A. What a B. What C. How D. How a

【1】You don’t need to admire those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.

【2】When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you make progress, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too.【3】If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness doesn’t mean money.【4】Some of them even have lost their lives for it. Money does have a great effect on the poor, but if a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn’t mean more happiness.

Happiness is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly that you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself.

【5】As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋轉(zhuǎn)的) door. When it closes, it also opens.

If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

【1】What does Morris discover under the tree?

A.A disappearing bag.B.A disappearing wish.

C.A disappearing tree.D.A disappearing doll.

【2】Why does the Grinch steal others’ things?

A.To sell them for money.B.To put an end to Christmas.

C.To give them to his own friends.D.To decorate his own Christmas tree.

【3】Angelina brings joy to Mr. Bell with her ________ .

A.mumB.teacherC.friendD.cousin

【4】The writer of ________ isn’t an American.

A.Morris’s Disappearing BagB.How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

C.The Story of Holly and IvyD.Angelina’s Christmas

【5】What can we learn from the reading?

A.The Grinch is friendly to others.B.Morris is the only child of the family.

C.Ivy wishes for a child to love her.D.Mr. Bell leads a lonely life.

—Eliza, I think,

A. What B. When C. Who D. Where

A. taller B. higher C. wider D. farther

A. Although, but B. But, although

C. Although, / D. Although, and

A. interesting anything B. anything interesting

C. interesting something D. nothing interesting

【題目】

The Chinese mainland is willing to send rescue teams after an earthquake which hit Taiwan late Tuesday, killing seven and injuring 254.

More than 200 people have been rescued,but there are still 88 people missing, with most of them trapped in the Yun Men Tusi Ti building in Hualien County.

Six tourists from the mainland were injured and have been sent to a hospital in Hualien.One of the injured, a woman from Fujian Province was in serious condition.

Zhang Zhijun, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, received details about the rescue work through a phone call with Fu Kun-chi, head of Hualien County.Zhang said, “We hope local people will overcome the difficulties and rebuild their homes soon.”

Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, also said the mainland was willing to help with quake relief,including sending rescue teams to the island.

“The mainland is learning about the conditions of mainland tourists, students living in disaster-hit areas,” said An Fengshan, the spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake happened at 11: 50 p.m.Tuesday, the day before yesterday.The earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks.It is the most severe earthquake to hit Hualien in fifty years,and 26 aftershocks hit the county until 9 a.m.yesterday.

The highway from Suao to Hualien was closed.The earthquake also caused 200 families to lose power and 35,000 families to lose water supply, the local fire agency said.

【1】The earthquake killed_________people.

A.7B.88C.200D.254

【2】The six tourists from the mainland__________.

A.were all injured and in serious condition.

B.all come from Fujian Province.

C.have been sent to a hospital in Hualien County.

D.were trapped in the Yun Men Tusi Ti building.

【3】The earthquake in Hualien County__________.

A.hit the county at 11: 50 p.m.Thursday

B.is the most severe earthquake in fifty years

C.caused 200 families to lose water supply

D.was followed by 26 aftershocks until 9 p.m.Tuesday

【4】From the passage we can know that__________.

A.the mainland rescue teams helped local people overcome the difficulties

B.the mainland couldn't get in touch with the officials of Hualien

C.the earthquake caused a terrible fire in the disaster-hit area

D.the mainland offered to help with rescue and quake relief

That didn't matter to Chuck.Each morning, Chuck hid himself under the spider web between the cattails.Then when Lady Eightlegs went off, Chuck took flies from her web.

One morning while Chuck was enjoying the flies, Lady Eightlegs returned and caught him.She cried, “Go and catch your own”.Chuck jumped back into the pond.

Now there was an idea! Why not make his own web? Chuck got some vines.He put them together until they looked like a spider web.He worked on his web for hours until mid-night.And then he fell asleep.When he woke up the next morning,he was stuck inside and couldn't move.

“Help!” he yelled.

Lady Eightlegs got there and saved him.

“No matter how hard I try, I can't make a spider web, Chuck said.

“Of course not, Lady Eightlegs said”. “You're a frog.Frogs cant make spider webs any better than spiders can swim, I guess.How I wish to swim to the middle of the pond and float peacefully under the sun like you!”

Chuck smiled. “I have an idea.”

From that day on, Chuck carried Lady Eightlegs out to the middle of the pond, where they floated and played together.When they returned to shore, they shared a breakfast of flies.It wasn't exactly an ordinary friendship.

【1】The underlined word “snapping” means________.

A.catchingB.eatingC.hidingD.beating

【2】Lady Eightlegs was___________.

A.lazyB.strangeC.ordinaryD.kind

【3】Chuck got his food by___________.

A.hiding himself between cattails.

B.using his own web to catch flies.

C.working hard till night.

D.taking flies from the spider web.

【4】The story tells us_______.

A.No pains, no gains.

B.Practice makes perfect.

C.Never do things by halves.

D.Team work increases the success.