A family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot（闲置的地皮）. One day, some workers came to start building a house there.
The family’s 5-year-old daughter took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day watching the workers. They talked with her, let her sit with them when they had coffee and lunch breaks. They also gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even gave her an envelope（信封）with ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her mother. Her mother told her to take her“pay”to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the clerk was surprised and asked the little girl what she did.
The little girl said,“I worked last week to build the new house next door to us.”
“Oh,” said the clerk, “and will you be working to build the house again this week, too?”
The little girl said, “Yes, of course.”
1.What did the workers want to build on the vacant lot?
A. A bank. B. A hospital. C. A house.
2.Which of the following activities didn’t the workers do?
A. Talked with the girl.
B. Sang with the girl.
C. Gave the girl little jobs here and there.
3.What did the workers think of the girl?
A. They disliked her.
B. They liked her.
C. They hated her.
4.What do the underlined words mean in Chinese?
A.一个基金账户 B. 一个储蓄账户 C.一个股票账户
5.Which of the following is TRUE about the girl?
A. She wanted to become a worker.
B. She learnt to make a lot of money.
C. She thought she was important.
Smoking is bad for our health. Every year people get sick because of smoking. Some even die because of .
It’s quite dangerous for us to smoke .Smokers only want to try it at . But they smoke more and more, and when they want to give it up, they can’t .The habit is so that smokers find it very hard to give up. Some people have got cancer .Some of them lost their lives. likes to stay together with smokers because the smoke is for others.
Since smoking is so harmful, smokers should the bad habit. You can try changing it little by little. When you want to smoke, some fruit or snacks. You can also do some things to make you something else.
Please give up smoking for your and your family’s health.
1.A . much B. many C. few
2.A. him B. them C. it
3.A. last B. once C. first
4.A. strong B. weak C. long
5.A. Everyone B. Someone C. Nobody
6.A. necessary B. bad C. useful
7.A. stop B. take off C. put off
8.A. eat B. drink C. send
9.A. another B. other C. others
10.A. think of B. remind of C. recalling
----How was the movie you saw yesterday?
----I have no idea. By the time I got to the movie theatre, the movie ______.
A. has already finished B. have finished yet C. had already finished
— ____________?
— Since I was five years old.
A. How often do you skate?
B. When did you begin to play baseball?
C. How long have you been studying French
---Did you hear that water in Tai Lake smelled terrible?
--- Yes.It ___________ because of people and factories.
A. polluted B. was polluted C.has polluted
— Hi, Tom. Is your sister as active as you?
— No, she’s a quiet girl. She is ________.
A. less outgoing than IB. not so calm as IC. more active than I
