--- ________ do you help your mother clean the house?

   --- Once a week.

   A. How far        B. How long         C. How soon         D. How often

Don’t talk to me. My favorite pop star ________ on TV now.

A. is singing       B. will sing           C. sings                D. sang

You won’t have the chance to succeed when you ________.

A. gave up          B. give up          C. will give up         D. are giving up

Sarah always makes her son ________ his hands before eating.

A. wash         B. washed          C. washing          D. to wash

Please tell the kids not ________ near the river. It’s too dangerous.

   A. play          B. playing          C. to play         D. played

One of the most popular 3D films --- Avatar Ⅱ________ in 2014.

A. put on          B.  is put on           C.  will put on           D. will be put on

--- Is Jason going to the party?

   --- I’m afraid not. He ________ to Hong Kong.

   A. goes           B. went           C. has gone            D. was going

I don’t know ________. Could you help me?

A. where was his new home                B. where is his new home

C. where his new home was               D. where his new home is.

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36  .

I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37  .

  I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38   on the bus.

In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”

  Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39   to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40  .

  I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41   what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.

My parents looked at each other. My father   42   again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.

    “Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43    

and were becoming annoyed.

   “Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.

“It   44   the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45   information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”

   “I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46  .

“I think it worked   47  !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                               

1.A. actions              B. answers             C. gestures             D. questions

2.A. deep             B. free            C. quick            D. strong

3.A. get                  B. sit                 C. come         D. take

4.A. fail             B. have            C. want             D. manage

5.A. habit            B. step                C. goal                 D. rule

6.A. or               B. so                  C. but              D. and

7.A. tried             B. asked            C. guessed           D. ordered

8. A. look                B. word            C. mind                 D. topic

9.A. refers to            B. belongs to     C. puts on          D. depends on

10.A. sending         B. finding             C. sharing         D. keeping

11.A. test            B. idea            C. plan                 D. wonder

12.A. slowly              B. safely          C. perfectly            D. properly

1.We need ________ kinds of things to make an ALL ABOUT ME box.

   A. two               B. three                C. four                D. five

2.What should we do first to make an ALL ABOUT ME box?                        

A. Color the inside of the box.                B. Turn the box on its side. 

C. Put the name inside the box.                  D. Make a list of favorite foods.

3.An ALL ABOUT ME box tells about ________.

A. a toy             B. a book               C. a person              D. a picture