A：Have you ever read the novel Jane Eyre?
B： .
A：What a pity！It’s a wonderful book, you know.
B：Well, I’ve been wanting to read for a long time, but I can’t get a copy. The library has only three copies and .
A：Well, If you like, I’ll lend it to you.
B：Tahnk you. By the way, when can I get it?
A： Will you please come to my house after school?
B：OK. I’ll go as soon as school is over.
Jimmy， what do you want to be when you grow up？
I want to be _________engineer． （ ）
A．aB．anC．the
哈佛大学的一项研究表明，爱做家务的孩子更容易体验到幸福感，更有前途．请你以"Help with Some Housework"为题写一篇8o词左右的英语短文，描述你平时所做的家务以及你对做家务的看法．
参考词汇：
Chores |
take out the rubbish sweep the floor wash the clothes do the dishes water the flowers cook breakfast/lunch … … |
Opinions |
Pros：develop our independence take care of ourselves … Cons：a waste of time no need to … … |
注意：文中不得出现真实的校名和人名．
Help with Some Housework
It is reported that children who love doing chores have a better future and are easy to feel happy． As for me， I____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When I was a tiny baby crying all night， my mom sang to me and stayed by my side．
（1）When I was tired and hungry，she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in．
When I was two running through the field， she made sure I was safe and kept me from danger．
When I fell and hurt myself，（2）给我一个拥抱并且把我举起．
When I was seven coughing badly， she said no ice﹣cream for me．
But I talked back loudly， （3）I should be allowed to eat some！Give it to me now．
When I was nine watching scary movies， she said it'd give me awful dreams．But I shouted back angrily．" I should be allowed to watch it! I'm not a baby!"
When I was a teen going out with friends， she said， （4）"请在十点之前回来"．
But I talked back again﹣"I should not be told what to do! I' m seventeen now!"
Now I'm an adult， thinking back to those times．
I coughed for days after eating that ice﹣cream and had scary dreams after watching that film．
I was late for school from staying out past ten．
（5）I regret talking back，not listening to mom．
Mom knows best， and for me she wanted only the best!
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A man once visited a temple that was still being built．He saw a sculptor making a sculpture（雕塑）．As he watched the man work on the sculpture，he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby．
He felt very strange and asked the sculptor，"Why are you making two same sculptures？Do you need two to put in different places？"
"No，"the man said without looking up，"We need only one，but the first one became damaged before I could finish it，so I'm making a new one．"
The visitor picked up the damaged sculpture and examined it．But he couldn't find anything wrong with it．
"Where is the damage？"he asked．
"There is a scratch（擦痕）on the sculpture's nose．"the sculptor said while continuing his work．
The man then asked，"Where are you going to place the sculpture？"
The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a 20﹣foot﹣high platform（平台）．"If the sculpture is up that high， who is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose？"the man asked．
The sculptor stopped his work，looked up at the man and said，"I will know it"．
The sculptor chose to stick to a high standard of excellence in his work． Even if other people didn't notice it，it mattered to him that his work should be of the best quality． This is an attitude we should all work hard to keep．
（1）Why did the visitor feel strange at first？
A．Because he could take one of the sculptures．
B．Because the sculptor was making two same sculptures．
C．Because he thought the sculptor needed two sculptures．
（2）The underlined word "damaged" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to" "．
A．broken
B．fallen 倒下的
C．beaten 被打败的；被打了的
（3）What was wrong with the first sculpture's nose？
A．It was too big．
B．There was a scratch on it．
C．There was nothing wrong with it．
（4）Where would the sculpture be placed？
A．Outside the temple．
B．At the sculptor's home．
C．On a 20﹣foot﹣high platform．
（5）From the story，we know that ．
A．the sculptor was very serious about his work
B．the sculptor always made two sculptures
C．the sculptor didn't mind the danage
When he was nine years old，an American bey called Milo Cress had a question：How many plastic straws（吸管）do Americans use every day？
He quickly learned there wasn't a simple answer．The boy tried to find it out himself．Through lots of research，Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day．In hopes of cutting down plastic waste，he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011．
Cress started the project in his hometown Burlington． Vermont． He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order． It was a simple change． However， it would save money．And by doing that， the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent．
For the year that followed， Cress tried to spread his proicct across the United States． More and more restaurants agreed to join． They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one． Last April， Seattle became the first American city to completely ban plastic straws．
After his project became popular， Cress took his findings on the road． He has spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world． He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws．
"Focusing on straws is one simple step we all could take，"Cress says．"And it makes me feel that I， as a kid， could make a difference， too．"
（1）Cress found out that Americans use straws every day．
A． about 50 million
B． about 500 million
C． about 10 million
（2）Cress founded the Be Straw Free project in order to ．
A． save money
B． become popular
C． cut down plastic waste
（3）Which American city first completely banned plastic straws？
A． Burlington．
B． New York．
C． Seattle．
（4）What does the sentence "Cress took his findings on the road"mean？
A． Cress took a walk on the road．
B．Cress spread his project around the world．
C． Cress was doing his research all the time．
（5）According to the last paragraph， Cress thinks ．
A．he could be famous
B．he has made much money through his project
C． he could also do something meaningful although he is a child
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