Helping your children to read and write at home will improve your children’s skills and confidence — it will also make them learn better in the classroom environment.
Reading and writing skills are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their school life and outside school. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children’s literacy (读写能力) by practicing reading, writing, spelling and speaking with them outside school.
By listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your children outside school — you can make a difference. Students who improve their reading and writing will increase their vocabulary and their ability to use English correctly.
Here’s some advice on how to help your children to read, write and spell:
● reading aloud each night
● letting children take part in everyday conversations
● listening to your children read
● reading your children’s writing
● using a dictionary
● encouraging your children to talk about funny things
● trying not to ask questions that require “yes” or “no” answers
● Practicing reading and writing by filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or e-mails.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
【小题1】 This passage is mainly written for 　　　　.

One day an old man is selling (卖) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant's bad ears?” “I didn't find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

根据短文选择正确的答案

(　 )11. ________  the elephant.

　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells

　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys

(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.

He wants to find out ___________.

　　　 A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is

　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like

(　 )13. The young man   ______________.

　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant

　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man

(　 )14. The young man  ______________.

　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like

　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before

(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.

　　　 A. angry （生气）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry

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I am Jay from Zhuhai Sunshine Middle School. Recently, we carried out a survey on who we prefer to share worries with. We got different answers.
　　 Acording to the chart, those who would like to share their worries with their classmates and friends account for about 71%. It is mainly because they believe that if people are at the same age, they are easy to communicate and understand each other better.
　　About 22% of the students said they would like to share worries with their teachers and parents. According to them, adults are rich in experience, and that they can handle their problems easily. The rest prefer to keep worries to themselves. As for them, it’s a struggle to get along well with others, some of them said they didn’t want to trust anyone.
　　As far as I am concerned, I am willing to share worries with my best friends because they’re always kind and understanding. However, if I meet with some serious problems, I’ll be likely to ask my parents and teachers for help, who, I believe, have more experience to give me valuable advice.
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完型填空 （本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Do you like going to the movies? Most of the     in high schools like movies very much. Last Sunday I went to a school and asked some students      their favorite movies.        of their answers were really interesting. Here are their likes and      :
Jim, a      boy, likes watching thrillers(恐怖片)because they are scary      exciting. His classmate, Kate can’t stand documentaries(纪录片). She told me they were      parents. But she really likes comedies because they are funny. Jack is a big boy. He said he      mind documentaries. But he doesn’t like comedies      they are boring! And the coolest movies are action movies. Everyone      them very much!

【小题1】Reading history books can not only improve our 　　　　　 (知识) of the past but also make us think.
【小题2】The elderly should be spoken to 　　　　　 (礼貌地).
【小题3】Deaf people can 　　　　　 (交流) with each other with sign language.
【小题4】I haven’t been to that island 　　　　　 (也).
【小题5】The box is 　　　　　 (空的). You can keep your books in it.
B. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
【小题6】 He wrote the answers too 　　　　　 (care) and made many mistakes.
【小题7】Our health will 　　　　　 (harm) if we go jogging on smoggy days.
【小题8】It is my 　　　　　 (please) to volunteer for the show.
【小题9】Two 　　　　　 (Canada) joined us in the English corner.
【小题10】An 　　　　　 (operate) was performed in time and the boy was saved.