Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries，like England，Canada and China. Can you guess what people gave him as gifts? That’s right—stamps. Victor’s favorite stamps came from France.    1.    .He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition(版). It was very hard to find.

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him.

      2.     . It made Victor very sad.

“Don’t worry,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”

“I hope so,” Victor said.

Victor also liked wring. He had a pen friend in France.    3.   .Victor’s pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big， green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter， he was very surprised. On the envelope， he looked carefully at the stamp.      4.    .Victor was so happy. He told his sister，his mother and his father.

“You see,” his father said. “You did find you stamp. So，it’s good to have to things in life.” “ What are they?” Victor asked.

“Friends and patience.” He answered.

A. They wrote to each other every month

B. But nobody could find the stamp

C. It was the 1974 special edition stamp

D. His mother helped him to collect stamps.

E. He had almost every  stamp from 1954 to 2004

 

 

Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Your Nose is Busy and Important
Your nose has many important jobs, and is always busy.
Smelling
Smelling helps you gather information about the world around you. A good scent (气体),like flowers, brings you pleasure. A bad scent, like smoke or sour milk, warns you of danger. Most things around you release scent particles (微粒) into the air. These invisible chemicals enter the nose when you breathe. Nerves in the nose send information to the brain to identify a smell. You are able to recognize thousands of smells.
Breathing
Most of the air you breathe enters through your nose. The nose uses hair and mucus (粘液) to clean dust and germs (细菌) out of the air. The air that enters your nose contains oxygen. Your body uses oxygen to unlock the energy in the food you eat.  Even when you sleep, your body needs energy to keep your heart beating and your brain working.
Tasting
Your nose helps you enjoy food. Flavor is a mixture of taste and smell. The smell of the food helps you identify what you are eating. The sense of smell contributes more to (贡献) food flavor than the sense of taste .When you are sick and have a stuffy nose, your food doesn’t taste as good because without smell, food loses most of its flavor.
Smell memory
Smells can bring back memories. Your brain uses a process to create a picture in your mind from the odors(气味)you smell. Smells can affect your feelings because the part of the brain that helps you identify smells is close to the area that affects your emotions, mood and memory. More smell memories are collected as you get older.
Your nose has many important jobs, and is more than just a smeller!
【小题1】How many important jobs does a nose do according to the passage? What are they?
【小题2】Smelling helps you recognize thousands of smells, doesn't it?
【小题3】What does the nose use to clean dust and germs out of air?
【小题4】What happens to your food if you are sick and have a stuffy nose?
【小题5】How do smells bring back memories?
【小题6】What do you think of your nose? Why do you think so?

－Can you see        ?

－No. Let’s go and have a look. Maybe we can help them.

A. what was happening there              B. what are they doing there

C. what are they talking there　         D. what is happening there

 

 

 

What are they doing for holiday?

They are happy because they are on holiday.

Mary is visiting her aunt in Paris. It is a very famous city. And it is a good place to go shopping! Tom is fishing in the lake. Because the water is very clean, there are so many fish in the lake. Simon and Bill are good friends. They are going bike riding together in the beautiful countryside (农村，乡下). It’s relaxing. Jesse is taking some photos in the park. The park is very beautiful, and it’s a good place to take photos.

It’s good for your health to have a rest. And it can help you work or study better, too. I hope everyone is having a good time.

信息归纳：阅读短文，根据短文内容，选择正确的选项，完成下面表格。 

What are they doing for (66) __________?
Name	Place	Things they are doing
Mary	In Paris	(67)_______________
(68)_________	In the lake	Fishing
Simon and Bill	In the countryside	(69)_______________
Jesse	(70)_______________	Taking photos

 

Sally’s father is ill in hospital. and her mother has to look after her father there The woman can’t leave their four-year-old son Harry at home. So she asks Sally, “How many classes do you have this afternoon?”
“We have no classes today,” answers the girl. “We’re having a school sports meeting today.”
“That’s great!” says her mother. “Take your brother to your school. Tell your teachers I have a lot of things to do. I’m sure they can let you look after him today.”
Sally does what her mother says. This little boy comes to school for the first time and thinks everything is interesting. He sees some children having a race and asks. “What are they running for, Sally?”
“The first one can get a prize.” answers Sally.
“Now, I see. But why are the others running?”
【小题1】Where is Sally’s father?
【小题2】Who will take care of Sally’s father?
【小题3】How old is Harry?
【小题4】Does Harry often go to school?
【小题5】Why does Sally take her brother to school today?