People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking. The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The messages says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”
There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking please people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved------even if we are the ones doing the cooking. “Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情)。”Why do fewer people cook now? ___________.
| A．They like to eat in restaurants |
| B．Many people are too busy |
| C．Many people don’t like cooking |
| D．They don’t like family meals |
A parent spends an hour making cookies___________.
| A．just to satisfy her or his child’s sweet tooth |
| B．only to send a message |
| C．to let a child eat up in 15 minutes |
| D．often to show her or his love |
The writer thinks the smell of home cooking___________.
| A．makes us be interested in cooking | B．makes us happy |
| C．makes us pay attention to our mood | D．makes us love others |
What does the underlined word “satisfying” mean here?
| A．令人生气 | B．使人满意 | C．填满 | D．修补 |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Family meals are important |
| B．How to make cookies |
| C．Homemade cookies taste better |
| D．People are too busy to work |
There is an elephant and a monkey. They’re friends. But one day they want to know who is stronger. One of them says, “Who can get apples over there, who is stronger.”
There is a river over there. The monkey says, “I can’t swim.” The elephant says, “I can swim. Please sit on my back.” They go across the river. The apple trees are very tall. The elephant can’t reach the apples. The monkey climbs up the tree and gets many apples.
Now they know they should help each other.The elephant and the monkey want to know ______.
| A．who is smarter | B．who is higher |
| C．who can swim | D．who is stronger |
______ can’t swim.
| A．The elephant | B．The monkey |
| C．The big animals | D．The small animals |
______ can’t reach the apples.
| A．The elephant | B．The monkey |
| C．The high animals | D．The short animals |
At last the monkey goes across the river with the help of ______.
| A．the elephant | B．the monkey | C．an animal | D．a boat |
From the story we should _______.
| A．learn from the elephant | B．learn from the monkey |
| C．A and B | D．help each other |
Bill is ten years old. One day his friend Tom says to him, “I am going to have a birthday party on Sunday evening. Bill, can you come to my party?” “I’ll be glad to,” answers Bill.
Before Bill goes to the party on Sunday afternoon, his mother says to him, “Now, Bill, don’t forget(忘记) to be polite(礼貌). Don’t ask for food until(直到) someone gives it to you.”“All right, Mum.” Bill answers, and he goes to Tom’s house on his new bike.
There are a lot of children at the party. They play for an hour. Then Tom’s mother gives them some food. But she forgets to give Bill any. He waits politely for ten minutes and then holds his plate up(举起他的盘子) in the air and says loudly(高声地), “Does anyone want a nice and clean plate?”How old is Bill?
| A．Eight. | B．Ten. | C．Twenty. | D．Eleven. |
Tom is going to _______ on Sunday evening.
| A．have a meeting | B．have a talk |
| C．have a football match | D．have a birthday party |
Bill goes to Tom’s house _______.
| A．by bus | B．on foot | C．by bike | D．in a taxi |
Which of the following is right?
| A．There are few children at the party. |
| B．Bill throws(扔) his plate out of the window. |
| C．Tom’s mother forgets to give Bill any food. |
| D．Bill isn’t angry(生气) at all, because(因为) he doesn’t want any food. |
We can see that Bill is _______.
A. clever（聪明的） B. old D. tall D. short
Michael Jordan是Jim最喜欢的运动明星，请跟Jim一起阅读下面这篇短文，读完后判断正（T）误（F）,看看谁的记忆力最好?
Michael Jordan is the best basketball player in the world. He was born in New York in 1963. There are 5 children in his family. He is the fourth one. When he was a child, he was small but clever. So he played basketball very well.
When he was a middle school student, he was the star of each game and he could score 40 points（分数）in a game. In 1984, he played in the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team .And later（后来）he played for the Chicago Bulls.Michael Jordan is a football player.
Michael Jordan comes from America.
Michael Jordan could play basketball very well when he was a child.
Michael Jordan was small when he was a child.
Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls first, then for the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team.
BEIJING—No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22,1998.It was started to protect the environment.By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.Other cities, including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support(支持) the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining in the activity.It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work.It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day).The slogan(口号) for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support.“We can’t control the weather, but we can chose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman.Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year.In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days.This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year.Much of the dust(灰尘) comes from the desert(沙漠), but cars cause most of the air pollution(污染).We must do more for no Car Day.There are cities in China that support No Car Day according to the passage.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
The activity of No Car Day encourages Beijing drivers .
| A．not to work on No Car Day |
| B．to enjoy having a day off |
| C．to leave their cars at home for repair |
| D．to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work |
According to the passage there were blue sky days in the first quarter of last year in Beijing.
| A．52 | B．63 | C．41 | D．238 |
The air pollution in Beijing is mostly caused by .
| A．cars | B．dust | C．weather | D．rubbish |
We can know from the passage that .
| A．more and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs |
| B．people will have one more World Environment Day each month |
| C．more and more people won’t drive on No Car Day in Beijing |
| D．more people in the world won’t drive any more |
Tom and Mike were good friends.Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not.But all of their classmates said they were like brothers.
One day they went out for a walk together.At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch.The waiter came up to them and asked, “What can I do for you?”
“Please bring us two apples first.” said Tom.
When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the bigger one at once.Tom got angry.
“You are impolite, Mike.Why don’t you take the smaller one?” Tom said.
“But I am right.” said Mike with a smile, “if I let you take first, which one will you choose?”
“Of course I’ll take the smaller one.” said Tom.
“Yes,” Mike said, “If you take the smaller one, the bigger one will still be mine.Don’t you think so?”
“Oh!” Tom couldn’t answer.Tom and Mike were .
| A．always kind to each other |
| B．sometimes kind to each other |
| C．dear brothers |
| D．friends of different school |
Mike thought only about when they were having lunch.
| A．himself | B．Tom | C．his parents | D．his friends. |
The waiter gave them .
| A．two eggs | B．two apples |
| C．three oranges | D．some milk |
Tom took the apple.
| A．better | B．bigger | C．smaller | D．worse |
took the apple first.
| A．Mike | B．Tom | C．Tom and Mike | D．The waiter |
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