Be thankful that you don't already have everything you want,

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something.

For it gives you the chance to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times,

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your disadvantages,

Because they give you chances for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge,

Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes,

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and bored,

Because it means you've made a difference.

Be thankful for your past relationships,

Someone better suited to you is waiting out there.

Gratitude(感激）can turn a negative(消极的）into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.

1.Why should you be thankful for the mistakes?

A.Because we can get valuable lessons from the mistakes.

B.Because we can never make mistakes in the future.

C.Because they give you chances for improvement.

D.Because we can make a difference.

2.What can we infer(推断）from the poem?

A.The writer lives a hard life.

B.The writer is active and positive to life.

C.The writer is afraid of making mistakes.

D.The writer is never thankful for what he has.

3.What's the poem mainly talking about?

A.Valuable lessons. B.New challenge. C.Making a difference. D.Being thankful.

On a dark night, a monk(僧人)was walking in a village to look for the real Buddha(佛). Then the monk saw a ray of light from the dark. One villager nearby said, “Blind Sun (a blind man), is coming.”

The monk felt completely puzzled. He asked Blind Sun, “Excuse me, are you really a blind man?” “Yes, I have been blind since I came to this world.” The blind man replied. The monk continued asking, “Since you could not see anything, why are you still holding a lantern(灯)?” The blind man said, “It is dark night now, isn't it? I heard that if there is not light on the dark night, all others in the world are also blind just like me. So lit up a lantern.” The monk said, “You lit up the lantern for others?” But the bind man replied, “No, I did it for myself. Have you ever ben run into by others on a dark night?” The monk said, “Yes. I was run into by two people just now.” The blind man said proudly, “But have not all the time. I hold a lantern in the dark so that I can light up others and at the same time let others see me. Then they will not run into me.”

Always remember-----we can light up ourselves only by lighting up a lantern for others.

1.Why did the blind man hold a lantern?

A.Because the villagers wanted him to do that.

B.Because his family asked him to do that.

C.Because he wanted to see others.

D.Because he wanted to be seen by others.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The blind man has never seen the world.

B.The monk hasn't heard anything since he was born.

C.The blind man was always run into by others at night.

D.The monk couldn't see anything because of an accident.

3.What's the best title for the passage?

A.Don't run into others

B.Look for the real Buddha

C.A villager and a Blind Man

D.Light Up a Lantern for Others and Ourselves

How we can show our “THANKS”

Pulaski Road School

Teacher Appreciation(感谢）Day May 5th.

Posted By: Pulaski PTA D

Spring will be over, which means the ends of the school year is not too far behind. This is the perfect time to stop and share our thanks with the teachers at Pulaski.

We are so lucky to have such an excellent team of teachers teaching our children each day. Now, we would like to thank all that they do for our children, and for us. As usual, the parent-teacher Association(PTA) of our school will offer an appreciation lunch for teachers.

When: Tuesday, May 5th

Where: Pulaski Library

CAN YOU HELP?

·Donate(捐)a dish of either hot or cold food.(Please bring on the morning of 5/5 by 10:30)

·Donate some drinks

·Donate some money to help defer(延缓）the cost

·Volunteer to help set up(9:00）,serve(11:15),or clean up(13:30)

Any questions please email Michele Dawson at miclaws@aol.com

1.At Pulaski School Teacher Appreciation Day will fall on________.

A.Monday, May 4th B.Thursday, September10th

C.Tuesday, May 5th D.Sunday,September1

2.On that day, teachers will go to Pulaski Library__________ .

A.to watch a movie B.to have lunch together

C.to have a school meeting  D.to read some new books

3.To show thanks to the teachers at Pulaski, the parents can ________.

A.do some cleaning after lunch at 13:30 B.bring food or drinks at 11:15,May 5th

C.donate some money to buy some drinks D.give some flowers to the teachers

4.This passage is most probably________.

A.a notice B.a story from a book

C.a headmaster's speech D.a government information report

If you stay in space for a long time, will your body change? Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly from the United States will show you the answer.

Mark and Scott are twins. They are both retired(退休的）NASA（美国国家航天航空局）astronauts. From 2015 to 2016,Scott spent 340 days at the international space station, while Mark stayed on the earth. People took measures of both men before, during and after the flight. They were helping with a NASA project which studies how long-term space travel influences the human body.

The full results of the study will come out in a year or two. But scientists are sharing some findings in the journal Nature.

A change in appearance was easy to see. Scott, when he returned to the earth, was 5cm taller before. Another change was that Scott's eyesight declined after he came back. He found he couldn't see clearly. He also found that he couldn't move his legs so easily like before. Scientist found that after coming back to the earth, he took a little longer to understand things and make decisions.

There were also changes that were much harder to see. As someone grows older, his telomeres(端粒）get shorter and become less effective to stop DNA from getting damaged. But during Scott's stay in space, his telomeres got longer while Mark's kept getting shorter.

Further tests on the twins are still going on.NASA plans to send people to Mars in the 2030s,and the twins' research could help them prepare for those space trips.

1.Which of the following is Not true about Scott?

A.He has a twin brother. B.He is from the United States.

C.He has never been to space before. D.He was once a NASA astronaut.

2.We can know that scientists did the research between the twins in order to_______.

A.see who is a better astronaut.

B.learn more about the twins' daily life

C.study how twin brothers act diferently in life

D.study how long-term space travel influences the human body

3.What does the underlined word“declined”mean in Chinese?

A.下降 B.漂浮 C.提高 D.控制

4.What didn't Scott experience while he returned to the earth?

A.He couldn't understand others as well as before. B.He could walk faster than before.

C.His telomeres became longer. D.He grew taller than before.

5.The last paragraph mainly tells us ____________.

A.the fun of space travel

B.the success of the twins' research

C.the full results of the twins' research

D.the purpse of the twins' research

The British artist Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of shoes, which can lead you home no matter where you are in the world. He thought about the fairy tale The Wizard of Oz and how Dorothy could click her shoes to go home. So he decided to make a pair of shoes that could take you home with a click of heels. The shoes can point the way with GPS and clever LEDs(发光二极管).Wilcox worked with another artist and a shoemaker to produce what he calls the “No Place Like Home” shoes.

One of the “No Place Like Home” shoes has a GPS unit inside the heel of the left shoe. It communicates wirelessly(无线方式)with the right shoe and provides data to the LED lights. The LEDs on the left toe point the person in the right direction while those on the right toe show how much of the journey still remains.

It may be an art project. There’s only one pair, but it’s not hard to imagine a similar, more everyday pair of shoes for children, old people or those who always lose their ways in the future.

Now, this pair of shoes are on show in London.

(1、2题完成整个句子；3题简略完成问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将短文中的划线句子翻译成汉语。)

1.Wilcox worked with another _____________________ to produce the “No Place Like Home” shoes.

2.Inside the heel of the left shoes, there is _______________________ .

3.How many pairs of “No Place Like Home” shoes are created now? _______________

4._____________________________________________

5.________________________________________________

We have learnt different kinds of knowledge these days. We know the differences of stories and poems. Compared 1.poems, stories usually have longer passages, but I think stories are2.(easy) to write than poems. In China, many people express3.(them) by writing poems. Our teachers always encourage us4.(do) something different. So we do5.experiment about oxygen in class. When the candle stops6.(burn) in the jar,it has used7.all the oxygen in the air. The water rises in the jar, because one8.(five) of the air is9.(make) up of the oxygen. We also learn about movies and plays. What is needed to make a movie or play? A good script, a good 10.(direct),some good actors and actresses and so on. We can't wait to be involved in making a movie or a play.

连词成句

1.stupid, are, how, you

______________________________________________________!

2.reading, the, worth, is, book

_______________________________________________________?

3.to, what, him, yesterday, happened

________________________________________________________?

4.attention, the play, Tom’s, drew

________________________________________________________.

5.a, the couple, living, by writing, made

________________________________________________________.

很多学生整天都忙于学习，有时成绩却不理想。请结合自身实际，从课上、课下、作业、习惯心态等方面写一篇关于“提高学习效率”的短文。

要求：1. 短文应条理清楚，行文连贯，段落分明，80次左右。（开头结尾已给出，不计入总字数）

2. 短文中不能出现真实的姓名、学校、地名等信息。

3. 短文应包括全部提示信息，可围绕主题适当发挥。

提示词：take notes, review in time, correct mistakes, form good habits, make good use of time

Many students can’t finish tasks on time. How can we solve the problem? Here are some suggestions________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If you follow the advice that I have mentioned above, you will be successful.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

I have a dream.That is,I'm going to be an 1.(art)when I grow up.You know I began 2.(draw)pictures at a very young age.I grow 3.,I'm going to move somewhere 4.(interest).Paris 5.(sound)like a city that I could enjoy.There 6.(be)a lot of famous painters and art exhibitions(展览)every year.So how am I going to do it？First,I'm going to get a part?time job for a year 7. two and save some money.Then,I'm going to be a student at 8. art college in Paris.Next,I'm going to hold art exhibitions that will make 9.(I)famous and rich.I'll travel all over the world 10. the money.I hope my dream will come true one day.

The new year is coming！Now，it's the time to make _____ for the new year.Here is _____ I am going to do.

I am going to get better _____．I'm good at English and Chinese，but I need to improve my math.So I am going to study _____！

I am going to _____ my bad habits.I often get up very late.To get up early is good for my _____.So I'll get up _____ than usual.

I am going to eat _____．I often eat a lot of junk food.It is not good for my health.I should eat more fruit and vegetables._____can make my body ______ and stronger.

I am going to ______ Mickey.Disneyland is my dream place.I often see it ______ TV.It's so ______.If I can get top ten in final exam，Mom's going to ______ me to Disneyland in Hong Kong.In a word，I'm going to work hard to ______ my resolutions.What are your plans for the new year?

1.A.holidays B.money C.food D.plans

2.A.what B.that C.which D.why

3.A.friends B.grades C.ideas D.students

4.A.hard B.harder C.hardest D.hardly

5.A.choose B.forget C.break D.discuss

6.A.health B.sleep C.study D.family

7.A.early B.lately C.earlier D.later

8.A.more B.less C.better D.worse

9.A.They B.That C.It D.This

10.A.healthier B.healthiest C.health D.healthy

11.A.laugh B.know C.draw D.meet

12.A.on B.in C.at D.of

13.A.exciting B.boring C.lazy D.sad

14.A.bring B.leave C.take D.send

15.A.write B.make C.keep D.take