Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer（工程师）in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well.  
Now Mr Smith is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and he goes to Chinese classes in an evening school. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble (困难) with his Chinese at all, but the Chinese have a lot.
1. Mr Smith works in ____________.
A. a hospital   B. a police station         C. a school         D. a restaurant
2. What’s Mr Smith’s daughter?    
A. A teacher.   B. A doctor.         C. An engineer.     D. A student.
3. Mr Smith learns Chinese ____________.
A. very well                              B. with his daughter  
C. every morning                          D. very hard
4. Where does Mr Smith learn Chinese? 
A. In an evening school.                    B. At home. 
C. In his friend’s home.                     D. In a park.
5. We know that Mr Smith is good at ____________.
A. Chinese           B. Spanish          C. Japanese      D. French

Mr. Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr. Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now, he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble（麻烦） with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot.
【小题1】 Mr. Smith works in ______.
　　   

For thousands of years, people have used plants to make medicines. They used different parts of the plants —the roots, the leaves, the flowers, and the bark (树皮). Today, doctors have rediscovered more medicinal (药用) values of some plants. Let’s look at some examples.
Foxglove is a common plant. People have used it to make the heart slow down. Recently scientists have developed another drug from it. This new drug helps prevent other heart problems.
In some areas, malaria has been a problem. Scientists have learned that the bark of a South American tree, the cinchona, can be made into a drug to prevent malaria. For a long time, the Chinese have known that a special plant, wormwood, can also fight malaria. Scientists have been working with it to develop new drugs against malaria.
In Germany, some scientists studied garlic (大蒜) for four years. They found that it helps prevent the build-up of plaque (血小板) because too much plaque is bad for health. This very common plant continues to be studied.
As we know, there are about 250,000 kinds of flowering plants in the world. Scientists have only studied little more than one percent of plants for their medicinal value. Maybe medicines for AIDS and cancer will be made from the other 99 percent.
【小题1】What can foxglove be used for?

Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter.

Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble （麻烦）with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot .

1.Mr Smith works in _________.

A. a hospital  B. a police station  C. a school      D. a restaurant

2.Mr Smith is good at （擅长）__________.

 A. Chinese     B. Japanese        C. Spanish        D. French

3.He learns Chinese __________ .

 A. very well  B. not very well  C. we don’t know   D. very good

4.Where does he learn Chinese? _________.

A. In an evening school .  B.At home.

C. In his friend’s home.   D. In a park.

5.Does he study very hard ? _________.

     A. Yes, he doesn’t.  B. No, he doesn’t.

 C. Yes, he does.  D. No, he don’t.

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Eating habits (习惯) are different in different countries. The Chinese have a saying “Eat good things for breakfast, eat a big meal for lunch, but eat less at dinner.” Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast, but their ideas about lunch and dinner are different.

?? Most Americans only give themselves a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family talking about their day is a way to take a good rest after a long, hard day of work.

?? Eating at restaurants is also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing loudly, and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They want a quiet place where they can eat a good meal far away from the noises of the outside world. If someone is talking too loudly, the manager (经理) of the restaurant will look at him or her angrily. If some people are talking too loudly, the manager of the restaurant may come out and ask them to be quiet.