One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard. Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools. I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids. When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, "Free ice cream!" To make sure of his words, I asked, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" "Free ice cream. Choose whichever you like." he said, smiling.

After I was certain that the man was just giving away the ice cream, I talked with him for a long time. He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream, and that's what he was now doing. With his mother's support, he kept doing what he loved even during hard times. Now, however, some large companies are helping him his plan.

The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their heart told them to do with their lives. I kept asking him, "So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream? It seems like a very unusual goal." "Yes, just meeting people and making them smile," he replied. At that point he handed me my ice cream. I thanked him, but what I got from him was much more than just an ice cream. It can't easily be explained in words. I believe what he is doing is exactly what a great person does all the time: small acts of big love.

1.From the story we know that the writer was most probably_______ at that time.

A. a primary school teacher

B. a primary school student

C. a middle school student

D. a middle school teacher

2.Why did the writer ask the ice cream man what he had said again?

A. Because he was not sure whether what he had heard was true.

B. Because the ice cream truck had never been here before.

C. Because the ice cream man said in a low voice and he couldn't hear.

D. Because he didn't pay attention to the ice cream truck.

3.With his mother's and some large companies' support, _______.

A. the man became rich B. the man could produce ice cream

C. the man could travel D. the man's dream came true

4.What's the best title of this story?

A. A great man. B. Small acts of big love.

C. A kind of charity. D. My dream.

Reading is the key to school success, and like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking.

Educators (教育家) call it "automaticity (自动性)”．

A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With more and more practice, he stumbles less and less. As a result, he can read by the phrases and soon by sentences. With automaticity, he doesn't have to think about the meaning of words, so that he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.

According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 t0 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.

1."Reading is the key to school success" means that reading_______.

A. helps school develop faster

B. is a key to a successful school

C. helps students go to a key school

D. can improve students' learning results

2.Children with "automaticity" can read faster because they_______.

A. know how to read the words

B. pay attention to the meaning of the text instead of the words

C. read by themselves without any help

D. do not have to think while reading

3.The underlined word "stumble" in the second paragraph means“ ”in Chinese.

A．结结巴巴地读B．全神贯注地读

C．心不在焉地读 D．声情并茂地读

4. The best title for the passage is“_______”．

A. IQ is the Key- to the Automaticity

B. TV is Bad for Children's Reading

C. Automaticity Needs a Lot of Practice

D. Automatic Readers Must Be Successful

1.Pictures can be sent online （遍及）the world within seconds.

2.His father is very （幽默的）and he often tells jokes to make us laugh.

3.His house was broken into by some （小偷）yesterday evening.

4.- Hi ,Tom, why didn't you （参加）my birthday held last week?

-I am sorry,1 was busy writing my report.

5.The new rules are called "the （严厉的）traffic rules ever" on the planet.

6.People need to be encouraged when （面对）difficulty.

7.Jim's parents were very happy that he had made （进步）in his study.

8.- What's the between you and your parents?

- We are just like friends.

9.- Have you seen the film A Christmas Carol?

- Yes, it's wonderful. And I know it was on a novel by Dickens.

10. must come first. So the teacher often tells us not to cross the road when traffic lights are red.

1.你能放弃一些爱好，真明智。

2.空气污染对人们的健康造成不良影响。

3.这个小女孩别无他法，只好寻求帮忙了。

4.这场NBA篮球赛将于下周四直播吗？

5.据报道那些罪犯对银行相当熟悉。

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The winter holiday is coming. How Can we make good use of it and make it Interesting and colourful? Here is my Plan for my winter holiday.

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This is my winter holiday plan. Hope it is of some value to you.

－Would you like some rice?

－_________.I'd rather have a piece of bread.

A. Yes, please B. No problem C. No, thanks D. That's OK

—How about the dishes?

--Fantastic! Nothing tastes _____.

A. nice B. terrible C. better D. worse

—Susan has bought a large house with a swimming pool.

—It _____ be very expensive. I never dream about it.

A. might B. must C. can’t D. shouldn’t

.---I didn’t know you take a bus to school.

---Oh, I _____ take a bus, but it is snowing today.

A. never B. hardly C. sometimes D. usually

You need to take notes at the meeting so make sure _________ a pen and some paper with you.

A. bring B. to bring C. bringing D. not bring