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When an big earthquake hit Wenchuan on May 12，many houses fell down. After the earthquake，all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.
One Sunday，when I was reading a newspaper，a special picture touched（触动）me. It gave the clothing sizes of each family member. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than themselves. I said to my seven-year-old twins，Brad and Brett，and three-year-old Meghan. "We have so much，and these poor people now have nothing. We'll share what we have with them.
I filled a box with foods and clothes. While I was doing this，I encouraged(鼓励) the boys to choose their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys took out his old toys and games and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy，her much-loved doll. She put the doll on top of the other toys. "Oh，dear，I said, ―You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much.Meghan said，―Lucy makes me happy，Mommy. Maybe she'll make another little girl happy，too.
I looked at Meghan for a long moment. She taught me a lesson. It's easy to give something that we don't want any more，but harder to give what we cherish（珍爱），isn't it?
1.The writer has ________children.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
2.The underlined word "donate" probably means_______.
A. 捐赠 B. 丢掉 C. 展出 D. 放好
3.Lucy is the name of ________.
A. a girl B. a game C. a doll D. an earthquake
4.Which of the following is TURE?
A. An earthquake happened in the writer's hometown.
B. The writer didn't let Meghan give her much-loved doll at last.
C. The writer decided to buy some clothes for those people in trouble.
D. The writer thinks it is more difficult to give what we love a lot.
5.What's the best title of this passage?
A. A Family Story. B. The Spirit（精神） of Giving.
C. The way of helping others. D. A Sad Experience.
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My friend, Victor, is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo. His work is very interesting but it is hard. Sometimes it is dangerous, too. Every morning the zoo keepers have to get up at five to prepare the food for the animals. Each kind of animal is given special food. For example, the lions must be given meat; the deer must be given grass and leaves; and the parrots must be given fruit and nuts. Sometimes some animals won’t let the others eat their food. If this happens, each of them must be fed separately (分离地).
Every morning each cage must be washed by the zoo keepers. This can be dangerous, especially with lions and tigers. To make the work easier, the animals are locked in the sleeping compartments (隔间) while the cages are being washed. When the animals are sick, the zoo keepers must look after them. Each sick animal is kept in a separate cage and given medicine. Sometimes they must be given injections. It is not easy to inject a sick lion!
All the keepers live near the zoo. Each of them has a small house. There he lives with his family. They do not have holidays on Sundays and public holidays. Instead, each of them has a day off during the week. Each keeper has a holiday on a different day from that of the other keepers.
The most important job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors. People must be prevented from doing dangerous things. Many people have been injured because they did careless things, like putting their hands into the lion’s cage.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.What kind of food must be given to the animals like tigers, lions and bears?
A. Nuts. B. Fruit. C. Meat. D. Grass and leaves.
2.Some animals must be fed separately because _______.
A. they eat special food
B. they often quarrel with each other while eating
C. they always cause the zoo keepers much trouble
D. they won’t let the others eat their food
3. When an animal is sick, it must be _______.
A. taken out of the cage B. put separately and taken good care of
C. given an injection D. locked in a sleeping compartment
4.All the zoo keepers must work _______.
A. seven days a week B. on Saturdays
C. on special festivals D. on weekdays
5.The underlined word “injured” in the last paragraph (段落) means _______.
A. hurt B. beaten C. killed D. caught
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Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day. And just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, presents from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father‘s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do－buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present－not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
1.Father’s Day was started just because ________.
A. there was a Mother’s Day B. there was a Children’s Day
C. people liked their fathers a lot D. fathers were more important
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many countries have a Father‘s Day.
B. Father’s Day has a long history.
C. Father’s Day has become important in North America.
D. Maybe Father’s Day will become popular before too long.
3.In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________.
A. go shopping with their fathers B. help their fathers do something
C. show their love to their fathers D. get money from their fathers
4.On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want ________.
A. people to buy as many presents as possible
B. children to buy presents only for their fathers
C. women to buy presents only for their husbands
D. grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present only for their grandfathers
5.It can be learned from the article that ________.
A. the writer is against Father’s Day
B. many countries have a Father’s Day
C. shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual
D. We don‘t need to have a Father’s Day
