Amy is an American student in Des Moines, Iowa. She is nine years old and she is in Grade Four this year. Now she and her friends are pen pals of the students in India.
In their letters, Amy learns that life of Indian children is difficult. And they don’t have money to buy desks for school. She is surprised and wants to help them.
She and her friends collect ＄711. A charity(慈善) group helps them buy 75 desks. “We have many good things in our country,” said Amy. “We should help others.” She also hopes to raise(募捐) money to build a well for them. Then the students can get clean water from it. It may be a good gift for the Indian children.
【小题1】Where are Amy’s pen pals from?

A．America

B．India.

C．England.

D．China.

【小题2】How is the students’ life in India?

A．It’s hard.

B．It’s boring.

C．It’s happy.

D．It’s rich.(富饶的)

【小题3】How much is each(每一个) of the desks according to(根据) the passage?

A．＄711.

B．＄75.

C．＄9.48.

D．＄6.36.

【小题4】What does “well” mean in the last paragraph in Chinese?

A．玩具

B．房子

C．好

D．水井

【小题5】Which is TRUE(正确的) according to the passage?

A．Amy is an Indian boy.

B．The Indian children will be happy to get Amy’s gift.

C．Amy buys 75 desks for his pen pals.

D．The Indian children want to help others.

John is an American boy. His family is in China now. John likes chocolates(巧克力) very much. But his mother doesn’t give him any. She thinks they are not good for him. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves him very much,  and sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets John eat them. She wants to make the old man happy. One Sunday evening John says in his room,  “Please,  God (上帝). Make them give me a big box of chocolates tomorrow. It’s my eighth birthday. ” His mother says，“God can’t hear(听见）you,  my boy. ” “I know,  but my grandfather is in the next room. He can hear. ”
【小题1】John likes _____ very much.

A．reading books

B．eating

C．chocolates

D．God

【小题2】John comes from _____ .

A．China

B．America

C．Canada

D．England

【小题3】What day is John’s birthday?

A．Sunday.

B．Monday.

C．Tuesday.

D．Saturday.

【小题4】Who sometimes buy some chocolates for John?

A．His mother.

B．God.

C．His grandfather.

D．Himself.

【小题5】Where’s John’s grandfather on that day?
A. In the factory. B. On a farm.   C. In the U. S. A.      D. In the next room.

 

Look ! This is a nice  1  .It’s Sunday morning. There   2  many boys and girls in the park. Some of them are singing    3   the tree. Some are   4   in the river. Other  5   are playing games on the hill.

Maria is an American girl. She is   6  to her classmates. She is in the park, too. What is she doing? She is sitting and   7  a book. She  8   _reading very much. Tom is an English boy. He is five. He is too young. He can’t   9   to school. Now he  10     a kite with his father in the park.

 

Jim is an American boy. He is  1  New York. He likes   2  football matches,     3  he doesn’t have enough money   4  tickets. He has to watch the matches  5 TV at home when he has   6  homework. He   7  go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.

A big football match would be held(举行) in the afternoon the next day.   8  wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the   9  afternoon.

“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother   10  he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”

“I’m   11  we can’t afford(买得起) one,” said his mother.

The next morning Jim went home with a smile,   12  a new video.

“But where did you get the   13  , Jim?” His mother asked in   14 .

“That’s   15  , mom. I sold our TV set.”

1.                A．on            B．at             C．from D．to

 

2.                A．watching        B．seeing          C．playing   D．looking

 

3.                A．and            B．so             C．but  D．or

 

4.                A．to buy          B．buying          C．buy  D．bought

 

5.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．with

 

6.                A．few            B．a few           C．many D．quite a little

 

7.                A．may           B．can            C．must D．should

 

8.                A．Mother         B．Father          C．Teacher  D．Jim

 

9.                A．other          B．different        C．same D．another

 

10.               A．after           B．before         C．because   D．as

 

11.               A．glad           B．afraid          C．pleased   D．happy

 

12.               A．carrying        B．listening        C．watching  D．playing

 

13.               A．car            B．money         C．match D．TV

 

14.               A．surprise        B．person         C．a low voice D．great pain

 

15.               A．easy           B．easily          C．difficult   D．hardly

 

 

Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect (保护) its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war. There, the travelers might not be safe. These countries are listed in a small book called a passport (护照).
This passport is for the safety of its traveling people. It is also a government’s pledge (保证) that the people will follow the rules of the host country. To receive a passport from the government, a traveler must show that he is an American citizen (公民). An American cannot go abroad without a passport. Only the close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports. The traveler’s picture is inside the passport. Children traveling with their parents are also in one parent’s book.
Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveler might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things. But the most important thing that he carries in another country is his passport.
【小题1】Why does a traveler need a passport?

A．It helps to protect the people.	B．It helps to know where he will go.
C．He needs to take pictures often.	D．He needs to carry more when he travels.

【小题2】A passport is not needed when an American goes to       .

A．European countries

B．Dangerous areas

C．Canada or Mexico

D．Russia and China

【小题3】We believe       .

A．some countries don’t ask for passports	B．people should look after their passports
C．money is more important than a passport	D．children are never in a passport

【小题4】We can know from the text that       .

A．Americans travel abroad a lot	B．a traveler is not safe in most countries
C．children can’t travel abroad	D．Americans abroad only need a passport