A big company wanted a clerk，so John went there. In the interview，the director asked him a question. “Who paid for your school?” “My mother paid for it by washing clothes.”

Hearing this，the director asked John to show his hands. John showed a pair of hands that were perfect . The director said，“When you go back today，go and clean your mother’s hands，and then see me tomorrow morning.”   

When John went back，he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands.

However，his tears fell as he cleaned his mother’s hands. It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises(伤痕)in his mother’s hands. After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands，John quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

Next morning，John went to the director’s office. The director noticed the tears in John’s eyes and asked,“ Please tell me your feeling.”John said，“Number 1，I know now what appreciation(感恩) is. I would not be successful if my mother didn’t do these things. Number 2，by helping my mother，now I realize how difficult it is to get something done.”The director said，“This is what I want to be my clerk. You can get the job.”

1.John went to the big company to         .

 A. look for his mother       B. ask for a job    C. ask the director for help   D. look for the director

2.John’s mother was a(n)         .   

A. office clerk            B. director          C. farmer           D. clothes cleaner

3. From the underlined sentence，we learn        .

A. John tried his best to wash clothes for his mother

B. John often helped his mother do the housework

C. John hardly helped his mother wash clothes

D. John often helped his mother wash hands

4.John felt         when he cleaned his mother’s hands.

A. happy                B. sad             C. angry             D. tired

5.Why did the director hire(雇佣)John?

A .Because he thought John 1earned appreciation.

B. Because he thought John had a good education.

C .Because he thought John worked very hard.

D. Because he thought John could help his mother.

Eagles are members of the bird family. More than 60 kinds live in Africa. Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest on a cliff(悬崖). The baby eagle loved his nest. It was warm, soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. Whenever the baby eagle was hungry, his mother would always come just in time with delicious food he liked.

He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world changed. His mother stopped coming to the nest. He was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him.

Two days later his mother came with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out, “Mom, why did you do this to me? I’m hungry. Don’t you know I will die if I have nothing to eat?”

“Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself.” his mother said. Then she flew down and pushed the baby out of the nest.

The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mom, “Why do you abandon me?” He looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn’t moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed up at the sun. “You are flying! You can make it!” His mother smiled.

1.Which of the following is true about the baby eagle’s life before his mother stopped coming to the nest?

A．He lived in a nest in a tree.                B．His mother gave him nice food.

C．He was always cold and hungry.             D．He lived very happily with his friends.

2.How did the eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again?

A．Sad.              B．Happy.            C．Afraid.            D．Angry.

3.What did the baby eagle’s mother do when she came the last time?

A．She put some food in the nest.

B．She just came to see him again.

C．She shouted at her baby eagle and flew away.

D．She pushed her baby eagle out of the nest..

4.The underlined word “abandon” means _________ in Chinese.

A．抛弃             B．保护             C．歧视             D．拯救

5.We can infer from the story that the baby eagle ___________.

A．lost his mother                         B．fell down and died

C．could get food himself                    D．was still angry with his mother

Val is a six-year-old boy. He begins to go to school this term. He studies very hard and listens to the teachers carefully. He is polite and has many friends. They all like him very much.

It was Sunday. Val, his sister and his mother stayed at home. His mother was doing some housework, his sister was doing her homework. Val was watching TV. At ten his father came back with some apples. The boy liked apples very much and wanted to eat some of them. His mother gave him four apples and said, “Go and wash them.”

Val washed the apples and then gave them back to his mother. Mother asked, “Which apple do you want, Val?”

“The biggest one, Mum.”

“What?” said his mother, “You should be polite and want the smallest one.”

“Should I tell a lie to be polite, Mum?”

1.Why did his mother ask Val to wash the apples?

2.Who was going to eat the biggest apple?

A．His mother.

B．His father.

C．His sister.

D．Val.

3.Which is right?

Zhou Yan, a Junior 3 student, wishes he never got a mobile phone. Last week, he went to see a doctor because his arms and fingers(手指) were injured. The doctor told him that he had had “mobile phone disease(疾病)”. A growing number of teenagers are getting “mobile phone disease” because more and more are using mobile phones.

Zhou got his mobile phone five months ago. He sent messages to his friends with it all the time, even when going to bed. Zhou started to do badly in exams because he spent too much time playing with his mobile phone. His mom got very angry with him, but he didn’t stop playing with the mobile phone until his arms got injured.

Yang Ling, a doctor, says that if someone uses his mobile phone too much, like Zhou Yan, he might get “mobile phone disease”. If teenagers find their arms or fingers hurt(疼痛), they should go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Yang says teenagers should try to use their mobile phones less, especially(尤其) at school.

1.Zhou Yan wishes he never got a mobile phone because         .

A. it is useless to him              

B. it doesn’t work  well

C. it made his arms and fingers hurt  

D. his mother got angry with him

2.Zhou Yan didn’t do well in exams because         .

A. he argued with his mother     

B. he was ill and didn’t go to school

C. he didn’t study for the exams  

D. he spent much time on the mobile phone

3.If someone has “mobile phone disease”, it means         .

A. the mobile phone brought him a disease   

B. something is wrong with his mobile phone

C. he can’t live without the mobile phone    

D. he hates the mobile phone very much

4.Yang Ling thinks teenagers should         .

A. go to see a doctor very often      

B. use mobile phones more when they are at school

C. use mobile phones less and less   

D. not use mobile phones anymore

5.The writer wants to tell us         in the article.

A. only a few teenagers have mobile phones

B. using mobile phones too much is bad for teenagers’ study and health

C. mobile phones can help teenagers get out of trouble

D. people shouldn’t use mobile phones