Come on，children．Help yourselves to some              if you like．

A．fish and chicken                                      B．fishes and chicken

C．fish and chickens                                       D．fishes and chickens

Come on，children．Help yourselves to some ______ if you like．

　　A．fish and chicken　　B．fishes and chicken

　　C．fish and chicken　　D．fishes and chicken

Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun！”

When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these. “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, made beds feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board, Jim likes to clean the bathrooms, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed, so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.

To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Where is Mrs. Black living now?

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2．What had Mrs. Black put on their table when Robert shouted out?

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3．How many cards did Jim and Robert choose for each day from Monday to Friday?

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4．Who did the housework on the weekends?

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5．Did Jim and Robert do the housework happily on weekdays?

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Every year there is a Spring Festival in China．Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China．So before it comes，everyone has to prepare things. They buy pork，beef，chicken，fruits and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food—“dumplings”. It means “come together”. On the day before the festival，parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring Festival Eve（除夕），all the family members come back to their hometown. This is a happy moment. Some sing and dance， some play cards and others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal，they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.?

1. Which is the most important festival in China?  ?

A．The Mid Autumn Festival.

B．The Spring Festival.?

C．Children’s Day.?

2. When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated??

A．In March or April.

B．In May or June.

C．In January or February.?

3.          is the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China．

A．Chicken                           B．Dumpling                       C．Fish?

4. What’s the meaning of the food “dumplings” for Chinese people in the Spring Festival? 

A．Look up.                         B．Help yourself.                 C．Come together.?

5. The family         when they are having dinner together on the Spring Festival Eve.

A．give each other the best wishes

B．buy each other presents

C．sing，dance and play cards

Are you ready to take action to protect Planet Earth? You may think it impossible，but you can begin by taking some small，but important，first steps．Many children and their classes in the USA are taking action．

Children Campaign Against Waste

Children are paying attention to the packaging(包装)of the things they buy．Packaging includes all the things you throw away when you unwrap anything new．One third of all rubbish is packaging．Mrs. Perez’s 4th grade class decides to make their school and neighbourhood know the waste in packaging．They want people to think before they buy．They also want to let people who make the products know that they want less waste in packaging．So they start a campaign to help people change how they shop．

Class Project: Campaign Against Waste ◆     Find out the facts．Use the websites to find out how much waste comps from packaging． ◆     Go on a trip to the shops．Take notes about how products, such as CDs, are packaged．Report on how much will be thrown away． ◆     Say no to bags．If we don’t need one, we don’t use one． ◆     Make posters to tell others what they can do． ◆     Talk to our families and friends about what we learn． ◆     Write class letters to the people who produce our favourite products．Ask them to reduce packaging．

Children Save Water

    Another class decides to help save water．Here’s how they got started．

Miguel Salazar lives in Meridien, Texas．Every day he walks home from school and passes Carrollton Creek(小溪)．The creek is filled with rubbish．But the creek was not always this way．Miguel’s grandfather remembers flowers and plants grew along it．Many people fished there．So Miguel’s class decides to clean up the creek．They make a plan．

Class Project: Clean Up ●     Write a letter to the mayor(市长) asking her to let us have a clean-up day at Carrollton Creek．Ask her for garbage cans to keep rubbish． ●     Make posters inviting others to help． ●     Ask parents to come along and help on Clean-up Day． ●     Choose a day for the big Clean Up!

    If one person can make a difference, think how much more can get done if people work together to care for Planet Earth．

    根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．The children in Mrs．Perez’s class start the campaign against __________．

  A．water                B．waste             C．shopping         D．fishing

2．Miguel’s class project is to ________．

  A．strip packaging

  B．go on a trip

  C．clean up Carrollton Creek

  D．talk to families and friends

3．The Chinese meaning of“garbage cans”is _________．

  A．批准          B．捐款              C．赞助商          D．垃圾桶

4．Which of the following is NOT talked in the passage?

  A．There were followers and plants along the creek．

  B．One third of all rubbish is packaging．

  C．Children use posters and letters to help with their work．

  D．Mrs.．Perez’s class wants to choose a day for not using bags．

5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

  A．Children can use the websites to find out the facts．

  B．People liked to fish along Carrollton Creek in the past．

  C．Everyone can do something small to help save Planet Earth．

  D．The mayor in Meridien can help the children with their project