A Bag of Kindness

“ Boys and girls，tomorrow I want you to bring a cup of macaroni (通心粉）for our craft class, OK?” These

1. w ords from my teacher rang in my mind all evening. I was afraid of the next day because I knew we had no macaroni at home. Living in an alcoholic (嗜酒 的)family，we never had too much of anything

2. e xcept  beer    bottles.

I   went  home  after school.    Where    could    I    find

macaroni? I    knew    that the    local    bottle shop    gave    ten

cents for a beer bottle，so I decided to sell some bottles to get money for macaroni.

I started to 3. c ollect the bottles. After selling those bottles，I earned eighty cents. Although I did my

4. b est , I still had no macaroni for my craft class. “Weren’t you 5. 1 istening when I asked you to bring it,John?” my teacher asked. I went red in the face. I didn’t know what to say and other children started laughing.

Then a little girl, Rosalyn, who sat 6. b eside me turned to me and said, “You can have some of mine. ’’ She offered a bag of macaroni to me. The

7. k  indness in    her eyes    made    me cry and    I    ran    out

of the room.

I never took her macaroni or 8. t hanked her for her bag of kindness. However, I often think about Rosalyn and the way she turned to save me that day. I used to spend a great deal of my life complaining and  9. k eep kind people like Rosalyn away. After that class, I have 10. c hanged . I am grateful to all the people like Rosalyn that made this world a better place to live in.

Spain is famous for its tomato festival, called La Tomatina. It happens in a small town Hanoi on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival there are all kinds of activities, but the most exciting part is the tomato fight. It takes place at the end of long celebration (慶祝）.You are encouraged to throw tomatoes in the fight. There’re many stories about how the festival began. One of the stories goes that during the 19409s,some friends started a tomato fight,while another story is about a local band. Anyway, everyone in Bunol seems to have a different story. Before the tomato fight, there are parades (游行）,musical bands, street parties and so on.   On the day of the fight, shopkeepers cover their windows and doors in order to keep away from the tomato fight. At the same time, thousands of tourists and local people come to the town square together. Then large trucks (卡車）full of tomatoes arrive. From theback of the large trucks, a great town band start to throw tomatoes at others. Then the crowds fight back, throwing the tomatoes at anything and anyone. Soon the streets are in the sea of red tomato juice.

Everyone is supposed to obey a small number of rules ： You must squash(壓爛)the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw nothing but tomatoes.

It is usually over in less than hall an hour. Everyone then sets off to the river to clear up. Sounds like fun!

( C    ) 6. The most exciting activity of the festival is

A. parades

B. street parties

C. the tomato fight

D. the musical bands show

( A )7. The stories about how the festival began are

A. quite different    B. rather sad

C. very famous    D. very clear

(D )8. On the fight day,_.

A. all the buses are filled with tomatoes

B. you can see lots of red apples on the streets

C. shopkeepers are not allowed to watch people fight

D. lots of tourists and local people take part in the fight

(B )9. Which of the following is TRUE according to

the passage?

A. You can throw tomatoes at others but others can't throw back.

B. The tomato must be squashed before throwing

it.

C. The fight usually lasts more than thirty minutes.

D. People can throw everything on the fight day.

(B ) 10. The best title of the passage can be_.

A. Travel in Spain

B. The Tomato Festival in Spain.

C. The History of Spain

D. Rules of the Tomato Festival

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Arthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “ I don’t know what to write about, ” he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends，yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.

By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday.    But    he    had

not written a single word of his story.

On Wednesday, Mrs. Solomon, Arthur’s English teacher, asked the class to turn in the first draft of their stories. His heart sinking, Arthur turned in the only work he had---the page with his name, the drawings and the note.

Arthur wasn’t surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “ This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog, the movie，the tree in the wind——I    can’t

wait to find out how they all fit together. ”

“That isn’t my story, Mrs. Solomon,” Arthur admitted. “I haven’t been able to think of one yet. ”

“ Oh, I think you have the seed (種子）of a story there, ” Mrs. Solomon replied，“ Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you. ’’

That night Arthur sat at his desk，and this is what he wrote ： “ One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain, so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in，bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mike’s dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasn’t the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with blame. Mike felt guilty because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down. ’’

Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did  was to  write his name proudly at the top of the page.

(B    )    1.    Why did Arthur turn in the page with only

his name, the drawings and the note at first?

A. Because he had no time to fit them together.

B. Because he had difficulty in writing a story.

C. Because he wasn’t willing to do his homework.

( D ) 2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Toby is an imaginative and lovely dog.

B. The small tree will grow into a big one.

C. His friend Lee can give him a lot of support.

D. He can develop his story based on the first draft.

( A )3. What is the meaning of the underlined word “guilty” in this passage?

A.內(nèi)疚    B.尷尬

c.害羞    D.憤怒

(B ) 4. What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is?

A. She is a strict teacher.

B. She is a wise teacher.

C. She is an honest teacher.

D. She is an energetic teacher.

(D )5. What can we infer(推斷）from the story?

A. Arthur is a shy and quiet student.

B. Arthur isn’t very satisfied with his story.

C. There will be a storm on Saturday.

D. Encouragement is important in teaching.

Many scientists say that the world is getting hotter and hotter. If they are right, the ice at the North and South    Pole will melt eventually.    If this happens, the sea  will    1    and may cover    most    2 all of Singapore.

This will force everybody to move to a 3   country.

We know that the sun 4   the earth. The heat from the sun hits the 5    , and some of 6  goes back into the sky. However, factories and cars 7 a lot of carbon dioxide(二氧化破）. When the gas rises into the sky, the heat from the sun can come 8  them hut the heat from the ground cannot. It 9  near us in the sky and makes the 10  hotter and hotter every year.

Scientists call this the u greenhouse effect” because a greenhouse is a small glass 11 which is hot inside. It is used for 12 plants in cool countries. Many countries are 13 about the greenhouse effect. They are trying to stop factories and cars from sending 14 gases into the sky. Scientists are not sure when the world will get much hotter. Some people say that the greenhouse effect has 15 already and has begun to affect the world’s weather.

(A    ) 1.    A. rise    B. fall

C. change    D. disappear

(B    )2.    A. and    B. or

C. but    D. till

(C    )3.    A. better    B. larger

C. safer    D. farther

(D    )4.    A. shines    B. circles

G. covers    D. heats

(A    )5.    A. ground    B. sky

C. mountain    D. forest

(B    )6.    A. them    B. it

C.those    D. such

(C    )7.    A. make    B. spread

C. produce    D. from

(A    )8.    A. through    B. over

C. into    D. toward

(D    )9.    A. hides    B. continues

C. follows    D. stays

(B    ) 10.    A. cloud    B. air

C. season    D. temperature

(A    ) 11.    A. building    B. flat

C. tool    D. machine

(D    ) 12.    A. putting    B. storing

C. cutting    D. growing

(C    ) 13.    A. excited    B. disappointed

C. worried    D. pleased

(B    ) 14.    A. dangerous    B. harmful

C. heavy    D. useful

(C    ) 15.    A. meant    B. improved

C. started    D. stopped

(A    )    10. It’s reported    that    Nanjing South Railway

Station _at    the end of this month.

A. will be completed

B. is completed

C. was completed

D. has been completed

(C )9. —Susan,why are you still here? They are all ready to start.

—I’m sorry, but I_when to leave.

A. don’t tell    B.    didn’t tell

C. wasn’t told    D.    haven’t told

(D )8. You will be paid_how much work you

do.

A. as for    B.    across from

C. instead of    D.    according to

(    B    )7. You can play soccer with your friends as soon

as your homework__.

A. finishes       B.    is finished

C. has finished    D.    will be finished

(D )6.—Look! How dirty the lake looks!

—So it is. Things will be better i( people

__throwing    rubbish    into it.

A. are stopping B. were stopped C. will stop    D.    stop

(    B    ) 5. In some important days, people light the

lanterns and watch them _ the    sky

with their wishes.

A. send out    B.    rise into

C. show up    D.    deal with