When I was a little girl, my family lives in a small village. There was a very beautiful river near my home. The water was clean and cool. I liked to go fishing there with mom. We would catch fish, look for clams and play in the water. There were also a lot of  birds near the river. We would spend all day watching the birds. Life was beautiful and wonderful in the old days.

Now my family lives in the city. Last Sunday my daughter asked me to take her to see the beautiful river I was always talking about. “I want to go fishing there with you and Grandma ao much,” she said.

When we went to the river, we only saw a factory and a mountain of garbage(垃圾). My mom was surprised, my daughter was quite despondent, and I was sad—the river was my best friend. I grew up with it. Now there are no fish in it; the birds are gone, too. I hear it crying for help. But what can I do ?

1.Where was the writer born?

A．In a city           B．In a village         C．In a foreign country  D．In a mountain

2.When the writer went back to see the river, what did she find?

A．The pollution in the river was very serious.

B．The river was a good place for children to play.

C．Bird-watching was more and more popular along the river.

D．There were many more fish in the river.

3.Who is “Grandma” in the reading?

A．The writer’s daughter                   B．The writer’s mom

C．The writer                             D．The writer’s grandmother

4.What does the underlined word “despondent” mean?

A．高兴的           B．惊喜的           C．失望的           D．麻木的

5.What did the writer mean when she said, “I grew up with it”?

A．She helped clean the garbage out of the river.

B．She spent much time playing around the river.

C．She had many friends who lived near the river.

D．She grew well by eating fish and clams from the river.

 

完形填空 阅读短文 ，从每小题所给的A、B、C 、D四个选项中先出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（共15空；每空1分，满分15分）

Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and  1  P. E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him  2 . The boy is clever and always  3   that he knows more than his little friends do.

　　 One morning Tom ' s father  4  earlier. His school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course, he was going to be   5  than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later, Tom's grandma 6  sick. Her head hurt but she couldn't go to see a  7   by  herself. She called her son, but 8  answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it

As soon as Tom went out, he 9    his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting; and they  10  went there happily. Then they got to school, there were a lot of people on the  11 and the boy ' s 400 metre relay race(接力赛)　12  . They stopped to watch it. And Tom  13  what his grandma told him to do. They were interested in the race. Henry asked, "Why is the front boy running so fast?"

Tom didn ' t know about it. He  14  for a minute and said, "What a fool( 傻瓜) ! Don't you see the other boys with  15  in their hands are running after him?"

1.                A．studies         B．teaches         C．talks about D．watches

 

2.                A．at school        B．in the zoo       C．in the shop    D．at home

 

3.                A．tells           B．wants          C．shows    D．likes

 

4.                A．left            B．stayed          C．came D．ate

 

5.                A．faster          B．later           C．more free D．busier

 

6.                A．wanted         B．felt            C．guessed  D．hoped

 

7.                A．teacher        B．policeman       C．doctor   D．worker

 

8.                A．nobody         B．somebody       C．everybody D．anybody

 

9.                A．met           B．hit             C．heard    D．listened to

 

10.               A．all             B．some          C．many D．both

 

11.               A．classroom       B．playground      C．garden    D．park

 

12.               A．finished        B．ended         C．began     D．happened

 

13.               A．remembered    B．forgot          C．knew D．said

 

14.               A．saw           B．played         C．thought   D．jumped

 

15.               A．sticks          B．balls           C．tickets    D．knives

 

 

Write a passage in about 100 words with the help of the following points about Zhanghua’s life change. The first sentence has been given.

Zhanghua as a child	Zhuanghua now
used to have much time used to spend a lot of time playing games with his friends used to watch TV or chat with his grandma in the evening used to go to concerts with his father.	Is too busy gets up early and stays in school all day. hasn't any more time to play games with his does his homework and goes to bed late, hardly has time for concerts. misses the old days.

Zhuanghua's life has changed a lot in the last few years.
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Do you enjoy reading? Here readers of your age from all over the United States recommend great books for you to read:

My favorite book is Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel. I love all her books, but this was the first one I read and I have to say, it is by far my favorite. It doesn’t end like other books, and I cried while reading.

I think Nancy Drew is great! Nancy is a detective who has many fantastic ideas! I love it because it’s a book from when my grandma was my age, and I can share the fun with her!

I highly recommend Skinny Bones by Barbara Park. It is funny, so please add it on your book list. You don’t want to miss out funny stories!

I would suggest      by Judy Blume. It is based on(基于)real things that happened to Judy Blume. It is about a girl, Alice, who meets some girls at a new state. They become friends, make a club and meet once a week. They stop after two weeks because they all like a boy in their class and put him as number one. I think every girl should read this because it is about our growing up.

I read a book called Neela: Victory Song and it was so good I read it twice! It takes place in India(印度)in 1936 and this 12-year-old girl named Neela tries to save her father! It has lots of history in it! I also learned a lot about different cultures(文化)! The author(作者)’s name is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

1.According to the reader, Skinny Bones can be described as a          story.

A. sad      B. history      C. funny    D. detective

2.We can learn different cultures from the book         .

A. Skinny Bones             B. Nancy Drew  

C. Don’t Die, My Love      D. Neela: Victory Song

3.In the book Nancy Drew, Nancy is         .

A. a writer                 B. a doctor

C. a detective              D. a student

4.In the passage, readers from all over the United States recommend          books to read.   

A. 3        B. 4            C. 5         D. 2

5.The best name of the 4th book is         .

A. My Secret`               B. Growing Trouble     

C. Three Friends            D. Alice Learns a Lesson