When my daughter Sara was in the fifth grade, she came to me with a problem．“Marcy hates me！”she cried．“Because Kathy is my friend, too She wants me to be her friend and nobody else’s．You talk to Marcy． You tell her that I want to be her friend but I can have other friends, too！”
Oh！I looked at her for a few moments, wondering how I got into this mess, when suddenly an idea came to me．
Picking up two baskets from the living room, I explained, “When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket．This little one here is yours．The big one is mine．As you grow, so does the basket．You can see your little basket is inside mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn’t do for yourself．I did everything you couldn’t do on your own．”
She nodded．
“Well, as you grew older and began to do some things on your own, I began placing a few more things in your basket．When you learned to tie your shoes, that went in your basket．”
She said softly, “I can tie my own shoes．”
“Right．As you grow older, there will be more and more things you must do on your own．”As I spoke, I gradually took her basket out of mine and handed it to her．“You will finally carry your own basket with things only you can do．”
She looked up at me and said, “I understand．There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket．”
1.What was Sara’ problem？
A.She didn’t have a basket．
B.She didn’t want her own basket．
C.Her mother was too hard on her．
D.She couldn’t deal with her friendship．
2.What did the author feel when she heard her daughter’s problem？
A.Angry B.Crazy
C.Helpless D.Proud
3.We can infer that Sara ．
A.Wouldn’t make friends with Kathy
B.would talk to Marcy herself
C.was too young to deal with anything
D.managed to persuade her mother to help her
课文语法填空
Adam’s high school life started .He finds it a bit 1.(challenge) to get used to the life in senior high school. First，he had to think about which courses he wanted to take.2.the help of the school adviser，he chose some courses suitable 3.him，such as maths， English，chemistry and Chinese. He is good at English，so he is considering 4.(sign) up for advanced literature. Besides，Adam chose extra-curricular activities . He was depressed that the coach discouraged him form joining the school football team because of his poor football playing skills .5.he has made up his mind to find a way 6.(improve) so that he can make the team next year. Adam decides 7.(study) harder 8.a senior high school student and get used to 9.(be) responsible for a lot more .Though feeling a little worried and pressed，he is confident that he can keep up 10.his classmates.
课文理解
1.How did Adam feel about senior high school life?
A.Exciting B.Interesting
C.Challenging D.Disappointing
2.Which of the following courses didn’t Adam choose to take?
A.Maths B.English
C.chemistry D.Physics
3.What do we know about Adam according to the passage?
A.He is good at Chinese and can speak it fluently now.
B.He will give up playing football.
C.Adam has no difficulty in getting used to the new life in senior high school.
D.He hope to improve his football playing skills to make the next year.
4.Which of the following words can best describe Adam?
A.Kind and intelligent
B.Ambitious and diligent
C.Hardworking and friendly
D.Warm-hearted and positive
单句语法填空
1.The fast pace of modern life brought him great pressure，so he decided__________(return) to live in the quiet village where he was born.
2.My uncle hasn’t been able to quit __________(smoke)，but at least he has cut down.
3.As a child，he never left his parents，so he didn’t get used to__________(deal) with everything in school independently.
4.Everyone in the village likes him because he is good __________telling and making up stories.
5.We strongly recommend____________(report) the incident to the police.
6.According to the publisher，readers do seem to be interested___________this new novel.
7._________(organise) the English speech competition will be a lot of work，so I need some volunteers to help out.
8.As teenagers grow，it is normal for them to become__________(confuse) with the changing world both inside and outside of them.
重点短语
1._________打扫（或清除）干净
2._________对……感兴趣
3._________交朋友
4._________适合于……
5._________决定做……
6._________为……做准备
7._________报名参加
8._________擅长于
9._________独自，单独；独立地
10._________分发；颁发
11._________习惯于（做）某事
12._________对……负责；是……的原因
13._________一些，些微
14._________为……担忧
15._________跟上，不落后
16._________处理
17._________做出决定
18._________建议某人做……
19._________学习一门课程
20._________毕业于
21.__________毕业后
22._________为……做好充分的准备
23._________初中
24._________高中
25._________停止做……
26._________做……的方法
单词与拓展
1._________ adj.青少年的；十几岁的→ _________ n.（13至19岁之间的）青年少年
2._________ n.志愿者 vi.&vt. 资源做，义务做→_________ adj. 志愿的，自愿的，主动的
3._________ n.辩论；争辩 vi.&vt . 辩论；争辩
4._________ vt.较喜欢→_________ n.偏爱，偏好；喜爱
5._________ n.内容；[pl.]目录；（书、讲话、节目等的）主题
6._________ n.动作；运动；活动
7._________ adj.合适的；适当的；适宜的→_________ n.套装 vt . 适合，满足需要
8._________ adv.实际上；事实上→_________ adj.真实的，实际的
9._________ n.& vt .挑战→ _________ adj.具有挑战性的
10._________ n.（书、诗歌等的）名称；标题；职称；头衔
11._________ n.话题；标题
12._________ n.（中学）九年级学生；（大学）一年级新生
13._________ adj.令人困惑的→_________ adj.困惑的；不解的→_________ vt.使迷惑；混淆→_________ n.困惑
14._________ adj.流利的；熟练的→ _________ adv.流利地；熟练地→_________ n.（语言的）流利；流畅
15._________ vi.毕业 n.毕业生→_________ n.毕业
16._________ vt.推荐；建议，劝告；介绍→_________ n.推荐；介绍
17._________ adj.先进的；高级的→_________ n.前进；预先 vi .前进；进步
18._________ n.文学→_________ adj.文学的
19._________ adj.额外的
20._________ adv.显然，明显地→_________ adj.显然的；显而易见的
21._________ vi .& vt .停止；戒掉；离开（工作职位、学校等）
22._________ vi .& vt .改进；改善→_________ n.改进，改善；提高
23._________ adj.负责任的→_________ n.责任，职责
24._________ n.解决方法，答案→_________ vt.解决；解答
25._________ n.工作计划；日程安排 vt .安排；预定
26._________ n .编辑→_________ vt.剪辑（影片，录像）；编辑；校订；主编
