Amy loves to talk about travel, she ____ many places of interest.

Wade is my good friend. We study at the same school. At weekends he usually turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends back in France. He also gets on the Internet to learn about what is going on in the world. His parents sometimes take him to some places of interest in China. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. My parents say that they can’t understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks—Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,“Can you talk to my son in Chinese only,Wade?” He always smiles and answers, “Not today. I’m going to speak good Chinese very soon.” He is not good at Chinese and I am weak at English. But we like these talks because we can learn when we are talking.

1.Who writes the passage?

A．A friend of Wade’s                     B．A Chinese teacher

C．Wade’s parents                       D．An English student.

2.From the passage we know that Wade comes from ________.

A．Australia                              B．France

C．the UK                                D．the USA

3.At weekends Wade sometimes ________.

A．takes his parents to visit cities              B．practice speaking Chinese

C．goes to see his friends                    D．reads the world news.

4.We can know from the passage that__________

A．the writer can speak English very well

B．the writer can get e-mails from Wade

C．Wade is only beginning to learn Chinese

D．Wade finds it easy to talk in Chinese

5.The text is mainly about _________

A．Wade’s Chinese friends                 B．Wade’s school life in China

C．Wade’s after-school time                D．Wade’s weekend in China.

A generation gap(代沟)has become a serious problem.! read a report about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed  31  after quarrelling (爭吵)with  32  .I think this is because they don't often have a talk with each other. Parents now  33 more time in the office,  34  they don't have much time to stay with their children. As time passes, they both feel that they don’t have the  35  topic(话题)to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more patient with your  36_，get to know them and  37 them. And for children, show your  38_to your parents. They are the people who love you. So  39  them your thoughts. In this way, you  40  have a better understanding of each other.

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms（习语）, though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head，shrugging his shoulders, he said，“You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted（打断）again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” I realized I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.

1.A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because       .

A．I had no interest in them

B．English idioms were very difficult

C．I did not realize the importance of them

D．my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them

2.At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant       .

A．I had talked too much                    B．I had to stop talking

C．he was not interested in the topic           D．he was only interested in the Great Wall

3.“…was shown in an amusing experience.” The word “amusing” probably means     .

A．interesting        B．important         C．terrible           D．unlucky

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

B．The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.

C．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

D．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

5.After the Englishman explained the idiom, ___________.

A．I felt very silly                          B．the Englishman became a real fool

C．I became more careful in everything         D．I thought the Englishman had made me a fool

Many people think the   1  time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing school work  2   the three meals.

  Modern students have many  3 . They love sports, computers and music. A   4   holiday can get them away from too much school work , and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not  5  it. Because they have too much homework, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it   6   Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers  7  .

    Things always get worse 8  right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose  9  in learning. It’s also bad for their health.

    A horse runs faster after a rest. But for students only a rest is not enough. So such a condition（状况）should be 10   to give students both pleasure and knowledge.

  (    )1 A. many       B. much     C. more     D. most

  (    )2 A. except B. for     C. during    D. with

  (    )3 A.hobbies B. books        C. pens     D. friends

  (    )4 A.two days B. two-days    C. two-day  D. two-day’s

  (    )5 A. talk about          B. think about

C. speak of            D. look after

  (    )6 A. on     B. except   C. after        D. until

  (    )7 A. to get angry          B. get angry    

C. to feel unhappy     D. quite surprised

  (    )8 A. to     B. by          C. without   D. with

  (    )9 A. interested          B. interest       

C. interesting          D. themselves

  (    )10 A. changed B. kept   C. taught   D. made