The Smiths welcomed us warmly and made us _________at home.

A. felt B. feel C. feeling

Jack is my classmate. We ______ each other since he came to our school.

A. knew B. have known C. will know

— The police advise us not to transfer money(转账) to a stranger without checking it out.

—______ important advice they gave us!

A. How B. What C. What an

I hear a bridge _____ over the Qiongzhou Channel(琼州海峡) in several years.

A. will be built B. is built C. has built

— Could you go swimming with me this afternoon, Tom?

—_______, but I have to do the chores first.

A. I’d like to B. Of course not C. No, I couldn’t

— Could you please tell me _____? —Two months ago.

A. when did you take this photo

B. when you took this photo

C. where you took this photo

A few years ago, the company I worked for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved running, so I was really _____when I found out I lived next to Central Park. This meant that I could go to the park to _____every morning before I went to work.

A lot of people had told me to be careful of robbers(强盗) in the park, so usually I didn’t take any _____with me. What could robbers do to me? But one morning, my _____gave me a $ 10 bill and asked me to buy some bread on the way. While I was running through the park, another jogger(慢跑者) _____me. Just as I was wondering what was happening, he said sorry to me and ______running. I thought it was kind of strange, and suddenly it reminded me of my money, so I checked my pocket and found that the money was _____. Without thinking twice I ran after that jogger. The minute I held him by the arm, I shouted, “Give my money back! Now!” I am not usually a hot-headed(性急的) person, _____I got really angry this time. This seemed to frighten him. He took out the money and gave it to me. Then he ran away______.

I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I began to tell my wife my story, “You won’t _____ what happened to me,” I started. She immediately stopped me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”

1.A. upset B. happy C. worried

2.A. run B. chat C. read

3.A. drink B. money C. food

4.A. friend B. boss C. wife

5.A. knocked into B. looked at C. waited for

6.A. stopped B. practiced C. continued

7.A. safe B. broken C. missing

8.A. but B. so C. unless

9.A. thankfully B. quickly C. carefully

10.A. believe B. understand C. remember

Wonderful Events

1.Who can NOT go to the horse race?

A. A single person. B. A couple. C. Children.

2.People can see the photo show at __________.

A. Grandview Mall B. City Art Museum C. Country Club

3.What can you do if you only have time between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday?

A. Go shopping. B. See the photo show. C. Go to dance.

4.How much will Mr. and Mrs. Smith pay if they want to go to the dance party?

A. 15 dollars. B. 25 dollars. C. 20% — 40% off.

5.Where can you see the above advertisements?

A. On TV. B. In a magazine. C. In a newspaper.

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation(中国扶贫基金会) has started a program to hire(雇佣) and train 100 local women as substitute mothers(替代妈妈)to take care of left-behind children. The three-year program will select 100 villages across Sichuan Province and hire one woman in each village.

“It is a model to solve the problem of left-behind children,” said Liu Wenkui, secretary of the foundation The “substitute mothers” will do parents’ job, finding out what the children need and helping them with problems. Each substitute mother will take care of about 300 to 500 children. There will be a “children’s home” in each village to be the mother’s office and children’s playing space. Their job is to provide quick service and discover the children's problems.

The program hopes to hire women aged 19 to 55 years old from the villages. “We want to hire full-time ‘mothers’ to make sure they won’t think about other work,” Liu said. “We want local women because they understand local languages and cultures.” The program in Sichuan is an experiment, and Liu said, “If it is a successful model, we will start it in the whole country. ”

“If parents are forced to leave home to earn a living and unable to take their children with them we are looking for a transitional(过渡的) way to solve the problem,” he added.

1.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “ left- behind” in Paragraph 1?

A. 留守 B. 遗弃 C. 辍学

2.How long will the program last?

A. Three months. B. A year. C. three years.

3.Who is possible to be a substitute mother?

A. A girl at the age of 18.

B. A woman with a part-time job.

C. A woman who knows local language.

4.Which is true according to the passage?

A. Each village will have a “children’s home”.

B. Each substitute mother will look after 100 children.

C. The children’s parents will pay for the substitute mother.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Left-behind Children’s Problems

B. Substitute Mothers in Villages

C. A Program in Sichuan

1.The activity “Read to me” is produced by______ .

A. the experts B. the readers C. some parents

2.CCTV will invite some families to the program “Readers”_______.

A. in April B. in July C. in September

3.The advice offered by the reading experts includes the following EXCEPT________ .

A. reading good books to your child

B. asking your children to express their ideas

C. stopping reading when meeting new words

4.If you want to know more about how to develop children's reading skills, you can_______ .

A. write to CCTV for help

B. ask the reading experts for help

C. visit the website of CCTV

5.According to the passage, we know that_______ .

A. most of the parents are too busy to read

B. parents and children can enjoy reading together

C. high level books are always good for children