We visited the old woman        a cold winter morning.

Do you feel lonely when your best friend isn’t around? Here’s our advice to you-- and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.

It’ s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel left out at break or lunchtime. You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has his or her friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.

Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation (欣赏) to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom. When you’re at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say “Hi, can I play, too?” or just join in.

If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help—and pretty soon, you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.

You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before he or she left: You can introduce him or her to your new friends!

1.Which of the following can explain the expression “feel left out”?

A．Feel homesick.                         B．Feel lonely.

C．Leave home alone.                      D．Be hungry.

2.According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they    .

A．have trouble with their studies

B．don’t have their best friends around

C．need their parents to be with them

D．are too young to look after themselves

3.The underline word “this” in Paragraph 4 means     .

A．sharing your ideas

B．talking in front of many people

C．studying better at school

D．developing new friendship

4.Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because    .

A．they miss their old friends a lot

B．they have no time to stay with others

C．teachers know who wants a new friend

D．they are shy or not good at making friends

 Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1889. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music .Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.

  Hemingway had written many books in his life. The old man and the sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite . It came out in 1952 .The main c haracter in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck , becau se he does not get a fish in eighty-four days .Every evening ,he comes home with his empty boat .But the old man believes himself . Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.

选择正确答案，

1.Hemingway’s father was a fan of __________.

A.books     B. sports   C.  music    D. art

2.The old man and the sea was published in __________.

A. 1852     B.1899     C.  1952     D. 1989

3.The old man does not get a fish until the _______day.

A. fifteenth             B. eightieth

C. eighty-fourth         D. eighty—fifth

4.What does the old man do when he can not get a fish?

A. He has to look for food somewhere.

B. He does not give up fishing.

C. He does not fish any more.

D. He has nothing to do .

5.What can we learn from the old man ?

A. When we in trouble , we should not give up.

B. When we want to fish , we can get a big fish .

C. We can do everything well because we are  young .

D. We can live a better life if we like fishing .

You’d better work in your hometown and then you can ________ your old father.

Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male (雄性) and a female (雌性), can often be seen in front of the gates of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw (手掌) on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal.
The lion is the king in the animal world because he is powerful. The ball shows the country or the family will be together forever, and the baby animal with the female shows that you will have many children.
The stone lions were also used to show the families were powerful. If you had no money or power, you couldn’t put the stone lions in front of your houses.
It was also popular to make bridges with stone lions. The best known of this is the Lugou Bridge (also as Marco Polo Bridge), built from 1189 to 1192. The stone lions on the bridge are most famous. Maybe there are 485 lions in all, maybe there are 498 or 501. A famous saying is that “the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable(不可数的).”
【小题1】What is a special animal in Chinese people?