In England ,people don’t often talk to each other when they travel. If you get on a bus or a train. you can see people sitting and looking out of the window. Other people may read books or newspapers.
When you meet English people, they often start a conversation by talking about the weather . So when you meet somebody in England, you can say, “Nice weather for the time of the year!”
“But it was a little cold yesterday, ”somebody may answer.
“But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say.
Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”
【小题1】English people _________on the bus.

A．often talk a lot

B．never talk to each other

C．read newspapers

D．never looking out of the window.

【小题2】When you meet English people, you can start the conversation by talking about the__________.

A．weather

B．work

C．family

D．age

【小题3】According to(根据) the passage, if you talk to English people about the weather, they will think_________.

A．you are friendly	B．you are right
C．you are English	D．you are clever.

【小题4】Which of the followings is true?

A．English people like traveling by bus

B．English people often talk about the weather

C．English people are unfriendly.

D．English people like the cold weather.

词语运用（10分）
用方框中所给出的词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、正确、连贯。方框中有两个词是多余的。

much，study，swim，win，have，say，be，good，see，start，friend，hour

Wang Ping 【小题1】 born in 1991 in Shanghai. She swims very 【小题2】and she is now 【小题3】 in our school. She hopes to become a member of the national team. She 【小题4】 swimming when she was five. At that time she swam for an hour every day, but no w she trains for several(几个) 【小题5】 at school each day. She really enjoys 【小题6】 . When talking about her lessons, she 【小题7】 studying is very important. She hardly ever goes out with her【小题8】 , so she has 【小题9】 time to train. In fact, she 【小题10】 little free time but she thinks it is worthwhile(值得的).

Tina (T) and David(D)are talking about what they are going to do in the future.

T：What are you going to do after leaving school?

D：   1.      I like to visit different places.

T：    2.     

D：Of course I do.

T：That’s good. You seem to be good at spoken English.    3.     

D：It’s just so-so. I’ll try to learn it better.    4.       

T：Maybe I’ll be a P. E. teacher. I feel like playing all kinds of games with children.

D：    5.     

T：I hope my students will like me and enjoy themselves, too.

D：Good luck!

 

London has held two Olympic Games , in 1908 and 1948, with a third one in 2012. The thirtieth Olympic Games will make London the first city to have held the modern Games of three Olympics and it’s the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever held the Olympics.
The Games will start on 27 July local (当地的)time, which is 28 July Beijing time. And it will end on 12 August. Athletes (运动员) from different countries and areas will take part in 300 events(比赛项目) and have a good time.
When talking about London Olympic Games, “London Bowl” is often mentioned(提及). It is not the bowl that Londoners use to eat during the Olympics, but the main place where athletes take part in the games.
Do you still remember “You and Me”, the theme song(主题曲) of the Beijing Olympic Games ? For the London Olympic Games, you will hear another song called “Passion”(激情) . 
The Olympic Games will begin in 2 months, but the ticket price is still unknown. It’s said that half of the tickets will be less than 20 pounds each. So would you like to go?
【小题1】The 2012 London Olympic Games is the __________ Olympic Games.

A．27th

B．28th

C．29th

D．30th

【小题2】The London Olympic Games will start on ___________ local time.

A．27 June

B．28 July

C．27 July

D．12 August

【小题3】From the passage we know that ______________.

A． London has held 3 Olympic Games before

B．London Bowl is the bowl Londoners use to have meals

C．There are 300 events in the 2012 London Olympic Games

D．The ticket price of London Olympic Games is less than 20 yuan each

【小题4】The best title of the passage is ___________.

A．The History of Olympic Games

B．How To Win The Olympic Games

C．London Olympic Games

D．The Athletes in London Olympic Games

Walking in the street in the USA or the UK, you can often hear people talking about the weather. "Lovely day, isn't it?" "It's cold, isn't it?" and so ox
Americans and English people like talking about the weather. This makes lots of Chinese puzzled（困惑）. But they talk about the weather not only because the weather there changes a lot, but also they do not like to talk with others about private things like age, family and income. Stay with strangers, people all like talking about the weather, then they can talk about other things naturally（自然）. They think if you like spring, you have a warm heart; if you like summer, you have a great will; if you like autumn, you have abundant feeling（丰富的感情）；if you like winter, you have a vast mind（广阔的胸怀）．
【小题1】What is the Chinese meaning of ‘private'?

A．私人的

B．公共的

C．未知的

D．不感兴趣的

【小题2】Why do Americans and English people like talking about the weather?

A．Because the weather there is changeable.

B．Because they do not like to talk about private things.

C．Because then they can talk about other things naturally.

D．Both A and B

【小题3】Which is NOT true?

A．If you like spring, you like to help others.

B．A lot of Chinese don't know why the English people like talking about the weather.

C．The weather often changes in UK,

D．English people will talk about their ages with the strangers.