On Sunday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face, and then go out to do morning exercises. It is about 8: 40 am. After I eat my　  　, I often go to a shopping centre　  my mother. The shopping centre is　  our home, so we walk there. It takes us about 20 minutes to get there. The shopping centre has a good　  . It is called“蓝莓购物中心”in Chinese. It doesn’t have an English name. Can you　  it in English? It is new and big. There are many things there, such as TVs, fridges, computers, clothes, food　  drinks. There are many     every day. There are men and women, the old and the    . 　  　do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The workers there are always nice and friendly. The things there are usually good but not　  . If you come to my home, I can take you there and have a look.

1.A. breakfast             B. lunch              C. supper           D. dinner

2.A. for                        B. to                    C. of           D. with

3.A. near                     B. not far            C. at                    D. far from

4.A. flower            B. place               C. name              D. room

5.A. say                        B. speak             C. tell             D. talk

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

7.A. students              B. people     C. children          D. teachers

8.A. tall                        B. short              C. young             D. small

9.A. What          B. Who               C. Why               D. When

10.A. expensive         B. cheap             C. big                  D. new

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1.　Kangaroos　_________ (live) in grassland.

2.　The tiger _________(like) to eat meat.

3.　Would you like_________ (help) me with my English?

4.　I think maths________ (be)difficult.

5.　The snake __________ (not live) in water.

6.　There __________ (be) a tiger and some monkeys in the zoo.

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”

　  The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.

　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.

　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”

1.The story is about ____________.

　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   

B. how strict parents should be with their children

C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor

2. The young man untied the string ________________.

　　    A. in order to throw it away   　　

B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight

　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side

3.When could the string be taken away?

　　    A. When the old man left.　   　　

B. When the young man untied it next time.

　    　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.

4. At last the old man told the young man ________________.

　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 

stand alone

　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children

　　    C. that he should be hard on his children

5.We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.

A. the young father and the old neighbor    　　

B. parents and their children

　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father