Dear Sandy,
     How are you? It's Saturday today and I have some time to write to you. We're busy from Monday to
 Friday. We have to get up at six thirty in the morning. After some exercise we have breakfast. We have
 five classes a day and the first class begins at eight. Our teachers are strict and we can't be late for school.
  They often ask us a lot of questions and some of them are difficult.
     We do sports at five in the afternoon. We play basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis or ping-pong.
 Some of my classmates like Art. They can sing or dance or draw. Sometimes Miss White, our Biology
 teacher, takes us to the zoo and we visit the animals there. At six we can leave our school.
     After supper we can watch TV. But we have to finish our homework first. I like Math and often do
 some difficult exercises. So I go to bed at ten thirty. I'm often tired but I like it.
     Please write to me and tell me about yourself.
                                                                                                                                    Yours,  
                                                                                                                                 Zhang Hong

1. Zhang Hong is very busy _____.

    A. from Monday to Friday                  
    B. on Saturday
    C. on Sunday                            
    D. on Wednesday

2. Zhang Hong can sleep for _____ hours a day

    A. six                    
    B. seven                
    C. eight                
    D. nine

3. Miss White teaches _____ in Zhang Hong's school.

    A. Biology        
    B. Math            
    C. Art              
    D. Music

4. The children have sports _____ .

    A. in the afternoon                          
    B. after school      
    C. in class                                      
    D. in the morning

5. Zhang Hong does some difficult Math exercises because _____ .

    A. her teacher makes her do so      
    B. she has much time at home
    C. she likes it                    
    D. her teachers are strict

     Taking an after-school class will give you a head start in high school. But if it means walking home
every day, even in snow and rain, would you do it?
     I did. I took part in an after-school Spanish class. Because it was after school, no school buses were
there to take me home when the class ended. And my parents couldn't pick me up, so I had to walk home.
     At first I hated the walk because of the long distance. But after a few months, I got used to (习惯于)
it and it became one of my daily activities, like getting dressed and brushing my teeth. And I began to
enjoy it. I got to see things like birds flying and trees changing color. A few times I saw something very
special, like a small snake near the sidewalk, or two cars that came very close to crashing!
     Many of my classmates saw what I did. Once, one girl in my class asked her mother to drive me
home because it was raining outside, and I didn't have an umbrella (雨伞). Some people who I didn't
know even gave me a ride - they thought it was too cold out.
     People always think walking long distances is difficult. Modern technology (技术) makes common
things, like walking, seem impossible. Many people, like myself, live in the country and are close to
nature, but also far away from it because of technology.
1. What class did the writer take part in after school?
A. Math class    
B. Spanish class  
C. Art class
D. English class
2. When did the writer begin to enjoy walking home?
A. At the very beginning.    
B. After a week.  
C. After a few months.      
D. After a year.
3. Why did the writer begin to enjoy walking home?
A. Because something interesting happened on the road every day.
B. Because the writer could get a ride from some strange people.
C. Because the writer enjoyed walking in the rain alone.
D. Because the writer could enjoy some interesting things happening on the road.
4. When it was a rainy or snowy day, ______.
A. some kind people would give him a ride
B. nobody saw him and nobody helped him
C. the writer would choose to stay at school
D. the writer's parents would come to pick him up
5. What does the last paragraph want to tell us?
A. It is difficult for many people to walk long distances.
B. Modern technology brings people a lot of inconvenience (不方便).
C. Modern technology makes people live better, but farther from the nature.
D. It is impossible for people to walk a long distance nowadays.

       Honesty comes in many forms. First there's self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do
you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I'm not, I feel unsure of myself
and take out a part from my PBA (personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put (表述) it, "Always be a first-class version (版本) of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else."
       Then there's honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you've ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you
feel. Remember, you can't go wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that:
       In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn't do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I'd write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off.
       At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn't thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn't do that anymore, because I wasn't really helping them. They weren't learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn't helping me.
       It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests,
lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit (储蓄) into
your PBA and will build strength.

1. The underlined part 'appear through smoke and mirrors' in the first paragraph means______.

A. to be honest              
B. to be unreal    
C. to become clear          
D. to come from an imagined world

2. Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland's words?

A. Be your true self rather than follow others.
B. Don't copy others or you can't be the first class.
C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.
D. Don't learn from others unless they're excellent.

3. What does the author expect to show by Jeff's story?

A. Honesty can be of great help.  
B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one.
C. Helping others cheat can do good to them.
D. One should realize the wrong in his bad actions.

4. In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express _______.

A. one must be brave to be honest    
B. it's difficult to be honest when others are not
C. one should be honest when making a deposit
D. honesty in one's actions can help him in the future