Many parents like setting family rules for their kids. When kids break rules, parents will give them some punishments, which aren’t included in rules. In fact, when you tell your kids about a new rule, you should talk with them about the price they should pay for breaking the rule — what the punishment will be.

Punishments you set should be reasonable, without violence or threat (暴力或威胁). For example, if you find your son smoking, you may limit his social activities for two weeks. You should punish your kids only in ways you have discussed before the rule is broken. A study shows that the most popular punishment is to limit kids’ TV time.

It’s understandable that you’ll be angry when rules are broken. Punishment is a way to express your anger, but it’s not a very good one. Sharing your feelings of anger, disappointment or sadness with your kids can have a better effect (效果) on them. Try to do that. When your kids know what they have done has made you sad, they will feel compunctious. When they know their actions influence you greatly, they will obey rules better.

Rules are made to help your kids behave better. If your rules or ways of punishment make them unhappy or under a lot of pressure, are they helpful?

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A．How to make rules.                      B．Why to make rules.

C．Why to punish kids.                      D．How to educate kids.

2.Which of the following is the most popular way to punish kids?

A．Beating them.

B．Telling them empty threats.

C．Limiting their TV time.

D．Using punishments which are not mentioned in rules.

3.In the writer’s opinion, which is thought to be the best way to express anger to kids?

A．Punishing them.

B．Keeping silent.

C．Asking them to do some housework.

D．Telling them how disappointed you are.

4.The underlined word “compunctious” in the passage means “       ” in Chinese.

A．激动的           B．无聊的           C．刺激的           D．内疚的

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Punishment is the best way to educate kids.

B．Breaking rules is common, so we don’t need to pay too much attention to it.

C．Parents set ways of punishment in order to make kids know the price for breaking rules.

D．More pressure should be given to kids.

Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach．His legs were hurt  paralysed(瘫痪的) from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself．
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like   medicine for him. And whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows(阴影) fall behind.”
【小题1】What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.

For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

1.Where did this story happen?

2.Who got in the car to move the box?

3.The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

5.What do you think of the man?

根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

At school many things happen to us. We may feel   66  （激动的）when we succeed in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important   67  （比赛）. We want to keep the memory in our lives. How to keep memories? Our teacher, Mr. Smith, has taught us how to   68  （记住）things to make our own yearbook. A yearbook is a  69  （种） of book which is used to memory wonderful moments. It’s usually made at the end of year. Last   70 （十二月）, we began to make our yearbook.  71  (首先) we chose the persons that had done something   72 （特殊的）, then some   73   （学生） interviewed them, some   74  （写）down their stories, others took photos of them. Finally our teacher helped us to put the things   75（一起）. Then we had our first yearbook.

上周Millie 和Kitty去了“欢乐谷乐园(Happy Valley)”。请根据提示，写一篇80词左右的文章。文章应包括以下要点，可做适当发挥。
要点：  1. 上周日天气晴朗，Millie 和Kitty去了“欢乐谷乐园”；
2. 首先，他们在入口处拍了许多照片；
3. 欢乐谷里有一个很大的过山车，在整个旅程中他们一直尖叫大笑；
4. 他们看了美丽的风景，不停地拍照；
5. 他们为家人和朋友们买了一些纪念品；
6. 他们一共在那里呆了三个小时；
7. 那真是一次令人激动的旅行，他们希望还能再去。