Can you or do you wash your clothes? Can you cook meals for yourself when your parents are not at home?   1.

Today, many young people can’t look after themselves when they leave home.   2. I don’t want to be a person like that. I want to be more independent(独立的).

When I was only seven years old, I was in the kitchen with my mother enjoying cooking. I always helped her.   3. She was really interested in teaching me how to cook. But when my mother got married (结婚), she didn’t know how to cook. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking. My mother did not start cooking until she was 25 years old.   4. She had to take cooking lessons. So she decided to teach us how to cook because she didn’t want us to have the same experience.

 5. I always wash my own clothes, and sometimes I wash my parents and my brother’s clothes, too. When my parents are not at home, I can cook meals for my brother and me.

A. At the beginning, it was difficult for her.

B. I did nothing at home, because my mother could help me.

C. My mother likes doing chores.

D. And now I can do many chores myself.

E. Do you often help do some chores at home?

F. I learned cooking from my mother.

G. They even can’t wash a pair of socks.

 

 

Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how
soon I’ll get to town?”
“Go.” Aesop answered.
“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”
“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.
“This man must be mad(疯的),” the traveler thought and went on.
After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距离), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”
The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”
“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”
【小题1】One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.

A．stopped

B．found

C．met

D．saved

【小题2】The traveler asked Aesop______________.

A．to show him the way to town

B．how long it would take him to get to town

C．to give him some money

D．to tell him where the town was:

【小题3】Why didn’t Aesop give the traveler the answer at first? Because he__________.

A．thought the traveler a was rude man

B．didn’t know the distance

C．wanted to tell him later

D．didn’t know how fast the man could walk

【小题4】When did Aesop give the traveler the answer?

A．After the traveler got to town

B．After the traveler had walked some distance.

C．when he wasn’t angry.

D．When the traveler asked him a third time.

Dear Annie,

I have never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing. I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself. But now I know I was wrong.

Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess. And that’s why I’m writing this letter to you.

I have a happy family. I love my children and they love me . I’m a mother of three children. I know well how to bring up (带大)children, and two of them are already over twenty, so it is nothing new for me.

But now I have a serious problem:the Internet problem. My little son is just sixteen, and I feel he should do a lot of homework now , but he doesn’t seem to be interested in it . He can happily spend six or eight hours at a time on the Tnternet every day , He chats with pelple that he has never met before , but speaks little to us .He does lots of useless things on the Internet. And he sees red if you ask him to do his homework.

I just want him to be a good student . Now he seldomdoes his lessons at home. I’m afraid he will drop behind in his class soon. His father is a doctor , a very kind man . He never seems to be afraid of his father.

What can I do ?And don’t tell to talk to him. We’ve tried that and it didn’t work. But this is really a big problem in our family. I have tried everything I can think of . I

wonder how the Internet is so attractive(有吸引力的).You’re my last hope. Please tell me what I can do!

Yours,

Ellen Smith

 

(   ) 1. Mrs Snith wrote to Annie because　　　　　　　.

     A. she often asked others for help

     B. she thought she was a great mother

     C. she didn’t know how to stop his son surfing the Internet

     D. she didn’t know how the Internet was so attractive

(   ) 2.What might NOT Mrs Smith’s son do on the Internet?                        

     A. Send e-mails to his friends         B. Prepare for his lessons

     C. Chat with strange people           D.Read the news

(   ) 3. What does the phrase “he sees red”mean in this passage?                   

     A. He feels sorry                    B.He feels happy

     C. He becomes frightened             D. He becomes angry

(   ) 4. What do you think of Mr.Smith?                   

     A. An irresponsible(不负责任的)father who nerver taught his son

     B. A very excellent doctor who was busy with his work and had no time to teach

his son

     C. A very kind man who loved his son

     D.A man who always made his son be afraid of him but failed

 

 

On my first day of the sixth grade, I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus. “Don’t   1  her,” Lauren said, who sat beside me, “or they will make fun of you.”

Amy had many physical differences —lots of   2  for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren’t straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really ugly teeth.

Every day as we drove to school, kids would shout insults (侮辱) at Amy. “God, what a

 3  face! Stop looking at me!” “Mr. Rolland (the driver)! Amy took off her   4 , and now her eyes are frightening me! Make her put them back on!” I also did that because I didn’t want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy.

But while I was insulting her, my heart   5  for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look   6 , because she was so ashamed and alone. Then I wanted to stand up for her. I just didn’t know how to stop my schoolmates   7  the night of our class roller skating party.

Our whole class was there, including Amy. Amy didn’t know how to   8 , but I could see how much she wanted to   9  like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand. We began the journey together around the skating rink. She just smiled, and sometimes she would laugh in   10 .

On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me  11   together, but   12  insulted her or me. And they didn’t do that for the rest of the year.

After graduation, I never heard from Amy again. However, I never   13  her and I’ve always   14  if I changed her life for the better. But I know for sure she changed my life. After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress (给…留下印象) people by trying to   15  like them. I became myself.

1.                A．laugh at        B．ask about       C．talk to    D．be afraid of

 

2.                A．reasons         B．choices         C．ideas D．habits

 

3.                A．lovely          B．strange         C．common  D．funny

 

4.                A．glasses         B．coat           C．shoes    D．hat

 

5.                A．beat           B．lost            C．opened   D．ached

 

6.                A．happier        B．angrier         C．prettier   D．uglier

 

7.                A．until           B．since           C．before   D．after

 

8.                A．stand          B．skate           C．run  D．walk

 

9.                A．catch up        B．have fun        C．sit down D．fall over

 

10.               A．fear           B．surprise        C．joy   D．comfort

 

11.               A．talking         B．dancing        C．skating    D．traveling

 

12.               A．somebody      B．anybody        C．everybody D．nobody

 

13.               A．forget          B．help           C．meet D．miss

 

14.               A．hoped         B．thought        C．wondered D．considered

 

15.               A．shout          B．laugh          C．play  D．act

 

 

Mrs. Black lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. Her son, Jack, lived with her. He worked in a shop in the village, but then he found a job in town named Green Sea. He went to live there. Mrs. Black was very angry. She got on a train and went to see her son. Then she said to him, "Jack, why do you never telephone me?"
Jack laughed, "But, mother, you haven't got a telephone. "No." She answered, "I haven't, but you have got one. "
（ ）1. The old Black ______.
A. is dead          B. lives with his wife
C. went to a small village            D. worked in a shop
（ ）2. Jack lived with his mother ______he worked in the village.
A. before        B. when              C. after     D. so
（ ）3. Green Sea is _________.
A. a big city    B. a small village    C. a town    D. a man's name
（ ）4. Jack didn't phone his mother because ______.
A. he had no phone                     B. he was very busy
C. his mother had no phone             D. he went home every day
（ ）5. Jack's mother was very angry because ______.
A. Jack didn't want to ring her up
B. Jack had a telephone but she hadn't
C. she didn't know how to make a telephone
D. she didn't know she couldn't be called