From：Li-Hong @ net. cn	To：jenny@compail.ca
Subject：School term	Date：01/09 6:00 p.m.
Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong
From：jenny@compail.ca	To：Li-Hong @ net. cn
Subject：Repeat!	Date：01/09 8:00 p.m.
Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny

 
【小题1】The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．

A．高质量的

B．高品质的

C．高科技的

D．高价格的

【小题2】Where do you probably read these two letters?

A．In a magazine.

B．In a book.

C．In a guide-book.

D．On a website.

【小题3】 Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．

A．they like to listen to music

B．mobile phones are useful for their studies

C．they want to show off these things

D．they want to contact with their classmates

【小题4】Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．

A．make money

B．contact with friends

C．listen to music

D．study well

【小题5】From the passage we know that ____________．

A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates

B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things

C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things

D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students

British English and American English

A student is studying British English. He wonders: Can I have a talk with Americans? Can they catch me? Learners of English often ask--what are the differences between British English and American English? How important are these differences?

Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are a few differences in grammar（语法）. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” Americans “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation (发音) is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like “car”and “farm”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in these words. There are differences between British English and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour”and “honour” are British English spellings. “Color” and “honor” are American English spellings.

These differences are in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary. However, they are not important. For the most part, British English and American English are the same language.

1.In American English, we can say, “      ? ”

A．Have you a new book

B．Do you have a new book

C．Are you have a new book

D．Can you to have a new book

2.Between British English and American English, sometimes pronunciation is        .

A．poor             B．different          C．high              D．short

3.In American English, the word “favourite”can be spelt      .

A．favoruite          B．favurite           C．favorite           D．favrite

4.Englishmen say “in hospital”, while Americans say        .

A．at the hospital                          B．in the hospital

C．by hospital                            D．to hospital

5.The main idea of the passage is that                  .

A．there are no differences between British English and American English

B．British English and American English are two different languages

C．speakers of British English and American English speak the same language

D．we shouldn't speak English

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never   36   the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  37  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 38 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.

The day came when he was to have another   39 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  40 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but   41  the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.

  42 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  43 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of   44  was extremely good, almost as great as that  45 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the  46  . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  47  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!

Bobby __48  that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing   49  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his   50   was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

1.                A．left            B．reached        C．jumped   D．ran

 

2.                A．encouraged     B．ordered        C．allowed   D．warned

 

3.                A．real           B．safe            C．special   D．expensive

 

4.                A．try            B．start           C．test  D．training

 

5.                A．remembered    B．expressed       C．shouted  D．regretted

 

6.                A．under          B．with           C．for  D．about

 

7.                A．Happily         B．Hopefully       C．Unfortunately D．Luckily

 

8.                A．friend          B．top            C．climber   D．village

 

9.                A．success         B．decision        C．freedom  D．friendship

 

10.               A．strong         B．popular        C．bad  D．wonderful

 

11.               A．way           B．words          C．book D．secret

 

12.               A．and           B．or             C．if D．though

 

13.               A．suggested       B．realized        C．expected  D．hoped

 

14.               A．love           B．help           C．face  D．heart

 

15.               A．place          B．lesson          C．aim   D．story

 

 

JOLIN Tsai (蔡依林), a famous singer, has become an English teacher! But she is not staying in a classroom to give you talks in English. Instead, she has published (出版) a new book, "Jolin's English Diary Book". It came out in Taiwan in March. Jolin is helping you learn English in a light hearted way and give you useful words for life outside your textbooks.
　　"I hope it's a happy English book," she said, "When you learn English in a fun way, you will keep on doing it." This certainly doesn't mean just reciting (背诵) words. Jolin has a lot of clever ways of learning. She likes to listen to English songs or find friends to talk to in English. She has been good at English since Grade 3 in primary school (小学). Because of this, she hosted (主持) news programme on the radio herself.
　　Jolin knows it's important to put English to good use. So, in her English diaries, she wrote something about her everyday life, like study, fashion (时尚), travel and family. After each diary, she gives you lots of notea.You can use them often, too! Jolin also asks you to keep diaries like hers.
【小题1】 When did Jolin Tsai publish "Jolin's English Diary Book" ?

A．In May

B．hi April

C．In March

D．In June

【小题2】 She has been good at English ___.

A．since she became a famous singer	B．since she was in Grade 3
C．since she was in college (大学)	D．since she was 3 years old

【小题3】 Jolin thinks that ___ is important for us to learn English.

A．just reciting words	B．hosting a programme on the radio
C．studying in the classroom	D．putting English to good use

【小题4】 What's the meaning of "light-hearted" in the passage?

A．轻松愉快的

B．漫不经心的

C．迷迷糊糊的

D．乐于助人的

【小题5】From the passage we know that ____.

A．she is not only a famous singer but also an English teacher in a primary school

B．you don't have to keep English diaries

C．she teaches us how to be a famous singer in "Jolin's English Diary Book"

D．Jolin Tsai shows us how to learn English in a fun way

My name is Jenny. I am       Cuiyuan Middle School. I have       ID card. The      is 131033. Look! This is my     . It is very good. Oh,        that? Is it a book? No, it      . It is a notebook. I found        at the school. A girl’s       is on the notebook. It is Linda’s. But Linda isn’t       .Can you help me       her? Oh, her telephone number is 13976888776.

1.A. in                                   B. of                            C. for                            D. On

2.A. a                                     B. an                   C. the                           D. ／

3.A. name                   B. color                        C. number                   D. telephone

4.A. friend                            B. sister                       C. student          D. watch

5.A. what                     B. how                         C. what’s                      D. how’s

6.A. isn’t                      B. aren’t                      C. am not                     D. amn’t

7.A. that                          B. it                                C. this                           D. one

8.A. name                   B. family                      C. school                     D. classroom

9.A. there                   B. here                         C. school                     D. library

10.A. ask                     B. see                           C. call                           D. Meet