Peter and Mike are very g   1   friends. They are in the same class at school. They often go to school and
play together. They often visit each other's home at weekends, too. Now they are b   2   eight years old.
Peter's mother has got a new baby. Peter is very glad to have a little brother, s   3   he is always talking about
his younger brother to Mike. At first Mike is very i   4   in the new baby because he doesn't have any sisters o  5  brothers. But after some time he begins to get r   6   tired of Peter's endless talking about it. He also feels
a little jealous of his friend. One morning before class, when the two boys meet at the school gate, Peter says
to Mike cheer fully, "Do you know, Brian, my little brother has put on n   7   half a pound in w   8   this week." "That's not very much at all," answers mike."I know a baby who can put on more than ten pounds a day.""Oh,
that can't be t   9   ," answers Peter laughingly. "W   10   baby is it?""An elephant's," says Mike without delay.

　　I hear the word "time" every morning.  "It's time to get up, Tom!" my wife said to my little son.  
Someone says, "Time is money." But I think time is even more important than money.  Why? Because
when we have no money, we can get it back. However, when time is lost, it'll never return. That's why
we mustn't waste(浪費)time.
　　The saying goes, "How time flies!"We always don't have enough time.  Even a second is very
important.  We should make good use of our time to do something useful. But a lot of people do not know
that.  They spent their time smoking, drinking and playing.
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn't leave today's work for tomorrow. Remember we have no
time to waste. Do you think so? My friends, how are you going to spend your time?

1. The writer thinks that time is _____ than money.
2. We mustn't _____time because it'll never _____.
3. We should make good use of our time to do _____.
4. Wasting time means wasting part of their own _____.
5. We should _____ time and we shouldn't _____ today's work for tomorrow.

    When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic  goes on the left.
Before you cross the street, you must look to the right first and then the left.   If the traffic  lights are red,
the traffic must stop.Then the people on foot can cross the road.   If the lights are green,  the traffic cango
and people on foot mustn't cross.  
      In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come back from work,  the streets are very
busy.The traffic is the most dangerous then.    When you go by bus in England, you have to be  careful,
too. You must always remember the traff'ic moves on the left, so you must be careful. Have a look first
or you'll go the wrong way.    In many English cities, there are  big buses with two floors. You can sit on
the second floor. From there you can see the city very well. That'll be very interesting.

1. Before you cross a street in London, you must look to        .
2. When you drive a car in England, you  must            
3. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic _          .
4. Some buses have two floors, so you can sit on the       .

     1.    ___  ( she) name is Jane.  She 2.    ___  (live) in Sydney, Australia, and she wants a pensal in
3.     __ _( Japanese).  She thinks Japan is a very 4._ ___  (interest) country.
     She is 15 years old and her parents work in a bank. They live a happy life.  She can speak English
and 5.   ____(Japan). She likes 6. _    __  ( go)  to the movies with her friends and 7. _ ____ ( play)
sports. Her favorite subject is music. She thinks it is 8.      __ _( fun) .

     I am Maya. I am 13 years old. I am from Africa (非洲). My father is a teacher and my mother works
in a hospital. They both like their work and work very hard.
     I am studying in a middle school.  And I like music and drawing best. I want to be a designer(設(shè)計師),  I  like to design my room.  I like the color-pink, so there are a lot of' pink things in my room.
     I have three friends in my room. They are Mike, Dora and Peter. They are my toys. I love them. Every night, they sleep on my bed with me.

1. What does Maya's mother do?
A. A teacher.
B. A doctor.
C. A farmer.
D, A designer.
2. What's Maya's favorite color?
A, Red.
B. Yellow.
C. Pink.
D, White.
3. What does Maya tell us in the second paragraph(段落) ?
A. What she likes.
B. Her room.
C. Pink things.
D, The things in her room.
4. What does Maya tell us in the third paragraph?
A. Mike.
B. Dora.
C. Peter.
D. Her friends.

      In 1998, World Cup Football Match held in France took up a new rule. Instead of the usual black
and white ball, a colorful ball was used in the game.  The new ball was made up of' 32 pieces of three
colors: red, blue and white.  Interesting enough, the French national flag happened to be in three colors,
too. Besides, 32 teams took part in the coming World Cup. But early football was made up of' eight
pieces of leather.  As time went by, more pieces of leather were used, from 12 pieces to 18 to 26 and
then t0 32 now.
     About three million such new footballs were made, And then some players were playing the new ball
in their training.  The makers have warned the goalkeeper that the new ball flies in a direct line at a fast
speed.    
     After trying the ball for some time, a footballer said that the ball was quite different from  the traditional (傳統(tǒng)的)  black and white one, and that the goalkeeper would find it harder to catch them. Another
footballer said that there would be more goals. "For the player on the ground, the new ball is easier to
control as it flies. A good player can shoot in more goals," he said.

1.What was the new rule in 1998 WCFM?
                                                   
2.  What is the color of the national flag of France?
                                                  
3.  Was the early football made up of eight pieces of' leather?
                                                  
4. How many teams joined the World Cup Football Match when the new rule was used?
                                                  
5.  It's hard for the goalkeeper to catch the new ball because