A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off 炫耀how popular he was at school.

  One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many as you think. Many of them are not true to you. “

  Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if 好像carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.

  “take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power to tell who your real friends are.”

  Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.

  “nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing,” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.

  Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-chair. Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.

1. Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to ___

  A. sit on in the school

  B. be his birthday present

  C. test who his true friends are

  D. play games with his friends at school

2. what does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?

  A. 感激的    B. 有帮助的    C. 神奇的    D. 看不见的

3. Mario succeeded in sitting on his chair finally because____

  A. his friends taught him      B. he had tried many times

  C. his friends held him        D. the chair had magic power

4. which would be the best title标题for this story?

  A. A magic Chair       B. A kind Grandpa

  C. Mario’s True Friends  D. How to Test Friends

 Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could do to help her 3-year-old son Michael prepare for it. She and her husband found out that the new baby was going to be a girl. Day after day, night after night. Michael sang to his sister in his mom’s tummy肚子

  Finally. Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in a very serious condition. The doctor told the parents there was very little hope. They kept the baby in the ICU重症室. Karen was so sad. She decided to say goodbye to the baby. Michael, however, kept asking his parents to let him see his sister. “ I want to sing to her,” he would say. Finally Karen decided to take Michael to his sister. This might be the last time he saw her alive.

  Michael looked at his baby sister. After a moment, he began to sing. In the lovely voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: “ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray.” Suddenly the baby girl seemed to be better. Her heart beat well little by little.

  “ keeping on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. “ you never know, dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away.” As Michael sang to his sister, the baby’s breath呼吸became smooth.

  After a few days, the little girl was well enough to go home. The doctors called it a miracle 奇迹

1. what can we learn from the first paragraph?

  A. Michael didn’t like his little sister at all

  B. Michael didn’t want to accept his new sister

  C. Karen wished that the baby would be a boy

  D. Karen helped Michael prepare for the change

2. what happened to Michael’s little sister after she was born?

  A. she was very healthy      B. she was seriously ill

  C. she was born to be blind    D. she was crying all the time.

3. why did Karen decided to take Michael to see the newborn baby?

  A. the doctor asked her to do so

  B. she thought he might be able to save the baby

  C. she wanted to know what Michael would do for his sister

  D. she thought it might be his last chance to see his sister

4. the writer tells us the story to show____

  A. the power力量of science    B. the miracle奇迹of doctors

  C. the power of love           D. the miracle of a mother

would you mind helping me look after my baby for a while? _____

A. sure, be careful on the way B. oh, don’t you like children?

C. of course not, dear D. yeah, I hope so

How do you like the popular documentary “a Bite of China”舌尖上的中国？

   Excellent! You won’t realize how wonderful our Chinese food is ___ you watch it

  A. when   B. as   C. after   D. until

we’ve been trying hard, but can’t solve the problem

   I think you can ____it in another way

  A. share with   B. deal with   C. keep up with   D. point out with

do you have the ___ news about Anna?

   I was told she had gone abroad on June 15th, but I don’t know whether she is there now.

   A. latest   B. funniest   C. longest    D. worst

 how was the concert last night?

   It was so good. Thought it ___ nearly four hours, few people left early

  A. covered   B. reached   C. lasted   D. played

 can you catch what I said?

   Sorry, I can ____ understand it

  A. almost   B. probably   C. nearly    D. hardly

 do you like swimming in winter?

   Of course. The water ___ a bit cold at first, but then I am warm and full of energy

  A. feels   B. tastes   C. smells   D. looks

 I’ll not be Jack’s friend any more

   Don’t be angry. He’s just so____, but in fact he’s good to us, you know

  A. helpful   B. direct   C. polite   D. brave