Unit 2 What time do you go to school? 知识点题库

—He            to school at seven thirty.

    Rachel lived in a small town in America. She always wanted to help others when she was young. At the age of 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love. It uses hair donations to make wigs(假发) for children who have 1 their hair because of cancer or other illnesses. Rachel then asked her mother to cut her long hair and send 2 to the organization.

    At 8, she learned that other children had no clean 3 in Africa, and she was shocked. When her school began 4 money to build wells(井) there, she asked her parents to stop holding her birthday party. Also, she asked her friends each to donate $9 to the project in Africa 5 giving her birthday presents.

    One year later, it was her 6 birthday on June 12. She made a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $ 300.However, Rachel was able to raise only $ 200.This made her a little sad.

    Unluckily, Rachel was badly hurt in an accident 7 eight days. That was a terrible shock to her friends. They wanted to find some ways of showing 8 to her. They began donating on Rachel's birthday page. Donations 9 her $ 300 goal quickly and kept rising.

    When it was clear that she would 10 come back to herself(苏醒), her parents donated her organs(器官) to other children. They also donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love.

    More money was being raised. The total donations soon reached $ 100, 000, and then $ 300, 000. So far, more than $ 850, 000 has been raised from all over the world, including donations from the Africans who are moved(感动) by the little American girl.

—It's eight o'clock.

— Thanks. I ________________ it every day.

Matt jumps into bed. His father sits down beside him.

"What kind of day did you have?" he asked.

"It's a bad day for me," Matt answers." I have a fight with Ned. The teacher calls Mom about me. And Mom talks about it with me."

"Yes, part of the day is bad,"Mr. Gold says. "but there are good parts, too. Now it's time to go to sleep. So, tell me about the best thing today."

Matt smiles. "After school I go fishing," he says. "No one wants to go with me, so I don't think I can have any fun. But I do! I catch a fish!"

"I'm glad you have a good time,"Mr. Gold says. "Think about it until(直到……为止) you go to sleep. Happy dreams!"

"Good night, Dad," Matt says. His father kisses him good night.

Every night, Mr. Gold and Matt have a little talk like this. Matt always answers the same question," What is the best thing today?" And he always goes to sleep thinking about the best thing. He has many happy dreams!

Sometimes he has to think hard to find the best thing. Sometimes it is a very small thing. But he always finds one good thing to think about.

Matt's father teaches his son a good way to end his day. You may want to try it. If you do, why not begin this every night?

Eason is a famous singer. He lives in a beautiful old house by himself. The house has a long history of150 years. He can see the wonderful sea from a big window in his living room. Eason lives a simple life and doesn't care too much about what to wear. People always see him wear a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.

Eason doesn't have to work in an office, so he stays at home most of the time. He often gets up at about 7: 30 in the morning. After running for an hour, he has some milk and bread for breakfast. Then he sits on the sofa and plays the guitar. How well he plays it!

There is a food store near Eason's house. For lunch, he goes there and buys hamburgers, juice and chicken. After lunch, he sings and writes songs. He admires singers in the 1970s, like Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen. He doesn't have a TV. He thinks watching TV is boring. But he likes swimming. He goes swimming in the sea in the afternoon.

In the evening, Eason goes out with his friends. They have dinner in a restaurant together. After that, they go to the concert and listen to the beautiful music. They always enjoy themselves.

—I think it's very (interest).

Mr. White lives in Nanjing. He's a friend of1. He has two children. One is a son called Peter and the other is a baby daughter called Kate. The baby is only 2months old. When Peter is 3, he stays at home to help his mother look after the4.

Mr. and Mrs. White like Chinese food, but Peter5. Peter likes 6very much. Sometimes Mrs. White buys a large piece of pizza 7her son at the weekend. The family live in a flat. There is a8near their flat and there's a9 in the park. They go to the park after supper every day.

Sometimes the family 10on the lake. Mrs. White says, "I can 11 the flowers and hear birds sing here every day. "Sometimes they drive their children to do some12in the big supermarket.

One day I go to see his family. Of course, the boy 13his young sister to me, too. "Look at the baby," says Peter. "She's beautiful. I think she looks like 14 !"

"Does she like playing with you, too?" I ask. "I don't know, "answers the boy. ""She can't 15now. She's only three months old. "