Dear Peter,

　　　 How about your study? It's Sunday today. I'm writing a letter to you. I'm going to tell you about things in Beijing.

　　 Beijing is different from London. In our country, we drive on the left side of the road, but here people drive on the right side. Most people go to work by bus or by bike. The rush hours(高峰时间) are from seven to nine in the morning and from five to seven in the afternoon. People in China work around eight hours a day, five days a week. They usually begin to work at eight in the morning, and rest on Saturday and Sunday.

　　 I have Chinese classes every morning from Monday to Friday. The students in our class are from many countries. We're all working hard and friendly. The Chinese students are ready to help us with our Chinese. We also help them a lot with their English. We're getting along very well(相处得融洽).

　　　 That's all for today. Please write to me soon.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Susan

根据书信内容，选择最佳答案。

(　　 )1 Susan is probably(可能) from

A. China　　　　 B. England　　　　 C. America　　　　 D. Canada

(　 　　)2. People drive on

A. the same side in Beijing as　　　 B. the right side of the road

C. the left side of the road　　　　 D. both sides of the road

（　　　)３. The rush hours a day in Beijing usually last(持续)________.

A. two hours　　 B. three hours　 C. over five hours　 D. about four hours

（　　　)４. In Susan's class, students are not_________.

A. lazy（懒惰）　 B. friendly　　　 C. helpful　 D. hard-working

（　　 )５. The letter is written from_________.

A. a Chinese student to an English student

B. an English student to a Chinese student

C. a Chinese student to an American student

D. an English student to another English student

阅读理解

　　Many and many years ago an enemy army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots（苏格兰人）, a brave people, loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland. But the enemy was very strong. It seemed that the enemy would win.

　　One night, the leader of Scots led his men to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight," he said. "Tomorrow we will fight again. We must win or we will die."

　　They were all tired so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards（卫兵）on duty（值勤）, but they too,were very tired, and one by one they also fell asleep.

　　The enemies were not asleep. Quickly they gathered（聚集）at the foot of the hill, Slowly they were up the hill, taking care not to make a sound. Closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle

（蓟）. He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment they were on their feet and ready for fighting. The fighting was hard, but it didn't last（持续）long. The Scots beat the enemy and saved their country.

　　The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles（尖刺）all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland like it so much that they made it their national flower.

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1. When the story took place, it seemed ______. 

[　　]

A. the Scots would win the war

B. the enemy would be defeated（被击败）

C. the Scots would be defeated

D. the enemy won the war.

2. The Scots were so tired that ______.　　　　 

[　　]

A. they could hardly eat their supper

B. they were defeated by the enemy

C. all of them soon fell asleep

D. most of them soon fell asleep

3. That night, the enemy soldiers ______.　　   

[　　]

A. enjoyed a wonderful sleep at the foot of the hill

B. went up the hillside quickly

C. climbed up the hill quickly

D. didn't climb up the hill

4. Who put his foot on a thistle and cried out? ______.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  

[　　]

A. One of the enemy soldiers　　 B. One of the Scots

C. One of the sleeping guards　　D. the leader of the Scots

5. The people of Scotland looked on the thistle as their national flower because ______.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

[　　]

A. the thistle was very beautiful

B. the thistle was once a great help to the Scots

C. the thistle had sharp needles all over it

D. the thistle was not beautiful but useful

Buying Fish

　　One afternoon last summer, Mr Fred went to buy a fish because a friend of his was coming to have supper with him that evening.

　　It was hot. Most of the fish were not so fresh, but the shopkeeper said, “Sir, the fish is fresh. Please buy one.”

　　Mr Fred held on fish up to his nose and smelled it.

　　“Why did you smell that fish? Do you think it had gone bad?” shouted the shopkeeper.

　　“I wasn't smelling that fish. I was only talking to it.” answered Fred.

　　“Talking to it?” said the shopkeeper. “Why? What did you say to it?”

　　“Well, what did the fish say to you?”

　　“It said it didn't know the latest (最新的) news because it hadn't been in the river for more than a week.”

(1) Mr Fred went to buy a fish because ________.

[　　]

A．one of his friends would have supper with him

B．he liked fish very much

C．a friend of his liked fish very much

D．he wanted to have a party

(2) Most of fish weren't fresh because of ________.

[　　]

(3) Why did Fred pick up one fish and smelt it?

[　　]

A．Because he thought it had gone bad.

B．Because he wanted to eat a fresh fish.

C．Because he wanted to talk to it.

D．Because he wanted to get the latest news from the fish.

(4) How did the shopkeeper understand his words?

[　　]

A．He thought Fred was a foolish man.

B．He didn't believe what Fred said.

C．He didn't hear Fred clearly.

D．He didn't know if his fish could speak.

(5) Which sentence is right?

[　　]

A．Fred could really talk to a fish.

B．He was a bad man.

C．Fred understood fish's words.

D．He was clever and humorous.

补全对话

A:Which would you like, tea or milk?

B:　1　,thanks.I’ll have a glass of beer,please.

A:OK.　2　else?

B:No,thanks.What about you?

A:I’d like a cup of tea　3　sugar and milk.By the way,　4　you ever　5　Beijing duck?

B：Yes,I　6　some the year　7　last.

A:　8　do you like it?

B:I like it a　9　.It’s delicious.

A:So　10　I.