Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports field or in parks.
    At summer picnics , there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns
to bat (擊球).Each team has 9 players.
    The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time , baseball matches are shown on
TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes. At the end of the season
the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of
others listen to the radio or watch TV. People soon interested to talk about the result and the players.
   American football is maybe the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the
baseball season ends. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit besides the radio or in
front of the TV set to hear the result.

1. Baseball is ______.

A. as popular as football in the USA
B. more popular than football in America
C. not so popular as football in America
D. loved best by the people in the United States

2. In the USA children play baseball ______.  

A. in the sports field      
B. in the garden
C. in  the  park            
D. A and C

3. There are ______ in a baseball team.

A. eight  players        
B. nine players
C. eleven  players        
D. twelve players

4. The baseball season goes ______.      

A. from spring to autumn    
B. from summer to autumn
C. from spring to winter    
D. from summer to winter

5. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A. American football may be the favorite sport in the USA.
B. When people have picnics in summer they often have a baseball match.
C. No matter where the baseball matches are held  , the fans always go along to watch them.
D. More people in America are interested in baseball than in football.

1. Who's the writer of Hospital or Cinema? 

A. David.  
B. Maha.  
C. Marcie.  
D. Tina.

2. Which book is about a difficult journey (旅行)? 

A. David's second book.  
B. The Long Night. 
C. Marcie's first book.  
D. Hospital or Cinema.

3. What does Tina want to be in the future (將來)? 

A. A teacher.  
B. A doctor.  
C. A nurse.  
D. A film star.

4. Where is Marcie Jacome from? 

A. England.  
B. Australia.  
C. America.  
D. France.

5. Which of the following sentences is RIGHT?

A. Maha works in a big hospital.  
B. Marcie Jacome is a school teacher.
C. Tina is a student in London. 
D. David has to drive all night to take a baby to a big city.

     A city is a very big place. Sometimes it's a lonely place, too. There are thousands of people in a city, but
some of them don't have any friends. How about you? Do you have a lot of friends? If you don't, make friends
today. If you do, make another friend today. Pick a stranger at your job or school. Walk up to him or her and
say,"Hello. My name' s....What' s your name?" Start with a conversation(談話). Smile, listen carefully, and
show interest in your new friend' s answers. Ask "Where are you from?" and "Do you like this city?" That' s
a good way to start.

(     )1. A city is a very big and noisy and lonely place.                                                        
(     )2. Everyone in the city has many friends.                                                                  
(     )3. The paragraph tells us not to make friends in a city.                                                   
(     )4. When you want to make friends with someone, please say at first, "What's your name?  
           How old are you?"
(     )5. It's a good thing to make friends with others.                                                          

     In America, students are also very busy every day even (甚至) at the weekend!
      In the morning, students get up early. Then they have a quick (快的) breakfast. Some even don't
have breakfast. At school, they have many subjects to learn. After school, their parents also let them
learn many other things, such as drawing, dancing, Chinese, playing the piano and so on. At the
weekend, they also have to learn these things. They can't do what they like, such as watching TV,
playing games, shopping and so on.
     And they usually do much homework. Jenifer, a middle school girl in New York, says she doesn't
want to learn so much. But her parents always say,"If you don't learn much, you will fall behind the
other students."
      In a word, all the students in the world are very busy even in the most developed (發(fā)達(dá))
country-America.

1. When are American students busy?

A. Only on weekdays.
B. Only at the weekend.
C. During the holidays (假期).
D. Every day.

2. Jenifer is _____.

A. a middle school girl in New York
B. a mother
C. a happy student
D. a bad student

3. After school, some students still (仍然) ______.

A. have piano lessons
B. have dancing classes
C. learn drawing
D. all of the above

4. Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) for this passage?

A. The Busy Parents
B. The Busy Children
C. The Happy Children
D. Study Easy

     In our country every school has a library. You have read many interesting books. You borrow them
from the school library. Sometimes you get books from your parents or friends as presents. If you like
reading and want to learn knowledge (知識), I'm sure that you'll buy books yourself.
     Have you ever thought of how books are made? Well, after draft (草稿) of a book is written, it passes
through the hands of many people. Everyone of them has to work carefully for there must not be any
mistakes in the book. It's checked (校閱) many times by the different people before it is printed (印刷).
     Millions (百萬) and millions of books come out in our country every year. So people have a lot of things
to read. Let's take good care of our books.

1. Where can the students borrow books? From _____.

A. workers
B. parent
C. libraries
D. shops

2. If you like reading, _____.

A. you may borrow any book from any library every day.
B. you may ask your friends to buy some books for you as presents.
C. you had better buy books yourselves.
D. you should get books from your parents as presents.

3. The underlined sentence (畫線句子) means that _____.

A. everyone wants to read the draft.
B. one passes the draft to another.
C. it needs a lot of hard work to get perfect (完美).
D. none of them can decide (決定) how to make books.

4. In which order (順序)are books made?
a. Bookshops sell books.
b. Workers print books.
c. Different people check books.
d. Some people write drafts.
e. Books come out of the factory.
f. People think over how to write a book.

A. d-f-c-e-b-a
B. f-d-c-b-e-a
C. d-f-b-c-e-a
D. f-b-c-d-e-a 

5. Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) for the passage (短文)?

A. About Books
B. How to Make Books
C. Where to Get Books
D. Take Good Care of Books

     Do you dream of having beautiful hair like a model? Well, you can have it if you look after your hair
in the right way. To get beautiful hair, you first need to get healthy. So start eating good food, and start
exercising. This will make your hair look healthy and full of life. You also need to keep your hair clean
to make it look nice. But not many people know how to wash their hair in the right way. Many people
wash their hair too much. This dries out their hair. You should only wash your hair every day if you have
oily (油性的) hair. If you have normal(中性的) or dry hair, you should wash it every two or three days.

1. According to the passage, a model has ______ hair.

A. cool      
B. beautiful      
C. long        
D. colorful

2. What is the right way to look after our hair?

A. To get healthy.            
B. To keep the hair clean.
C. Both A and B.              
D. Wash the hair every day.

3. How often should you wash your hair if your hair is normal?

A. Every day.                  
B. Three times  a  week.
C. Twice a month.              
D. Once a week.

4. How can we get healthy?

A. To eat a lot of meat.      
B. To exercise.  
C. To eat healthily.          
D. Both B and C.

5. What does "full of life" mean?

A. 充滿活力  
B. 活動(dòng)的        
C. 充滿生命  
D. 生命的

     The undersea world is very beautiful. Now more and more people want to dive in the water to find the secret there. Scuba diving is a new sport today. It can take you into a wonderful undersea world.
     You will find many strange animals in the sea. Some are as large as a school bus. Many sea animals give out light in the dark and some have sharp teeth.
     During the day, there is enough light. Here, under the sea, everything is blue and green.
     When fishes swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands. When you have bottles of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. However, you can't dive too deep. And you must be very careful when you dive in deep water.
     The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It's cold, and it's dark, too. The deeper it is, the less sunlight there is. At about 3,000 feet, there is no light at all. It is very dark in the sea. Many fishes have no eyes. Some have big eyes. A few have eyes on one side.
     Besides the cold and the darkness, deep-sea animals face a third danger-other animals.
     Animals eat! They must find food to eat. Many animals eat plants. However, some animals eat meat. This means these sea animals have two big jobs. They need to find animals as food, and they have to try not to become other animals' meal.

1. Why do people want to dive in the sea? Because _____ .

A. they want to catch fish
B. they want to find the secrets in the undersea world
C. the sea is deep
D. there are all kinds of plants in the sea

2. In the daytime, when you dive in the sea, you _____ .

A. can see everything green and blue
B. can't be in danger
C. can catch nothing
D. can't see anything clearly

3. How many dangers will animals meet in the deep sea?

A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

4. When you do scuba diving, you can _____ .

A. stay in deep water for a long time
B. dive very,very deep
C. live in deep water easily
D. dive freely without any dangers

4. Which of the following is WRONG?

A. One animal finds something to eat, and it may I be eaten by others.
B. At the depth of 3,000 feet under the sea, many animals can find their way by hearing and feeling.
C. The deeper the sea is, the darker and colder it is animals can find their way by seeing.
D. At the depth of 3,000 feet under the sea, all animals can find their way by seeing.

         The kids are having a  1  time. Can you see Tom? Oh, he is 2 3 4 of the room. Where's Jack? He's 5 Mike. Mike is 6   Jack and Tom. Who's on Tom's left? It's 7  . Rose is on his 8  . They are playing games.

1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______
5. _______ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8.________