, and sweaters are bought in August for the new school year. For the kitchen the mother might buy cooking pots, drinking glasses, and the television set. The bedroom furniture has beds, mirrors and so on. Finally, there are pictures in most rooms.

To buy all these things at the mall takes many trips but mothers enjoy this kind of shopping.

1.Who often goes shopping for the family members from the passage, we know?

A．Mothers          B．Fathers           C．Young people      D．Children

2.In America, women like shopping on.

A．Sunday           B．Saturday          C．Monday           D．Friday

3.Men do not enjoy shopping in the store, because.

A．it will cost more money                   B．takes shorter time

C．it takes a lot of time                      D．they will get wet from rain

4.The word “furniture” means.

A．电视柜           B．家具             C．电器             D．立柜

5.What is a shopping mall?

A．It’s a group of many shops where you can buy everything you need.

B．A department store where you can buy everything you need.

C．A supermarket where you can buy vegetables, fruits and so on.

D．You can park your car there

Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She  1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was  2  else’s fault(过错).
She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for  3  . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with  4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person  5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6  left inside you.”  7  she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.
Every morning she asked   8  if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued  9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then  10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.
The woman was very  11 . Unable to control herself, she  12  the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.
As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and  13  what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was  14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been  15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”

Many people may think that animals in the zoo are happy, free and lucky, but most of them are sad. Do you know why? Animals like tigers, lions, and bears usually live in forests or mountains. They run, jump, play with their children and catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in cages ,small rooms in the zoo. They don’t have to find food by themselves because the zoo keepers feed them. They do nothing but eat, walk and sleep every day. Their life in the zoo is quite different from that in the forest because they are not free. Maybe they miss their mothers and their friends, in fact, they feel lonely.

1.Most of the animals in the zoo feel ______ according to the passage.

A. happy     B. free       C. lucky         D. sad

2.Where do tigers, lions and bears usually live?_____________.

A. In the zoo              B. In the forest

C. In a room               D. In the field

3.What does the word “keeper” mean here? It means ____________.

A.仓库      B.监护人        C.坚持者      D.饲养员

4.Which is wrong according to the passage?

A. The animals in the zoo feel lonely in fact.

B. The animals catch food themselves in the zoo.

C. The animals can only eat, walk or sleep in the zoo.

D. The animals in the forest are happier than those in the zoo.

5.Which is the best title(题目)?

A. Animals In the Zoo                B. Animals And People

C. Lovely Animals                   D. Happy Animals

It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. All these because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her sadness, I don’t want to do any job related(和…相关) to science, either. In fact, when I said that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, Her heart was broken.

“Why can’t you be like my friend’s son?” she bemoans(抱怨) all the time. Her friend’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I can’t be like him. He is Mr. Perfect. I’m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary(薪水).

I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6.30 a.m. and usually comes home around 5 p.m. or even 6 p.m. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.

1. Which topic do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A. The writer’s studies.   B. The writer’s future job    C. Dinner plans    D. World War III

2.From Paragraph 1，we know that the writer’s mother ____________.

A. doesn’t want the writer to major in English

B. doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor

C. gets along very well with the writer

D. thinks working in the science field is a good idea

3.Which sentence is probably TRUE about the writer?

A. He wants to be like his mother’s friend’s son.

B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C. He doesn’t think his mother’s friend’s son is perfect.

D. He wants to do something he really likes in the future.

4.We can know from the last paragraph that ____.

A. the writer’s mother works very hard for the family

B. the writer doesn’t know what his future will be like

C. the writer doesn’t think being a doctor is a good job

D. the writer sometimes thinks his mother’s advice is very good