Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie’s house was high enough to keep them safe.
Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could build their own new house. Ellie’s friends could not understand why she did so because she already had so many children to look after.
“Well,” Ellie said to her friends, “At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We will not be able to have much for Christmas. I am going to get just one present for us all. Now I will go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents, ‘Here is our present,’ she said to her own children.”
“The children were very excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sisters. I was that Christmas present.”
1.How many children did Ellie had in total?
A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven. D. Eight.
2.What happened in the winter?
A. There was a flood.
B. There was an earthquake
C. There was a rain storm.
D. There was a fire.
3.What did Ellie do to help other families?
A. She gave them food.
B. She bought many Christmas present for them.
C. She took in one of the families.
D. She took in a girl.
4.What did the poor woman in German bring to her children for Christmas?
A. Many beautiful presents. B. Nothing.
C. A girl. D. A daddy.
5.What do we learn about Ellie in the passage?
A. She had no children.
B. Her husband was killed.
C. She had no parents.
D. She gave much money to others.
George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a 36 , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She 37 vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to 38 to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip 39 the bus was slow because of the traffic.
One day, the traffic was even 40 than usual.
“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.
The next day 41 work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to 42 the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was 43 to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty 44 , but it didn’t.
“ 45 didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”
1.A. work B. job C. child D. house
2.A. grew B. gave C. bought D. knew
3.A. make B. carry C. bring D. take
4.A. or B. and C. but D. so
5.A. larger B. bigger C. worse D. better
6.A. after B. before C. finished D. began
7.A. get out of B. get along with
C. come up with D. catch up with
8.A. excited B. surprised C. interested D. bored
9.A. tired B. sad C. clean D. happy
10.A. When B. What C. Why D. Where
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food 26 they can eat and others often forget 27 the light when they leave the classroom.
Waste can 28 a lot of problems. Although China is rich 29 some resources(��Դ), we are short for others, for example, fresh water. It is said that we will have 30 coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on 31 our resources, what can we use in the future? Think about it.
In our daily life, we can do 32 things to stop waste, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish 33 it, try not to throw so much rubbish, and so on. Little by little, 34 will be changed. Waste can stopped one day if we do 35 best. I hope we can.
1.A. than B. as C. like D. and
2.A. to turn off B. turning off C. to turn on D. turning off
3.A. binging B. brought C. bring D. brings
4.A. in B. for C. of D. about
5.A. not B. many C. no D. much
6.A. wasted B. wastes C. waste D. wasting
7.A. much B. many C. few D. little
8.A. used B. to use C. using D. use
9.A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
10.A. us B. ours C. our D. ourselves
classroom is cleaner than
A. Our; their B. Our; theirs C. Their; our D. Theirs; ours.
There is only one ticket for both of us. You I can go into the cinema.
A. Both…and B. Not only…but also C. Either…or D. Neither…nor
She was so angry at ____ he was doing ___ she walked out without a word.
A. what…that B. that…what C. that…that D. what…what
