There is a photo on Becky's desk. It is a picture of her family. There are four people in it. 
     The man is her father. He is 38 years old. He can speak Chinese. There is a woman behind Becky. She
  is Becky's mother. She is 37 years old. She can't speak Chinese, but she speaks English. They're
  teachers. They work in a school. There is a boy in the picture, too. He is Becky's brother. His name is
  Jack. He is twelve years old. He can play football and ride a bike. He has got an English friend. Her
 name is Betty.
     Becky and her brother are in the same school, but they aren't in the same grade. They look like their
 mother. They are American. It's a big family.

1. _____ can speak Chinese.

    A. Becky's father                        
    B. Becky's mother
    C. Becky's brother                    
    D. Becky

2. Becky's mother is _____ years old.

    A. 38                
    B. 37            
    C. 35                  
    D. 36

3. Jack's friend is _____.

    A. American                            
    B. Japanese
    C. English                                
    D. Chinese

4. Becky and her brother are _____.

    A. in the same school but not the same grade
    B. in the same school and the same grade
    C. in the same school and the same class
    D. in the same grade but not the same class

5. Becky and Jack look like _____.

    A. their parents                  
    B. their grandparents
    C. their father                    
    D. their mother

     It's so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the
vacations (假期) off? A new survey (調(diào)查) found that 31% of U.S workers don't always take all of their
vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average (平均) each year, but they give back an average
of 3 vacation days each year.
     So why don't they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their
unused days; some busy workers say they just can't leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days
than workers in any other country surveyed.
     The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40%
plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
     Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can't find time to use them
all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
     British workers have the longest working week in Europe (歐洲), with 23 vacation days-the shortest
vacation. So they feel overworked. 75% say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40% would
sacrifice a day's pay (工資) for one more vacation day.

1. How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?

A. 9
B. 12
C. 15
D. 23 

2. Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?

A. America.
B. France.
C. Sweden.
D. Great Britain.

3. What does the word "sacrifice" mean in the last sentence?

A. Use up.
B. Put up.
C. Take up.
D. Give up.

4. Which of the following is true?

A. Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.
B. French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.
C. Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.
D. British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.

     Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a quarter of houses in Britain have only got
one person in them. Some of these are old people but some are people of twenty to thirty who choose to live
alone. 35% of houses have two people in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people in
them, and the other homes have five or more. The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents' home, and they
often go to a different city. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year. 

1. How many houses in Britain have 3 people living in them?

A. 8% of houses.
B. 15% of houses.
C. 17% of houses.
D. 35% of houses.

2. At what age do children in Britain usually leave their parents' home?

A. About 18 or 19.
B. About 20 or 21.
C. About 25 or 26.
D. About 30 or 31.

3. What do you think the passage is?

A. An instruction.
B. A report.
C. A play.
D. A joke.

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Young people in Britain.
B. Old people in Britain.
C. Families in Britain.
D. The population in Britain.

5. According to the passage, which of the diagrams is right?

At the beach
Ben: Hi, Judy! I can't believe you came to join us!
Judy: Hello, Ben. I came because I like your idea: when you give, you're rich. I'm happy
        that I can do something for the Earth.
Ben: Right. That's why we had this plan to get our clean beach back. Do you know if Paul's coming? 
       I remember he had the same idea and said he would try his best to come over.
Judy:  But he just called and said he wouldn't come today because it's too hot.
Ben:  I can't believe it! He always says, "We can do this and that…."
Judy: Don't you know him? He only pays lip service to what should be done but seldom does anything.
Ben: I see. Let's forget about him. We'll have Tony and Sophie to help us soon.
Judy: That's great. So where should we start now? Should we pick up those bottles first?
Ben: Sure, let's go.

1. Why are Ben and Judy at the beach?

A. To go swimming.
B. To clean up the beach.
C. To have a beach party.
D. To learn about sea animals.

2. What does Judy mean by saying Paul pays lip service?

A.  He enjoys eating.
B.  He is good at singing.
C.  He talks a lot but does little.
D.  He kisses people to show his thanks.

3. Which is true?

A. Paul comes to the beach in the end.
B. Judy feels bad about going to the beach.
C. Ben is surprised to see Judy at the beach.
D. Tony and Sophie will not come to the beach.

Dear Editor,
      I am not a good-looking boy and I am not good at studying,either. I often feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I want to leave home,nobody will care. How can I stop feeling like this?
                                                                                                                                               Peter
Dear Peter,
      But first.I am sure that you are wrong that nobody will care if you leave your home. What about your parens? And other family members? It seems that you are very sad. You'd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They can help you. Second,l'm sure there's someone in your class who feels lonely,too. You never know how other people feel inside. Try to make friends with them. Or you join a club to meet new people and to keep yourself busy.
     You need to find happiness in yourself. Write a list of all the good things about yourself. Learn to like yourself,and then others will see your confidence (信心)and like you,too.
                                                                                                                                               Editor
1. Peter isn't good at            and he feels            .
2. He writes to the editor to ask for            because he wants to      feeling lonely.
3.If Peter joins a club,he can           new people and keep          busy.
4.The editor suggests (建議) that Peter should talk to a           and his           .
5,Peter lacks (缺少)           and he needs to find in himself.

     Lots of people like diving into water because they can explore (探索) the underwater world. But there is
another kind of diving. Some people dive into the sky! This is really a very exciting sport. A skydiver goes
high up in the air on a plane,jumps off the plane and floats in the air with the help of a parachute. A parachute
is like a huge umbrella. It is put on the back of the skydiver. When the skydiver reaches a certain height, he
will pull a string and the parachute will open up in seconds and carry him gently down to the ground.
Skydivers like doing a lot of dramatic tricks in the air. After jumping off the plane one after another, they will
try to stay in the air and hold each other's hands. They can form different shapes.
     Is it safe to do skydiving? Yes,as long as we receive right. But sometimes,accidents do happen. In Canada,
two skydivers were killed in 1991 when they jumped off the plane. Because their parachutes got tied up with
each other. The parachutes could not open up and both crashed down and died.

1. Why do people like diving into water?
    __________________________________________________
2. How does a skydiver go up into the sky?
    __________________________________________________
3. What does the word "parachute" probably mean in Chinese?
    __________________________________________________
4. What does a parachute look like? 
    __________________________________________________
5. Why did the two skydivers die in Canada in 1991? 
    __________________________________________________

     Have you ever walked into a room and felt relaxed? It could be because the walls were painted
blue, a calm and quiet color.
     Some c     1_ make us feel calm. Blue is one of these colors. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in
a blue room is good for our mind and b       2_ . Blue can also mean sadness, so you may say "I am
feeling b       3_ " when you are feeling sad. White is a     4_  calm color. You should wear white
clothes i     5___
you are feeling stressed. White is also the color of purity(純潔). Many w      6   like to be in white
on  their wedding(禮)days.
     Some colors can make you feel warm. People living in c      7  climate(氣) like to wear warm
colors when they get out.
     Orange shows joy. It can make you happy when you are feeling s       8_ Yellow is the color of
the sun, so it can remind you of(讓你嚀羽)a warm, s     9_   day. Yellow is also the color for
cleverness. Some people prefer this color when they are s     10 _   for tests. For example, they may
use yellow pens and notebooks.