Yesterday I went to the nursing home to visit my grandma. She just got out of the hospital recently where she had some serious operations.
When I got there, she was so happy to see me. We hugged, kissed and exchanged greetings. Then I heard a woman crying. It was my grandma's roommate. The curtain was drawn so I could not see her. She started calling out a name that wasn't mine but she was certainly talking to me, begging me to go to her side of the room.
I ignored (忽视) her at first and continued talking with my grandma. Then she started begging and saying, "Please, come to see me!" So I went to see her.
When I drew the curtain back, she looked so old but flashed me the biggest smile ! She opened her arms wide for me to hug her so I bent low and gave her a hug. I sat on her bed and talked with her for a few minutes. She kept calling me by the other name, but I did not correct her. She told me stories as if I had been there when they happened.
Finally I went back to talk with my grandma. Then the woman started crying again, saying, "Please, come back." She finally slept.
I stopped by the nurse's station and the nurse told me that the lady suffers from Alzheimer's (老年痴呆症). I mentioned the name she had called me. The nurse told me it was the lady's daughter's name, Then I understood why she wanted me to go to visit her.
We will all get old some day. Some of us will have broken minds like the lady and some of us will have broken bodies like my grandma. As I was leaving, I promised I would go back and visit the lady, even after my grandma moves back to her home.
| A．Because she needed another operation. |
| B．Because she had been used to living there. |
| C．Because she waited for the writer to come. |
| D．Because she wanted to see her old friends there. |
| A．she missed her daughter very much |
| B．she expected to tell stories to the writer |
| C．she feared the curtain being drawn |
| D．she was troubled by the writer's talking |
| A．Selfish. | B．Lonely. | C．Strong. | D．Lazy. |
| A．The lady came out to see me. |
| B．The lady's daughter always visited her. |
| C．The writer's grandma had something important to tell her. |
| D．The writer would go back and visit the old lady. |
Baboons(狒狒) live in Africa. They are like monkeys. Most people think daddy baboons don’t know their babies. But scientists (科学家) find that daddy baboons know how to help their babies. The daddy baboons are smart.
Joan Silk is a scientist. She studies the baboons for 3 years. She says the daddy baboons are happy to see their babies. They have big teeth to help the babies to eat hard things. Mother baboons are small. And they live in a place. When a mother baboon gives birth(分娩), she often has only one baby. Baby baboons have fur. They are very cute.
During the day they eat things. At night, they sleep in the trees. Most children like baboons because they look like the man.Where do baboons live?
A. In Africa. B. In America. C. In Canada.How are daddy baboons?
A. They are shy.
B. They are beautiful.
C. They are smart.They underlined word “hard” means________ in Chinese.
A. 困难的 B. 柔软的 C. 坚硬的The mother baboon usually has _______baby baboon(s) when she gives birth.
A. one B. two C. threeWhich of the following is TRUE?
A. Baboons are small monkeys.
B. Baby baboons are very cute.
C. Daddy baboons don’t know how to help their babies.
I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).
My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.
I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror (恐怖) I think they are like the old fairytales (童话故事) ，and can teach you important things.
I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy any books, go to www. showkett. freeserve. co. ukWhen he was 13, the writer ________.
| A．wrote lots of poems | B．moved out of Wales |
| C．sold many story books | D．became a famous singer |
He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.
| A．expand his imagination | B．learn French |
| C．listen to stories | D．buy some books |
Maybe the writer is ________ years old now.
| A．12 | B．22 | C．32 | D．42 |
According to the passage, the write keeps _______
| A．cats, hens and pigs | B．ducks, goats and rabbits |
| C．hens, rabbits and dogs | D．rabbits, pigs and cats |
From the passage, we can learn that the writer ________.
| A．lives in a big city with his son | B．likes eating Japanese and Indian food |
| C．lives in the countryside with his wife | D．introduces a nice book to us |
If you want to take English classes, you should pay______ an hour.
| A．$8 | B．$10 | C．$15 | D．$18 |
You want to work in a restaurant, so you should call________.
| A．Lisa | B．John | C．Ben | D．Sue |
You can see a new play at Bay College Theatre at________ on Saturday.
| A．8:00 p. m. | B．5:00 a. m. | C．5:00 p. m. | D．9:00 p. m. |
Dave worked in Center’s Restaurant from Monday to Friday last week, 2 hours every night, so he could get______ last week.
| A．$8 | B．$80 | C．$16 | D．$10 |
You can help the book sale every day except__________
| A．Sunday | B．Monday | C．Thursday | D．Saturday |
As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to
your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is
the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.Your dreams can be very _______, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
| A．big | B．small | C．high | D．low |
Follow Your Heart is a _______ .
| A．movie | B．song | C．book | D．dream |
What idea stops you from realizing your dream?
| A．I can’t be a writer. | B．I am good at some school subjects. |
| C．I think I am very great. | D．I am the best student in our class. |
Don’t let ____ leave your heart.
| A．your idea | B．your decision | C．your dream | D．your book |
Studying will help you to get better exam results ____ watching TV.
| A．with | B．instead of | C．without | D．by |
Basketball is still a young game. It’s over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn’t play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent（发明）a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court（球场）was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet（英尺）above
the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr.
Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.How long is it since basketball was invented?
| A．100 years | B．Less than 100 years |
| C．110 years | D．More than 100 years |
The students felt unhappy because _______.
| A．they had little time to study | B．they often got into fights |
| C．they had much homework to do | D．they couldn’t play outdoors |
Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
| A．Some students | B．Some teachers |
| C．Some students’ parents | D．Some of his friends |
When a student ________, he makes a score.
| A．receives the ball. |
| B．throws the ball to another student |
| C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand |
| D．throws the ball into the basket |
Which sentence is right?
| A．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad. |
| B．It was easy to invent the game. |
| C．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball. |
| D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor. |
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