The exam will soon be finished and the summer holidays are coming. Boys and girls will have two months' holidays.

　　　 The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good. You can spend most of your time playing if you live in the coun?try, out ill the woods and fields.The best place for a summer holiday ,however, is the seaside. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea. but for the other; who do not, a week or two at one of the big beaches or something that they will talk about for the whole of the following year.

In England, it is not only the rich who ran take their children to the seaside; if a factory worker or a bus driver.，a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and chil?dren to Southland, or Other places. He is usually quite able to do so.

Now. what is it that children like so much about the seaside? I think it is the sand, sea and the sun more than any other things. Of course. there are lots of new things to see. nice things to eat. and exciting things to do, but it is the feeling of sand under one's feet, of salt water on one's skin. and of the warm sun on one's back that make the seaside what it is.

Fill in the blank with the suitable words according to the passage.

1. The favorite time of the year for children is [1]_________ [2]__________.

2. The [3]________ in summer is [4]_________ in the passage.

3. The writer thinks the children [5]_________ the [6]_________ are lucky.

4. The writer hints (暗示 ) that not only the [7]__________ but also the [8]_______ can go to the seaside.

5. The main thing that makes children like the seaside is the feeling of [9]________, salt water and [10]___________.

Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (经济合作与发展组织) picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬兰的). The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 coun?tries and regions (地区) last year. The OECD wan?ted to know how well students were doing at school.
Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came sec?ond to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries.
Finns (芬兰人) of your age have done a really good job but don’t have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information.
Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day.
What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries?

1. 1.

   Students from which country or region did best in the reading test?

   1. A.
      South Korea
   2. B.
      Hong Kong
   3. C.
      Finland
   4. D.
      Japan
2. 2.

   Which of the following is NOT true?

   1. A.
      Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths
   2. B.
      Finnish students were the first of all the tests
   3. C.
      Finnish students did well in the problem sol­ving
   4. D.
      Japanese students were top in science
3. 3.

   From this passage we know that_________

   1. A.
      the test can make the students lose their in­terest in learning
   2. B.
      the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet
   3. C.
      it’s hard to tell who the best students in the world are
   4. D.
      Finnish students make better use of the In­ternet and libraries

Mr. Li asks us to remember that __________ careful we are, _________ mistakes we will make.

A. the more; the fewer        B. the fewer; the more

C. the more; the more       D. the less; the fewer

We were doing the best to control the fire of the burning garage. Outside, I heard the sounds of cats crying. I couldn’t stop- I would have to look for the cats after the fire was put out.

It took a long time to finally bring the big fire under control. No one inside was hurt. At that point I was free to find out where the cat noises were from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. I followed the meowing to the sidewalk in front of the garage. There, crying and huddled together, were five frightened kittens . They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly hurt.

I wanted to find the mother cat. It was obviously that she had gone into the burning garage and carried out all her babies, one by one----unbelievable.

We finally found her. Her paws and face were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. You could even see her reddened skin under the burned fur. She could hardly move. I picked her up, and she relaxed in my arms as much as her pain would allow. I was determined to save this brave little cat and her family.

The veterinarian told me they would watch the kittens and their mother for the night, but they weren’t confident about the about the mother’s chances.

About a week later, I found out she was going to live. We named her Scarlet because of her reddened skin.

I was happy to see Scarlet get together with the kittens again. She touched each of them, nose to nose. She had risked her life five times-and it had paid off. All of her babies had survived.

As a firefighter, I see heroic acts every day. But what Scarlet showed me that day was the kind of bravery that can only come from a mother’s love.

1.Which f the following is TRUE according to the story?

A .The writer went to look for the cats as soon as he heard them crying

B .The firefighters put out the fire quickly and no one was hurt.

C. The writer didn’t find the cats until the smoke and heat were gone.

D. The mother cat moved all her babes out of the fire to a safe place.

2.Why was the writer determined to save the cats?

A .Because he was amazed at the mother cat’s courage.

B .Because the cats attracted many people’s attention.

C .Because he didn’t want to see any living things die .

D. Because it had taken him much time and effort to save them.

3.The writer talks about the cat’s story to show that____.

A. animals should be taken good care of.

B. mother’s love can be great and brave.

C. it is meaningful to help others .

D. a cat always has nine lives.