It’s November 6th today. Ben and Lisa want to buy a birthday   46 . It’s their   47 birthday.
“What does she   48 ?” Ben asks Lisa. “I don’t know.” Lisa says, “We bought（買）her some hamburgers last time.”
“Yes,” Ben says, “and we ate (吃) some of them! We can’t do that   49 .”
“Let’s buy her a book. She likes   50 .” Lisa says.
“What kind of book would she like?” Ben asks.
“I don’t know.” Lisa says, “Let’s go   51  ask her.”
The children go to the living room. Mrs. Wilson is watching TV.
“We want to buy a book   52  you, Mom.” Lisa says.“What book do you want?”
“  53  money do you have?” Their mother asks them.
“We have twenty-five yuan.” Ben says.
“Good. That’s enough(足夠) for the book I want. It is Quick and Easy Cooking.”
The children buy their mother the book for her birthday. They   54  her present this time, but they often eat the nice food because their mother learns a lot   55  the book and cooks for them. They are very happy.
【小題1】A.flower      B. present          C.cards
【小題2】A. mother’s   B. Lisa’s          C.brother
【小題3】A.need         B.can               C.must
【小題4】A.before      B.ago               C.again
【小題5】A.running      B.shopping          C. reading
【小題6】A. but         B.and               C.so
【小題7】A. for         B.on                C.about
【小題8】A.How much     B.How often         C.How many
【小題9】A.not eat     B.eat               C.don’t eat  
【小題10】A.from       B.about              C.with

It’s important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:
1. Reduce
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste
2. Reuse
You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
3.  Recycle
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat（壓平）and melted (融化) and the melted things are made for new coke cans.
4.  Recover
When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐爛的）apples. You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
5.  Repair
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society（社會）. But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.
【小題1】_______ can be recycled.

A．Only hard things

B．Many things

C．Few soft things

D．All things

【小題2】The “recover” rule mainly requires us _______.

A．to throw waste things away

B．to cover waste things with earth

C．to get back the useful parts

D．to throw the whole things away

【小題3】We can infer（推斷） that the writer of this passage may live in _______.

A．China

B．Japan

C．Australia

D．America

【小題4】Which of the following is true?

A．We will have no resources（資源） of nature unless we can do with the waste.

B．Recycling is the best way to save resources.

C．If we waste less, we can save more resources of nature.

D．More things are wasted in developed countries than in developing ones.

It’s 9:00 in the evening. The family are at home. Jim’s father sits in a chair. He’s watching TV(看電視). His mother stands near the window. She feeds(喂) the birds—Polly. Polly says, “Thanks! Thanks!” Where is Jim? Oh, he’s behind the door. Kate is looking for(找) him. They play games in Kate’s room.
(  )１．There are ________people in the family.
A. three        B. four     C. five         D. six
(   )２．Who sits in a chair?
A. Jim  B. It’s Jim C. Jim’s father     D. It’s Jim’s mother
(   )３．Where is Jim?
A. He’s is watching TV.     B. Behind the door.    
C. He’s looking for Kate.   D. Near the door.
(   )４．Jim and Kate are ___________.
A. good friends         B. two girls                           
C. two boys             D. brothers and sisters
(   )５．Where’s Kate?
A. She’s behind the door.   B. She’s near the window.              
C. She’s in her room.       D. She plays games.