I remember how I felt last year. I was   21     because Isabelle had a hard   22     with her subjects. She didn’t get good grades atschool, and I had to push her to do   23   . I even told her former teacher to be strict   24     Isabelle. Luckily, Isabelle’s former

teacher was one of the best teachers I have   25     known. I hope that Isabelle would be better the next semester. I have to tell you that something good    26    .

   In the summer holiday, Isabelle’s  27      improved a lot. I’m soglad that I asked a tutor to help her. The whole summer I was

working hard    28    Isabelle was studying for her reading. At

school, in the first quarter, she got “Needs improvement(改進(jìn))”

because she still wasn’t good   29    reading. I had her read for 30 minutes every night.   30     weeks ago, I got her report card. She got an “A” in reading. It wasn’t  31     . Last night, she had to write ten sentences, and it   32    her ten minutes to finish it. I had her read them to me, and the sentences were very good.

   So, my dear children, if you are doing   33     at school, never

give up.(放棄) You can ask   34     for help, and you can get

  35     the difficulties.

21.A. nervous   B. proud      C. pleased    D. relaxed

22.A. month    B. day        C. time       D. week

23.A. nothing   B. everything   C. nobody    D. anybody

24.A. with      B. at         C. in        D. for

25.A. just       B. always     C. ever      D. never

26.A. returned   B. happened   C. told      D. left

27.A. reading    B. listening   C. writing    D. speaking

28.A. when      B. while     C. as        D. since

29.A. in         B. for       C. with      D. at

30.A. Few       B. little      C. A little   D. A few

31.A. unpleasant  B. lucky     C. tiring     D. surprising

32.A. spent      B. paid      C. took      D. made

33.A. bad       B. badly     C. good      D. well

34.A. other      B. others     C. another   D. the others

35.A. on        B. off       C. out       D. over

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 to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.

A. school holidays????????????? B. weekdays???????????????? C. every morning.

2.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A. To sleep under the stars.?

B. To spend the whole summer living in a tent

C. To help build new hiking paths in the mountains.

3.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.

A. likes reading?????????????? B. is 18 years old?????????????? C. isn’t very rich

4.________ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton???????????? B. Jason Moore???????????????? C. Trish Anderson

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for Life.???? B. The Forest Center??????? C. Young American Volunteer.

It was sunny and hot all day. I went to the beach with my friends. We had a lot of fun __21__at sea(大海).In the afternoon, we__22___. There ___23__many people in the museum. It was crowded, so I____24__ really enjoy it. __25___home. I found a little girl __26___in the street. She __27__and I helped her ___28__her mother. It made me feel very happy. I didn’t any money ____29__a taxi, so I walked back home. I was really___30____.

1. A. swim     B. to play     C. running     D. swimming

2.A. went shopping    B. stayed at home   C. visited a museum   D. read books

3.A. are       B. is     C. was     D. were

4. A. /         B. didn’t   C. don’t    D. can’t

5. A. In my way   B. At my way   C. On my way   D. On my way to

6.A. cried   B. crying   C. is crying   D. cries

7. A. lost   B. is lost   C. was lost   D. has lost

8.A. found   B. to visit   C. find   D. with

9.A. by   B. take    C. in    D. for

10.A. relaxing    B. unhappy    C. tired   D. awful

Aunt Polly had told Tom to paint the whole fence (柵欄)in front of the house. He thought of the other boys out for the day enjoying themselves and he felt very unhappy. Then he had an idea! He picked up the brush and started painting slowly and carefully. Soon, his friend Ben Rogers appeared, eating an apple. Tom pretended (假裝) not to see him.

“Tom!” Ben said. “Why are you working?”

“Oh, it’s you, Ben,”Tom said, “I didn’t notice you.”

“I’m gong for a swim,” Ben said, “but you don’t’ want to come. You want to work, don’t you? It’s much nicer!” Ben laughed loudly. Tom looked seriously at Ben and said. “What is work? What do you call work?”

“Isn’t that work?” Ben asked.

“Well, no. Does a boy get the opportunity to paint a fence every day? You’ve never painted a fence, have you? Auntie says I have to do it with great care!’

“Pleas, Tom. Let me do a little,” said Ben.

“No, Ben. If you do, you’ll do it wrong. You can’t paint very well. If it was the back fence wouldn’t mind, but it isn’t.”

“I won’t do it wrong. I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you my apple.” Tom gave him the brush and paint with a sad face, but in his heart he was glad, His trick had worked.

After Ben got tired and left, other boys came along and Tom said the same things to them. Soon, the whole fence was painted white, but not by Tom. He felt very clever because he had discovered something important about the way people are. People only want what they can’t have or want to do what they shouldn’t do.

1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “opportunity” on this passage?

A．Reward           B．Interest.           C．Abilityy.           D．Chance.

2.Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben?

A．Because he wanted Ben to believe that the was enjoying the work.

B．Because he would like to try his best to attract Ben’s attention.

C．Because he did not want Ben to see the fact that he had to work.

D．Because he was afraid that Ben might laugh at him if the saw him.

3.What can we infer (推斷) from the story?

A．Aunt Polly gave Tom a lot of pocket money for what he had done.

B．Ben and the other boys might feel unhappy when they found out the troth.

C．Tom believed that he had discovered how to deal with different people.

D．Everyone thought Tom clever when they realized what had happened.