1.　　　　　　　 2.　　　　　　　 3.　　　　　　　 4.　　　　　　　 5.　　　　　　　

5. Can you guess what would happen next in the story?

　 A. The father would go to school and begin to learn math.

　 B. The father would become very ill and have to take more medicine.

　 C. The father would never do his daughter’s math problems again.

　 D. The father would go to the school and fight with the teacher.

Key: D B A D C

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Robert is fifteen now. Two and a half years ago he came to the city and began to study in a middle school. He studies hard and gets on well with his classmates. And he often helps his friends with their lessons. But as he comes from a village, the headmaster who was born in a rich family is bad to him and does his best to make excuses to punish him. The boy knows it and takes precautions against(提防) it.

One afternoon all the students went to have lunch and he bought a piece of bread. He was reading a book under a big tree, while a dog was standing near him. At that moment the headmaster came out and saw it. He became angry and said, “Don’t you know we don’t let anybody rear (饲养) dogs in the school?”

“Yes, I do, sir. ”said the boy.

“Why have you brought your dog to school, then?”

“It isn’t my dog. ”

“Why is it following you, then?”

“You’re following me now, sir. ” said the boy, “Can you say you are mine?”

Robert is fifteen. He is in Grade _______(1) now. He studies hard and his classmates are _______(2) to him. And he often helps his friends to _______(3) their lessons. But as he was _______(4) in a farmer family, the headmaster from a _______(5) family is bad to him and does_______(6) he can to punish him.

One day in the _______(7), all the students went _______(8) lunch and he bought a piece of bread, reading a book under a tree. At the moment a dog was standing near him. _______(9) the headmaster saw this, he wanted to_______(10) him. But he failed that day again.

4. What the teacher said made the father _________.

　 A. angry　 B. worried　　　 C. sad　　 D. tired

3. From what the teacher said, we know that the word “units” means ______ here.

　 A. whole numbers less than 10　　　 　 B. whole things

　 C. groups of lessons 　　　　　D. the smallest numbers

2. Which of the following sentences is not true?

　 A. The father had a different way to do the math problem.

　 B. The father couldn’t do his daughter’s homework.

　 C. The daughter couldn’t understand her father’s way.

　 D. The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.

1. The daughter wanted ______ the other day.

　 A. to give her father a lesson　 　　 B. to show how difficult math was

　 C. her father to phone her teacher　 D. her father to help her with her homework

5. If there is Paragraph (段落) 4, what do you think is going to be talked about？

　 A. When people eat their lunch.

　 B. What to do with the two problems.

　 C. How to cook food in different ways.

　 D. Why people eat different kinds of food.

Key: A D D C B

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People often say, “Children can’t do math problem, it’s because parents can’t do their children’s homework.” Here’s an example to show what I mean.

The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. “I have to subtract (减) 179 from 202,” she said.

“It’s quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 179.”

“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”

“I don’t know where the 10 is. Let’s just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”

“We can’t do it that way. We have to use the 10.”

“Well, I’m going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”

Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column (栏) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn’t think I was clear.

I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another…I know one and one was two, but don’t ask me what it is now.”

4. Which of the following is not true？

　 A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

　 B. There are too many people in the world.

　 C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

　 D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

3. People in different countries and different places of the world ________.

　 A. have the right kinds of food to eat　　 B. cook their food in the same way

　 C. have their meals at the same time　　　 D. eat food in different ways

2. It is important for people to eat ______.

　 A. three times a day 　　　　　B. dinner at twelve o’clock

　 C. cooked food all the time 　　D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day