I in this school for three years.

A. have studied B. will study

C. am studying D. studied

Our teacher often tells us enough sleep every day.

A. have B. had C. to have D. having

—What did you do for your mom on her birthday?

—I her a birthday cake.

A. buy B. bought

C. will buy D. have bought

This famous tower more than 300 years ago.

A. build B. builds

C. built D. was built

— Do you know ?

— Next Friday.

A. when will he come back

B. when he came back

C. when did he come back

D. when he will come back

Parents can be a great example for their children. A man always stands out on different corners of our city. He holds a sign that “Will work for food for my family”. I don’t have too much money to help him. Many times my mom is with me and she makes me pull over(停車) and she will him some money.

Tonight, I was on my way to the store to get when I saw the man. My daughter and her friend were waiting in the car. We all felt so that this man was standing out in the cold, wet weather. Many people say that he should be able to work. Either way, I don’t feel it is my place to . As I was sharing that feeling with my daughter and her friend, I decided that I needed to this man. For one I wanted to show the girls the importance of helping others, and not worrying whether they were trying hard or not.

I believe that if he is standing out on different corners all day and night, the weather is, he must really need the help.

So, when we pulled over to give him some money, I said, “God bless you,” and he said it back to us. We got him a hot chocolate and a hamburger because we were worried about him being . He was so sweet and very thankful.

All of us left with smiles, especially me! Because, as we were pulling away, the girls were talking about ways they could money to help him and others like him. It was the best trip I had ever made to get milk!

1.A. writes B. notices C. reads D. calls

2.A. Normally B. Gradually C. Curiously D. Luckily

3.A. lend B. hand C. promise D. allow

4.A. chocolate B. hamburger C. bread D. milk

5.A. comfortable B. dangerous C. awful D. strange

6.A. park B. live C. sit D. judge

7.A. leave B. help C. refuse D. teach

8.A. whatever B. however C. wherever D. whenever

9.A. helpless B. eager C. tired D. cold

10.A. raise B. borrow C. lose D. waste

Take a look at our library! Our library is open to everyone and the library card is free.

1.How many books can you borrow at a time?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

2.How much should you pay if you rent a video for a week?

A. Two yuan. B. Three yuan.

C. Four yuan. D. Free.

3.What can you do in the computer room?

A. Enjoy e-books. B. Borrow some books.

C. Enjoy music videos. D. Borrow some CDs.

An old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.

The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter. “There will come a time when they know better,” he said. “It’s just not yet. So, I’ll do it for them.”

Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbor’s dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man, out doing the same thing! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.

“What a good job you are doing”, I said to him. “Well, an older fellow in our street does this”, said he. “And my friend and I thought it wasn’t fair that he had to do it all the time, so now we take turns.”

Not only was he taking a turn, not only did he have a friend join in as well, but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation(一代)！

By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor, I looked again and his children’s friends had joined in!

This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street clean. An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on—the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that!

1.The old gentleman picks up the litter .

A. to make money B. to help the cleaners

C. to have a good fun D. to keep the environment clean

2.The younger man did the same thing as the old gentleman because .

A. it was his turn

B. it was interesting for him

C. he was the old gentleman’s good friend

D. he wanted to share the job with the old gentleman

3.When the writer returned the dog, joined in picking up the litter.

A. the writer B. the old gentleman

C. the children’s friends D. the younger man’s friend

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. The power of example is endless. B. Like father, like son .

C. Two heads are better than one. D. No pains, no gains.

Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten(幼兒園), and certainly I wished her success. I was saying something that is not true. What I actually wish for her is failure. I believe in the importance of failure.

Success is boring. Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or do something correctly the first time, which can often be a problem for the future. First-time success is usually a fluke(僥幸). First-time failure, in fact, is the natural order of things.

Failure means how we learn. I have been told of an African phrase(短語) describing a good cook as “she who has broken many bowls”. If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen and have broken a lot of bowls, probably you know a lot about cooking. I once had a dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much their failures gave them.

My younger daughter is a dancer. She spent three years getting ready for an act. She did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change the act—but she did anyway. She said she was no longer learning anything new and she was bored; and if she was bored, she couldn’t play well. So she changed the act. She risked failure in order to feed her heart.

My granddaughter is a perfectionist. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do whatever it is better next time. I probably won’t tell her that failure is a good thing, because that’s not a lesson you can learn when you’re five. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.

1.What did the writer really wish for her granddaughter in the kindergarten?

A. Success. B. Failure. C. Kindness. D. Care.

2.The third paragraph mainly tells us .

A. what “a good cook” means B. a cook should often cook

C. a cook must break many bowls D. failure means how we learn

3. Why did the younger daughter change the act?

A. Because she didn’t do well in it.

B. Because she was asked to change it.

C. Because she wanted to feed her heart.

D. Because she wanted to try a failure.

4.What does the writer hope to tell the granddaughter?

A. Failure is a good thing.

B. She can’t fail any more.

C. Failure is not the end of the world.

D. Success is the end of the world.

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One of this year’s studies found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.

Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts(專家) also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency(流暢) — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is seldom done in primary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board(大學(xué)委員會(huì)). More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay(article) on the test rather than write in cursive.

1.From Paragraph 1 we can learn .

A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in the teaching job

B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting

C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting

D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting

2.Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

A. Handwriting includes two skills.

B. To write in cursive is taught first.

C. The letters are repeated many times.

D. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

3.The underlined word “l(fā)egibility” in Paragraph 3 means .

A. easy to read B. easy to write

C. unexpected D. unreadable

4.The best title for the passage is .

A. How to Improve Handwriting in School

B. Right or Wrong: the Death of Handwriting

C. Handwriting Involves Two Skills

D. Handwriting Lessons Are on the Way Out