Johnny lived with his parents in a small town. One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were pulled down. Everyone thought that there would be another earthquake soon. They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse than the first.

“We must send Johnny to a safe place.” Johnny’s mother said to her husband. “Many of our friends are sending their children to relatives in other towns.”

“We’ll send him to my brother, Peter,” Johnny’s father said. “He lives a long way away. Johnny will be safe with him.”

He telephoned Johnny’s uncle, Peter, and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him.

“He’s a good boy,” he said, “ he won’t give you any trouble.”

“All right,” Johnny’s uncle said, “but I can’t be accustomed to staying with kids at this moment. I enjoy living a very quiet and peaceful life.”

“You won’t know Johnny’s in the house,” his father told him.

So Johnny, who was five,went to live with his uncle.

Two days later, Johnny’s parents received a letter from Peter. It said, “I am returning the child. I can’t stand him.”

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

1.The underlined words “be accustomed to” in the passage most probably means ____.

A. stick to B. be used to C. be sure about

2.Johnny and his parents lived ______.

A. in a small town B. on the farm C. in the countryside

3.Johnny’s parents sent him away because ______.

A. they didn’t want Johnny to get hurt

B. Peter wanted to protect Johnny

C. all the children in the town moved to Peter’s town

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Peter couldn’t stand Johnny.

B. The five-year-old Johnny was a well-behaved boy.

C. Uncle Peter didn’t like a noisy life.

5.“ _______” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. There’s no earthquake.

B. Please send me an earthquake.

C. Please send some food.

Many would agree that when we think of Christmas,we probably think of gifts,Christmas trees and Santa Claus.But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas:the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.

A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens.It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles.He is mean.He only thinks about himself,and never treats others nicely.He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas.One Christmas Eve,Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley,his dead business partner.Marley used to be just like Scrooge,so he is punished after he dies.He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn't want to end up like him.He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

That night,three ghosts visit Scrooge.First,the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child.Then the second spirit,the Ghost of Christmas Present,takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year.Everyone is happy,even poor people.The last one,the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come,takes him to the future.Scrooge sees that he is dead but nobody cares.He is so frightened that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is already the next morning----Christmas Day!

He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person.He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives.He also gives gifts to people in need.He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth,spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.And that is the true spirit of Christmas!

根据短文内容回答问题。

1.What do people think of when people think of the Christmas?

2.What is the true meaning of Christmas?

3.Why is Jacob Marley punished after he dies?

4.Why does Scrooge hate Christmas?

5..How does Scrooge feel after he wakes up on Christmas Day?

Do you know what family instructions are? They are common beliefs(信仰)that family members follow. In ancient China, people passed down their family instructions from generation to generation.

Some schools in Zhejiang are encouraging students to learn more about their own family instructions. At Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School and Hangzhou Xuejun High School, it was part of students’ winter vacation homework to learn about their family instructions.

Meng Yaohan, 16, from Hangzhou Xuejun High School, looked at her family instructions. One of them is “Don’t take the wrong way”, a piece of advice that has been passed down for 100 years. Her father told her how her grandfather stuck to his “right way”—to become an engineer.“It encouraged me to pursue what I love,” she said.

Shen Duanjie,14,from Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School, has got good from his family instructions—“democratic”(民主的) and “equal”. In his own words, they have helped him get along with his parents.

The school has also published(出版) books about two classic collections of family instructions—The Family Instructions of Zhu Xi and Family Instructions of Yan Clan. The books include dialogues and pictures drawn by students.

Gong Zhenyue, 14, drew pictures for one of the instructions in Family Instructions of Yan Clan. She was impressed(留下深刻印象) by the instruction, which says that parents should not only love their children, but also educate them. “It made me understand my parents’ strictness with me,” she said. She made it her own family instruction.

1.What are family instructions?

A. The words of one’s grandparents.

B. Dialogues between family members.

C. Common beliefs that family members follow.

D. Books which were passed down from the past.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about Meng Yaohan?

A. She knows nothing about her family instructions.

B. “Democratic” and “equal” are her family instructions.

C. Her family instructions helped her get along with her parents.

D. “Don’t take the wrong way” is one of her family instructions.

3.What does the underlined word “pursue” mean in Chinese?

A. 创造 B. 追求 C. 选择 D. 感受

4.Who drew pictures for Family Instructions of Yan Clan?

A. Gong Zhenyue. B. Zhu Xi.

C. Shen Duanjie. D. Meng Yaohan.

5.Learning family instructions helps Gong Zhenyue    .

A. study better at school

B. draw pictures for other books

C. understand her parents better

D. learn to publish books by herself

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