How do you feel when you stay in hospital alone? Jenny, 13, a US student, feels bored. She knows the feeling because she has been in hospital many times herself. One day, she thought of an idea—if patients could get some books to read, they would feel better. So, from May, she and many of her friends began to collect books for hospital patients.
In six months the students collected 1,250 books at school. They decided to donate the books to the North Shore Medical Centre, a children’s hospital next door to their school. “There are books for kids of all ages, from babies up to high school level.” said Jenny.
The students put the books into “early readers”, “middle readers” and “advanced readers”. Then they wrote their best wishes to patients on bookmarks (書簽) and letters, put the books in big boxes and donated them to the hospital.
“We wrote things like, “Keep on reading!’ and ‘Hope you feel better!’,” siad John, 14, Jenny’s brother. “And we also wrote some funny things to make them laugh.”
Frank, 12, and Steven, 14, helped carry 16 large boxes of books into a car. “I think these books will make me a lot of patients feel happy.” said Frank. Steven shared his opinion. “It is really the most meaningful thing that I have ever done in my life.”
【小題1】Who first thought of the idea of helping those bored patients in hospital?

A．John.

B．Frank.

C．Steven.

D．Jenny.

【小題2】From the article, we can learn that _______.

A．in half a year Jenny and her friends bought 1,250 books

B．the North Shore Medical Centre is far from Jenny’s school

C．Jenny and her friends were willing to help bored patients

D．Steven had a different opinion from Frank and John

【小題3】The best title for the article might be “_______”.

A．Collecting books for bored patients	B．Writing a letter to a medical centre
C．Donating books to poor students	D．Reading books for hospital patients

【小題4】 Which of the following words can be used to describe those student?

A．Polite and hard-working	B．Lazy and stubborn
C．Selfish and proud	D．Thoughtful and helpful

Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult．However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modem times and in a modern city，I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development．Although we seldom worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competitions among classmates and expectations from parents．These experiences are very helpful to our future．But in fact，they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood．Unluckily，we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to feel this invisible(無形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and return after sunset．we work and study like an adult，even harder．What we do is to get an excellent mark．Oh，growing up is completely boring．We must try to find happiness while growing up．I think the friendship among our friends，the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?

(    ) 4．What do you think the writer is?

A．A parent．    B．a(chǎn)n adult．    C．A student．    D．A teacher

(    ) 5．How does the writer think we can find happiness?

     A．From friends，parents and teachers．    B．By studying hard like an adult．

     C．With the help of classmates．           D．Through talking with parents．

(    ) 6．The best title of the text is“_________”．

     A．My dream    B．My worries    C．My pleasure D．My school life

 

任務(wù)型閱讀(10分)

    A man went to the house of a rich man. He saw a bag of apples by the roadside. He thought, “I don’t want to eat those apples, because the rich man will give me a lot of good food.” Then he took the apples and threw (丟掉) them away into the dust(垃圾堆).

    He came to a river. The water in the river was very deep(深) and he couldn’t go across the river. He waited for some time and then said, “I can’t go to the rich man’s house today because I can’t cross the river.” So he began to go home.

    He had nothing to eat that day. He was very hungry when he came to the apples. He was glad to take them out of the dust.

    Don’t throw good things away, you may be glad to have them sometimes.

閱讀上文完成下面的短文填空，每空只填一詞。

    A man was on his way to a rich   1.   house. He    2.  a bag of good apples by the roadside. But he didn’t think he needed them. So he threw them away. Then he went to a river. It was very deep and he couldn’t go across it. He    3.    for a long time and finally he couldn’t go to the rich man’s house. That day he didn’t have     4.   to   5.  . When he saw the    6.   he threw away, he was very   7.   . This story tell us not to     8.  good things    9.  . They may be useful   10.   .

11. ___________ 12.____________ 13._____________ 14. ____________ 15.___________

16.__________17.___________18.____________ 19.____________ 20.___________

 

 

I’m Jack, and I am a middle school student. Yesterday was the most exciting day in my life. I was on TV! This is my first time on TV. In the evening, Mum, Dad and I were watching a TV programme in the sitting room and there I was! This is how it happened.

I was playing soccer in the park with my friends when a man and a woman came to us. The man had a camera. The woman had a microphone. “I’m from Channel 9,” she said. “Do you know the programme Kid’s Speak Out?” I did know it. I watched it often. It’s a weekly programme where kids say what they think about different things.

“Would you like to be on it?” the woman asked me.

 I wanted to be on it and I thought my friends might also want to be on it, so I asked, “Can my friends be on it too?”

“Sorry, only one of you can,” the woman said. “You can talk about it and decide which of you is going to be on the programme.”

I asked my friends if they wanted to be on the programme. They didn’t, so I went on it. The woman asked me a lot of questions. I thought carefully and tried to give sensible answers. When she finished, she said I was one of the best kids she’d spoken to! I felt very proud of myself. My mum and dad were proud of me too!

1.Jack was excited yesterday because he           .

A. watched a TV programme with his parents    

B. was on TV for the first time

C. played soccer in the park with his friends     

D. saw the hosts of the programme Kid’s Speak Out

2.How did the thing happen?

①Jack asked his friends if they wanted to be on the programme.

②The woman asked Jack if he’d like to be on the programme.

③The woman asked Jack a lot of questions.

④Jack played soccer in the park with friends.

⑤Jack thought carefully and tried to give answers.

A. ④①③②⑤  B.④②①③⑤   C. ④③②①⑤  D. ④⑤③①②

3.What does the word sensible mean in the passage?

A. 明智的     B. 可能的    C. 合理的    D. 正確的

4.What can we know about Jack from the passage?

A. Jack’s parents were proud of him.

B. Jack was the top student at school.

C. Jack was afraid to be on the programme.

D. Jack never watched the programme Kid’s Speak Out.