Chinese are very generous(慷慨的)when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the  1  ，parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad—to England，the USA or Australia．The Chinese  2   that the more expensive the education is, the better it is． 3  parents will spend a lot of money on their children’s education．Even  4 parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter．Though they’re not rich，they would rather pay for the education．

    Parents can  5  that their children’s skills are different，skilled(有技能的)in some areas while poor in others．But most  6  fail to realize that the children today need more self-confidence．

   The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to  7  tests and how to study well, but they are not teaching them the most important skills that they need．And these skills are important to help them to be  8  ，happy and clever． 

    Parents can achieve this  9  teaching their children the skills like cooking or doing other housework．

    Teaching a child to cook will  10  many of the skills that he will need later in life．Cooking needs patience and time．It is an interesting but difficult experience．A good cook  11  tries to improve his cooking,，so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish  12  job successfully．His result，a well-cooked dinner，will make him  13  good and give him a lot of self-confidence．

    Some old machines，such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play  14 ，will make him interested and want to know more．He will spend hours studying them and trying to fix them．Your child might become an engineer when he  15  ．These activities are teaching a child not only to study at school，but also to think，to use his mind．And that is more important．

1．A．money         B．education          C．children

2．A．compare         B．believe                 C．disagree

3．A．Or                 B．So                    C．But

4．A．old              B．rich                  C．poor

5．A．see              B．hope                 C．a(chǎn)llow

6．A．sons            B．daughters          C．parents

7．A．discuss           B．pass                 C．give

8．A．educational         B．different          C．confident

9．A．before           B．by                  C．of

10．A．improve         B．choose               C．miss

11．A．sometimes     B．a(chǎn)lways               C．never

12．A．my             B．his                  C．her

13．A．sound          B．look               C．feel

14．A．with           B．for                  C．a(chǎn)gainst

15．A．wakes up       B．grows up               C．shows up

Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very  1 woman. She didn’t buy many jewels(珠寶)or  2 clothes.   3 , she spent millions in  4 a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah’s  5 was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38  6 because Sarah was afraid to  7 building it.

Sarah’s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of  8 arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows,   9 the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000  10 . There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.

Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting  11 ? It was because Sarah was afraid of  12 . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn’t want her house to be finished.

Sarah Winchester’s  13 seemed to have worked  14 she lived to be 83 years old. But   15 , her house was finished.

1.                A．poor           B．rich            C．useful    D．brave

 

2.                A．cheap          B．expensive       C．simple    D．old

 

3.                A．Still            B．Usually         C．Instead   D．Even

 

4.                A．building        B．buying          C．selling    D．setting

 

5.                A．door           B．window         C．kitchen   D．house

 

6.                A．years          B．months         C．weeks    D．days

 

7.                A．keep           B．enjoy          C．stop D．help

 

8.                A．drivers         B．workers        C．farmers   D．visitors

 

9.                A．but            B．until           C．since D．so

 

10.               A．floors          B．kitchens        C．windows   D．rooms

 

11.               A．bigger          B．smaller         C．stronger   D．cleaner

 

12.               A．working        B．dying          C．living D．growing

 

13.               A．a(chǎn)ge            B．family          C．plan  D．husband

 

14.               A．or             B．because        C．neither    D．nor

 

15.               A．hardly          B．usefully        C．carefully   D．finally

 

 

There are many ways for us to reduce (減少) waste. For example, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass, and cans (易拉罐)      1    new things. Here are some useful      2     to reduce waste.

Write on both sides of paper

Many people write on only one side of their paper. Why not try using both sides? Some students only use half the pages of their      3    before getting new ones. Try to use up all the paper. People often give cards on birthdays or festivals. How about trying to     4      e-cards (電子賀卡) instead?

Don’t throw away your old batteries (電池)

Maybe you do not know that old batteries make the soil      5     . This is because they have poisonous (有毒的) parts in      6     . So, don’t throw away batteries.     7    them together. Try to use rechargeable (充電的) batteries for your games and CD players.

Give     8    all your unwanted clothes

There are many poor families in China. You may ask your mother to keep your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them on to those poor children. You will feel happy that you are      9    someone else. Also, you can see       10    your friends or relatives (親戚) want them before throwing them away.

1.	A．make B．to make C．making D．be made

 

2.	A．plans B．helps C．ways D．things

 

3.	A．exercises B．schoolbags C．notebooks D．papers

 

4.	A．send B．buy C．receive D．waste

 

5.	A．dry B．rich C．clean D．dirty

 

6.	A．those B．it C．them D．much

 

7.	A．Throw B．Keep C．Try D．Lose

 

8.	A．a(chǎn)way B．in C．off D．up

 

9.	A．helping B．giving C．enjoying D．interesting

 

10.	A．unless B．if C．though D．but

 

完形填空。（10分）

Bruce is only an 8 years old boy.He loves the 33    very much.Many students in his class have pets(寵物), 34    he doesn’t have one.So he wants his mother to buy him a 35    .It’s Sunday today.Bruce and his mother go shopping.Bruce asks,”Mom,could you buy me a pet?”

“Let me see…What pet do you 36  ?”his mother asks.

“I want a  37   .I like it very much.”

“Oh,dear.You can’t have a pet monkey.It will  38  your bananas.”

“How about a panda?It’s cute.It’s my 39   animal.”

“A panda?No.It will drink your milk.”

“Well,”Bruce 40   a moment(一會(huì)兒).”O(jiān)h,I can have a pet elephant.It can’t drink my milk.It is very kind,too.”

“It’s so 41  and we don’t have a big room for it,”says his mother.”You can have a pet.It isn’t big,and it can’t drink your milk or eat your bananas.”

“Well,I know.”

“ 42   is it,my dear?”

“Dad!Bruce says happily.

1.                A．food           B．a(chǎn)nimals         C．clothes   D．vegetables

 

2.                A．so             B．a(chǎn)nd            C．but  D．then

 

3.                A．book           B．banana         C．desk D．pet

 

4.                A．want           B．bring           C．see  D．give

 

5.                A．lion            B．tiger           C．monkey  D．cat

 

6.                A．drink          B．eat            C．wait D．cook

 

7.                A．good           B．well            C．love D．favorite

 

8.                A．thinks          B．looks           C．helps D．goes

 

9.                A．old            B．young          C．big  D．nice

 

10.               A．How           B．Where         C．Whos     D．What

 

 

　 A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much 31 in computer．One day，he 32 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland， 33 kilometers away from America．

“I didn't know 34 I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 35 the message kept coming．

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 　36 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 37 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 38　 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. 　39 , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

　　　 “I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but 　40　 saved her life.”

31．A．interest　 　　　　　 B．interested　 　　　　 C．interesting 　　　　　　 D．interests

32．A．sent　 　　　　　　　　 B．sends　 　　　　　　　 C．was sending 　　　　　 D．is sending

33．A．thousand 　　　　　　 B．thousand of　 　　 C．thousands 　　　　　　 D．thousands of

34．A．how　 　　　　　　　 B．what　 　　　　　　　 C．where 　　　　　　　　　 D．when

35．A．So　 　　　　　　　　 B．And　 　　　　　　　 C．But 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．As

36．A．telephoned　 　　　 B．replied　 　　　　　　 C．found 　　　　　　　　　 D．talked

37．A．better　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．worse　 　　　　　　　 C．harder 　　　　　　　　　 D．easier

38．A．with　 　　　　　　　 B．on　 　　　　　　　　　 C．to 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．a(chǎn)t

39．A．Hardly　 　　　　　 B．Happily　 　　　　　 C．Luckily 　　　　　　　　 D．Carefully

40．A．a(chǎn) boy　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．doctors　 　　　　　　 C．the police　 　　　　 D．email