My Family Is Very Poor
A little boy comes to a new city. His name is Peter. Of course（当然），he lives with his mother and father. His family is very rich（富裕的）. They have a driver（司机） and a lot of servants（仆人）.
Peter is going to a new school. On the first day his parents say to him，“ peter，be modest（谦虚的）at your new school. Don’t say we are rich. ”And Peter says，“ Yes，Dad，mom. ”
So Peter goes to school. He sees his new teacher. And he sits down with the other children. The teacher says. “Good morning，children. The first exercise today is a composition（作文）. The topic（题目） of the composition is ‘My Family’.”So every child writes a composition. This is Peter’s composition：
“My name is Peter. My family is very poor（贫穷）. Both my father and my mother are very poor. Our driver is very poor and all the servants are poor…”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】Peter’s parents are very            .

My Family Is Very Poor

    A little boy comes to a new city. His name is Peter. Of course（当然），he lives with his mother and father. His family is very rich（富裕的）. They have a driver（司机） and a lot of servants（仆人）.

Peter is going to a new school. On the first day his parents say to him，“ peter，be modest（谦虚的）at your new school. Don’t say we are rich. ”And Peter says，“ Yes，Dad，mom. ”

So Peter goes to school. He sees his new teacher. And he sits down with the other children. The teacher says. “Good morning，children. The first exercise today is a composition（作文）. The topic（题目） of the composition is ‘My Family’.”So every child writes a composition. This is Peter’s composition：

“My name is Peter. My family is very poor（贫穷）. Both my father and my mother are very poor. Our driver is very poor and all the servants are poor…”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.Peter’s parents are very            .

A. small   B. modest    C.  poor    D. rich

2.Peter’s parents tell him not to           .

A. play on his way to school   

B. be late for school

C. say they are rich          

D. write a composition

3.The teacher asks the children to write           .

A. a letter    B. a composition    C. a book     D. a story

4.Peter writes a composition about his           .

A. friend    B. teacher    C. school    D. family

5. Which of the following is right?

A. Peter tells a lie（说谎）in his composition.  

B. Peter doesn’t like writing a composition.

C. Peter’s parents write the composition.      

D. The teacher is very poor，too.

Dear Mike,

Thanks for your family photo. This is a photo of my family. I have a happy family. There are five people in my family. They are my grandmother, my parents, my sister and I. The old woman is my grandmother. The man is my father. His name is David. He is a teacher. And what about the woman? She is my mother. Her name is Linda. She is very nice. Look at the girl. That’s my sister. She is in a middle school（中学）. Her name is Lucy. Do you know（知道） the boy? It’s me.

Yours,                                              

                                                  Tony

根据这封信及照片，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 56. There are ______ people in this family.

A. four               B. five         C. six                    D. seven

(   ) 57. Who is Linda?

A. She is the boy’s aunt.       B. She is the boy’s sister.

C. She is the boy’s mother.    D. She is the boy’s cousin

(   ) 58. Is David the old woman’s son?

A. Yes, he is.    B. No, he isn’t.   

C. No, he is.              D. No, it is

(   ) 59. What’s the name of the boy?

A. Tony.       B. Mike.      C. David.        D. Linda.

(   ) 60. Which is true (正确的) according to (根据) the letter?

A. The parents have two sons.      B. Lucy is a student.

C. Lucy’s mother is a teacher.      D. Dave has no grandmother.

"Tammy! Come here, please! Mother needs your help in the kitchen." Her father called out to her.
Tammy was in her room, getting ready to do her homework. "Yes, Daddy!" she replied. "I'll be right there."
She hurried out of her bedroom and down the hallway. She was only nine years old. Her elder sister, Ella, had just moved away to go to a performing arts high school in another city. Her brother, Harry, was in middle school and always got home late. With Ella leaving home, Tammy was expected to do a lot more than she had ever done before, especially now, because her mother was ill.
Her father was in the kitchen. "Tammy, I know you usually do your homework right now, but with things being different, we all have to change a little bit. I'll help you and Harry with your homework later on, OK?"
Her father had an apron（围裙） on over his clothes, and he looked kind of funny. He was doing the dishes and he always splashed（溅出） water all over when he did that. After helping her father with the dishes, Tammy helped set the table.
After supper, her father helped her and Harry with their homework, and then they played a board game so that their mother could lie down for a while.
The next morning, Tammy got up early on her own because she wanted to help her mother with breakfast. She made orange juice and even put bread in the toaster and got out the butter so that her mother could sleep for a few more minutes.
When her mother got up half an hour later, she was very surprised and moved to see the breakfast on the dining table. She gave Tammy a big hug.
"Thank you, Tammy. You really are mother's little helper now, aren't you?"
【小题1】Why did Tammy's sister move out of their home?