"Mary, come and clean your room!" Mary’s mum says. Mary wants to go outside to play, so she puts (放) all the rubbish (垃圾) under her bed. "Mum, the room is clean now, "she says. "I am going outside to play now."

She runs into the garden. This is her favorite place. A small bird is on Mary’s hand. "You are a nice bird, "Mary says. "①Does your mum ask you to clean your room every day?"

"Everyone has to clean his room or his garden. If I put my rubbish all around and don’t clean it, do you have ②一個玩耍的好地方?"asks the bird.

After hearing (聽到) the bird’s words, Mary runs into the house and says to her mother, "I’m sorry, Mum. ③"

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下列各題。

1. The correct order (正確順序) of the things is ________.

a. Mary plays in the garden.

b. Mary puts the rubbish under her bed.

c. Mum asks Mary to clean her room.

d. A bird comes and talks with Mary.

2.在第二段“This is her favorite place”句子中， "This" refers to (指的是) "Mary’s ______".

3. 將劃線部分①翻譯成漢語

_____________________________________

4. 將劃線部分②翻譯成英語

_____________________________________

5. 選擇一個恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥臃旁冖厶巁_______

A．I’ll play with the bird every day.

B．I’ll clean my room every day.

C．I’ll do my homework every day.

D．I’ll put all the rubbish in the garden.

 

James likes sports, so he is tall and strong in his middle school. Now his father and mother work in London So he begins to study in a middle school there. He’s a member of the school Rugby team. He likes the game very much and plays it on Saturday and Sunday.
His grandma lives in a small village and one day she comes to see him. It’s Saturday and she doesn’t see the boy at home. So she goes to look for him in the school. She sees thirty boys are stealing only one ball. The old woman tells Tom to finish playing and going home with her.
“But, Grandma, I ……”
“Don’t play with them, my dear!” says the old woman. “I’m going to buy a ball for you!”
A. he’s tall      B. he’s a student
C. he likes sports  D.he likes his school
【小題1】James lives_________ now.

A．in a village	B．with his grandma
C．in London	D．with his students

【小題2】James___________ on Saturday and Sunday.

A．does housework	B．plays football
C．plays Rugby	D．has a rest

【小題3】________ , so the old woman doesn’t find him at home.

A．James goes shopping	B．James leaves London
C．James is at school	D．James is not at home

【小題4】The old woman doesn’t know how to play Rugby, so she________

A．watches the games for a long time

B．gives the team a new ball

C．tells the boy to go home with her

D．is angry

 
Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (書法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection  stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不現(xiàn)實(shí)).. Going for a goal  that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力爭)  for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
【小題1】What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?

A．To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

B．To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

C．To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.

D．To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.

【小題2】Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.

A．they think it is silly to make resolutions

B．they find keeping resolutions is boring

C．the time of keeping resolutions is too short

D．their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic

【小題3】Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?

A．Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.

B．To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.

C．People should try to realize their goals step by step.

D．A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.

Mike wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He  46  about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not  47 . He has to  48 a long time for that. He can’t cut grass for their gardens  49 he has no tools to do the work. Then he  50 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送)  51 . “I can do that,  52 ”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay(付款) for it a little each week”. He  53 to catch up with(趕上) Dick. Mike asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is  54 to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick  55 him that the job takes about three hours each week and   56  him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Mike almost flies home. After he tells his mother   57  he thinks, she  58 , “ I think it is a   59  idea,” she says, “I'll call the newspaper.” “Wait, Mum,” Mike says, “I’ll call. After that, I' m going to be a businessman now.” Mike’s mother smiles   60  .

【小題1】

A．says B．tells C．thinks D．speaks

【小題2】

A．spring B．summer C．a(chǎn)utumn D．winter

【小題3】

A．walk B．wait C．spend D．want

【小題4】

A．because B．when C．while D．a(chǎn)fter

【小題5】

A．looks B．sees C．helps D．catches

【小題6】

A．newspapers B．bikes C．computers D．tools

【小題7】

A．either B．too C．a(chǎn)gain D．a(chǎn)lso

【小題8】

A．walks B．comes C．runs D．jumps

【小題9】

A．friendly B．kind C．easy D．wrong

【小題10】

A．sees B．learns C．tells D．knows

【小題11】

A．teaches B．gives C．a(chǎn)sks D．makes

【小題12】

A．that B．when C．what D．where

【小題13】

A．smiles B．shouts C．cries D．worries

【小題14】

A．big B．large C．great D．bad

【小題15】

A．sadly B．happily C．politely D．a(chǎn)ngrily