Our School Rules
There are many rules in our school. School rules make us safe and happy.
From Monday 1. Friday, we have to get to school before 7:00 in the morning. We must wear our school2., and I think it is good for us because they can make us look smart. We must 3. to our teachers carefully in class and finish our homework on time. We can’t 4.mobile phones in class.
As a saying goes, “ Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.” We must follow our school rules, 5.our school rules are sometimes quite strict.
This is a story about a famous American woman. Her name is Helen Keller. When she was only nineteen months old, she got an illness. It made her blind(瞎的) and deaf (聋的). She couldn’t see or hear anything, so she couldn’t learn to speak. When she was six, a young teacher came and taught her to read and write. Her name was Ann Sullivan.
Later, when she was ten, Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher, Sarah Fuller. Sarah Fuller taught her to speak. Helen put her fingers on Miss Fuller’s face and into her mouth. In this way, she learned to speak. She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak. She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world. Her hard work and her courage(勇气) made people in all countries love her.
根据短文内容回答问题。
1.How old was Helen when she was blind and deaf?
2.Why couldn’t she learn to speak at first?
3.What did Miss Fuller teach her to do?
4.Was Miss Fuller Helen’s first teacher?
5.What made people love Helen Keller?
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。
Tips for Writing Better Articles
Many of us don’t spend a lot of time improving our writing skills. This can be a problem when we hand in our articles. Good writing skills will help us improve our grades and benefit us later in life. 1. .
Make good word choices. When we’re not sure which word is the right one for a sentence, look it up in a dictionary. Many of us choose words in a hurry and don’t take the time to decide if they’re proper. 2. .
Check facts. If we want people to believe what we write, we must make sure our facts are true. We should use dependable facts.
Rewrite. A common problem is that we don’t like to rewrite. In fact rewriting is the best way to find out and correct some mistakes, like grammar and spelling mistakes. 3. , though it takes more time and more work.
Read aloud. Sometimes it’s easier to find problem with spelling, word usage, and grammar when we read aloud. Reading aloud helps us not only find out our problems but also develop our writing.
4. . Preparing a list is necessary for writing a good article. Such a list includes: Is there a proper title? Have we explained every point? Are all the parts of the article included? This can help us to make sure that we have covered everything.
5. . But with a few simple steps, we can improve our writing skills and learn how to write better articles.
A. Prepare a list B. The following tips can be helpful C. Rewriting makes our writing better D. It is not easy to become a better writer E. Good word choices are necessary for good writing |
Garbage collector Jose Gutierrez is 53 years old. When he was young his family was too poor to keep him in school. Jose left school when he was in Grade Two, but that did not stop him having a love for reading.
Jose said he got the love of reading from his mother. “She read me stories every night,” said Jose. He hopes that every poor child in his city can have books to read. Jose started saving books from garbage twenty years ago. Every day he drives the garbage truck through the city's rich neighborhoods to get old books. Now there are about 20,000 books in Jose’s small house. It is already a famous library.
Books are rare things for children in poor neighborhoods. New books are too expensive. There are nineteen libraries in Bogota, the city where Jose lives, but they are all far from poor neighborhoods.
Now Jose is famous in Bogota. Many people give old books to him. Jose plans to make more libraries to help more children.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.Why did Jose leave school?
A. Because he didn’t like reading.
B. Because he was ill badly.
C. Because his family was too poor.
D. Because he found a job.
2.Jose started saving old books when he was ______ years old.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 33 D. 53
3.How did Jose save old books?
A. He asked people to give old books to him.
B. He got old books from garbage.
C. He used his own money to buy old books.
D. He got old books from the libraries.
4.The underlined word “rare” in the third paragraph probably means _____ in Chinese.
A. 不必要的 B. 稀有的 C. 普通的 D. 神秘的
5.What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. A way to get a love of reading.
B. A place to put your old books.
C. A famous library in Bogota.
D. A man who helps poor children to read.
I'm Bob. Today my parents have a birthday party for my sister and me. Lucy and I are now nine years old. My parents give us a birthday gift-a new house. The colors of the rooms are our favorite, the blue room is for me. The purple one is for my sister. Mother thinks our old house is too small for four people to live in.
My sister and I go to the new school. I am excited to meet new teachers and classmates. They are very friendly to me. At night it is so quiet. I miss my old friends very much. That makes me sad.
There is a chess club near my house. On weekends many kids play chess there. I go there to play with them. They teach me to play chess and I can learn English from them. How lucky it is to have new friends!
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
1.Lucy and Bob are classmates.
2.Bob has a purple room as his birthday gift.
3.Bob’s family move to a new house because they need a bigger house.
4.Bob makes some new friends in the new school, but he still misses his old friends.
5.On weekends, Bob plays chess with the kids in the chess club and teaches them English.
Do you like the story of the little prince? A new movie about the book was on.
A little girl lives with her strict mom. The little girl's neighbor is an interesting old pilot. He has an old plane. He tells the little girl about his story.
His plane doesn’t work and lands in the desert. There he meets the little prince. The little prince lives on a small planet(星球) with a beautiful rose. He loves the rose very much, but the rose tells a lie to him. The little prince is sad and leaves the planet. He visits other planets and meets many people. But these people are not friendly to him. At last the little prince arrives on the earth.
The little girl is very interested in the story. She wants to fly the old pilot’s plane to meet the little prince. Now she begins her trip
If you are interested in the movie, come to the cinema. You will have lots of fun watching it.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.What does the girl’s neighbor do?
A. A doctor. B. An actor. C. A pilot. D. A scientist.
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ lands” in Paragraph 3?
A. 盘旋 B. 着陆 C. 起飞 D. 滑行
3.Why does the little prince leave his planet?
A. Because the weather is bad.
B. Because he wants to have a trip.
C. Because the rose lies to him.
D. Because he wants to look for the girl.
4.Where does the little prince arrive in the end?
A. On a small planet. B. On the earth.
C. On the sun. D. On the moon.
5.After listening to the story, what does the girl want to do?
A. She wants to look for the little prince.
B. She wants to help the old pilot to fix the plane.
C. She wants to fly to another planet.
D. She wants to grow many roses.
