As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36   in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37  .

Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38  plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39   he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.

Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40   a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41   jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.

The boy seems to take no interest   42   learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43  , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44   as he is.

In the evening, when his parents   45   him to speak with me in English, he gets   46  . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47  , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48  . He speaks in his own language.

He   49   not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50   can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

1. A. both             B. all              C. either           D. none

2.A. drawing           B. Chinese          C. English          D. playing

3. A. a hundred of     B. hundreds of      C. hundred of       D. hundreds

4. A. when             B. what             C. where            D. that

5.A. hardly            B. never            C. usually          D. almost

6. A. more             B. fewer            C. better           D. worse

7. A. with             B. in               C. for              D. on

8. A. after all        B. at all           C. first of all     D. all the time

9.A. busily            B. busiest          C. busier           D. busy

10.A. make             B. push             C. have             D. let

11. A. frustrated      B. relaxed          C. pleased          D. injured

12.A. move             B. to move          C. moving           D. moved

13.A. too              B. also             C. as well          D. either

14.A. can              B. may              C. must             D. need

15.A. who   B. whom C. whose    D. which

Dear friends,

    Do you remember your first day at a new school or in a new area? How about the  31   when your family    32    to a new state? Ugh! What about the feelings of being a stranger?

    Then, with time, you find someone who likes  33  you like.  Friends are great gifts in life. I have good friends too,  but not because they are completely(完全的)   34  .Sometimes they talk too much; sometimes they need me a lot. I know I ask too much of them. I hope my friends, like my father,   35   about me a lot.

    I once told my friends to give me all their love and be generous and gentle. I told my friends, in other words, to love me    36   I loved them.

    They didn't   37  me at first, but then they became kinder. My love for them slowly made them learn to  38   friends. They learned to love others and   39   the idea that LOVE is part of life.

    If we listen to and try to understand each other, love    40   .We should work on it, even if it's hard at first. A true friend loves US at all times.

Your friend,

Jesus

1.A. study      B. health        C. fun         D. life

2.A. came      B. moved        C. lived       D. liked

3.A. what       B. how         C. when       D. who

4.A. handsome  B. humourous    C. nice        D. clever

5.A. worry      B. care         C. talk         D. think

6.A. because    B. so           C. when        D. if

7.A. believe    B. tell           C. understand   D. listen

8.A. hate      B. love          C. meet         D. think

9.A. took      B. brought       C. finished       D. got

10.A. flies      B. comes        C. stops         D. goes

阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Are your parents “helicopters”(直升飞机)? That’s a new term I read about. It means parents who “hover” over(盘旋) their children.They _1    about every little thing in their child’s life: Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Too hot? Too cold? Do you need more books? _2   pens? More anything? More everything?

 These  3   love their children and want to  4  that everything in their life is perfect. Some kids may become upset but    5   like being pampered(纵容). The pampered kids like the idea of being waited on hand and foot. They like the idea of not  6   to make decisions.

I don’t think this is a good idea. I think it’s important for kids to do things for   7  . I think it’s important for kids to make decisions. This    8   them grow up. It helps them to   9  an independent(独立的) and responsible(负责任的) person.

   10   can you become independent and responsible? It’s easy, just    11 with little things. You can make your own meals sometimes for help with the cooking. You can also   12  your own bed and clean your room. You can   13  your parents that you can be responsible with money.

Your parents are “helicopter” 14   they love you. So, tell them that you understand and that they really shouldn’t worry. Tell them they can “   15  ” the helicopter because you are a responsible kid. 

1  A. worry                               B. change                     C. collect               D. bring

2  A. Many                           B. Much                C. More                D. Most

3  A. children                   B. parents              C. grandparents      D. teachers

4  A. make up                     B. make sure       C. make of         D. make from

5  A. another                          B. the other            C. other                 D. others

6  A. talking                        B. doing                C. giving            D. having

7  A. himself                       B. yourselves               C. themselves      D. ourselves

8  A. asks                           B. decides              C. helps                 D. stops

9  A. become                         B. learn                 C. believe              D. develop

10 A. Why                          B. When              C. How            D. What

11 A. talk                             B. start                  C. dream               D. finish

12 A. make                    B. repair                C. sweep               D. move

13 A. teach                       B. train                 C. plan                 D. show

14 A. so                               B. because           C. but                  D. though

15 A. land                      B. invent                C. make             D. design

    The school party was only two weeks away, and our children were all as ___1___as bees（蜜蜂）getting ready for it.

  That afternoon, as I __2___from my desk, Patty was standing there. She had waited to talk to me.

“Every year the other kids are always in a p-p-p-p-play or something, singing or t-t-t-t-taking, but I g-g-g-g-get to do some ___3___work for them. This year, I w-w-want to read a p-p-p-poem, myself! Please, Miss Teresa!”

    She was so ___4___that I couldn’t（拒绝）refuse her. I had to say, “Yes, you will. ”

    I tried to find some poems for her, but ___5___of my books was of good use. At last, I worked out a poem carefully myself. The poem wasn’t beautiful, but it would ___6___best for Patty.

    After a moment’s reading, Patty had remembered all the __7___and was prepared to do the poem. However, I had to stop her from doing too fast. Day after day, we worked together after school. She made wonderful progress.

  The night of the party saw children in __8_.

  The headmaster walked up to me with a piece of paper-the program list. “There is a _9___! Look, Patty here. But she can’t even say her own name well!” I had no __10___to explain（解释） because many of my students were going up there. So I said to him, “We know what we are doing. ”

    Patty’s turn ___11___. She walked up there, neither fast nor slowly. She stood there. She began.

  I could ___12___breathe. I felt time stopped.

  She said every word clearly. She did every line nicely.

  Applause! Applause everywhere!

1A. happy                     B. busy                      C. small                     D. lovely

2 A. looked after            B. looked at                C. looked for              D. looked up

3 A. difficult                  B. important                C. boring                   D. quiet

4 A. hopeful                  B. wonderful               C. thankful                 D. careful

5 A. one                        B. some                      C. none                     D. both

6 A. speak                     B. work                      C. write                     D. look

7 A. words                    B. lines                       C. paragraphs             D. poems

8 A. trouble                   B. surprise                  C. excitement             D. danger

9A. question                  B. mistake                  C. thing                     D. reason

10 A. interest                 B. way                       C. wish                     D. time

11 A. came                   B. went                      C. ran                        D. flew

12 A. easily                   B. possibly                  C. hardly                   D. happily

   Tom went into the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a bad time to travel in London, both by bus and by train, because people go home from work at this hour. He had to   1    a long queue of people who were waiting for tickets. When at last his   2    

came, he got the right ticket and,    3     asking several people the way. He   4  found the right platform. It was crowded. He was not able to get on the first train; he was able to move near to the edge of the platform so as to be in a    5   place to get on the next one. When it came in, Tom was    6   forward to the train by the    7   of people from behind .The doors closed and the train moved off before he was able to get his breath   8   .Since he was unable to   9   the names of the station where the train stopped, he had to count the number of stops   10    he could know where to get off .His station was the seventh along the line.

   When the train reached the seventh station, Tom got off. But he was surprised to see that he had got off at station that he had never heard of. A man on the platform told him that he had traveled on a train in wrong direction.

   （  ）1. A. jump         B. stand            C. join               D. find

   （  ）2 .A. turns          B. hour             C. train              D. luck

   （  ）3. A. on          B. by              C. through           D .without

   （  ）4. A. first          B. already           C. almost            D. also

   （  ）5. A. safe          B. better            C. right              D. empty

   （  ）6. A. thrown        B. swept            C. sent              D. driven

   （  ）7. A. race          B. number           C. queue             D. rush

   （  ）8. A. back          B. over             C. down             D. out

   （  ）9. A. follow        B. see               C. remember         D. call

   （  ）10. A. because      B. although           C. since            D. so that