May is a beautiful month full of sunshine and flowers. It is also the month when we show thanks to our mothers on Mother’s Day.
In my family, Mother’s Day celebration is different every year. Two years ago, I made breakfast for my mom and she still remembers all the dishes I cooked. Last year, I bought her a selfie stick (自拍杆) with the money that I made from selling some of my old books. She uses it all the time.
I wanted to do something special on this “quarantined” (隔离) Mother’s Day due to the coronavirus (新冠病毒) outbreak. In April, I started to search for different gift ideas on the internet. Finally, I decided to make multiple cards by hand and make a box out of the cards. It took me a long time to make it. I then put a small bag of colorful chocolates in the box. The messages I wrote on the cards were some small favors I could do for my mom, such as wash-ing dishes.
On the night before Mother’s Day, I asked my mom to go to sleep early so that I could go into her room and put the present next to her bed. When she woke up, she was very excited a-bout my gift and spent a lot of time looking at every tiny detail of the box.
My mom is my hero and she has sacrificed (牺牲) her career to take care of me. I am glad that there is a special day in May for me to honor my mom and show her my thanks and love.
1.What did the writer buy for her mom on last Mother’s Day?
A.dishes. B.selfie stick. C.chocolates. D.flowers.
2.Why were they quarantined on Mother’s Day this year?
A.Because of the coronavirus outbreak.
B.Because of the sunshine and flowers this month.
C.Because of selling some of her old books.
D.Because of her mother’s sacrifice.
3.Why did the writer ask her mom to go to sleep early on the night before Mother’s Day?
A.Because her mother is a hero.
B.Because she wanted to wash dishes.
C.Because she would make a box out of cards.
D.Because it was convenient for her to put her present.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Mother’s Day. B.A Box out of Cards.
C.May Love for Mom D.My Hero.
Do you want to buy books? Here are some choices.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Publication date: October 6，2015
Laura Numeroff (Writer)
Price: $ 5. 46 Sale: $4. 87
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is one of the most popular children’s books of all time. This book is a great first introduction to the series of If You Give a Mouse… It is perfect for story time and beginners to read.
The Wonderful Things You’ll Be Publication date: August 25，2015
Emily Winfield Martin (Writer)
Price: $ 7. 64 Sale: $ 6. 58
Brave, creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. This is a book grown—up will love reading over and over to kids.
Goodnight Moon Publication date: January 23，2007
Margaret Wise Brown (Writer)
Price:$7.64 Sale: $ 6. 12
In a great green room is a little bunny (兔子) who is loved by generations (几代人) of readers and listeners. The quiet words and the gentle pictures make a perfect book for the end of the day.
Baby Touch and Feel Animals
Publication date: January 21, 2008
DK (Writer)
Price: $ 13. 62 Sale: $ 12.12
This is a book full of lovely bunnies and other animals. This is a gift that your little child is sure to like. Babies can practice recognizing animals and animals’ voices when they touch the pictures on the pages. With more than one million copies sold, Baby Touch and Feel Ani-mals is the perfect book for the child’s bookshelf.
1.Whom is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie written for?
A.Kids who like the mouse. B.Kids who like cookies.
C.Kids who like animals. D.Kids who begin learning to read.
2.Which one of the four books is published earliest?
A.If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. B.The Wonderful Things You’ll Be.
C.Goodnight Moon. D.Baby Touch and Feel Animals.
3.What can Baby Touch and Feel Animal do for kids?
A.Help kids recognize animals. B.Help kids love animals.
C.Help kids draw animals. D.Help kids feed animals.
假定你是一所国际学校的学生会主席李华。你校学生会将举办 2020 年国际中学生鼠年画鼠“Draw rats for the Year of the Rat”绘画比赛。请你给你的英国同学 Agnes 写封信，邀请她参赛。信的内容包括：
1. 比赛主题；
2. 比赛时间；
3. 作品交付地址：the Student Union Office。
注意：1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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As we all know, travelling can be a exciting experience. Let me give you some advices that you have to pay attention to. You can find out more about your destination by surf the Internet before you set out. You needn't take too much cash. Although it can be very convenience to pay in cash, using cheques are much more reliable. In additional, it will be wise of you to take an umbrella in case of it should rain. But if you are to travel abroad, you'd better understand the cultural diversity, that is very important. Keep it in mind that being polite in foreign countries can helped you have a wonderful trip.
What is the best way to study? This is a very important question. Some Chinese students often _______ very hard _______ long hours. This is a _______ habit, but it is not a better way to study. A good student must _______ enough sleep, enough food and enough rest. Every _______ you _______ to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song. When you _______ to your studies, you’ll find yourself _______ than before and you’ll learn more.
Perhaps we can _______ that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine, we mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects of your study ________ slowly but surely. Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.
1.A.play B.study C.sleep D.think
2.A.at B.in C.for D.with
3.A.best B.better C.good D.bad
4.A.have B.do C.want D.make
5.A.month B.week C.hour D.day
6.A.want B.hope C.need D.wish
7.A.begin B.return C.go D.are
8.A.stronger B.weaker C.strong D.weak
9.A.say B.guess C.talk D.know
10.A.return B.come C.give D.get
If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice. There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills, you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar(不熟悉) words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example, in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve quickly, and you can be a fluent English speaker one day.
1.According to the writer, which should you improve first among the four skills?
A.Reading and listening. B.Reading and writing
C.Writing and speaking. D.Speaking and listening.
2.To improve your reading, when you read you should ______.
A.look up all the new words in the dictionary
B.think about what you are reading actively
C.spend more time studying grammars
D.copy as many words and sentences as possible
3.The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by “______”.
A.hear B.discover C.meet by accident D.look for
4.The passage is mainly about how to ______.
A.choose suitable listening materials
B.deal with new words in reading
C.become fluent in speaking and writing English
D.improve your reading ability as quickly as possible
5.The author seems to agree with the view that____.
A.everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B.you needn’t practice listening if you keep on reading every day.
C.you should take notes of whatever you are hearing.
D.being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening.
