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Boys and girls, here I will tell you something about my first trip to the USA.

When I get to Kennedy Airport, I begin my visit to the USA. First, I go to Roy Senior high School. I’m happy on the first night in America because I live with a kind family, the Edwards. It’s a big family. They are very friendly to me. They help me do many things. When I want to write to my friends, they buy stamps for me; when I lose my camera, they help me buy a new one.

After some days, I go to another school in New Haven. I live in the Palumbos’ house. There are three people in the family. I’m surprised that the parents are from two countries.

It is a nice trip and I’m happy to be with the two families. They will be my friends for ever(永远).

1.Where does the writer live for the first night?

2.文中划线单词 “stamps”的中文意思是 “_________”。

3.How many school does the writer go to?

4.Why is the writer surprised when he gets to the Palumbos’ house?

5.What’s the best title(标题) of the passage?

Whenever I receive a letter or photos from my best friend, I always feel ________.

A. excitedly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. exciting????????????? ????????????? C. excited????????????? ????????????? D. excite

         The famous Chinese mathematician(数学家) Hua Luogeng was born in Jintan County, Jiangsu province in 1910. When he was young, life was very difficult for his family. Still, the boy took great interest in math.

         In the summer of 1931, he was fortunate(幸运的) enough to become an assistant in the Math Department(系) of Qinghua University, where he spent every moment he could find working and studying, and he finished his compulsory(必修的) math course all by himself in only 13 months!

         Between the years of 1936 and 1938, he was further studying in Cambridge University in the U.K. In 1950, together with his family, he returned to China from the USA. He said, “I’m Chinese, and I’ll do my best for my motherland.”

         So he did. He devoted(贡献) all his life to the math study and won the great fame(荣誉) for our country.

         He died for heart trouble in 1985 while lecturing in Japan. People will always remember him as a great scientist.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A.      Hua Luogeng is a famous Chinese mathematician.

B.      Hua Luogeng died in China.

C.      Hua Luogeng was born in Jingtan County.

D.      Hua Luogeng comes from Jiangsu.

2. The word “assistant”in this passage means “____” in Chinese.

A.      帮手           B.服务员          C.助教            D.教授

3.Hua Luogeng was ____ in 1937. Which of the following cannot be chosen?

         A. in China    B. abroad    C. in Cambridge    D. in England

4. From the story we can guess that Hua Luogeng was born in ____.

         A. a rich family                                  B. a poor family

         C. a mathematician family                D. a fortunate family

Dear Mom and Dad,

I will go to Alice’s home with her after school, and I will have supper and sleep there. Don’t    1   about me. You know that Alice is one of my best friends. If you want to talk with me, you can call 68610598 after 6:00 pm.

Please forgive me for not telling you first. I don’t think you will     2  me to do so if I tell you first.   3   I think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends’ houses sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I’m not a little kid any more. I hope I can make decisions for     4   .

At home, there are too many   5   for me to obey(遵守): Don’t stay out so late; don’t have meals before    6   hands; don’t watch TV without finishing homework, etc. Parents should be    7   teenagers, but we need freedom, too.

I don’t like doing my homework    8   at home. I’d love to study with  Alice. We can learn a lot from each other.    9    please allow me to stay at Alice’s house once a week. If you    10   , Alice can stay at our house with me, too.                                                       

Yours,Lillian

(   ) 1. A. care                     B. hear           C. talk             D. worry  

(   ) 2. A. let                       B. take           C. allow            D. teach

(   ) 3. A. Unless                 B. Or            C. But             D. Even though

(   ) 4. A. himself                B. herself         C. yourself        D. myself

(   ) 5. A. idea                     B. opinion        C. things            D. rules 

(   ) 6. A. giving                  B. washing        C. putting          D. holding

(   ) 7. A. afraid of           B. interested in     C. strict with       D. angry with

(   ) 8. A. along                   B. alone          C. lonely           D. own

(   ) 9. A.Or                        B. Although       C. So              D. Because

(   ) 10. A. worry B. think          C. agree        D. make