Most of us are the only child in the family! We have no little brother or big sister . Our family consists of our mom , our dad and us . We are growing up in a world greatly different from our parents’ . Yet we will be the future leader of China. We will someday have to work together and carry China into the beautiful future. So, we must learn to love each other like brothers and sisters!
It’ s hard to think about how different life would be if we had a brother or a sister . We never have to share anything at home! Of course, we might have cousins, but we don’ t have to live with them ! Our parents try to give us the best, and the best doesn’t need sharing between two or three children . Do we ever ask ourselves if we are spoiled（宠坏）?
Someone thinks that we are spoiled because we don’t know the value of money, because we don’ t know how hard our parents work but mainly because we many children don’ t know how to love ! We don’ t want others to regard us as spoiled , do we ? Well, why not start now to help our parents at home or share a game with one of our friends? In a word, We must learn to love each other !
【小题1】How many people are there in most families in modern China ?

My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). My bothers, my sisters and I would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows. Now we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. It’s surprising! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from .
【小题1】In those days, how many television sets did people have?

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents   41  _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.
　　One morning,  Jimmy ,  one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.
　　"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."
　　"Let me try, " Martin said. "I   42  it isn't too hard for me. "
　　Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out,   43   .
　　"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be  44   for us to do. " Jimmy said.
　　"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can   45  one in a shop. "
　　"A computer is very   46   ,  and we don’t have enough money. "
　　"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (总统)   47  some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."
　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.
　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They   48   the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.
The next morning, they    49   the post office on their way to school. They found   50  ,  the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents       five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

  One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together. 

"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

"Let me try, " Martin said. "I          it isn't too hard for me. " Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out,         . 

"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be         for us to do. " Jimmy said.

"A small computer. . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can         one in a shop. "

"A computer is very          , and we don’t have enough money. "

"That's OK," said Martin. "We can ask the new president         some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office. In front of the post office stood a small box. They         the letter into the box carefully and went home happily. 

The next morning ,they         he post office on their way to school. They found,__­­­­­______,  the box was not a post box but trash-box(果皮箱).

1.A. have died           B. had died           C. died               D. have been death

2.A. sure                B. think              C. hope               D. wish

3.A. neither               B. either              C. too                 D. also

4.A. easy enough                        B. enough easy

C. difficult enough                    D. enough difficult

5.A. borrow              B. lend               C. bring               D. buy 

6.A. expensive         B. cheap                 C. important          D. useful

7.A. to                    B. for                C. about               D. on

8.A. place                B. take                C. dropped             D. bring

9.A. passed             B. past                 C. pasted              D. passing

10.A. with their surprise                  B. in their surprise 

C. to their surprise                      D. of their surprise