你收过新年礼物吗？Dinah’s New Year’s giftDINAH is a kind girl, but she is very lazy. There is nothing she likes. Her mother wished very much that her child should learn to read, but she soon gave it up. She said, “Dinah will not learn. She is too lazy for everything.”One day, Dinah’s cousin came to her house. He brought a pair of roller skates (旱冰鞋). Dinah hadn’t ever seen that before. When she saw the young man on his skates, she was so surprised. She ran after him like a cat.Later, one day her cousin asked her to try on the skates. The child was very happy. “Dinah,” said her cousin, “I heard that my aunt has been trying to teach you to read.”Dinah answered, “Yes.”“Why didn’t you learn?” asked her cousin. “Now, if, on the first of January, you can read, I will send you as good a pair of roller skates as I can buy.”Dinah said, “I’ll have those skates, sure.”And she did. She studied very hard.On New Year’s morning, her cousin sent her a box. In it, there was a beautiful pair of roller skates. (188 words)1. What’s Dinah’s New Year’s gift?A. A catB.A bookC.A boxD. A pair of roller skates2. Why isn’t Dinah interested in everything? Because ___________________.A. She doesn’t have roller skates.B. She is too busy.C. She thinks life less boring.D. She is a lazy bone.3. Why did Dinah get the roller skates?A. Because her mom bought them for her.B. Because she borrowed them form others.C. Because she worked really hard. Her cousin sent them to her.D. Because she stole them.4. What do you think of Dinah’s cousin? He is a _______ person.A. negativeB. boringC. positiveD. hopeless5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Dinah’s mother has been trying to teach Dinah to read.B. Dinah is too lazy for everything.C. Dinah’s cousin sent his roller skates to her.D. A pair of roller skates makes Dinah become interested in reading.Answers: 1. D 2. D 3.C 4. C 5. CA day of a school child8:50: Children get to school. Each day, there are different teachers on duty (执勤) outside in the playground. At 8:50, this teacher rings the bell, and then the children go into the school.8:55: Most children can read at this time.9:10: The first lesson of the day starts.10:20: On Monday, the next lesson is a whole school assembly (集会). On other days, children take lessons.10:50: Playtime—the time that children go out and play for 20 minutes.11:10: Students study math in groups.12:15: Lunchtime. During this time, when they are not eating their dinner, children can play in the playground, or in the classroom if it is wet.13:20: Afternoon classes start.14:30: Playtime for year 3s; other lessons for the rest of the school.14:50: Year 3s have a book assembly on Tuesday, or story time for the other days of the week. The rest of the school are finishing their lessons.15:30: The end of the school day. The classes go to the playground to find mums and dads, but year 5 and year 6 class pupils can go out on their own. (187 words)再读短文一次，你能在3分钟内完成下列练习吗？1.从短文中找出下列单词或短语的同义词：A. begin=___________;B. the other = _______________;C. class=____________;D. learn=___________;E. arrive at school= ______________;F. alone=______________;G. dinner=__________ or supper; H. parents=_____________________;2. Put the following into Chinese:A. playtime for year 3s __________________B. year 5 and year 6 class pupils.__________________.Answers: 1. A. start B. the rest C. lesson D. study E. get to school F. on one’s ownG. lunch H. mums and dads2. A.三年级学生的玩耍时间B.五六年级小学生Putting shoes on others’ feetBEAUMONT GASSAMA grows very fast. The 13-year-old has to buy new shoes very often. It’s the same story for the rest of his Arlington basketball team. So the players decided to give their old shoes to kids in Africa.In a little more than a month, they have collected more than 400 pairs. Some of them are given by friends. “When they found out what we were doing, they thought it was really cool,” Beaumont said.It was their coach’s (教练的) idea. Kenny Robinson had read that an organization (组织) named Hoops 4 Hope gave shoes to children in Zimbabwe and South Africa. He was shocked (震惊的) when he knew kids in Africa play basketball without shoes.The players started collecting shoes in mid-August. They are writing notes to put inside each pair for the next wearer to read.Rajee Dunbar, 13, said he wrote, “Just wear them and have fun in them, because that’s what I did.”The team hopes to collect 100 more pairs in the next two weeks and then send all the shoes to Hoops 4 Hope. Hoops 4 Hope will send the shoes from New York to Africa. (190 words)True（T）or False ( F ):1.Beaumont is good at basketball.2.Kenny Robinson is a coach of Arlington basketball team.3.The players only wanted to send more than 400 pairs of shoes to kids in Africa.4.Hoops 4 Hope is an organization in Africa.5.Rajee Dunbar, who is not so old as Beaument, wrote a note to put inside his old shoes hegave for the next wearer to read.Answers: 1 T 2.T 3. F 4. F 5.FBuying a petONE day, Dustin went out with his dad. Suddenly (突然), he stopped at the pet shop window and said, “That’s him! That’s the pet I want!”“But that’s a dog,” said Dad. “Dogs are a lot of work. You have to walk a dog and pick up after a dog. How about something easier to take care of? Let’s go inside and see other pets. Maybe you’ll see something you like better.”Dad opened the door to the pet shop. “May I help you?” asked a sales clerk.“Uh… yeah,” Dad said. “We’d like to look at some pets.”“Sure thing,” said the clerk. “We’ve got snakes, cats, dogs…”“Thanks,” said Dad. “We’ll just look around. Oh, birds, let’s see birds first.” He took Dustin to the birds.Dustin looked at the birds. Suddenly, his eyes became bigger.“Yeah,” said Dustin. “There’s a white bird.” Dad saw it, too.“Looks like a dove (鸽子),” said Dad.Dustin studied the bird for a long time. “This is the pet I want,”he said. “He can sit on my shoulder (肩膀) when I do my homework. I’ll train him to do all kinds of things!”Dad bought Dustin that bird. Dustin was very happy and forgot about the dog. (204 words) Questions:1.How many kinds of pet animals are mentioned in the passage?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 52. Dustin didn’t buy that white bird as soon as he saw it, did he ?A. Yes, he didB. No, he didC. Yes, he didn’tD. No, he didn’t3. In the sentence “I’ll train him to do all kinds of things.”. “train” means _____________.A. 火车B. 训练C.乘火车旅行D.教育4. Why didn’t Dustin’s father agree to buy the pet dog? Because he thought _____________.A. it wasn’t lovely.B. dogs were the most difficult to keep.C. dogs were very dirty.D. it was not easy to keep dogs.5. Which statement of the following is True?A. To keep dogs is easier than to keep birds.B. Dustbin’s father loved Dustbin so much that he would buy everything Dustbin wanted to.C.When Dustbin saw a white bird like a dove, his eyes became bigger.D. Dad bought dustbin that white bird as soon as they saw it. Answers: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.C。