题目内容
Ever since we became pen pals, Julien has sent me strange things. Once, she sent her sneeze in a jar. (“I have a cold, can you tell?”she wrote. ) Then she sent her fingerprint. (“So you’ll recognize me in a crowd.”)
Julien sent me breakfast, all right：cornflakes. Soggy, milky, grainy, crumbly, limp cornflakes scraped from the bottom of her cereal bowl. I lost my appetite, but I read the letter.
| Dear Caitlin, These cornflakes were so nutritious that I wanted to share this high-fiber, low-sodium，just-three-calories，balanced breakfast with you. Enjoy， Julien P. S. Next week I’m sending you a sunset. |
“She’s mistaken,” I told my mom. “No one can send a sunset, not even Julien. It’s impossible.”
“I don’t know,” Mom said. “Julien might find a way. After all, she did send you her sneeze.”
A week later I checked the mail and found a box with air holes and the words “FRAGILE—THIS SIDE UP” printed in bold black letters on the top. It was from Julien.
I stroked the box with my fingers. It was perfectly dry. I smelled it. It didn’t smell. I held my breath and started opening the package. What if sunbeams spring out and hit me in the face like those fake snakes in a can; I thought?
My hands shook as I lifted the last flap and peeked inside. Where in the world was the sunset? All I could find was a letter and a twisty, gray, papery shell. It looked like a submarine. I read the letter.
| Dear Caitlin， The sunsets at my house are so beautiful that I had to give you a piece. I counted at least five different colors in one yesterday. Can you find more? Hugs and smoochies， Julien |
I looked again at the gray shell. That’s no sunset, I thought. “You must mean the submarines at your house, Julien，” I said. Without reading the postscript, I laid the letter and the submarine on the kitchen table. Then I left the room to find a pen so that I could cross out “sunset” and write“submarine” above it.
When I returned, I stared in shock at the submarine. A creature was oozing out of it ! Was it a sea monster? I looked closer. It was a winged creature... an insect... a butterfly. An orange, blue, purple, red, and gold butterfly. It looked like... a sunset!
While the sunset opened and closed its wings to dry them, I read Julien’s postscript. It said, “P. S. Next week I’m sending you Japan.”
1. What does the underlined word “oozing” probably mean?
A. moving B. jumping C. swimming D. flying
2. What did Julien really want Caitlin to see in the fourth mail?
A. The setting sun. B. Colors of a sunset.
C. A colorful butterfly. D. A new submarine.
3. We can learn from the passage that Julien was ___________.
A. strange and clever B. honest and friendly
C. creative and giving D. funny and inventive
4. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Caitlin was from Japan and had never seen Julien.
B. Caitlin’s mom thought Julien’s gifts were fantastic.
C. Caitlin was pleased with the cornflakes that Julien sent.
D. Caitlin was expecting another unusual gift from Julien.
ABCD
What’s your favorite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.
When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom play the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano.
His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world. Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.
Lang’s performances are energetic. He is well-known for making facial （面部的）expressions and moving around while playing the piano.
The road to success has never been easy. Lang’s father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang thinks himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.
【小题1】What made Langlang first enjoy western music?
| A．When he played the piano at three. |
| B．When he saw Tom play the piano at two. |
| C．When he listened to the western music on the radio. |
| D．When his father taught him to read music. |
| A．two | B．three | C．five | D．fifteen |
| A．He is famous for playing the guitar. |
| B．He is famous for singing |
| C．He is famous for writing music. |
| D．He is famous for making facial （面部的）expressions and moving around while playing the piano. |
| A．Because she liked Shenyang, she didn’t want to leave. |
| B．Because she had to look after Langlang’s grandparents. |
| C．Because she had to make money to pay for Langlang’s education. |
| D．Because she didn’t love her son. |
| A．spent | B．paid | C．took | D．cost |
选词填空。(10分)
|
Do you know this story? 1 July 11 of every year, a local office of Project Hope receives a donation from a person 2 Xu Qin. But investigation (调查) shows that Xu Qin died in1994.
Xu Qin was Liu Wenzhen’s youngest daughter. She died in a traffic accident on July 11, 1994. Ever since, Liu Wenzhen has been in the habit of making a donation 3 Project Hope on that date to commemorate (纪念) her daughter’s death.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
What has Mrs Liu done is simply helping to 4 her daughter’s dream. “I have always dreamed 5 becoming a teacher in the countryside because that is 6 my father lived,” Xu Qin once said.
Project Hope is built to 7 children to be able to go to school. Many people make a commitment to the project all over the world. In China the project began in 1985.
As a student, we can also do 8 to support this project. We may save our money and donate it to Project Hope. Maybe we can teach those children 9 can’t go to school some day. We can also 10 others to do something for the project.