---Is Jenny an outgoing girl?

---No, she is　　　　　 than her sister. She is kind of shy.

A. quiet　 B. quieter C. activeD. more active

How do you feel when you stay in hospital alone? Jenny, 13, a US student, feels bored. She knows the feeling because she has been in hospital many times herself. One day, she thought of an idea—if patients could get some books to read, they would feel better. So, from May, she and many of her friends began to collect books for hospital patients.

In six months the students collected 1,250 books at school. They decided to donate the books to the North Shore Medical Centre, a children’s hospital next door to their school. “There are books for kids of all ages, from babies up to high school level.” said Jenny.

The students put the books into “early readers”, “middle readers” and “advanced readers”. Then they wrote their best wishes to patients on bookmarks (书签) and letters, put the books in big boxes and donated them to the hospital.

“We wrote things like, “Keep on reading!’ and ‘Hope you feel better!’,” siad John, 14, Jenny’s brother. “And we also wrote some funny things to make them laugh.”

Frank, 12, and Steven, 14, helped carry 16 large boxes of books into a car. “I think these books will make me a lot of patients feel happy.” said Frank. Steven shared his opinion. “It is really the most meaningful thing that I have ever done in my life.”

1.Who first thought of the idea of helping those bored patients in hospital?

   A. John.         B. Frank.           C. Steven.      D. Jenny.

2.From the article, we can learn that _______.

   A. in half a year Jenny and her friends bought 1,250 books

   B. the North Shore Medical Centre is far from Jenny’s school

   C. Jenny and her friends were willing to help bored patients

   D. Steven had a different opinion from Frank and John

3.The best title for the article might be “_______”.

   A. Collecting books for bored patients   B. Writing a letter to a medical centre

   C. Donating books to poor students       D. Reading books for hospital patients

4. Which of the following words can be used to describe those student?

   A. Polite and hard-working           B. Lazy and stubborn

   C. Selfish and proud                 D. Thoughtful and helpful

How much of an addict(成癖/嗜好) are you? Are you like any of the people?

①I dislike haircut. I seldom(很少) get a haircut. So when I get one, my hair is really short. My hair gets really long before my next haircut.    --- Harry

②I hardly drink soda(苏打水).I usually drink coffee. I sometimes drink eight cups a day. ---Rose

③I exercise regularly（有规律地）.Sometimes I spend 4 or 5 hours on it in one day.  ---Sam

④I have a bar(条/根) of chocolate sometimes. I can’t eat a lot of it, because it makes me heavy.   ---Kim

⑤I have a TV in my living room, one is in my dining room, one is in my bedroom. I even have one in the bathroom.  --- John

⑥I spend a lot of time shopping, but I don’t spend a great deal of (大的量)money. I mostly  do window shopping.     ---Jenny

1.How often does Harry get a haircut?

A．Once a month      B．Twice a year        C．hardly ever        D．Always

2.How many TVs does John have?

A．Four             B．Three            C．Two              D．Five

3.How much time does Sam spend on exercise?

A．Four or five hours in a day.                B．Five hours in one day.

C．Four hours in one day.                    D．One day.

4.Kim has chocolate _________ ,while Jenny spends ________ shopping.

A．once, a lot of time                       B．sometimes, a great deal of money

C．sometimes, a lot of time                  D．once, a great deal of money

I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls.” And she did!
There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel(削……皮)potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架).When it was my turn, I said no, Some kids laughed. I went home crying.
The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage to face anything. And she taught me I could, too.
【小题1】How many younger sisters do I have?