Help or Not
Dear editor,
During last year's winter holiday, I went shopping with my grandmother. We saw several beggars. Some of them were disabled, which made me feel sad. Among them were old people, young people and even children! When I wanted to help them, my grandmother stopped me. She told me they were not worth showing mercy to because some beggars cheated people out of their money. Should I help them?
Yours,
Mary from Guangzhou
Dear Mary,
While I understand your grandmother’s point of view, I think that just because some beggars have cheated people, this doesn’t mean you should never help any beggars.
Showing mercy to people who are not as fortunate as us is one of the kindest things we can do. While some beggars may use dishonest means to get money, most beggars will not. Even those who use dishonest means are probably hungry for food and feel they have no choice but to cheat people. It is important to be careful for your own safety. But if you want to help, you don’t necessarily have to give it to beggars in the street.
Another way you can help is by donating money to the China Charity Federation. Visit its website at: www. china charity. cn.net.
18.From the grandmother’s point of view, we can learn that ________.
A. she has never helped the beggars.
B. she believes not all beggars are honest
C. she has surely been cheated by some beggars
D. she shows no pity for the poor
19. Mary felt sad for _______.
A. her grandmother B. the disabled beggars
C. the old people D. herself
20. The editor suggests that Mary should _______.
A. have her own mind B. follow her grandmother
C. do something for those unfortunate D. help the China Charity Federation
21. The underlined word “donating” probably means _______.
A. give out of kindness B. put into a business
C. earn through an organization D. give in return for some kindness
There are many TV programs on Chinese cuisines(烹饪、美食)，but few are like A Bite of China（舌尖上的中国）. It tries to bring something new by introducing more cultural features related to dishes, such as eating habits and wonderful stories about food.
It’s said that more than 100 million Chinese people are watching the program. Most Chinese people see this program as more than just the regular food shows. They see it as an amazing documentary providing a special view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society.
On the other hand, the documentary also stimulates(刺激) Chinese people’s consumption(消费). Taobao, one of China’s biggest online shopping sites, reports that the search(搜索) on food items that were introduced by the documentary has increased to 4 million times within one week, and sales have increased to 5.82 million, or 20%.
To get enough good stories, the production team spent three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started making the documentary last July. Filming lasted about nine months.
Liu Wen, the director, says “As CCTV-9 serves as a window, allowing the world to better understand China, the documentary aims to help the world not only appreciate the beauty of Chinese cuisines, but also learn Chinese customs.”A Bite of China is a .
| A．film | B．magazine | C．book | D．TV program |
This program is quite different from other food shows because it has more features of .
| A．culture | B．cuisine | C．news | D．society |
The main idea of the 3rd paragraph is that the program brings a new opportunity on .
| A．Internet communication | B．film making |
| C．food business | D．story writing |
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?
| A．Most people watch the program because they want to learn how to cook. |
| B．Taobao is China’s biggest online shopping site. |
| C．You can buy some food that’s more delicious and cheaper through the program. |
| D．There’re many wonderful stories about Chinese cuisines in “A Bite of China”. |
A School Report
| Name: Edward Scott School: Kelvin Grove Stale High School Grade: 7 Term ends: 6，May |
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| Subjects & Performances |
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| Maths |
He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others. |
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| English |
He is the best in the class. Keep it up. |
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| Science |
He can work out many difficulties. |
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| French |
His reading is very good, he can remember many words. |
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| History |
He is not so good at this, but has done better than before. |
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| Geography |
He is familiar(熟悉) with the names of many places in the world. |
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| Music |
He doesn't like pop songs, though sings very well. |
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| Remarks(评语): Edward is able to do a lot better. More work is needed next term. |
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| Class teacher: Ivy |
Headmaster: M. L. Martin |
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| School reopens: 11, September |
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This is a_________.
| A．studying plan of Edward Scott |
| B．teaching plan of Ivy |
| C．school report of Edward Scott |
| D．working plan of M. L. Martin |
Which subject is NOT mentioned(提到) in the form?
| A．Chinese | B．Music | C．Maths | D．Geography |
Edward's best subject is_________.
| A．science | B．English | C．French | D．history |
Edward is not so good at_________.
| A．science and geography |
| B．history and French |
| C．music and English |
| D．maths and history |
In the last few years, some researchers have decided to study why kids lie(撒谎)，So they made up a special team of 12 students, all under the age of 21.
Each student was given 36 cards, and each card listed a topic that teens sometimes lie about to their parents, The researchers worked through the cards with the teens, learning what things the kid was lying to his parents about, and why.
By the end of the interviews, the kids saw for the first time how much they were lying and how many of family’s rules they had broken. It was reported that 98% of the teens had lied to their parents.
Out of the 36 topics, the average(平均) teen was lying to his parents about 12 of them. The teens lied about what movie they went to, and whom they went with .They lied about how they spent their afternoons while their parents were at work, and something like that.
Most parents hear their child lie and think he’s too young to understand what lies are or that lying is wrong. They believe their child will stop when he gets older. Many books also advise parents to just let lies go — they’ll grow out of it. But the truth is that kids grow into it. In studies where children are observed(观察) in their natural environment, a 4-year-old child will lie once every two hours, while a 6-year-old child will lie about once every hour and a half.The researchers started the project by .
| A．playing cards | B．free talking | C．doing a survey | D．discussion |
The topics on 36 cards are mostly between kids and .
| A．parents | B．teachers | C．researchers | D．friends |
From this passage, the teens lied on about of the 36 topics as an average.
| A．12% | B．33% | C．98% | D．25% |
On this topic, the advice from many books for the parents is that they .
| A．needn’t worry about it too much |
| B．should take it serious enough |
| C．had better do something to stop it |
| D．should regard it as a great problem |
“You'll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well."
"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.
The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy"
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.
At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.
“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient with your little George.”
“Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was .
| A．ill | B．busy doing housework |
| C．angry | D．going to buy things |
The baby cried so hard .
| A．at home | B．in the supermarket | C．in the street | D．in the car |
When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to for relaxing.
| A．his baby | B．the woman | C．himself | D．George |
The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“ ”.
| A．become angry | B．shut up | C．walk on | D．calm down |
A mouse looked through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house; there is a mouse trap in the house.” The chicken with her head high, said, “Shut up, Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with me; I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,” said the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who said, “A mouse trap; am I in great danger, huh?”
So the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard through the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So next time someone is facing a problem, don’t say that has nothing to do with you.We could see from the passage that the mouse was______.
| A．good at cheating others | B．dishonest |
| C．kind and warm-hearted | D．foolish |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．The others helped the farmer kill the cow. |
| B．The mouse trap was very practical. |
| C．The pig is more friendly than the other animals . |
| D．The farmer’s family had no friends at all |
What can we learn from the story?
| A．Traps can always cause chain reactions |
| B．Sometimes when the least of us are threatened, we all might be at risk. |
| C．It is better to be safe than to be sorry. |
| D．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all. |
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