Sally's father is ill in hospital. and her mother has to look after her father there The woman can't
leave their four-year-old son Harry at home. So she asks Sally, "How many classes do you have this
afternoon?"
     "We have no classes today," answers the girl. "We're having a school sports meeting today."
     "That's great!" says her mother. "Take your brother to your school. Tell your teachers I have a lot
of things to do. I'm sure they can let you look after him today."
     Sally does what her mother says. This little boy comes to school for the first time and thinks
everything is interesting. He sees some children having a race and asks. "What are they running for,
Sally?"
     "The first one can get a prize." answers Sally.
     "Now, I see. But why are the others running?" 

1. Where is Sally's father?
    ____________________________________
2. Who will take care of Sally's father?
    ____________________________________
3. How old is Harry?
    ____________________________________
4. Does Harry often go to school?
    ____________________________________
5. Why does Sally take her brother to school today?
    ____________________________________

     I have a good friend at home. Her name is Mimi. She is white and yellow. She is very cute. I play
with her when(当……的时候) I have time. She likes fish very much. When she is behind (在……之后)
the sofa or in her box, you can’t see her. When I sit on the sofa, she sits with me. In the evening I do my
homework at my desk, and she is on the desk. At that time I put her down(放下). Then she sits next to
me. Is she a good friend of mine?

1. Who is my good friend at home?
A. A boy.
B. A cat.
C. A fish.
D. A tiger.
2. When she is in the box or behind the sofa, you ______.
A. can’t see her
B. like her
C. play with her
D. don’t like her
3. When I do my homework, she ______.
A. does its homework
B. plays with a ball
C. sits on the sofa
D. sits on the desk
4. We can see ______ in the room.
A. a sofa
B. a black cat
C. some good friends
D. a computer
5. I do my homework ______.
A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. in the evening
D. at noon

    Do you like your parents? They're two most i_____1___people in your life. I think so. Because
they're likely to influence you more than anyone e_____2_____you have met and will meet. So if your
dad worships a football team, s____3______ as Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlauta Falcons, you are likely
to grow up being a big fan of a football team. And if your mom loves to r___4____, you might grow up
just carrying a book wherever you go, just a____5______she does.But parents do a lot more than just
pass along their h____6______. Moms and Dads need to care for their kids from the m_____7_____
they're born. It's parents' task to love and guide kids---and most parents will do this as l___8______as
they live----even when the " kids" have g______9___up and have children of their o____10________.
That means you have many years ahead to share with your mom and dad.

      My name is Bill. I get up at twenty to seven in the morning. Then I have breakfast. After breakfast I
go to school. We have four classes in the morning. I have lunch at school, but on Sundays I have lunch at
home with my family. I often have supper at home. I often help my mother cook. My mother is an English
teacher, and she often helps me with my English.

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
(     )1. I’m a student.
(     )2. I don’t have lunch at home on Sundays.
(     )3. I often help my mother cook.
(     )4. I get up at six in the morning.
(     )5. My mother helps me study my English.

      Linda and Mary are good friends. Linda is thirteen. She comes from the U.S.A. Mary is twelve. She’s from London(伦敦). They study in the same school, but in different classes. Linda’s father teaches English in a middle school. Her mother drives a car. Mary’s mother works in an office. Her father is a doctor. Linda can speak English, French(法语) and a little Chinese. Linda’s mother likes cooking. She likes eating rice. But Linda’ s father doesn’t. He likes drinking milk and eating bread. Mary’s mother doesn’t like cooking. But she likes doing some shopping. She can make nice skirts and dresses. Mary’s father likes doing housework(家务).

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Where does Mary come from?
_________________________________________________________________
2. What does Linda’s father do?
_________________________________________________________________
3. Where does Mary’s father work?
_________________________________________________________________
4. What can Linda speak?
_________________________________________________________________
5. What does Mary’s mother do?
_________________________________________________________________

1. What lesson do they have at 3:00 pm on Tuesday?
A. Chinese and math.
B. art and English.
C. English       
D. Math
2. Do they have lessons at 10:30 am on Thursday?
A. Yes, they have,                      
B. No, they don't.
C. We can't know from the timetable.      
D. Yes, they do.
3. When does an art lesson begin on Friday? At ______.
A. 9:10 am        
B. 10:30 am    
C. 1:45 pm        
D. 2:45 pm
4. How many lessons do they have in a week?
A. 10.            
B. 11.            
C. 12.            
D. 13.
5. They have ______  kinds of lessons in a week.
A. 7.              
B. 4.              
C. 5.              
D. 6.

         If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
         Don't listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It's not true at all.
More and more young people in the USA volunteer (自愿) to spend their school holidays working for others.
And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
         Alice Hamilton, 17
         I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific —I'll
spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars.
It will be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time!
          Jason Moore, 18
          This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and
sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance
to learn how to build houses.
          Trish Anderson, 16
          I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every
day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and
reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.
1. What do more and more young American people do with their school holidays? 
                                                                                                                         
2. What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?
                                                                          
3. Jason Moore is going to join the Special House Program, isn't she? 
                                                                                                       
4. Who wants to be a teacher, Alice Hamilton, Jason Moore or Trish Anderson?
                                                                                                                           
5. Is Young American Volunteers the most possible title (标题) for this passage?