Xiao Qiang,a 12-year-old Chinese boy,has too many activities.His father 1 him away from school four afternoons a week and drives him across the town to practice.“I do most of my 2 in the car when we are 3 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 4 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 5 most of the time,and more than 75% of them said that they wished they had more 6 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 7 or often eat fast food 8 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 9 .Kids need time to relax.Parents should 10 about what is right for kids.
My name is Li Hong.I study at No.6 Middle School.At school I have a friend.His name is Jim.
We get up at six in the morning.We go to school at seven ten.Classes begin at seven thirty.We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon.
After school we play games.We often play football.We go home at about five.We do our homework in the evening.We go to bed at about nine fifty.
One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river.Suddenly his old axe(斧子)fell into the water.He felt very sad because this is his only axe.Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.
“I have lost my axe,”he said.“It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”
The fairy showed him a gold(金的)axe and asked,“Is this yours?”
“No.”said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver(银的)axe and asked again,“Is this yours?”
“No,”again answered the man.
Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes,that is mine,”called out the happy man.
“I know it well enough,”said the fairy.“I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth,and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.”
(1)
One day when the man was cutting something,________.
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A.
he fell into the water
B.
his axe dropped into the river
C.
his axe fell into a lake
D.
he saw a beautiful fairy
(2)
The man was sad because ________.
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A.
he was poor and had no other axes
B.
he could not go on working
C.
he liked his axe very much
D.
his axe was a gold axe
(3)
The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe,but he didn't take them.Because he ________.
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A.
did not like them
B.
did not know they were made of gold and silver
C.
was very rich
D.
knew these axes were not his
(4)
At the end of the story the man had ________ axe(s).
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A.
only one
B.
two
C.
three
D.
many
(5)
The fairy helped the man because he was a(n) ________ man.