Many of you are studying English and you may be wondering why it is so difficult      . It’s actually not too difficult to learn       you know some       about the language and culture that it reflects（反映）.       the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several       languages such as French，German，Latin，Greek and Anglo-Saxon. In addition（除此以外），there are words from Spanish in English and       American Indian words and names，even some Chinese and Japanese       can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words      other languages is       of the key reasons why some of the difficulties that people meet with（遇到）     they are learning English.

Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are talking with. This may change in the near future.

Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it, two people who are talking can see each other.

Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show to the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to read a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you want to buy something in the newspaper, you’ll use your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room!

1.Today people can use the phone to talk with others ______.

A．in all the towns

B．in some places in the world

C．only in big cities

D．almost anywhere on the earth

2.The underlined word “it” in the passage means ______.

A．the picture phone                       B．any phone

C．the use                               D．the change

3.We can ______ through the picture phone according to the text.

A．write a book                           B．do shopping

C．play games                            D．have classes

4.Picture phones can be used for ______.

A．ringing up a library to see a book

B．going shopping without leaving our homes

C．showing the person we’re talking with something

D．All of the above.

5.The title of the article can be “______”.

A．The telephones

B．Picture phones

C．Shopping on the phone

D．Talking on the phone

Habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes something that we do almost without thinking. Some of them are thought to be bad habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to achieve it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.
First, look at why you do it. In other words, what’s the result of doing this thing? If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure, what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet!
Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework undone is a bad habit because you may be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things that you need to learn. When you think that way, you’ll find that it’s not wise to keep your bad habit! Now it is time to make a decision. What will you choose? I’m sure you will choose to do what you think is more important.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we know that __________.

(A)单词拼写，注意形式。
1.He got to school_______(早)than I did this morning.
2.I love basketball , Michael Jordan and Yao Ming are my __________(英雄).
3.Can you put the ____ (外国的)countries’ names on the Internet for them to look at?.
4.The students should be always strict with _______(自己)。
5. Mr Yang has lots of knowledge(知识)，so each of us _______(钦佩) him very much
6.The comic book is funny from  b_____   to end.
7. I was doing my homework while my mother was s______up this hole(洞) in my trousers。
(B)用所给词的正确形式填空。
8.____________ (luck), our team tried our best but could never win the first prize.
9.The policeman told the boys__________(not play)football near the road．.
10.Don’t make the baby ___________( cry ) again.
11.I am taller than him,and I am the _____(slim) of all the students.
12. If you eat too much_____________ (health)food, you may be ill.