One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask present for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”

1. 1.

   Who was Tomas Jefferson?

   1. A.
      He was a businessman.       
   2. B.
      He was a teacher.
   3. C.
      He was a captain.           
   4. D.
      He was the president of the US
2. 2.

   How did they cross the river?

   1. A.
      In a boat.
   2. B.
      On their horses.
   3. C.
      By swimming.
   4. D.
      By building a bridge.
3. 3.

   When the group were crossing the river, ________.

   1. A.
      water was flowing out of the river
   2. B.
      it was windy and very cold
   3. C.
      there were many empty boats in the river
   4. D.
      everyone wrote a word on the face
4. 4.

   At last, __________.

   1. A.
      both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river
   2. B.
      only Jefferson crossed the river
   3. C.
      only the man crossed the river
   4. D.
      Jefferson’s horse died
5. 5.

   From the passage, we know that _________.

   1. A.
      all the travelers were kind
   2. B.
      Jefferson was helpful
   3. C.
      nobody knew the president
   4. D.
      the man gave Jefferson some money

Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   1  to hear him play the piano. So I   2  him as a student.
Although Robby worked very hard, he didn’t have a basic   3  of music. However, he never   4  up and continued. And at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say: “My mom is going to hear me   5  some day.” But it seemed   6 . He didn’t have a natural talent or ability for music.
One day Robby   7  to our lessons very late. He told me that his mom had been 8  and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still   9  in class. He asked if he could take part in my concert and I   10 .
The night of the concert came. The high school gym(体育馆) was   11  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came up on stage. He announced (宣布) that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next.   
His   12  danced on the keys…
He played so   13  that everyone was on his feet, clapping excitedly. In tears, I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf... remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer(癌) and   14  away this morning. And well… she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play at the   15 . I wanted to make it special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”

It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb, “There is no Father Christmas.”
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth. Grandma was at home. I told __11___ everything. “No Father Christmas?” she was a little ___12____. “Don’t believe it. Put on your coat, and let’s go.”
“Go? Where, Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Take the __13___ and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering ___14___ to buy, and who to buy it for.
I thought of ___15___ I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors … I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker, a __16___ with bad and messy hair. He sat right behind me ___17____ Mrs. Pollack’s class.
Bobbie ___18___ went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, ___19____ we all knew that he didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat ___20____ he would like.
That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and ___21___ “To Bobbie, From Father Christmas” on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he ___22___ them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s house, telling that I was helping Father Christmas ____23___ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street, and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s house. Then Grandma said to me, “All right, Father Christmas, get going.”
I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down. ____24___ the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the ____25_____ and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.
That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

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Jamie was a boy. He didn’t have a hobby. After school, he didn’t 1  ___ part in any games with his friends. He just 2  ____ at home and watched a lot of television. No hobby was not a good way for a young boy to 3___   up. So one day his grandpa knew it and came to his home. He taught him 4_________to fish. Jamie was very happy and had a lot of fun doing this. From the story we know hobby is a great joy.

Boys and girls, the winter holiday is coming. By the way, what plans have you made for it? What’re your hobbies? Let’s do the things we like to do. Come on, boys and girls. I’m very sure you’ll enjoy 5________  . But remember to bring your school works to your teacher before you come to school.