Mom was cooking in the kitchen. She could hear the girls arguing in the living room. It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing. A few minutes later, Maria rushed into her bedroom angrily and closed the door heavily.
“Come to the kitchen, young lady,” Mom firmly （坚定地） said to Maria in her best mother tone （语气） of voice.
Maria walked into the kitchen and shouted, “I can’t stand living with Felicia another minute. I don’t ever want to talk to her again!”
Mom called out, “Felicia, come to the kitchen right now.”
While Felicia was on her way, Mom put two chairs opposite each other but very close together.
“Maria, you sit here and Felicia you sit there.” The girls sat face to face, with their knees almost touching. “Now you look each other in the eye for five minutes,” Mom ordered.
At first the girls moved their bodies from side to side. Mom said firmly, “You must stay staring at each other for five minutes. Each minute you don’t make eye contact （眼神交流） means another minute sitting in the chairs. ” They both wanted out, so they had to sit there and look at each other.
Felicia looked at Maria’s pouting （噘嘴的） face while Maria looked at Felicia’s angry face. They each thought the other one looked ridiculous （可笑的）. In fact, they were being ridiculous to fight and be mad at each other over nothing.
Soon Maria couldn’t stand it any longer and began giggling （咯咯地笑） and so did Felicia. They giggled and laughed.
Mom wisely didn’t say anything except, “Okay girls, you can go now.”
【小题1】Maria and Felicia argued a lot this week. What was the reason?| A．They argued over nothing. |
| B．They didn’t want to live together. |
| C．They didn’t want to talk to each other. |
| D．They each thought the other one was ridiculous. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
① Maria and Felicia stared at each other.
② Maria argued with Felicia.
③ Maria and Felicia giggled and laughed.
④ Mom asked Maria and Felicia to sit opposite each other.
| A．②④③① | B．④②①③ | C．②④①③ | D．②①④③ |
| A．Maria had quite a good relationship with Felicia recently. |
| B．The kitchen is a good place to stop an argument. |
| C．Mom solved the girls’ problem wisely. |
| D．The girls were under pressure from Mom to make it up （和好）. |
| A．parents can do nothing about the argument between children |
| B．it’s difficult to deal with the argument between children |
| C．there is no need to deal with the argument between children |
| D．5-minute eye contact is helpful to deal with the argument between children |
The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two“little people”and some cheese.
The four are in a maze(迷宫)looking for The cheese. Here, cheese means some thing important in life. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese.
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing:to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or feeling good about yourself.
【小题1】The book Who Moved My Cheese wants to teach us_______.
| A．how to find the cheese | B．how to face changes |
| C．how to make a better life | D．how to do well in our study |
| A．finding more food | B．finding more friends |
| C．finding different dreams | D．feeling good about ourselves |
| A．He wants to help his friends out. | B．He likes telling stories. |
| C．His friends like listening to stories. | D．His teacher asks him to do so. |
Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father has a taxi and he is busy all the time. He goes out early in the morning but comes back when his children go to bed. He gets a lot of money, but he has no time to concern（关心）them with their studies.
The two children study in the same class. Jenny works hard at her lessons, but her brother doesn’t like studying. He only likes playing. He is not good at writing compositions.(作文)
One day Mrs. Cook tells her class to write a composition “My mother”. After supper Jenny finishes writing in her exercise book and then goes to help her mother do some housework. But Henry goes to play football. When night comes, he comes back to watch TV. The he remembers the composition. But he doesn’t know how to write it. He thinks hard and at last he finds a way. He copies（抄写）Jenny’s composition.
Two days later, Mrs. Cook asks Henry, “Can you tell me why yours is the same as Jenny’s?“Yes, I can, Madam,” answers Henry. “We have the same mother.”
【小题1】Jenny and Henry are ________.| A．sisters | B．brothers | C．friends | D．students |
| A．he doesn’t like them. |
| B．he is very busy. |
| C．he is a taxi driver. |
| D．he only wants more money |
| A．he doesn’t like studying |
| B．he likes to listening to music |
| C．he isn’t clever. |
| D．he is too young to do it. |
| A．do some housework |
| B．play football |
| C．finish his composition |
| D．watch TV |
| A．he plays football after supper |
| B．he forgets to write it before he goes to bed |
| C．he doesn’t know how to write it. |
| D．they have the same mother. |
About a hundred years ago, some people went to America from Europe．They came from a big city called “Hamburger”．They couldn’t speak English well, but they could cook a kind of delicious food．When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked Germans what it was．The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburger．” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and he had an idea．Today, hamburgers are sold in many countries around the world．
Whether this story is true or not, it is certainly interesting．Knowing why every word has a certain meaning is interesting．too．This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary．
【小题1】The Chinese meaning of the underline word ham is．________
| A．盐 | B．茶 | C．火腿 | D．蜂蜜 |
| A．a city in America |
| B．a city in Germany |
| C．the name of a German |
| D．a round piece of beef |
| A．a kind of ham |
| B．a round piece of bread with ham |
| C．a round piece of bread with beef |
| D．a kind of beef |
| A．Hamburgers are only made with ham． |
| B．Hamburgers are sold only in Germany． |
| C．Hamburgers were first sold about a century （世纪）ago． |
| D．Few Americans like hamburgers． |
| A．People like eating hamburgers |
| B．How people went to America from Europe |
| C．The origin(起源) of “hamburgers”． |
| D．An American created hamburgers |
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