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　　Maybe there are many differences between going to school in Britain and going to school in your country. In Britain school starts between 8:30 and 9:00 and finishes at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It is a long day but there are no lessons on Saturdays. Children usually have lunch at school. School meals are not very expensive and are quite good. But some children don't like them and bring sandwiches or go home.

　　In Britain school holidays are different from those in other countries. They are shorter at Christmas and Easter but much longer in the summer. The school year starts in the first week in September and ends in the third or fourth week of July.

　　Children start primary school when they are five years old; they stay there until they are eleven. Then they usually go to a secondary school. Children cannot leave. school before they are sixteen. At this age most students take public exams. Students who continue their studies go into the sixth form. If their school doesn't have a sixth form, they change schools or go to a college. Students need two years in the sixth form, and they take more public exams. In some parts of Britain, students go to middle school at the age of eight and then go to secondary schools when they are twelve or thirteen.

1. From the envelope（信封）, we know that _________.

A．the letter is from Australia to China

B．the letter is written by Wang Lei.

C．Kate is a middle school student

D．Wang Lei and Kate are good friends.

2.This is part of a Quick Reference Index(索引).   If you want to learn how to surf, you should begin your search about ________.

A．RIVERS on page 114.                     B．EDUCATION on page 284

C．HOLIDAY on page 841                    D．SPORTS on page 884

3. Which of the following is right according to (根据) the words on a bottle of medicine?

A．The medicine is used for headache

B．The medicine is a kind of pills.

C．people at the age of 13 should take 3 teaspoonfuls of the medicine a day if they need.

D．You can keep this medicine in the fridge and you should give other people the medicine left after the tenth month of 2004.

4.You can see the notice _________.

A．on a fish farm                          B．in a fish market

C．in a fish restaurant                      D．on the office walls

5. You can buy records _______.

A．with $5.2 less than usual for Each one

B．of different kinds but no tapes are sold there.

C．at five o’clock in the afternoon.

D．over the phone

1.你最好开窗户不要开空调。
You’d better open the window_______________ turning on air conditioning.
2.Tom在15岁时就成长为一个英俊少年。
At the age of 15 , Tom                             a fine young man.
3.如果你很细心的话，你会发现在这次考试中取得好成绩并非难事。
If you are careful , you will find it easy  _________        __  in this test.
4.你认为《让子弹飞》怎么样？
What do you __________________Let the Bullets Fly?
5.请在一点到两点之间来我家。
Please come to my home  __________ 1 o’clock _______  2 o’clock.

Twelve-year-old Kitty O’Neil asked her coach, “Let me try.” She was already on the swim team, but this was different. One of the divers had not arrived, and Kitty needed much help. Her coach looked 36  at her. She had been practicing dives, but could she really stand up to the competition? Besides, 37  was completely deaf. Many people thought a person who was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well. However, Kitty 38 , and she won first place at that swimming meet and went on to win the Junior Olympics in the area.
Kitty began diving with Dr. Sammy Lee, a famous coach and former Olympic diving champion. The teenager went to school in the morning and then spent most afternoons diving. It was 39  work, and Kitty often hit the water the wrong way. However, she was able to 40  practicing. While she was diving , Kitty won many gold medals, but she wanted 41 . Perhaps she learned something from her 42 . Kitty lost her hearing at the age of four months. Because she wanted Kitty to lead a normal life, Kitty’s mother went to college to 43  about teaching people who are deaf. Kitty’s mother finally started a school for those who are deaf.
Kitty’s life was 44  but normal, and as an athlete, Kitty was much bettter than others. When she gave up diving, she wanted danger and adventure. She raced cars, boats, and motorcycles. Many of these 45  usually require at least some hearing. For example many racers judge their speed by the sound of the engine. Kitty did it by  46 .
In 1972 she began to learn doing dangerous action for movies and television. Soon she became one of the   47  women in Hollywood. In 1976 Kitty O’Neil also became the fastest woman in the world in a rocket-powered car that went more than 512 miles per hour.

短文填空  先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在标有题号的横线上完整写出。（本大题共10空，每空0.5分，共5分）

    At the age of 13, Miles Schuman, from Maine(缅因州), US, is already a good host of an Internet-radio program.

Schuman s   1.    the program three years ago. He found a website c   2.     Blog Talk Radio. Users can make their o   3.    radio shows on the website.

Schuman signed up. He loves rock music. So he bought a microphone and started broadcasting talks about rock music from his home. Later, he even i  4.    some famous rock stars. At first, he just asked a l   5.   of usual questions. But t   6.   practice, he can now ask deep questions. The half-hour program is p  7.   . When a new show is b     8.     every Sunday, 3,000 to 5,000 people get to listen .

Schuman told the newspaper The Working Waterfront that he would k   9.    doing this show, because he loves music and h   10.  the radio show.