Many people asked me how I started Pajama (睡衣) Program, but in fact, it seemed that Pajama Program came to me. I never planned to start it. In the beginning, I just wanted to find my purpose (意义) in life.

I visited a children’s home. I read to them in the evening once a week. One night I watched them go to sleep. There was no changing clothes, no bedtime stories, no hugs from parents. Bedtime should not be like that. I decided to send some pajamas to the children’s home. I couldn’t change the children’s life, but I could give them warm, clean pajamas to sleep in.

The next week I took some pajamas to the children’s home. One little girl didn’t take the pajamas from me. She asked me quietly, “What are these?”

“They’re pajamas,” I said.

“When do I wear them?”

“When you go to bed at night.”

She still didn’t understand.

“What do you usually wear to bed?” I asked her.

“My pants,” she said.

I felt sad. A few weeks later, it seemed that a “raindrop” fell onto my head and the words PAJAMA PROGRAM spoke to me loud. Then I started to tell everyone to give me new pajamas for my birthday, Christmas ..., and I gave them to children in need. And then I found my purpose in life.

1.From the passage we know the writer ______.

A. gave the homeless children hugs

B. went to the children’s home every week

C. gave much money to the children’s home

2.What did the writer think the children should do at bedtime?

① change clothes ② listen to stories

③ play games with parents ④ get hugs from parents

A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①②③④

3.Why didn’t the little girl take the pajamas from the writer?

A. Because she didn’t like them.

B. Because she liked wearing her pants to bed.

C. Because she didn’t know what they were.

4.How did the writer feel after she heard the little girl’s words?

A. Tired. B. Sad. C. Angry.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. What’s the purpose of life B. Welcome to Pajama Program

C. The “raindrop” that changed my life

Let’s Learn More about Each Other

Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In many ways, they are very different. But what are the differences?

Hu Peng of Wuhan and four friends decided to find them out. Earlier this month, they lived for a week in Caidian, a village near Wuhan. Hu and his friends went door to door in Caidian and asked the kids there lots of questions. They wanted to learn more about village kids’ everyday lives, so they asked these questions like —Do your parents teach you how to do housework? How much money do you usually spend on dinner? What would you do if a thief came into your house? They also asked 150 city kids the same questions.

What’s the Difference?

Last week the team gave a report to their class. There are lots of differences between children’s lives in cities and those in villages. The biggest difference is independence. Hu’s team said that 60 percent of city kids couldn’t do much housework, but 90 percent of village kids could care for themselves.

City kids told Hu they cared about school a lot, and they had no time for washing clothes or making their beds. Village kids said they helped their parents with housework a lot. They cooked, did some cleaning and fed animals. Hu’s team also found that village kids had less pocket money. Many never used computers. They played in rivers or on mountains. Some didn’t really like to make new friends.

Hu and his friends said their trip gave them more self-confidence because they were doing something by themselves. But it also made them a little worried because they saw they still had a lot to learn. “When we grow up, our parents can’t take care of us,” said Hu. “We have to learn to take care of ourselves.” Shen Guanquan, one of Hu’s friends, said, “When children learn to care for themselves, they learn to do lots of things.”

1.How many city kids went to learn about village kids’ everyday lives?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.

2.They found that most village kids ________.

A. had no time for their study B. didn’t care much about school

C. helped their parents with housework a lot

3.From the article, the biggest difference is ____ between city kids and village kids.

A. independence B. time C. self-confidence

4.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph means _________.

A. their trip B. their report C. city kids

5.Hu Peng and his friends finished their report by _________.

A. questioning village kids’ parents

B. questioning village kids and city kids

C. watching village kids’ everyday lives

Years ago, if a person had some problem in his life, he might go home and write in his diary. Now he might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog.

Differences between a blog and a diary

Usually, a person thinks of his diary as a book full of secrets. He does not want to share. But in the blog, anyone can read what he writes.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go onto the Internet to read her blog. She writes about swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry exam. When I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but only in my diary. Then, after I finished writing, I would put my diary in a secret place because I was worried that my sister might read it!

Problems with blogging

The biggest problem with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend and wrote something bad about her in my diary, she would never know. However, if my sister wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might read her blog and get angry. Because we do not always think about things carefully before we write about our days. It is easy to hurt others’ feeling in a blog. So we have to be very careful about what we write.

Keeping in touch with (保持联系)friends

Blogging has both good and bad points, of course. People choose to blog because they know that their friends will read what they write.

If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary “Nobody cares about me,” no one would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly reply and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people keep in touch with their friends and know what the people around them and doing.

Blogs are a very good way to write about daily life, if people are careful aout what they write. However, I still like writing better in my diary!

1.What’s the difference between blogs and diaries according to the passage?日记

A. Blogs can be read by others while diaries only by writers themselves.

B. Blogs are always good while diaries are sometimes bad for writers.

C. Blogs are a good way to write about life while diaries about other things

2.It is easy to hurt others’ feeling in blogs, because people .

A. usually write about their daily life there

B. only write something bad about others there

C. don't always think carefully before writing there

3.What is the biggest problem with blogging?

A. Help people keep in touch with their friends.

B. Someone may read your blog and get angry with you.

C. Anyone may read what you write.

4.We can learn from the passage that .

A. the writer will choose to blog so that others can keep in touch with him

B. the writer would rather keep diaries than write in a blog

C. the writer doesn't like her sister's writing in a blog

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Differences between a blog and a dairy

B. Problems with blogging

C. Keeping in touch with friends.

A：从对话后的选项中选择适当的选项补全对话。

A: Could you lend me your dictionary?

B: Sure. Here you are.

A: Thank you. 1. I just want to look up a few words.

B: I’m not using it now. 2. .

A: Thanks.

B:3. .

A:4.,are you going to the downtown this afternoon?

B: Yes, I am. What can I do for you?

A:5.?

B: Sure. I’ll be glad to.

A. By the way

B. Would you please buy a book for me

C. I won’t keep it long

D. Not at all

E. Take your time

A. By the way

B. Would you please buy a book for me

C. I won’t keep it long

D. Not at all

E. Take your time

根据A句完成B句，与其意思相同或相近，每空填空一词。

1.A：These fans arrived very early. They could see their favorite stars.（合并为一句）

B：These fans arrived very early ________ ________ they could see their favorite stars.

2.A：He tried his best to make her happy.

B：He tried his best to _________ her __________.

3.A：Linda went home after she cleaned the classroom yesterday.

B：Linda _________ go home __________ she cleaned the classroom yesterday.

4.A：They came up with a good way to solve the problem.

B：They ________ _________ a good way to solve the problem.

5.A：The owner of the restaurant provides breakfast for street cleaners.

B：The owner of the restaurant __________ street cleaners __________ breakfast.

下面短文中的划线部分是错误的，请改正，并将正确答案写在右边相应题号后的横线上。（不得改变原句意思）

Dear Lin Hua,

I heard of you yesterday. In your letter I learn that you feel 1.

very nervous after the exams. And I also know you 2.

are under too much pressure this days. Now let me 3.

give you some advices. First, you need to sleep for at lest 4.

eight hours everyday. If you don’t have enough sleep, 5.

you feel very tired. Second, you should do some 6.

exercise such as run and playing basketball. 7.

Third, it’s very good for you listen to music, watch TV, 8.

or surf the Internet after a long time study. In a word, 9.

you should learn to relax you. 10.

Wish you good luck on your exams!

Yours,

Mr Liu

在英语课上，同学们就“How to be a helpful student for our society?”话题展开了讨论。请你根据下表讨论结果写一篇英语作文，并谈谈自己的想法。

注意： 1. 文章必须包括表中全部内容，可适当增加细节；

2. 想法至少在两句以上；

3. 次数：80-100；

4. 短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。

参考词汇： 社会 society

— ________ fantastic time we had in Hong Kong Disneyland!

—Oh, I’m glad to hear that.

A. What a B. How a C. What D. How

—Where is your teacher?

—He ________ the library. He left an hour ago.

A. has gone to B. has gone C. has been to D. has been

—When did your uncle leave his hometown?

—He ________ for nearly twenty years.

A. has left B. has been away C. left D. be away