"Tammy! Come here, please! Mother needs your help in the kitchen." Her father called out to her.

Tammy was in her room, getting ready to do her homework. "Yes, Daddy!" she replied. "I'll be right there."

She hurried out of her bedroom and down the hallway. She was only nine years old. Her elder sister, Ella, had just moved away to go to a performing arts high school in another city. Her brother, Harry, was in middle school and always got home late. With Ella leaving home, Tammy was expected to do a lot more than she had ever done before, especially now, because her mother was ill.

Her father was in the kitchen. "Tammy, I know you usually do your homework right now, but with things being different, we all have to change a little bit. I'll help you and Harry with your homework later on, OK?"

Her father had an apron（围裙） on over his clothes, and he looked kind of funny. He was doing the dishes and he always splashed（溅出） water all over when he did that. After helping her father with the dishes, Tammy helped set the table.

After supper, her father helped her and Harry with their homework, and then they played a board game so that their mother could lie down for a while.

The next morning, Tammy got up early on her own because she wanted to help her mother with breakfast. She made orange juice and even put bread in the toaster and got out the butter so that her mother could sleep for a few more minutes.

When her mother got up half an hour later, she was very surprised and moved to see the breakfast on the dining table. She gave Tammy a big hug.

"Thank you, Tammy. You really are mother's little helper now, aren't you?"

1. Why did Tammy's sister move out of their home?

A. Because she hated doing housework B. Because she was busy with her work.

C. Because her school was far away from home. D. Because she disliked her family.

2. From Paragraphs 3 & 4, we can learn that Tammy_______.

A. was a middle school student B. did well in all subjects

C. always did a lot of housework at home D. was the youngest child in the family

3. What can we learn about Tammy's father from the passage?

A. He was a very serious person.

B. He wasn't very good at doing housework.

C. He liked playing board games very much.

D. He always helped Tammy do her homework.

4. Which is the right order for the things that Tammy did in the story?

①Did her homework. ② Prepared breakfast.

③ Played a board game. ④ Helped with super.

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Mother's Little Helper B. The Life of Tammy's Family

C. A Happy Family D. Tammy's School Life

Selecting a proper summer camp for your child is not an easy task. You have to consider too many factors（因素）. Remember, you are sending your kid to a summer camp not just to let him enjoy himself but also to help him become confident. So you should try to select a summer camp for your kid so that after he returns from the camp, the first thing that he asks you is when you will send him again for camping. Let us see how you can pick the best summer camp for your child.

Search the Internet

If you browse（浏览） the Internet, you will find a number of websites of summer camps where you can find all the detailed information about the camps. For example, how much the whole camping will cost, where the camps are, what children can do in the camps and what additional facilities (额外的设施) they can provide. Don't forget to read the comments（评论） of parents who have sent their children to those camps and pay attention to how they find those camps.______________ Some camp organizers prefer advertisements in newspapers. Some of the organizers even invite famous people to their camps to communicate with kids. You should keep an eye in the summer camp advertisements in newspapers so that you could pick a suitable one for your kid.

Ask for advice from your child's school teachers

Go to your kid's school and ask his teachers whether they can give you names of some of the summer camps they consider to be the best.

Know the interest of your child

While searching, you will come across different types of camps. They are organized according to the nature and interest of children like a music camp, a sports camp, etc. So it is very important to know what your child is interested in before picking a summer camp.

1. Which of the following can be put on the line before Paragraph 3?

A. Place advertisements in newspapers.

B. Visit the organizers of summer camps.

C. Search for advertisements in newspapers.

D. Invite famous people to talk with your kid.

2. We can know that in the writer's opinion, '

A. finding a proper summer camp for children is not difficult

B. the purpose of a summer camp is not only for children to have fun

C. what other parents think about a camp on the Internet is not believable

D. children usually don't have to go again after returning from a summer camp

3. According to the last paragraph, before making the final decision, parents should_______.

A. consider the interest of their kid B. rethink if camping is necessary

C. know everything about the camp D. know the kid's performance at school

阅读理解,阅读下列短文，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

    I grew up in the 1950s with very practical parents. My mother washed aluminum foil（铝箔纸）after she cooked in it, and then she reused it. She was the earliest recycle（回收）queen before people had a name for it．

    My father was no different. He preferred getting old shoes fixed to -buying new ones. Their  marriage was good and their dreams were focused（集中）．Their best friends lived just a wave away. Though my parents have passed away, I can see them now - Dad in trousers, a T-shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawnmower（割草机）in one hand and dishtowel in the other.

    It was the time to fix things -a curtain rod(挂帘杆),the kitchen radio, the screen door, the oven door, and so on. They fixed all things we had. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing and renewing made me want to scream.1 wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant being rich. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. I often thought like that.

    But then my mother died, and on that clear summer night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I learned that sometimes there isn't any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away and it will never return. So, while we have it, it is the best that we love it, care for it, fix it when it's broken and cure it when it's sick.

This is true for marriage, old cars, children with bad report cards, dogs with bad hips and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it and because we are worth it.

1. We can learn that when the writer was young, she_______.

    A. thought highly of her parents' habits

    B. often helped her parents fix old things

    C. often threw things away without being noticed

    D. at times hated it when her parents fixed old things

2. What did the writer realize afier her mother's death?

A. Her mother truly loved her.   

B. She had wasted a lot of money.

C. Things may never return once they are gone.   

D. She had hurt her parents for many times.

3. What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?

    A. To advise us to love what we have.      B. To encourage us to recycle old things.

    C. To explain why her parents recycled.          D. To help us know about life in the past.

完形填空，先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

    I'm the type of guy who believes you can achieve anything you set your mind to, if you give it your all and don't give up  1 , when I decided to write a novel, it didn't matter to me that I had never done anything like that before. What did matter to me was that I had a great story in my head, a story that needed to be  2  .

    What I thought would take a couple of months or a couple of years. After five months of writing, I at last  3  the "finish line" - that magical day when you type "THE END". Okay, so I wrote a manuscript（手稿）.The first thing I did was to copy it, followed by sending it out to all of my friends who  4 a lot, to get creative criticism（批评）．And then it was back to rewriting the story. Next, I hired a professional（专业人员），who gave me great  5  ，which meant more rewriting. I soon learned a lesson in writing - writing is rewriting. There would always be  6  for improvement.

    I had rewritten the manuscript time and time again for two years, and in the process, I learned  7  to write. Looking back, I had no idea how long it was going to take or how hard it was going to be. Writing the manuscript was the easy part, while going on the way to write a 8    book was the hard part.

    Pursuing（追求）my dreams has made all the difference. Life is a journey. I can't see what  9  ahead, but I know one thing for sure: when I look  10  ,I see the things that I've achieved and I smile with pride.

1. A. However              B. Therefore         C. Anyway         D. Otherwise

2. A. made                 B. organized        C. printed                  D. born

3. A. reached             B. got                 C. tried               D. ran

4. A. discussed          B. understood    C. read               D. praised

5. A. confidence         B. energy            C. comfort         D. advice

6. A. room                 B. time               C. pleasure         D. experience

7. A. who                      B. when             C. how               D. why

8 A. whole                 B. successful      C. thick              D. right

9. A. lies                 B. lays                C. matches         D. follows

10. A. round              B. up                  C. behind            D. forward

 - Shall we phone Mary and say sorry to her?

   -_______ It was our fault.

      A. No way.         B. Not possible.     C. Not at all.       D. Why not?

 Honey, this is a present for your birthday.

   - Ah! A pair of shoes, well-known-brand – Nike. I think it _______ comfortable:

      A. is worn          B. wears             C. is wearing      D. has worn

- Nobody but yon_______ late for school this morning.

    - Sorry, I _______ to school when it began to rain heavily..

    A. was; went                                  B. were; was going

    C. was; was about to go                         D. is; am going

- You don't know what great difficulty I had _______ to get the two tickets.

   - But the film is really worth_______ twice.

      A. managing; seeing                         B. to manage; seeing

      C. managing; being seen                   D. managed; to be seen

- _______ for your step, Jim, or you might fall into the lake.

   - Well, I got it．

      A. Get out          B. Walk out        C. Watch out      D. Work out

- Late again! Where_______?

  - Sorry, I_______ in the heavy traffic on my way here.

      A. have you been; got caught            B. have you been; have got caught

      C. were you; got caught                   D .were you; have got caught