| New books this month |
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| The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years.  Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and… |
Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… |
Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.  Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? |
| A．David Reilly | B．Maha | C．Joanna | D．Marcie Jacome |
| A．Australia | B．Thailand | C．India | D．England |
| A．a doctor | B．a film star | C．a writer | D．a college student |
| A．Hospital or Cinema | B．Hard Work | C．The Long Night | D．Harry Potter |
| A．an ad | B．a story | C．a novel | D．a diary |
| Family Pictures |
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| l . We visited Grandma last week. She went to her bedroom. She brought down old books of pictures. We looked at the old pictures. 2. We sat at the kitchen table. A mother, a grandmother. and a daughter looked at photos of mothers, grandmothers and daughters. 3. We turned the yellow pages of the books. The pictures were old. They had men, women, and children I don't remember. |
4. We listened to Grandma talk. " There's a little Bonita." She said. " She had long ,curly. brown hair and big brown eyes." Grandma touched the page. 5. We listened to stories about aunts, uncles, cousins, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. I don't remember them. But from the stories I know them. |
Which word is repeated at the beginning of each stanza( 诗节 ) ?
| A．Books. | B．Grandma. |
| C．Remember. | D．We. |
In which stanza does Grandma describe Bonita?
| A．Stanza 2. | B．Stanza 3. |
| C．Stanza 4. | D．Stanza 5 |
What is the writer's message in this poem?
| A．Visiting grandma is boring. |
| B．Stories help you know people. |
| C．Photos are useless. |
| D．Grandmothers don't like to tell stories. |
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck. If you arrange（排列） the 26 English letters in order and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…26 for z, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1 +18 +4+23+15+18+11="98,meaning:98" is its mark .Knowledge :11+14 +14+23 +12+5+4+7 +5="96" ,love:12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t , either. Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude.Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark. Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most time people hope for a better life. It is possible that they will have a better life if they change their attitudes. When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards failure, you’ll find it’s also rewarding（有益的）though it has caused you losses（损失）.The writer thinks _________ is the most important thing in a person’s life.
| A．hard-work. | B．knowledge | C．money | D．attitude |
What is the mark of the word “money” according to the passage?
| A．73 | B．72 | C．75 | D．62 |
According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way is to ___________.
| A．ask for help from others | B．hope to be lucky |
| C．change your attitude | D．try math-solving ways |
From the passage we can learn that ______________.
| A．diffrent attitudes come from different courses of life |
| B．sometimes failure can bring you good if you take a positive attitude |
| C．math can solve every problem easily in our daily life |
| D．none of the English words except “attitude” is 100 or more |
What is the mark of the word “attitude”according to the passage?
| A．98 | B．96 | C．47 | D．100 |
If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and the same parents, but you have different personalities.
Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parent treat you. First –born children receive all the attention from their parents. Most families have twice as many photos of a first-born than any other child. Parents usually give first-born more responsibilityand depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters. As a result, first -born are often responsible, hard-working, and jealous. They often want to do well at school and work. There are more first-born American Presidents, for example, George Bush, George Washington, andLyndon Baines Johnson-than second or last-born children.
When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed. The second child has to competewith the first-born for the parents, attention and love. Their children often choose different sports and hobbies to do well at school and work, but have to be creative to get their family’s attention. They are often friendly and cool. Many famous talk-show hosts were born last.The writer thinks that the second children are often ___.
| A．outing and jealous | B．cool and friendly |
| C．hard-working and serious | D．creative and responsible |
The underlined word ―“jealous” means ______ in the passage.
| A．友好的 | B．冷静的 | C．快乐的 | D．嫉妒的 |
______is usually the happiest in the family according to
the passage.
| A．The eldest child | B．The second child |
| C．The youngest child | D．The father |
We can learn from the passage that _________.
| A．the second child is very similar to the first-born child |
| B．brothers and sisters usually have the same personalities |
| C．it’s easy for the second child to get his or her parents’ attention |
| D．there are more first-born successful people than second or last-born people |
The passage is mainly about ___________________.
| A．birth order and personalities |
| B．the personalities of the second child in a family |
| C．the personalities of the eldest child in a family |
| D．the personalities of the youngest child in a family |
We are always using body language in our daily communication. When we talk with each other, we may use body language. For example, in the USA, people point to their heads when they think someone is clever. However, human beings (人类) are not the only ones who use body language. Animals also use body language and facial expressions (面部表情) to tell each other how they feel and what they think.
When a dog is happy, its ears will stand up and its ears will wide open. When it is angry, it will look straight at you. If an elephant spreads its ears, it means “ Watch out!” To show friendship, elephants will touch each other with their trunks(鼻子). Dolphins(海豚) live in groups and like to show each other their feelings. An angry dolphin will sometimes slap(拍) its tail(尾巴) on the water. A happy dolphin will play with its friends, making small jumps into the air. Not only humans but also animals can use body language to communicate, but the things they “say” to each other are different.
根据短文内容判断句子正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。Only human beings use body language.
A happy dog will look straight at you.
Elephants use their trunks to touch each other to show their friendship.
When a dolphin is angry, it often makes small jumps into the air.
The passage is about body language.
Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing worn by most people of a country. A fashion usually keeps popular for 1-3 years and then is replaced by another fashion. Even though there are a lot of changes in fashion, most people do not easily hope for the changes.
Nowadays more and more young people prefer following the fashion. On this phenomenon(现象), different people have different opinions. It is held that one should follow the fashion so as not to be looked down or seem strange. But it is also held that one should have his or her own judgement(判断).
Those who hold the first opinion think that society is progessing and one should get used to the changes. In their opinions, if everyone always follows the old fashion, there won’t be any change and naturally there won’t be much progress. However, those who hold the second view think that one shouldn’t follow the fashion without having his or her own judgement and characters.
As for me, I agree with the second opinion. Of course, it’s good for people to keep up with the fashion, but this is not to say that people should follow the fashion blindly(盲目地). If all the people follow the same fashion, there will be no variety and the whole society will be boring.. The second paragraph mainly tells us ________.
| A．what the fashon is about |
| B．different people have different opinions about the fashion |
| C．whether one should follow the fashion or not |
| D．more and more young people prefer following the fashion |
According to those who hold the first view, why should one follow the fashion?
| A．One should follow the fashion so that they won’t be looked down. |
| B．One should follow the fashion so that society is progressing. |
| C．One should follow the fashion so that people will have their own judgement. |
| D．One should follow the fashion so that society will be boring. |
.We can tell from the story that the writer thinks we should _________.
| A．keep up with the same fashion |
| B．be against the fashion |
| C．say nothing about the fashion |
| D．follow the fashion by our own judgement |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Hope For Fashion | B．Have Your Own Judgement |
| C．How to follow the fashion | D．Two ideas about the fashion |
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