Mr. and Mrs. Gao have two children，Gao Ping and Gao Dong．The whole family are all busy，so they often leave notes（便条）for each other．

1．When will Gao Dong be back home?

A．At 8：30 pm．                                         B．At 4：00 pm．

C．At 8：00 pm．                                                 D．At 9：00 pm．

2．Who should walk the dog today?

A．Gao Ping．          B．Mrs. Gao．          C．Mr. Gao．              D．Gao Dong．

3．What is Gao Dong doing at 7：45 pm?

A．Practicing football．                                B．Going to Kate's house．

C．Practicing the violin．                                 D．Doing his homework．

4．Where can Gao Dong find his football shoes?

A．In his bedroom．                                    B．Outside the back door．

C．In the living room．                                    D．At Kate's house．

5．According to the notes，Miss Liu is ________．

A．Gao Dong's mother                                  B．Gao Dong's brother

C．the dog in the family                                   D．Gao Dong's piano teacher

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.

One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.

“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

46. A. speak    B. answer   C. say      D. ask

47. A. hoped    B. told         C. let      D. wished

48. A. why B. where    C. what         D. which

49. A. long B. wide         C. high         D. narrow

50. A. either   B. all      C. both         D. neither

51. A. stood    B. went         C. lay      D. walked

52. A. gone     B. bought   C. returned     D. been

53. A. wrong    B. accident     C. thing        D. matter

54. A. meat     B. dinner   C. bread        D. money

55. A. politely     B. instead C. safely   D. kindly

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.

One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.

“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

1.A. speak B. answer   C. say      D. ask

2. A. hoped     B. told         C. let      D. wished

3.A. why    B. where    C. what         D. which

4. A. long  B. wide         C. high         D. narrow

5. A. either    B. all      C. both         D. neither

6. A. stood     B. went         C. lay      D. walked

7.A. gone   B. bought   C. returned     D. been

8.A. wrong B. accident     C. thing        D. matter

9. A. meat B. dinner   C. bread        D. money

10.A. politely B. instead C. safely   D. kindly

Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
1．Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival every year. One summer, she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
2．After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren.
3．After a hurricane(飓风) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says, “I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
4．One day, Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(难民) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman, from Somalia. Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes’ walk from where Helen lives. They work on reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.
5．Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
【小题1】When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
【小题2】What did Helen do after she retired?
【小题3】Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
【小题4】Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
【小题5】How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
【小题6】Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
【小题7】What can you learn from Helen?