A Zoo Story

If you visit the City Zoo, put your keys in your pocket! That's the advice of Lorraine Williams of South Portland, who visited the zoo

with her children on Saturday. While they were eating lunch, a big black crow landed on their table. It began to dance. The children laughed and shouted. Ms Williams jumped up and dropped her purse. The crow stopped and picked something up and flew away. Everybody laughed.

When they were ready to go home, Ms Williams looked for her car keys in her purse, but they weren't there. The children went to look for the keys. While they were looking around, Ms Williams went to the zoo office. "Keys?" asked the man in the office．

"Oh, yes. We have keys.' And he showed her ten sets of keys. "That crow loves to take keys."

36. What did the Williams do on a Saturday?

  A. They visited a zoo            B. They visited friends 

C. They went to a picnic         D. They went to a party

37. What did the crow do before he flew away?

  A. He ate and danced       B. He danced and picked something up.        C. He jumped up and laughed.    D. He danced and looked around

38. Who lost the key?

A. Ms Williams    B. The children   C. The crow   D. Mr. Williams

39. Where did the Williams find the keys?

A.      On the table            B. In her purse 

C. In the zoo office         D. under the table

40. Why did Larraine Williams give the advice?  Because of__________.

A. his bad memory            B. his family 

C. his love to people           D. his visit to a zoo

Li Ruyan, 13 and his classmates in Shanghai did something special last summer. They worked in groups with traffic police at different crossroads in the city. Holding small red flags, the students helped keep order and stopped people from jaywalking(亂穿馬路).

As part of the school project. Li’s school has encouraged its students to do more community(社區(qū))work.

After the half day of exhausting work Li told himself not to jaywalk anymore.

“I think through community work we get to help others and, more importantly, we grow a sense of responsibility(責(zé)任感),” he said.

Community service is an important part of education for teenagers around the world. In the US and Canada, high school students need to finish 40 hours of community service before graduation. For those Americans who have finished 1,400 hours of community work, they can be awarded nearly $ 5, 000(33, 000 yuan).

Chinese students today do more community work, too. For example, starting from 2010, Sichuan high school students have been asked to do 10 days of community work. It will become part of their school grade.

  Qian Lijun, 16, and her classmates in Suzhou, Jiangsu went to a local elder care home this winter. They put Spring Festival couplets (對聯(lián)) on the walls and cheered up the people living there.

  Li Xiaotian, 15, of Anshan said he used to clear flyers (小廣告) from telephone poles (電線桿) with his classmates. They brought tools, towels and buckets and worked for three hours under the summer sun. “It was tiring, but seeing the clean poles without ugly ads — we really felt proud,” he said.

1.What was the special thing Li Ruyan did last summer?

A. He joined a special group of Class13.

B. He become a policeman.

C. He helped the traffic police at a crossroad.

D. He stopped people from talking.

2.From this passage we know that _______.

A. Li Ruyan’s school is in the middle of a big city.  

B. Li Ruyan and his classmates do some community work every day.   

C. Ruyan and his classmates often hold small flags when they cross the roads. 

D. Ruyan and his classmates think it is good for them to do some community work.

3.Community service _______.

A. has become a very important part of education only in China.

B. is very important in school education in some foreign countries.

C. is the only part of the school project for teenagers around the world.

D. needs students to finish at least 1,000 hours of community work.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The students in Shanghai helped people to keep the traffic rules.

B. The students in Suzhou visited the old people’s home. 

C. The students in Anshan cleaned the walls under the summer sun. 

D. The students in Sichuan sent Spring Festival couplets to the old people.

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Community service helps students grow a sense of responsibility.

B. Through community work students get to help others and learn something.

C. Students are now encouraged to do more community work in many school in China.

D. Students will be awarded much money for doing more community work in Canada and the US.

—Where did you go last week?

? —I went to Zhang Aiping’s hometown and visited the house       he was born in.

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A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi driver about his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” The man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very dear (昂貴的), but the man said it was OK.

The taxi driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow is another 100 dollars.” And the man said, “That’s OK! See you tomorrow.” The taxi driver was very pleased.

The next day the taxi driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi driver 100 dollars again and said, “I’m going home tomorrow.” The driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?” He asked. “I come from New York.” “New York,” the taxi driver said, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susan. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!”

1.Where did the traveler come from?

A．England           B．America           C．Canada           D．France

2.Why did the traveler take the third taxi?  Because _                  _____ .

A．the other taxi driver asked more money

B．the third driver was a kind-hearted(熱心腸的) man

C．he didn’t want to spend his own money on the coming visit

D．the other driver didn’t like him

3.Usually the cost of the traveling one day may be ______.

A．$ 100            B．$ 200             C．less than $ 100     D．more than $ 200

4.Who asked the traveler to give the money for the taxi driver?

A．The traveler’s sister                    B．The traveler himself

C．Nobody                               D．The driver’s sister

5.The driver was unhappy __                      ____ .

A．when he heard the traveler’s last words

B．when the traveler asked every taxi driver his name

C．when the traveler asked him for his sister’s name

D．during the two—day visit