Xiao Qiang, a 12?year?old Chinese boy, has too many activities. His father _____ him away from school four afternoons a week and drives him across town to practice. “I do most of my _____ in the car when we are _____ to practice, and I have to do the rest when I get home. I am too tired, I just want to sleep.” He said.

“More and more kids become unhappy _____ they have too many activities to do，” said Mr. Wang, an expert(专家) of child development. “41% of the children aged 9～13 said they felt _____ most of the time, and more than 75% of them said that they wished they had more _____ to play.” “Over?scheduling(过量的课程安排) is a growing problem for Chinese families，” said Mr. Wang. It is not good for both kids and their parents. More families eat dinner _____ or often eat fast food _____ their way to football practice or music lessons. We all know it is important for kids to learn how to relax. If they don't learn that now, it will be more difficult to learn when they get _____. Kids need time to relax. Parents should ______ about what is right for kids.

1.A. take B. takes C. took

2.A. sports B. business C. homework

3.A. riding B. driving C. walking

4.A. but B. or C. because

5.A. excited B. interested C. worried

6.A. great time B. free time C. right time

7.A. slowly B. quickly C. quietly

8.A. on B. by C. in

9.A. taller B. stronger C. older

10.A. hear B. think C. look

A boy who was born in a rich family had lots of bad habits. His father was so _____. He requested an old teacher to advise his son to keep away from his bad _____. The teacher took the son for a slow walk through a _____. When they were walking, he suddenly stopped and told the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing in the garden. The boy held the plant in his hand and pulled it out _____. Then the old man asked him to pull out a little bigger plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out, roots(根) and all. “Now pull out that one，” said the old man, pointing to a small _____. The boy had to use all his strength(力气) to pull the tree out.

“Now take this one out，” said the old man, _____ a big tree. The boy held the trunk(树干) and tried to pull it out. But it would not move. “It's _____，” said the boy, out of breath with the effort. “So they are bad habits，” said the teacher. “When they are young, it is easy to pull them out _____ when they grow up they cannot be pulled out.” The old man's words _____ the boy's life. The lesson we can learn from the above story is: Don't ______ for bad habits to grow in you. Drop them while you can control it, or they will control you.

1.A. excited B. worried C. lazy

2.A. habits B. friends C. opinions

3.A. zoo B. yard C. garden

4.A. easily B. successfully C. carefully

5.A. dog B. hole C. tree

6.A. pointing to B. cutting down C. looking after

7.A. unbelievable B. impossible C. meaningful

8.A. and B. or C. but

9.A. changed B. saved C. improved

10.A. ask B. wait C. pay

11?year?old Jerome is good _____ running. He usually wins all of the races at Serpentine Primary School in Australia. However, after giving up _____ a recent school race, the boy has won hearts of _____ people. In the race, the kind boy ran back to walk with his good friend Seth and let him _____ the finishing line first.

10?year?old Seth was born with cerebral palsy(脑瘫). Since he moved to the school last year, he _____ a lot of problems at school. Luckily, Jerome _____ to help him by the teachers with things like going to the toilet and showing him around. The two boy soon became good friends.

Because of his _____ Seth has a big head, some students laugh at his appearance. Jerome usually has a word with Tom, asking them _____ that. Seth's father can't thank Jerome enough for looking after his son. “He is _____ good kid.” The two boys' story has spread quickly after Jerome's mother Susan shared it on social media. “These boys are champions, ______ they didn't win，” said the proud mother.

1.A. with B. for C. at

2.A. wins B. winning C. won

3.A. many thousands B. thousand of C. thousands of

4.A. across B. crossing C. cross

5.A. has got B. gets C. got

6.A. chose B. is chosen C. was chosen

7.A. illness B. ill C. sick

8.A. not do B. not doing C. not to do

9.A. so a B. so an C. such a

10.A. if B. unless C. though

During the Warring States Period(475-22IBC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road. He picked it up and ____ it home. But his wife was not ____ and said, “I hear that a great man doesn’t drink a thief’s water or accept alms(施舍物) .What do you think of the action of keeping others’ thing for yourself?” Yue Yangzi felt sorry ____ what he had done, so he put the gold back to the place where he found it.

The next year, Yue Yangzi decided to go to a faraway school to improve himself. A year later, he came back home _____. “Why have you returned?” asked his wife in surprise, “You’ve _____spent one year studying with scholars(学者们).” “I come back because I _____you very much.”

Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom(织布机)at which she had worked. _____ the half done cloth, she said, “The cloth is woven from the best silk. Now _______ I cut it ,all my previous（先前的）work will be wasted. It’s the same as your ____.You can learn a lot only by working hard. Now, you’ve stopped half way. Isn’t it the same as cutting the cloth on the loom?”

Yue Yangzi was moved by ______she said. He again left home to visit scholars. Several years later he became a learned man.

1.A. bought B. took C. sent

2.A. happy B. surprised C. angry

3.A. for B. at C. as

4.A. successfully B. carefully C. suddenly

5.A. already B. only C. ever

6.A. worried B. missed C. believed

7.A. Thinking about B. Looking for C. Pointing at

8.A. if B. until C. unless

9.A. trip B. study C. business

10.A. how B. that C. what

In some provinces of Canada, people celebrate Family Day on the second Monday of February. It is a holiday that gives families the chance(机会) to _____ together.

On Family Day, many people plan and take part in(参加) activities such as visiting art museums, watching movies, playing games and holding parties, with their families. Some communities(社区) plan special public _____ too. _____ the weather is usually very cold in February, some people _____ choose to stay at home. Hot chocolate and freshly made cookies are the most popular snacks for _____. Other people use the long weekend as a chance to take a short winter break, or to travel to visit friends.

On Family Day, most people have a day off work or school. Many stores and supermarkets are _____， but post offices may be open. Buses run _____ their usual timetables(时刻表).

Family Day was first _____ in Alberta, Canada in 1990. It was held to show the importance of family and home that were important to people in Alberta. Later, Family Day was _____ to other provinces, such as Ontario and Saskatchewan. British Columbia celebrated Family Day as a(n) ______ for the first time in 2013. One of the reasons for introducing Family Day was that there were no holidays from New Year's Day to Good Friday(受难节). It was such a long time.

1.A. work B. discuss C. exercise

2.A. events B. secrets C. interests

3.A. So B. Because C. But

4.A. never B. just C. ever

5.A. them B. him C. us

6.A. enough B. open C. closed

7.A. thanks to B. because of C. according to

8.A. held B. controlled C. studied

9.A. created B. continued C. introduced

10.A. success B. holiday C. weekend

“Hi, Mommy, what are you doing？” Asked Susie.

“I'm making a dinner for Mrs. Smith next door，” said her mother.

“Why？” asked Susie, who was only 6 years old. “Because Mrs. Smith is very _____； she lost her daughter and she has a broken heart. We need to take care of her for a little while.”

“Why, Mommy？” “You see, Susie, when someone is sad, they have _____ doing the little things like making a dinner. Because Mrs. Smith is our neighbor, we need to help her. Mrs. Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug her or do all those _____ things that mommies and daughters do together. Maybe you'll think of some way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”

Susie thought _____ about how she could do her part in caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door.

“What can I do for you, Susie？” asked Mrs. Smith.

“My mommy says that you _____ your daughter and you're very, very sad with a broken _____．” Susie held her hand out. In it was a Band?Aid(创可贴). “This is _____ your broken heart.”

Mrs. Smith _____ her tears. She knelt down and hugged Susie. Through her tears she said “Thank you, darling girl, this will _____ a lot.”

Mrs. Smith accepted Susie's ______. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame(相框). She put Susie's Band?Aid in the frame to remind herself to heal(治疗) a little every time she saw it.

1.A. happy B. calm C. sad

2.A. problem B. trouble C. worry

3.A. wonderful B. terrible C. meaningless

4.A. highly B. hardly C. seriously

5.A. killed B. lost C. hurt

6.A. leg B. heart C. mood

7.A. of B. for C. in

8.A. held back B. put back C. kept back

9.A. make B. have C. help

10.A. idea B. words C. kindness

In days gone by, Chinese women could not go to school. _____ this doesn' t mean they made no efforts to learn. One proof is nüshu(女书), meaning “female script”．

Nüshu is a written _____ created by women in Jiangyong county, Hunan. Hundreds of years ago, it was used and passed on _____ among women. Men could not understand those words.

Elderly women _____ nüshu to girls at home. They used it to write poems or song lyrics. They wrote it on pages, in books, on paper fans and _____ stitched(缝) it in clothing. In them they showed the feelings they were hiding from men. They also talked about difficultics in life and _____ They made it through.

But today, not many women can write nüshu anymore. Some people worry that this ancient culture will soon _____. Zhao Liming, a professor at Tsinghua University, is one of them. She works with an online education app, called Talkman. Since September, users can learn nüshu through this app.

The local government is also working hard to _____ nüshu. Some high schools in Jiangyong offer niishu courses. More young people, including boys, have started to learn this written language.

According to Zhou Youguang, a famous linguist(语言学家), nüshu helped women get freedom. They didn't have the _____ of education, so they made their own written language.

Even though nüshu is not so ______ anymore, this idea is still important today.

1.A. Or B. So C. But

2.A. poem B. song C. language

3.A. only B. really C. nearly

4.A. told B. brought C. taught

5.A. ever B. even C. still

6.A. how B. what C. when

7.A. work out B. die out C. break out

8.A. save B. learn C. write

9.A. time B. right C. money

10.A. difficult B. beautiful C. useful

It was a beautiful, sunny, spring day. I had just driven my daughter to the _____ to catch an early morning flight. My sons and I then went to a fast food place for breakfast. The restaurant was at the very top of a hill. At the bottom of the hill was a stop sign so we found _____ at the end of a long line of traffic waiting.

As I looked down to the bottom of the hill, my eyes saw an elderly man standing by the stop sign. He held a cardboard sign: Need Help, Please! My heart went out to him and I _____ myself in his situation.

As car after car turned onto the road without _____ for him, but I saw a young woman walk up to him along the side of the road. She was carrying a bag full of food from the _____ I was just at. To my surprise, after she gave the food to the man, she hugged him. This _____ choice for kindness shook my heart.

By the time I reached the bottom of the hill, both the man and the lady who had helped him were gone. As I drove home the sun seemed to shine even _____ and Heaven felt a bit closer _____ Earth.

A choice is such a(n) _____ thing. It can touch a heart and change a life. Each day we are given a thousand choices. May you make all of yours for ______.

1.A. station B. stop C. airport

2.A. ourselves B. myself C. themselves

3.A. thought B. imagined C. guessed

4.A. asking B. making C. stopping

5.A. restaurant B. hotel C. home

6.A. slow B. cheap C. simple

7.A. lighter B. brighter C. darker

8.A. to B. as C. of

9.A. energetic B. active C. powerful

10.A. kindness B. illness C. happiness

Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television, _____ what they like on the Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children did for _____ long ago? They read books.

Some of you might ask, “Are books really fun？” Believe it or not, books _____ many things that television or computers cannot. Most books use _____ to tell a story, they can make progress in your imagination(想象力). You can _____ the characters(人物)and background in your head and you can also imagine _____ the characters feel.

The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot be _____ often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and _____ that they can bring tears to your eyes.

Books also help us to think harder and _____. As we continue to read, we ask questions to ourselves and try to find answers.

These are some of the ______ why books are so fun to read and why people always look forward to good books. Remember: The more you read, the more you grow.

1.A. look over B. look after C. look through

2.A. fun B. work C. skills

3.A. afford B. explain C. provide

4.A. words B. drawings C. letters

5.A. study B. picture C. visit

6.A. where B. how C. what

7.A. found B. kept C. watched

8.A. relaxing B. smiling C. moving

9.A. higher B. deeper C. longer

10.A. examples B. problems C. reasons

It's common to have problems in our life. But we must know how to _____ with them. For example, your neighbor often plays the piano too loud and makes _____. You are too _____ to tell him about it. What should you do? You can ask your best friend for _____. Your friend may go to your neighbor's house and tell him not to play it loud _____ you.

If you have no time to go to someone's party and you don't know how to _____ him, you can also tell your friend. Your friend may give you good _____. He may tell you to call him to say thanks and tell him _____ you aren't able to go there.

If you quarrel(吵架) with others, your friends may _____ great ideas to help you make peace with them. If you can't afford to buy something, your best friend may lend you some money.

In my opinion, friends are important in our life. They are kind to us and they can help us. If we have no friends, we will feel ______ and unhappy all the time.

1.A. agree B. take C. deal

2.A. noise B. decisions C. food

3.A. excited B. shy C. tired

4.A. bills B. meals C. help

5.A. as well as B. as usual C. instead of

6.A. refuse B. accept C. welcome

7.A. time B. advice C. explain

8.A. why B. where C. how

9.A. hear of B. think of C. take care of

10.A. lively B. awake C. lonely