Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother’s birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn’t do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother’s birthday present?

Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn’t. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard（紙板）, plastic（塑料）bottles and cans（易拉罐）. When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.

Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother’s birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.

When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I’ve ever received.”

1.How old was Joyce?

A. Seven.           B. Eight.         C. Nine.         

2.Why couldn’t Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?

A. Because she had no money.

B. Because she didn’t know what her mother liked.

C. Because she didn’t love her mother at all.

3.What was Joyce’s idea?

A. Doing part-time jobs.   

B. Collecting waste things and selling them.

C. Asking her best friend for help.

4.How long did Joyce collect the waste things?

A. A week.      B. A month.    C. More than a week.

5. How did Joyce’s mother feel when she got the present?

A. Very sad.       B. Very happy and moved.     C. Very surprised.

根據(jù)句意用所給單詞的正確形式填空

1.We cried when our school football team __________ ( lose ) the game last week.

2.I couldn’t finish the work ________ ( with ) your help.

3.It rained ____________ （ heavy ）last night.

4. The earthquake happened and many people were ___________ ( terrible ) hurt.

5.Bad weather sometimes causes __________ ( nature ) disasters.

6.The house _________ ( shake ) when the heavy truck went past.

7.Listen! I can hear an old lady __________ ( scream ) for help in the next door.

8.A large number of people were _________ （ 圍困 ）underground in Wenchuan Earthquake.

9.The noise of the thunder became much __________ ( 輕微 ).

10.The telephone suddenly rang and she ____________ ( 趕忙 ) to answer it.

11.The Chinese _________ (政府) wants to protect these birds

12.If you are ill, you must take some m_________.

13.The w_________ of the panda is 20kg.

14.A lot of t_________ go to Beijing to see the Great Wall.

15.Do you know the  i_________ of English?   

16.Help _________(自己) to some fish, boys and girls?

17.The teacher asked us to answer the _________(以下的) questions.

18.There is a lot of _________ （交通）on the roads every morning.

19.L_________, I passed the exam.

20.At the _________ （開始）of the term, I don’t like our school.

It was Sunday yesterday. Bruce went to play football with his friends. Soon he felt   1  and took off his coat. On his way home, he forgot to put it on. This morning, he didn’t feel    2  

and couldn’t go to school. His mother told him   3  and then went out to buy some   4  

for him. An hour later he didn’t want to lie there,   5  he stood by the window and looked outside. The weather was fine today. Soon his mother came back and said, “It’s   6  outside. Go to sun yourself    7   you take the medicine.”

Bruce took the medicine and went out to play alone (獨自地) beside a house.   8  a salesman（推銷員）came up to him and asked, “Did your mother come back, my little friend?”

“Yes, sir,” answered the boy.

The man began to ring the doorbell（門鈴）but   9  answered. He rang it  10  a long time and became angry.

“There is no one in the house, You played a joke（玩笑）on me!” said the salesman.

“ But that’s not my house,”  Bruce answered.

1.A. tired               B. hot              C. cold

2.A. good               B. nice             C. well

3.A. lie in bed          B. to lie in bed    C. to stay at home

4.A. medicine            B. food             C. fruits

5.A. so                 B. but              C. and

6.A. cold                B .warm             C. rainy

7.A. after              B. before           C. when

8.A. During this time    B. At that time     C. Just now

9.A. anyone             B. someone          C. no one

10.A. with             B. at                   C. for

Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother’s birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn’t do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother’s birthday present?

Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn’t. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard（紙板）, plastic（塑料）bottles and cans（易拉罐）. When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.

Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother’s birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.

When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I’ve ever received.”

1.How old was Joyce?

A. Seven.           B. Eight.         C. Nine.         

2.Why couldn’t Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?

A. Because she had no money.

B. Because she didn’t know what her mother liked.

C. Because she didn’t love her mother at all.

3.What was Joyce’s idea?

A. Doing part-time jobs.   

B. Collecting waste things and selling them.

C. Asking her best friend for help.

4.How long did Joyce collect the waste things?

A. A week.      B. A month.    C. More than a week.

5. How did Joyce’s mother feel when she got the present?

A. Very sad.       B. Very happy and moved.     C. Very surprised.