Here are four original English picture books for the children who like reading English book.
Hello, Bicycle! By Ella Boyd Daniel Griffo (Illustrator) ★★★☆☆48 comments $ 4.5 | It’s time to learn to ride a new big-kid bike. Riding a bicycle can be fun even if there are a few bumps(碰撞） along the way. Daniel Griffo’s drawings add the excitement to a child’s first try at riding a bicycle without training wheels. Don’t hurt your head. Put on your helmet, and let’s go! |
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss ★★★★★4,628 comments $7.3 | The book shows us: life may be a “Great Balancing Act”, but through it all “There’s fun to be done.”--- a favorite and a perfect gift for anyone starting a new phase（阶段）in their life! |
Cool Dog, School Dog By Deborah Heiligman, Tim Bowers (Illustrator) ★★★★☆570 comments
$ 5.31 | Tinka is a cool dog, a boy’s dog, a naughty dog. Bright illustrations（插图）add excitement to the story about a boy and his “loves-to-hear-a-book” dog.
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Are You My Mother? By P. D. Eastman ★★★★☆1,628 comments $5.94 | As soon as the mother bird goes out to look for something for her baby, the baby bird is born. He immediately sets off to find his mother, but he doesn’t know what she looks like. Still, the little bird keeps looking for his mom. |
1.Who wrote the book Hello, Bicycle!?
A.Ella Boyd. B.Dr. Seuss. C.P.D. Eastman. D.Joan Hoffman.
2.What does the underlined word “helmet” mean?
A.Something that keeps you warm. B.A protective arm covering.
C.A protective head covering. D.Something that keeps you cool.
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Cool Dog, School Dog is the most expensive of the four.
B.Cool Dog, School Dog is about a schoolboy and a dog.
C.Tinka is a school dog which is quiet, smart and helpful.
D.Tinka is a teacher that is good at teaching children to read.
4.What is the book Are You My Mother about?
A.Writing, alphabet, colors &. shapes. B.Life may be a great balancing act.
C.The importance of being true to someone. D.A little bird’s looking for his mom.
5.Which of the four books is the most popular?
A.Hello, Bicycle! B.Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
C.Cool Dog, School Dog. D.Are You My Mother?
The sound that woke Tom at 8:15 in the morning was so loud. He thought it came from the inside of his house. As he got up to examine, he heard another sound coming from outside.
Looking out of his bedroom window, he found that a tree was broken in smoke about 500 metres away. A car hit the tree and its engine (发动机) was on fire.
Tom took a bucket (桶) of water. Then he and his brother ran to the car.
The car was broken nearly in two. However, Peter, the driver was still alive. Tom tried putting out the fire but failed.
Tom opened the car’s back door and climbed in. Peter was trying to get free, but couldn’t. Tom says, “I noticed how bad his legs were. ” He used a knife to cut Peter’s seat belt.
Peter was free at that moment, Tom pulled him out of the car, then pulled him to safety before the whole car was on fire, according to the police.
Although Peter was badly hurt, a report described him as “looking great, smiling, and joking”. Tom often thinks about that day. Showing the kind of empathy (共鸣) that made him offer help. He told reporters, “When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly. ”
1.What happened at 8:15 in the morning?
A.Something strange came into the house. B.A car hit a tree and broke badly.
C.Tom got into a serious traffic accident. D.The driver died in a traffic accident.
2.How many people ran to the broken car according to Paragraph 3?
A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.
3.Which of the following is the RIGHT order to save the driver?
a. Tom cut Peter's seat belt. b. Tom tried putting out the fire.
c. Tom opened the car's back door. d. Tom pulled Peter out of the car.
A.b-c-a-d B.d-b-c-a C.c-a-b-d D.a-d-b-c
4.We can learn from the last paragraph that ______________
A.Peter felt sad because he was badly hurt. B.Peter might die because of the bad accident.
C.Tom visited Peter in hospital many times. D.Peter looked great although he was hurt.
5.The best title for the passage may be “_____________ ”.
A.A car burning around a tree B.A driver staying in a burning car
C.A young driver in danger D.A man saving a young driver
深圳市正在争创全国文明城市、假定你是鹏城中学学生会主席，希望同学们为"创文'做出自己的贡献。请你按照所提示的要点，代表学生会写一篇倡议书。
环境保护 | ①垃圾分类；②绿色出行 |
公益慈善 | ①志愿服务；②…… |
人际交往 | ①诚信友善；②…… |
要求：
1、词数80左右(开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数)；
2、要点齐全，可适当发挥；
3、条理清晰，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范；
4、文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。
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Dear friends,
As we know, Shenzhen is working hard to win the title of China's National Civilized City.
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All in all, Shenzhen is our home. It's time to take action.
The Student Union
July 20, 2020
One day, a man was walking by the corner of a street. Here he met1.little boy holding a bird cage and selling the birds inside. He 2.(stop) and looked very sadly at the birds without freedom in front of him. The birds were screaming in the cage, trying to fly away.
After standing 3. a moment, he said to the boy, "How much does4.(you) bird cost? I want…"
"One fifty cents, sir," the boy answered quickly.
"I am afraid that you are mistaken. I am not asking how much it is." The man said, "I would like5.(buy) all of them. What I ask is how much you want for them."
Hearing this, the boy6.(happy) counted the number of the birds in the cage.
"They cost five dollars."
"Here7.(be) the money!" The man passed the money. The boy counted excitedly. However, he then was8.(surprise) to find all the birds had flown away.
"OH, my god, for what reason did you do that, sir? You don't even get a bird!" The boy asked the man who set the birds free.
"My boy, let me tell you9.I did this." The man said, "I have no right to get them. Every life should be free and they are our10.(friend). So we should give them freedom."
The Taojinshan Greenway (绿道) in Shenzhen has been open to citizens since July, 2019.Sitting at the west side of Shenzhen Reservoir, it is as long as 7.07 kilometers.
With plants along both sides and lakes lying at different sites, tourists can enjoy wonderful scenery all the way. If they are tired, they are free to take a rest at the 3 stops that were built for breaks. Additionally, five unused guard posts (岗享) along the old route have remained. They serve as sightseeing platforms for visitors to feel the cultural spirit behind the place.
Of all its 13 scenic spots, 8 were designed to have AI helpers. From them, visitors can gain information on parking, tour guide services and more. The smart greenway, with free Wi-Fi available, also provides environmental date, such as temperature, wind speed and air quality. What's more, it can give visitors warnings of coming extreme ( 极端的) weather and natural disasters, including rainstorms and typhoons that may hit Shenzhen.
"Started in the middle of 2015,the building process of the Taojinshan Greenway has taken good care of the wildlife and environment nearby" said Yang Shiming, an official in charge of the project.
The greenway is an example of construction projects without doing ham to the nature. It also shows the role that technology plays in building a smart greenway for more life convenience."
1.How long did it take to finish the Taojinshan Greenway?
A.About 3 years B.About 4 years. C.About 5 years D.About 6 years.
2.What does the underlined word "They" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Views. B.Visitors. C.Stops. D.Guard posts.
3.What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
A.What AI helpers do. B.Technology changes life.
C.How AI helpers work. D.Technology protects humans.
4.What can we learn from this passage?
A.It is interesting to use AI helpers.
B.It is important to build greenways.
C.It is possible to balance nature and construction.
D.It is unnecessary to worry about terrible weather.
Teens and kids are reading a lot less for fun, according to a recent report.
Although the decline(下降) in the past ten years is very surprising for teen readers, some data(数据) in the report shows that reading is still a big part of many children’s lives.
According to the report, the number or teens who hardly read has gone up from 8 percent to 25 percent today. The report data shows that kids’ reading ability remains almost the same. However, the amount of reading time has fallen, from about an hour every day to half an hour.
As for children’s e-reading, the report mentions little about its effects. But it says that many parents choose to control the time spent on e-books, mainly because they are worried about the increased screen time. After all, it is important to protect their kids’ eyes.
The most helpful part in the report is parents’ effects on their children. It shows that parents are examples and important guides for them in reading. If parents read more and find more time to read with their children, it turns out that their children actually read more often.
As summer vacation arrives, parents might take this chance to step in, make a reading list and enjoy the pleasant family reading time.
1.What do we know about children’s fun reading time?
A.It is much shorter. B.It stays the same.
C.It is much longer. D.It changes a little.
2.Why do many parents control e-reading?
A.It can waste kids’ time. B.E-books are not so important.
C.It can harm kids’ health. D.E-books are a waste of money.
3.How should parents encourage children’s reading?
A.By making reading plans. B.By setting good examples.
C.By praising kids’ reading. D.By offering different books.
4.What’s the writing purpose of the last paragraph?
A.To prevent e-reading. B.To encourage family reading.
C.To advise family trips. D.To describe vacation pleasure.
