In many places of the world, there are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In the US, there are only   31  : football, basketball and baseball. Almost in every season, Americans have a ball game. If you want to know what season it is, just look at   32     people are playing.

For Americans, sports are very important. Students   33   to play many sports at school. They take  34   classes, join the school teams, and even talk about sports news. Thousands of sports fans   35   expensive tickets to watch their   36   teams and players play games. Some fans sit in front of the TV set, and watch the exciting games at home. Some sports stars   37   make lots of money through the games.

    We can say sports are one of the   38   languages (语言). You may know some   39   super stars like Michael Jordan and Yao Ming. Next time if you want to talk with American friends, try to talk about   40   . It really helps.

31. A. one           B. two         C. three       D. four

32. A. what         B. where    C. when      D. how

33. A. dream       B. want       C. learn       D. choose

34. A. English    B. Maths    C. Music    D.PE

35. A. pay           B. get          C. take        D. keep

36. A. special      B. popular     C. favourite    D. important

37. A. must         B. can         C. need       D. should

38. A. school      B. team       C. Internet    D. world

39. A. basketball    B. football     C. volleyball   D. baseball

40. A. fans          B. sports    C.TV news  D. stars

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　Most people in the United States speak English. There are over 2,000 languages（语言）spoken throughout the world. You know that every language has 　1　 own words. 　2 　you want to learn a foreign language（外国语）, you must learn its words. You must know 　3 　the words mean（意思）, and you must say them in the 　4 　. Words are 　5 　up of（由…组成）sounds（语音）, and different language have different sounds. There are thousands of language sounds. When you 　6 　English, you are using only about fifty of them.

　Some languages are spoken faster than 　7 　. English is spoken 　8 　slowly than French. Women speak 　9 　than men. In America, women speak about 175 words every minute, 　10 　men speak about only 150. How many words every minute do you speak?

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1． A． itself	B． it	C． it's	D． its	[　　]
2． A． When	B． Whether	C． If	D． Why	[　　]
3． A． what	B． where	C． that	D． which	[　　]
4． A． idea	B． country	C． right way	D． street	[　　]
5． A． make	B． makes	C． making	D． made	[　　]
6． A． say	B． speak	C． to say	D． to speak	[　　]
7． A． the other	B． other	C． others	D． another	[　　]
8． A． much	B． more	C． most	D． best	[　　]
9． A． faster	B． slowly	C． fastest	D． most slowly	[　　]
10． A． and	B． or	C． but	D． yet	[　　]

完形填空（5分钟，10分）

　　　　 Today computers are very popular all around the world. Look at the picture. The old people are learning how to　 1　 the computer carefully, too.

Now thousands of young people like to 2　 to their friends in computer terms（术语）. 　 3　 their grandparents can’t 　 4　 their grandchildren’s hi-tech language（语言）. So they start to learn something 　 5　 computers.

“I want to know what my 6　 are talking about，”says Grandmother Wang. She is a student at a(n)　 7　 school. There are many computer schools 　 8　 the big city.

These old people learn Microsoft Word, Windows and the Internet surfing. But the teaching method（方法） is 　 9　　 . “I have to teach them 　 10　 and again, ”says a computer teacher.

1. A. read B. send C. look D. use

2. A. talk B. listen C. get D. say

3. A. And B. So C. Because D. But

4. A. think B. choose C. speak D. tell

5. A. about　　 B. in　　　　 C. for D. at

6. A. family B. grandchildren C. sisters D. brothers

7. A. computer B. middle C. international D. English

8. A. lots of　　 B. come from C. all around　 D. a lot of

9. A. healthy　 B. different　　 C. last　　　 D. well

10. A. again　　 B. never　 C. then　　 D. next