A Dear Mrs. Web

       Dear Mrs. Web provides free personal advice and opinions for you. She receives and answers worldwide email questions. She will offer you some new suggestions on your problems, like study stress, disinterested friend… Dear Mrs. Web welcomes all questions and comments. You can receive the reply usually in 48 hours. Her email address is mrsweb@advice.com.

B Help Line Volunteers

       Every year thousands of old people are in need of our help. The Help Line provides a heartwarming, helpful, kind support and information service for the English-speaking aged people. We are in need of volunteers who are:

l       good listeners, warm-hearted and patient

l       excellent English speaker

l       can work 10 hours every week

Please call us at 0241-85902 or email us.helper@lineservice.com

C Save the Earth Club

       Earth club is for any student in Green School. Earth Club’s goal is to help keep the school, neighborhood, and city cleaner by encouraging recycling, highway clean up, and river, lake and school campus clean up. We hope to improve the environment and encourage others to do the same. We also meet to discuss some real solutions to save the earth. Earth Club meets 2-4 times a month. Come and Join us!

D The King Sweeper

       “My great, great grandfather invented the carpet sweeper 125 years ago. This King Sweeper is by far the best. I invite you to try it in your home. You’ll find it used daily in hospitals, restaurants, offices and homes throughout the world. This is just the thing to keep your carpet soft, clean and fresh. Only for $29.99！

We’re so sure that you’ll be delighted with the result of using our product.

E Trendy Sunglasses

They can protect your eyes when driving, gardening or reading in the sun. It can make your life easier and happier, and make you look smarter!

$10.99 each or 2 for $19.99！

以下信息分别符合上述哪个广告，请正确搭配。

1．Sam will spend his holiday in Hawaii where there is lots of sunshine. Maybe he needs to buy something to protect his eyes!

2．Mr. Read has been out of work for weeks, and he feels very upset and don’t know what to do.

3．The 16-year-old girl, Nancy, is a student in Green School. She cares much about the environment on the earth.

4．Miss Hope is always ready to help others. She is a nurse and can speak good English.

5．The Kings have just moved into a new house. They need to buy something to clean the floor and the carpet.

根据短文内容，判断正（T）、误（F）。

6．Dear Mrs. Web receives and answers email questions only from America.

7．If you want to be a Help Line volunteer, you can telephone 0241-85902 or email mrsweb@advice.com.

8．Save the Earth Club can help keep the neighborhood, school and city cleaner.

9．The King Sweeper has an old history and is widely used in homes, offices and so on.

10．If you need two pairs of Sunglasses, you need to pay more than twenty dollars.

Once my father and I went to see a circus (马戏团). A family was standing in front of us   1  for tickets. The family had eight children. Their clothes were not  2   but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns（小丑）and elephants excitedly.

“I want  3   tickets, eight for children and two for adults（成人）.” said the father to the ticket lady.

The ticket lady told him the 4. When he heard that, the man couldn’t believe his   5 . He asked again, “How much?”

The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have  6   money. My dad took a $20 bill（纸币） and dropped it on the ground. Then he  7  the bill, and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was   8  on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the   9  . “Thank you, thank you, sir. This   10   means a lot to me and my family.”

We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.

1 A． waiting B． looking C． working     D． preparing

2 A． common    B． cheap      C． old    D． expensive

3 A． ticket   B． ten    C． two   D． five

4 A． ticket   B． number   C． price D． time

5 A． eyes     B． ears   C． nose  D． head

6 A． spare   B． any    C． little   D． enough

7 A． picked up  B． took away     C. put down    D． looked up

8 A． walking      B． going C． looking   D． holding

9 A． book    B． pocket    C． bill    D． bag

10 A． hardly B． nearly      C． only  D． really

补全对话

A．What about you?

B．Are you busy on Sundays?

C．Who cooks them?

D．Sorry, I can't.

E．Do you like fishing?

F．Can you swim?

G．He can catch lots of fish.

Jim: Hello, Li Ming !

Li: Hi, Jim. Can you come and play football with us on Sunday?

Jim: 1 Dad is going to take us out in the car.

Li: Do you like going on a trip in the car?

Jim: Yes, I do. We sometimes go out in the car on Sundays. Sometimes we go swimming. I like swimming. 2

Li: Oh, we usually go to see my uncle on Sundays I like doing that. We sometimes go fishing.

Jim: 3 .

Li: Yes, I do. My uncle is very good at fishing. 4 Then we take them home for supper.

Jim: 5 .

Li: My Dad. I help him. We like cooking fish.

Jim: And eating them, too.

My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.
【小题1】According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.

A．brave

B．lonely

C．serious

D．generous

【小题2】The underlined word “jolly” in the passage probably means “______”.

A．handsome

B．strong

C．happy

D．silly

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The family showed thanks to the Santa Claus and helped others in need.

B．The bag from the other Santa Claus was filled with gifts and money.

C．Santa Claus that helped the family lived a rich life in the same community.

D．The writer’s father arranged another Santa Claus to take the place of him.