Dear Mom,
    I'm OK at school. My teachers said it was very 1_______ (help) to have conversations with foreigners,
but I'm too 2_______ (shy ) to talk to the American students. Unlike (與……不同) the classroom in China,
the classroom here are 3_______ (noise) and sometimes I can't hear the teacher clearly. Because my English
is poor, I am busy 4_______ (catch) up and I 5_______ (hard) have time to listen to music. I usually stay
up 6_______ (late) at night and am often 7________ (sleep) in class.
    My teacher Miss Green doesn't agree with my way of 8_______ (study). I think she is right.I need to
be 9_______ (real). Rome wasn't built in a day. I know the 10_______ (important) of working hard, but I
also need some time to relax.
    Don't worry about me. I will be OK.
                                                                                                                                                 Mei.

(     )1. Jane is a forty-year-old house wife. She is looking for a job. She can do nothing but clean the house
(     )2. Xiao Zhao likes writing very much. She learns English at college. Now she is looking for a job during
            the summer vacation
(     )3. Lucy's handbag was lost in the school library yesterday. Now she is very worried.
(     )4. Mike is a seven-year-old boy. He likes animals very much, and he goes to the zoo with his mother every
           weekend.
(     )5. Nancy likes children. She is a nurse. She has a one-week holiday. She wants to stay with children
           during these holidays
A. Found. A red lady's handbag was found in the school library. Please come to the teachers' office to take
     it back
B. People's Zoo. Do you like animals? Do you want to make friends with these lovely pandas? Come here! 
    We have an animal show this weekend.
C. CLEANER WANTED. Can you make a large house clean and tidy? If you want to get the job, please call
     8866380. 50$ a day.
D. SUMMER JOB. Is your English good? Do you like writing stories? If you want to work as an English
     reporter, please call 8566754.
E. DANCING CLUB. Are you interested in dancing? Come to our club. We hate the best dancers in our city.
     We are waiting for you.
F. WANTED. Are you hard-working? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is "Yes", come to join us
     as a waiter. Call 8657389.
G. BABY-SITTER WANTED. Do you like babies? Can you look after a two-year-old baby for five days?
     If you are sure to take good care of it, call us at 8766558. $500 or more.

Dear Mrs Smiths,
    I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I'm writing this letter because
I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me. It made a great
contribution (貢獻) to my life.
    I know I was very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made
a big difference in my life. You see, all through my first years in schools. I hated to read. Books were just
words that had very little to do with me, and I was bored by them. I'll never forget the first day of Grade
Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. Your voice seemed to change
with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read aloud.Since that day, I could't
wait until after lunch when you would read to the class. You read us all kinds of wonderfull books.
    During the summer after my year in your class, I missed hearing the stories you would read. So one day
I picked up a book and read it all on my own. I found out that I could make the words interesting too. Now,
I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.
                                                                                                                                            Yours,

1. This letter is about a girl saying "______" to a teacher.

A. Happy Teachers'Day
B. Thank you
C. Goodbye
D. Sorry

2. Linda was not sure if Mrs Smith could remember her because ______ at school.

A. she wasn't a good student.
B. she wasn't good at all her lessons.
C. she had few words.
D. she liked reading.

3. Mrs Smith got Linda ______.

A. to enjoy reading
B. to enjoy drawing pictures
C. to write books
D. to read aloud

4. Which is not true in the story?

A. The teacher often said much to Linda.
B. The teacher did something important in Linda's life.
C. The teacher opened the world of books for Linda.
D. The teacher read them all kinds of wonderfull books.

5. How did Mrs Smith teach reading?

A. She changed her voice with the people in the stories.
B. She read aloud, so the students could remember the stories.
C. She read all kinds of wonderful books to her students.
D. A, B and C.

    Pets are a part of people's lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at
home and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the word, pets get real
VIP treatment (待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important
Pets!
    When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, you can
exercise inside or outside, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with. The
guests get the best food during their stays at these hotels.
    There are other special services at these hotels. Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your
pet: the hotel can put a video camera in the pet's room. So you can see you Fido or Kitty on TV.
    The hotels usually have good groomers (美容師): They often bath and take the best hair care for the
pets. But you need to make an appointment because people are usually very busy taking care of pets.

1. What's the new meaning of "VIP" in this passage?
                                                                                                                                     
2. According to this passage, where can you put your pet when you are away on business?
                                                                                                                                      
3. What does "Fido" stand for (代表) here? 
                                                                                                                                      
4. How can you see your pet during your traveling? 
                                                                                                                                      
5. Why need you make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet? 
                                                                                                                                       

     Going to a friend's house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he
lives. So remember to be polite.
     When to arrive
     The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you over, you need to arrive on time. If your
friend tells you to come "around 3:00", that means you can turn up a little bit after 3:00. But usually it is a
good idea to arrive at the right time. 
     What to bring
     Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend's house. This could be a box of chocolates for
you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A
little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.
     How to greet
     When you visit your friend's house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are
and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their
first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr. or Mrs. Smith. This will
show them more respect and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. Another way to
show respect is to call them Madam or Sir.
     It is a cool thing to visit a friend's house. Be polite to your friend and your friend's parents, and you
will be invited again!

1. If you are told to get to your friend's house around 5:00 p.m., it is polite to arrive at _____ p.m.

[     ]

A. 5:02
B. 4:50
C. 4:30
D. 5:30

2. The passage mainly tells us _____.

[     ]

A. when to arrive at your friend's house
B. how to greet people
C. what to bring to your friend
D. how to be a good visitor

3. The passage may be from _____.

[     ]

A. a notice on a wall
B. a letter to a friend
C. an article in a magazine
D. a news story in a paper

     People know the dangers of fires. It's good for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are
some suggestions:
    ● put a smoke alarm in the house. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes
         a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once.
    ● Make escape plans. They should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, everyone
         follows the plan to go out. Part of the plan is to check all the windows to make sure they can be
         opened easily.
    ● Put the extingushers (滅火器) in the house. Practise for a fire. They do fire pratice because they
         teach childen about fire safety. Every-one in the family should know the following fire rules.
    ● Don't open a hot door! The fire can grow more quickly if you open the door.
    ● Stay close to the door! Smoke can be more dangerous than fire. The best air is near the floor because
         smoke rises.
    ● What will you do if your hair or clothes start to burn? First, stop! Don't run! The fire burns faster
         because of more air. Drop! Fall to the floor! Rolling over and over will make the fire go out. Put a
         wet blanket (毯子) around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you.
    ● There are many possible causes for fires. A wise family is ready all the time.If there is a fire, don't
         forget to call 119 for help.

1. What does it mean when a smoke alarm rings at home?

A. You have to get up
B. Water is running to the floor
C. Something is burning
D. Someone breaks your window

2. The writer advises people to do the folowing to prepare for a fire except that ______.

A. they practise for a fire
B. they make escape plans
C. they buy fire extingguishers
D. they use electrical cookers

3. When a fire happens, ______ if you open the hot door.

A. the fire will grow more quickly
B. the electricity will be cut off
C. the door will soon be on fire
D. the house will fall down

4. What are the right steps you should take when your hair or clothes catch fire?

A. Stop, run, roll
B. Stop, drop, roll
C. Run, drop, roll
D. Roll, drop, stop

5. What is the best title for this passage?

A. The Dangers of Fire
B. The Causes of a Fire
C. Learn to use a Fire Extinguisher
D. Be ready for a fire

     Reading newspapers has becoming an important p______1 of our everyday life. Many people read
newspapers a______2 the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they are
free during the day so that they can learn what is h______3 in the world.
     Sometimes, however, we do not have e______4 time to read all the news carefully, so we just take
a quick look at the front page, at other times, we may be in such a h______5 that we only have a few
minutes to look at the names of the passages.
     Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers
in the big cities, of course, but in some of the mountain v______6 we can see few newspapers.
     Some newspapers are published o______7 a week, but most of the newspapers are published once a
day with many pages, some even published twice a day! As you know different people e______8 reading
different newspapers, some like sports news, some like economic news and others prefer short stories.
They just choose what they are i______ 9 in.
     Today newspapers in English have the l______ 10 number of readers in the world.

    A good reader is very much like a driver. He must change his reading speed (速度) to fit what he is reading
and what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation (狀況). A good reader may read at
1000 WPM (詞 / 每分鐘) when he looks for something for a report in the library. But once he finds what he
needs, he may slow down to 100 WPM. A good reader may read newspapers and storybooks at 600 WPM.
But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM. Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed,
so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed.

1. The writer thinks that a good reader can ______.

A. read at 1000 WPM
B. read as fast as he can
C. spend more time reading
D. change the reading speed as he needs

2. ______ decides the speed of reading.

A. How many books he is reading
B. What he is reading for
C. Where he is reading
D. When he is reading

3. A good reader may read faster ______.

A. when he reads newspapers and storybooks
B. when he reads something most useful to him
C. when he is trying work out a maths problem
D. when he is trying to find something for his report

4. If there is a 6000-word story, it will take a good reader            minutes to finish reading it.

A. 6
B. 10
C. 40
D. 60

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. The importance of Reading Fast
B. The Difference Between Driving and Reading
C. The Best Way of Fast Reading
D. A Good Reader and His Reading Speed

Hello Sandy,
     We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to
the Yorkshire Moors. This is a beautiful place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the
tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.
     Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as he used to. However this meant
that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place
we live. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very
pleasant!
     I have taken lots of photos from the place we live, across the valley (峽谷) below us, of the morning
sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam powered trains (蒸汽火車) are very
popular. I have taken many photos of the train and I really want to share them with you.
     Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early (we usually expect snow in January). It
rained all day, and then snowed in the evening. Today we have bright sunshine!
     Both Jenny and I are well. I don't know if I told you, in the last E-mail, that Jenny is now working in a
hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is enjoying the work.
     Please write to us to tell us your news.
                                                                                                                                         Yours,
                                                                                                                                          Victor

1. What kind of place is the Yorkshire Moors?

A. A hotel.
B. A natural park.
C. A hospital.
D. A cafe.

2. When did the ladies take a walk?

A. Only in the morning.
B. Only in the afternoon.
C. Both in the morning and in the afternoon.
D. In the evening.

3. They had ______ snow this winter.

A. an early
B. a late
C. a usual
D. a big

4. What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. The valley.
B. Photos.
C. The mist.
D. The train.

5. What do we know from this passage?

A. This is the first time Victor wrote an e-mall to Sandy.
B. Edward didn't go traveling because he had just come out of hospital.
C. Jenny's new job in a hotel is an easy one.
D. People in England like the old steam powered trains very much.