Arthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I don’t know what to write about,” he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends, yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.
By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Solomon, Arthur’s English teacher, asked the class to turn in the first draft of their stories. His heart sinking, Arthur turned in the only work he had—the page with his name, the drawings and the note.
Arthur wasn’t surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog, the movie, the tree in the wind—I can’t wait to find out how they all fit together.”
“That isn’t my story, Mrs. Solomon,” Arthur admitted. “I haven’t been able to think of one yet.”
“Oh, I think you have the seed(種子of a story there,” Mrs. Solomon replied, “Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you.”
That night Arthur sat at his desk, and this is what he wrote: “One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain, so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in, bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mike’s dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasn’t the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with blame. Mike felt guilty because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down.”
Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.
【小題1】Why did Arthur turn in the page with only his name, the drawings and the note at first?

1.What’s wrong with Mike?

2.What happened in that English class?

3.In the editor’s opinion, why did the English teacher punish(懲罰) Mike?

4.What does the underlined phrase“ take actions” mean in Chinese?

5.What can we learn from the letters?

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　　It's half past five. David's at home. He's talking to his mother Katy Green.

　　M: You're home late today, David. How was school?

　　D: Not bad. There's a new English teacher.

　　M : Oh? What's she like?

　　D :She's beautiful !

　　M : Is she old or young?

　　D: She's quite young and her hair's blond(金黃色).

　　M: Is she strict(嚴(yán)格的)?

　　D: Not really. Her eyes are blue.

　　M: Can she speak Chinese?

　　D: Not much. She's very tall.

　　M: David! Stop talking! It's time to do your homework.

　　D: Oh, all right. I think English is my favourite subject(學(xué)科).

1．David is a ________.

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2．Why is David home late?

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A．Because he plays with his friend.

B．Because he does his homework at school.

C．Because of the new Chinese teacher.

D．Because of the new English teacher.

3．David thinks the new teacher is ________.

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4．David's favourite subject is ________.

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5．The family name of Katy Green's son is ________.

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Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often tells them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too.
Yesterday, Lucy found some boys always made faces（做鬼臉）in class. She didn’t want them to do that again, so she got all her students together and said, “Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked making faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me not to do that again. She said, ‘If you make faces again, you will be ugly when you grow up.’ So you shouldn’t do that again.”
Some students thought she was right, but some students didn’t. One of the boys put up his hand. “Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?” asked Lucy.
The boy stood up and said, “Miss Brown, you must regret（后悔）listening to your grandmother now.”
【小題1】 Lucy is _____.