Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There are some particular blue flowers that have always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that they bloom only in the morning hours and the afternoon sun is too warm for them. Every day for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel(铲子)one year in my car to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was shocked to see that the highway department had destroyed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.” A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister has a terminal brain tumor(肿瘤). She is 20 years older than me and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us. 
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden

  1. 1.

    Why did those flowers the writer saw only bloom in the morning?

    1. A.
      Because it was hot in the afternoon
    2. B.
      Because someone picked them away
    3. C.
      Because someone took them into houses
    4. D.
      Because the writer passed them in the morning
  2. 2.

    Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The writer’s sister died of lung tumor
    2. B.
      The writer was regretful when she heard her sister’s death
    3. C.
      The writer planned to dig the flowers to give them to her husband
    4. D.
      The writer’s husband planned to plant some flowers in the garden
  3. 3.

    The writer wrote the passage to tell us ________

    1. A.
      to enjoy what we have now
    2. B.
      to value now and not to lose chances
    3. C.
      to protect the beautiful flowers we see
    4. D.
      to love those who are your close relatives

My name is James Brown. I have an 8-year-old daughter. Her name is Ann. Her favorite activity is watching movies. She watches movies once a week . Movie World is in my neighborhood . And it is the biggest movie theater in the city . It has the most comfortable seats and the best sound . She likes watching movies there.
Last Sunday, I took her to Movie World to watch the movie Epic(森林战士). Epic is a movie about a father Bomba and his 17-year-old daughter Mary. Bomba was interested in looking for Leaf Men. He said they lived in a forest, but no one believed(相信)him. One day , Mary was swept into (调入) the world of the Leaf Men, and she found her father was right.
At this early-afternoon showing, the theater was almost full. 60% of the audiences were kids aged three to ten and their fathers. I didn’t think it was because of the movie itself. In fact, a study showed that dads were 50% more likely than moms to take young kids to the movies in the United States.
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  1. 1.

    Who went to see the movie Epic ?

    1. A.
      Mary and her dad
    2. B.
      Mary and her sister
    3. C.
      Ann and her dad
    4. D.
      Ann and her mom
  2. 2.

    Movie World has          .
    ①the best sound                ②the shortest waiting time
    ③the biggest screens            ④the most comfortable seats

    1. A.
      ①②
    2. B.
      ③④
    3. C.
      ②③
    4. D.
      ①④
  3. 3.

    Mary is         years older than Ann

    1. A.
      8
    2. B.
      9
    3. C.
      11
    4. D.
      17
  4. 4.

    What does the underlined word “audience” mean in Chinese?

    1. A.
      观众
    2. B.
      学者
    3. C.
      导演
    4. D.
      士兵
  5. 5.

    What can we learn form the passage?

    1. A.
      Ann watches movies every day
    2. B.
      Movie World is far from James’ home
    3. C.
      In the movie Epic , Mary was interested in looking for Leaf Men
    4. D.
      In the United States, dads take their kids to watch movies more often than moms do

That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.
“ Hi! My name is Karmen,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said,” Hello, Karmen. I’m Kitty.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned that she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered her to be one of my best friends.
One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she didn’t still turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will(遗嘱), which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.
Though several years has gone by, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remembered the wonderful friendship we had

  1. 1.

    The writer came out of the house to________

    1. A.
      look at an old lady
    2. B.
      enjoy some flowers
    3. C.
      enjoy the sunshine
    4. D.
      clean the house nearby
  2. 2.

    Through visiting the old lady, the writer learned that the old lady_______

    1. A.
      disliked all her relatives
    2. B.
      had no one to look after her
    3. C.
      didn’t want to live with her family
    4. D.
      was looking for someone to look after her
  3. 3.

    What can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      The old lady was not kind
    2. B.
      The writer didn’t have any good friends
    3. C.
      The old lady didn’t know how to make food
    4. D.
      The writer got along very well with the old lady
  4. 4.

    What does “ turn up ” mean in Paragraph 3?

    1. A.
      appear
    2. B.
      leave
    3. C.
      try
    4. D.
      change
  5. 5.

    In order to thank the writer, the old lady decided to_______

    1. A.
      give the writer her favourite flowers
    2. B.
      let the writer know she was her best friend
    3. C.
      give the writer a key to her house
    4. D.
      leave all that she had to the writer

You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more
than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them say they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% say they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
What do they do after school?
In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV

  1. 1.

    How many countries were surveyed in this passage?

    1. A.
      Two
    2. B.
      Three
    3. C.
      Four
    4. D.
      Five
  2. 2.

    Who studies hardest?

    1. A.
      Chinese students
    2. B.
      Japanese students
    3. C.
      South Korean students
    4. D.
      American students
  3. 3.

    Who sleeps least often in class according to the report?

    1. A.
      Chinese students
    2. B.
      South Korean students
    3. C.
      American students
    4. D.
      Japanese students
  4. 4.

    How many South Korean students write down what the teacher says in class?

    1. A.
      93%
    2. B.
      90%
    3. C.
      89%
    4. D.
      70%
  5. 5.

    According to the passage, we know          

    1. A.
      Japanese students spend the most time studying
    2. B.
      Japanese students fall asleep in class most often
    3. C.
      Japanese students don’t like taking notes
    4. D.
      most Chinese students watch TV in their free time

June 5 is World Environment Day.This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Baoxuan,a Beijing high school boy,finishes his exercise books,he does not throw them away.He puts them in the big box in the corner of his classroom.Other students do so.Then the exercise books are sold to a paper-factory in Beijing.The paper is collected and used again by students and teachers in the school.At the same time,the money made from selling the paper goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia  for planting trees and grass.During spring time,the sandstorms often attack here.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “green promise”environmental protection activity.So far,nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity,collecting more than 174 kilograms of waste paper.
“There are some environment problems in the city,such as sandstorms.We should do our duty and encourage others to do so as well.”Said Wang.
Vice-premier Zeng Peiyan has written a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on taking part in the environmental protection

  1. 1.

    What do Wang Baoxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?

    1. A.
      Throw them away
    2. B.
      Collect and sell them
    3. C.
      Cut them into pieces
    4. D.
      Give them to the students in Inner Mongolia
  2. 2.

    What is the money from selling the paper used for?

    1. A.
      Buying new exercise books
    2. B.
      Helping poor students
    3. C.
      Planting trees and grass
    4. D.
      Being their pocket money
  3. 3.

    What can we infer(推断)from the third paragraph?

    1. A.
      Many years later,students will have no exercise books to use
    2. B.
      Many years later,there will be no waste paper
    3. C.
      Many years later,the sandstorms will be weaker in Beijing
    4. D.
      Many years later,Beijing will be much dirtier
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