March 29, 2013                                          Sunny

Today was the Hungry Luncheon (饥饿午餐日). Every year, at our school, there is a lunch event called the Hungry Luncheon.

If you want to join the event, you must pay two dollars at the door of the dining hall and get a letter. All the money is used for helping those poor people who don’t have enough (足够的) food to eat. My letter was “K”.

After all the students sat down, the teachers called the letters for the meals: 15% of the students got to eat a best dinner. 25% of the students got to eat an Okay meal. But 60% of the students just had a small piece of bread and a small cup of water!

The purpose (目的) of this event is to tell us about the unfairness (不公平) of the world, and that we need to start helping the poor!

I was one of the 60% of the students. I was a little hungry for the rest of the day, but I learned something from this special lesson. Now every time I eat, I think about the poor.

 

Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9th graders.
In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.
A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.
Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!
If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(图案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.
For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.
【小题1】There is ______ special on this wall.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

【小题2】What was the “VICTORY” written in?

A．Chalk

B．Pencil

C．Pen

D．Brush

【小题3】When has the poem been written?

A．At the beginning of the last semester.	B．At the end of the year.
C．At the end of the last semester.	D．At the beginning of the last month.

【小题4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word?

A．部分

B．分离

C．和好

D．聚集

【小题5】What’s the title of the passage?

A．The Pictures of the Wall	B．The Feelings of the Students
C．The Patterns of the Classroom	D．The Hope of the Writer

Whenever the house gets quiet, Mrs. Smith knows just where to find her 6-year-old daughter Maria: lost in the world of stories.
“I like to read every time of the day,” said Maria, a student at Creel Elementary School in Australia.
Maria’s headmaster, Mrs. White, wants each of her 850 students and their families to learn the love of reading this year. She wants reading at home to become an activity of choice in every family, even during holiday breaks. “I truly realize reading should be an important part of everyone’s life, and nothing should stop it.” said Mrs. White.
“The aim we want most of all is to help children understand they can enjoy reading, as well as practice their skills,” said Hannas, an education researcher. He suggested parents take their children to the library and allow them to pick out books that interest them.
Each night, students take home two books to read with their parents or other family members. They have to return the books the next day with a signed note from their parents showing that the books were read, and have passing tests that check how well they understand the books.
“We’re trying to get parents into the habit of reading with their kids.” said the headmaster. “Nothing is better than sitting on a sofa with your child and reading and laughing.”
Through books, Mrs. Smith, a parent, said she’s able to give her two daughters more experiences than she could.
“I think reading opens all the doors and creates imaginations in children,” she said, “I think if you read well, you can succeed in anything in life.”
【小题1】The aim of the at-home-reading activity is to __________.

A．show the parents how important reading is

B．ask each of the students to learn from Maria

C．let parents care about their children

D．help the students and their families enjoy reading

【小题2】To make sure how well the students understand the books, the school has to ________.

A．give the students tests

B．ask their parents to write a note

C．return the books the next day

D．check how many books they have read

【小题3】From the article, we know that the at-home-reading activity __________.

A．can bring everything we want

B．has influenced the students at Creel Elementary School

C．helps family members understand each other better

D．makes parents understand school better

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?

On April 5, 2012，the State Council(国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are stricter than the old ones.

Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students go to nearby school or boarding schools to reduce traffic risks . Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.

From now on, school buses have a speed limit of 80 km/h on highways and 60 km/h on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.

The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超载的).

There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first aid kit (急救箱) and a GPS.

A series of school bus accidents happened in China in 2011. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen (加强) the rules for school buses.

The most serious accident happened in Gansu in November,2011. When a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were more than 60 children inside, and 21 of them died.

I hope such terrible things won’t happen again and all of us can pay more attention to the safety of the students.

1.What did the State Council publish on April 5, 2012?

A．New rules about school bus safety.

B．New rules about student safety.

C．New rules about student home.

D．New rules about class.

2.According to the passage, the government made new rules because       .

A．21 students died in school bus accidents in 2011

B．School buses in China were not safe enough before

C．200 million children in China go to school by bus every day

D．the government encourages all students to take school buses

3.What does the underlined “”word mean?

A．国外的           B．国内的            C．寄宿的           D．较远的

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A．The most serious accident happened in 2011 in Gansu.

B．A school bus must have more than seven seats.

C．Local governments must help kids.

D．Safety first on the school bus.

 

On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It’s a hand, a simple hand.

But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. “I think it must be the hand of God that bring us food,” said one child, “A farmer,” said another, “Because he grows beautiful flowers.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher went over Douglas’ desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” she said quietly and shyly.

She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone’s thanksgiving, not for the material things we get, but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.

 

1.When did the story happen?

A. On Christmas Day.               B. On Teachers’ Day.    

C. On Mother’s Day.                D. On Thanksgiving Day.

2.Why did Douglas draw the picture?

A. He was good at drawing it.             

B. His teacher asked him to draw it.    

C. He wanted to show his thanks to the teacher.               

D. He hoped to get a prize in drawing.

3.What do you learn about Douglas from the passage?

A. He was a lonely child.             B. He was very active in class.    

C. He always kept his hand clean.            D. He often answered questions loudly.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion (意见；主张；看法), but not a fact?

A. The teacher went over Dauglas’ desk and talked to him.             

B. Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways.    

C. The teacher often took Douglas by the hand after class.      

D. Most of the students were drawing the pictures of flowers or tables with food.