If you do something wrong, will your parents punish you? Some students shared their experiences.

根据材料内容判断正(T)误(F)。

1.When Luke failed his English exam, his mother made him work in the garden.

2.Maria kept all her letters to remind herself not to do anything wrong.

3.Ken got back the things of his bedroom by doing chores for about two weeks.

4.Ken’s and Vera’s mothers used their children’s favorite things as a way of punishment.

5.The material is mainly about choosing the right punishment for children.

In the early 1900s, Carol Ryrie Brink lived with her grandmother Caddie on a tiny farm in Idaho. The farm was a great place to live. Besides wonderful tall trees, it had cats, chickens and a horse. Carol often rode the horse through the streets of town.

Even so, Carol was sometimes lonely. She would climb to the top of her favorite tree and make up stories to cheer herself up. Her favorite part of the day was when Grandmother Caddie would sit with her and tell stories about her and her brothers.

Carol loved the stories so much that when she grew up, she decided to write a book about them. Thousands of children throughout the world have read and loved her book Caddie Woodlawn. This book is about an 11-year-old girl and her two brothers. Carol’s book won an award (奖项) called the Newbery Medal.

Carol said her son and daughter encouraged her to write for children. That wasn’t easy when she was busy taking care of a family. Sometimes an idea would come to her while she was washing dishes. She would make a quick note and come back to write it out more fully after her children were asleep.

In all, Carol wrote about thirty books in her life. Many of them are about her life in Idaho. Besides the Newbery Medal, she won many other awards. Later another writer Mary Reed wrote a book about Carol Ryrie Brink. When talking about Carol’s life, Mary said, “She tried to live in a way that would not hurt others, to never waste a day, and to make the most of her life.”

1.When she felt lonely on the farm, Carol would _______.

A. climb some tall trees

B. ask her grandmother to read her a story

C. ride a horse to the town

D. make herself happy with her own stories

2.What do we know about Caddie Woodlawn?

A. It is about Carol’s life.

B. It is popular among adults.

C. It is an award-winning book.

D. It is the first book Carol wrote.

3.From Paragraph 4, we can know Carol _______.

A. once gave up writing because of the heavy housework

B. had a hard time in the early days of her writing

C. didn’t get much money from her writing

D. didn’t get support from her family

4.In Mary Reed’s opinion, Carol _______.

A. lived a simple life

B. never wasted money

C. made full use of her time

D. was always ready to offer help

5.Why did the writer write this passage?

A. To give information about a writer’s life.

B. To introduce some book awards.

C. To describe how to write books.

D. To tell about a great mother.

Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.

(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)

R: 1.

A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?

R: 2.

A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.

R: 3.

A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.

R: 4.

A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.

R: Are you planning a new novel?  5. 

A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

Walk your way to better health

Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot ... you can travel fast or slow. The movement of your f1.gets you where you need to go. But it also gets you so much more! Walking is simple e2.and good for almost everyone. Best of all, it’s free!

Walking helps you in many ways. First it makes your heart stronger. Studies s3. walking reduces (降低) your chance of heart problems. Walking quickly for 30 m4. a day also helps control high blood pressure. It can reduce your chance of having other serious problems, too.

As time goes by, people become old, and t5. brains don’t work as well as before. I6. old people walk six miles or more every week, they can keep their brains in a better condition.

Walking helps your mental (精神的) health, too. P7.one foot in front of the other isn’t difficult. You don’t have to think about it, so you can pay attention to o8. things. You can consider problems or think of ideas. You can think over conversations again or just remember funny things.

You can make walking part of your day. Instead of t9. the lift, walk. You can even have walking meetings. They are what they sound l10.. Instead of sitting, you walk and talk things over.

Make walking a habit, and see how it makes you feel.

根据汉语提示完成句子，一空一词（包括缩写词）

1.艾伦18岁时上了大学。

Alan ___________ ___________ at the age of 18.

2.里克长大了，他可以自己做决定了。

Rick has grown up. He can ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

3.抱歉，你不应该把你的书放在书桌上。

Sorry, your book ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ on the desk.

4.父母必须让孩子们远离危险。

Parents must ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ danger.

5.当妈妈叫萨拉停止看电视时她和妈妈顶嘴了。   

Sarah ___________ ___________ to her mom when Mom told her to stop watching TV.

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Dear students,

There must be some rules in your family, right? How do you like them? What's the best rule and what's the worst rule? Please e-mail us and share your thoughts with our readers.

Learning English

Dear students,

There must be some rules in your family, right? How do you like them? What's the best rule and what's the worst rule? Please e-mail us and share your thoughts with our readers.

Learning English

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Dear Editor,

There are many rules in my family, some good and some bad.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

useful advice he has given us!

A. What an B. What a C. What D. How

—Who would you like to be our monitor, Mr. Wang?

—Jim is. He is so that he can come up with new ideas.

A. creative B. humorous C. modest D. outgoing

To get high marks, you should pay more attention to the teacher in class.

A. listen to B. listening to C. hear D. hearing

Skimming is a kind of reading skill. It means reading the text to get the main idea.

A. widely B. carefully C. clearly D. quickly