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(赶上) 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  .
【小题1】
A.says B.tells C.thinks D.speaks
【小题2】
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
【小题3】
A.walk B.wait C.spend D.want
【小题4】
A.because B.when C.while D.after
【小题5】
A.looks B.sees C.helps D.catches
【小题6】
A.newspapers B.bikes C.computers D.tools
【小题7】
A.either B.too C.again D.also
【小题8】
A.walks B.comes C.runs D.jumps
【小题9】
A.friendly B.kind C.easy D.wrong
【小题10】
A.sees B.learns C.tells D.knows
【小题11】
A.teaches B.gives C.asks D.makes
【小题12】
A.that B.when C.what D.where
【小题13】
A.smiles B.shouts C.cries D.worries
【小题14】
A.big B.large C.great D.bad
【小题15】
A.sadly B.happily C.politely D.angrily
Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday fun day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the mint festival every year, One summer she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading.
She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren.
After a hurricane( 飓风 ) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says,” I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees( 难民 ) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Sahra is reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book  together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about
her everyday life.
Helen says, “The most rewarding( 有益的 ) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help, They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
【小题1】When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
【小题2】 What did Helen do after she retired?
【小题3】 Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
【小题4】Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
【小题5】 How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
【小题6】Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
【小题7】 What can you learn from Helen?

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Do you have a mobile phone? Do you often send text messages(信息)to your friends of family? If you keep sending text messages over and over again, there may be something wrong with your fingers(手指). 【小题1】  If you don’t , you may get hurt one day.
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming popular. But , scientists have found out that texting can give us problems with fingers. Too much texting can make your fingers uncomfortable. When we press small buttons over and over again , we may have a disease(疾病) called RSI. RSI is short for Repetitive Strain Injury(重复性力损伤).
Harriet Wilson is a doctor. She has many patients(病人) with RSI.【小题2】 If we spend more than 10-15 minutes every day, we could have such problems in the future.
Mobile phones and the buttons are getting smaller and smaller.  【小题3】 Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a large phone with bigger buttons.【小题4】 . It’s easy to type with a large one.
If you use a computer keyboard and play video games for long, you may have the same problem. More and more people can find themselves with RSI.

It’s a good idea to use a large phone.
Everybody using the mobile phones should be careful.
The buttons are getting closer together.
She says we should check how much time we are spending in typing text messages.
【小题5】What does the writer want to tell us?
A.He wants to ask us not to send text messages with mobile phones.
B.He wants to tell us to uses small mobile phones to send text messages.
C.He wants to tell us some good ways to communicate with friends.
D.He wants to tell us the damage(损害) of sending text messages too much.

A woman is going shopping. She is going  46  boat. The boat is going across(穿过)the river. Her basket is empty(空的). Oh dear! Look! Her basket is in the  47  .“Help!”she says.“Look! My basket is in the river.”

A boy sees the basket. He says, “Don’t worry! I can  48  it! I’m a very good swimmer.” He takes off his shoes and shirt. “Look  49  my shirt and shoes, please!” he says and then jumps into the river.

A  50  sees the basket. “I can go by basket!” it thinks. It gets to the basket. The boy  51  in the river. “Where’s the basket?” he calls:“It’s over there!” calls the woman. “It’s behind you!” It’s  52  that duck! The boy gets to the basket.“Go away!” he says to the duck. The duck  53  out of the basket and swims away. The boy takes the basket to the land. “Oh, thank you!” says the woman. “Thank you very much!”

“Not at all!” says the boy.“  54  you like to give me my shirt and shoes?”

“Yes, here you are. Oh, what’s in the basket? It’s the duck’s  55  .”

1.

A.on

B.in

C.by

D.to

 

2.

A.water

B.boat

C.ship

D.tree

 

3.

A.clean

B.buy

C.do

D.get

 

4.

A.after

B.at

C.for

D.like

 

5.

A.dog

B.chicken

C.duck

D.monkey

 

6.

A.is fishing

B.is swimming

C.is playing

D.is flying

 

7.

A.beside

B.under

C.on

D.behind

 

8.

A.climbs

B.comes

C.jumps

D.walks

 

9.

A.Are

B.Do

C.Would

D.Could

 

10.

A.meat

B.hair

C.hand

D.egg

 

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