Daniel was always making excuses for forgetting to do things. His usual excuse was: “ I was too busy.” or “I didn’t have time.”
Daniel’s parents were worried about him. “ He shouldn’t go through life making excuses all the time.” his father said. “ No one will trust him to do anything. He won’t be able to keep a job. No sensible(明智的)girl will marry him.”
“I don’t know what we can do.” his mother said.
“I have an idea.” his father said. “If this doesn’t work, nothing will.”
The next day was Daniel’s birthday. He was really looking forward to getting exciting presents. He woke up, expecting his parents to wish him a happy birthday. But all day what they said was “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry, or you will be late for school.” There were no presents, not even a card. He was really disappointed.
“Never mind.” he thought. (3) “There’ll be a surprise for me after school.” But there wasn’t. Sadly he said to his parents at dinner, “Today’s my birthday.”
“Oh,” his father said. “So it is. I forgot.”
“So did I.” his mother said.
“How could you forget?” Daniel asked. “There must be a reason.”
“Well, yes.” his father said. “We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn’t remember your birthday because we were too busy.”
Poor Daniel! He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again.
1.判断Daniel got his birthday present at last( )。
2.He thought there would be ________for him afte school.
3.What did Daniel feel when he didn’t receive any presents?
_______________________________________________________.
4.What do you learn from the story?_____________________________________.
5.翻译划横线句子?
_________________________________________________________________.
Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut.” Joanna said.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(依偎) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, a writer.
“This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental(脑力的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that __________.
A. the son is always busy with his studies
B. the son doesn’t want to see anymore
C. the son keeps himself away from his parents
D. the son wants to live with his friends
2.What troubles Tina and Mark the most is that __________.
A. their daughter isn’t as happy as before
B. they can’t understand what their daughter thinks
C. they don’t know what to say to their daughter
D. their daughter talks far more to her friends than to them
3.“The wall of silence” in the first paragraph means that __________.
A. teenagers talk a lot with their friends
B. teenagers do not talk with their teachers
C. teenagers do not talk much with their parents
D. teenagers talk little about their studies
4.The better way for parents to know their children is to be a ________.
A. teacher B. friend C. manager D. student
5.What do we learn from the passage?
A. Parents are all happy with their growing children.
B. Parents are teenagers’ best friends.
C. Parents should keep silence before teenagers.
D. Parents should try to understand teenagers.
problems causes Advice
Feeling stressed Too much homework;
Don’t have enough tome for their hobbies. Make a plan for study and hobbies.
Find time to relax as possible as you can.
Getting short-sighted (近视的) Too much homework;
Bad reading and writing habits. Do homework and reading in a correct way.
Fighting with each other Don’t know how to get on well with classmates. Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them.
Feeling tired of study Computer games’ bad influence. Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you are tired.
Getting fat Having more pocket money to buy snacks;
Dislike doing exercise. Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day.
1.There are ______ main problems in the survey.
A. four B. five C. six D. seven
2.What problems are caused by too much homework?
A. Feeling stressed and fighting with each other.
B. Feeling tired of study and getting fat.
C. Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted.
D. Getting short-sighted and feeling tired of study.
3.If Simon is feeling stressed, he should __________.
A. do much more homework
B. make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies
C. donate(捐赠) his pocket money to Project Hope
D. buy some snacks
4.Peter is tired of study, maybe because he __________.
A. has no close friends
B. has no pocket money
C. plays too many computer games
D. gets fatter and fatter
5. __________ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fighting.
A. Doing less homework
B. Playing computer games
C. learning how to make friends
D. Paying no attention to each other
Antarctica is in the most southern part of the world. It is like nowhere else on the earth. It is much larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the North Pole. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day, but in winter it’s completely dark for about three months. Very few plants grow there, but there is some wildlife, including whales, seals and penguins.
When Captain James Cook traveled around Antarctica in the 1770s by ship, he found no one living there. Today, a few scientists work in Antarctica, but they only spend a short time there.
Many scientists are studying the ozone layer, which is getting thinner and thinner worldwide. The biggest “hole” is above Antarctica, and weather there is getting warmer. Scientists think that this cold and lonely place can teach us a lot about the earth and how to keep the earth safe.
1.When did Captain James Cook travel around Antarctica?
A. In the 1670s. B. In the 1760s. C. In the 1770s. D. In the 1780s.
2.The underlined part “ozone layer” means “________” in Chinese.
A. 冻土层 B. 大气层 C. 臭氧层 D. 高压层
3.How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Antarctica is much bigger than Australia in size.
B. Scientists spend a long time in Antarctica.
C. There is no plant growing in Antarctica.
D. In winter, it’s dark for about 70 days in Antarctica.
5.Why is the weather in Antarctica getting warmer and warmer?
A. Because there are more and more people living there.
B. Because the ozone layer is being destroyed.
C. Because the sun shines a long time every day there.
D. Because the weather in other places is getting warmer.
Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half our energy from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material(材料). The soap you your hands with might also be made from oil. Children’s plastic toys are made from oil.
Oil is to find, because it is deep under the earth. Today, however, we have many to find oil. One tool measures(测量) the pull of gravity(重力). Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. tool measures sound waves. Sound waves travel different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use to find the rocks that have oil in them.
We need oil, and we are using up the oil wells(井) we know about. we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”. Can you do anything for it?
1.A. goes B. comes C. leaves D. stays
2.A. design B. protect C. heat D. hot
3.A. wash B. put C. dry D. touch
4.A. easy B. important C. interesting D. hard
5.A. ways B. roads C. streets D. bridges
6.A. Any other B. Other C. Another D. The other
7.A. to B. from C. at D. through
8.A. them B. it C. one D. that
9.A. little B. a lot of C. many D. a few
10.A. Or B. But C. So D. Also
The clock ______ last week has gone wrong.
A . which I bought it B. I bought C. what I bought D. that I bought it
