As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36   in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37  .

Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38  plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39   he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.

Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40   a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41   jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.

The boy seems to take no interest   42   learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43  , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44   as he is.

In the evening, when his parents   45   him to speak with me in English, he gets   46  . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47  , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48  . He speaks in his own language.

He   49   not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50   can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

1. A. both             B. all              C. either           D. none

2.A. drawing           B. Chinese          C. English          D. playing

3. A. a hundred of     B. hundreds of      C. hundred of       D. hundreds

4. A. when             B. what             C. where            D. that

5.A. hardly            B. never            C. usually          D. almost

6. A. more             B. fewer            C. better           D. worse

7. A. with             B. in               C. for              D. on

8. A. after all        B. at all           C. first of all     D. all the time

9.A. busily            B. busiest          C. busier           D. busy

10.A. make             B. push             C. have             D. let

11. A. frustrated      B. relaxed          C. pleased          D. injured

12.A. move             B. to move          C. moving           D. moved

13.A. too              B. also             C. as well          D. either

14.A. can              B. may              C. must             D. need

15.A. who   B. whom C. whose    D. which

 

One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language.
The first Frenchman said, ‘I heard someone shout ‘look out’ ,I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that ‘look out’ may mean ‘don’t look out!’
The second one followed, ‘ I was once on a ship and heard the captain（船长） shout, ‘All hands on the deck(甲板)’ I put my hands on the deck and someone trod(踩)on them.’
The third one told his friends his experience too, ‘One early morning I called on my English friend and the maid(女佣) said, ‘He is not up yet, come back in half an hour.’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘He’s not down yet.’I said, ‘If he’s not up and he is not down, where is he then?    What a strange language it is!’
【小题1】What is the possible meaning of “look out” in this passage?

A．Put your head out and look outside	B．Be careful
C．Come out and have a look	D．Both A and B

【小题2】When the captain shouted. “All hands on deck”, he really meant to tell____________.

A．Everyone on the ship to put his hands on the deck

B．All the sailors(水手)to put their hands on the deck

C．All the sailors to come up to deal with (处理)some trouble

D．Everyone on ship to gather (集合)on the deck

【小题3】What did the maid mean when she said, “He’s not up yet”?

A．He has not risen to his feet yet.

B．He’s not back yet.

C．He has not got up yet.

D．He was ill in bed.

【小题4】Where was the third Frenchman’s English friend then?

A．He was at a party.

B．He was at work.

C．He was in his bedroom.

D．He was in the bathroom.

【小题5】What do you think was the three Frenchmen’s real trouble?

A．English is too difficult to understand.

B．They didn’t use the language so often.

C．They knew nothing about the English idioms.(成语\习惯用语)

D．They were not sure about the English grammar.

One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language.
The first Frenchman said, ‘I heard someone shout ‘look out’ ,I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that ‘look out’ may mean ‘don’t look out!’
The second one followed, ‘ I was once on a ship and heard the captain（船长） shout, ‘All hands on the deck(甲板)’ I put my hands on the deck and someone trod(踩)on them.’
The third one told his friends his experience too, ‘One early morning I called on my English friend and the maid(女佣) said, ‘He is not up yet, come back in half an hour.’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘He’s not down yet.’I said, ‘If he’s not up and he is not down, where is he then?    What a strange language it is!’
【小题1】What is the possible meaning of “look out” in this passage?

A．Put your head out and look outside	B．Be careful
C．Come out and have a look	D．Both A and B

【小题2】When the captain shouted. “All hands on deck”, he really meant to tell____________.

A．Everyone on the ship to put his hands on the deck

B．All the sailors(水手)to put their hands on the deck

C．All the sailors to come up to deal with (处理)some trouble

D．Everyone on ship to gather (集合)on the deck

【小题3】What did the maid mean when she said, “He’s not up yet”?

A．He has not risen to his feet yet.

B．He’s not back yet.

C．He has not got up yet.

D．He was ill in bed.

【小题4】Where was the third Frenchman’s English friend then?

A．He was at a party.

B．He was at work.

C．He was in his bedroom.

D．He was in the bathroom.

【小题5】What do you think was the three Frenchmen’s real trouble?

A．English is too difficult to understand.

B．They didn’t use the language so often.

C．They knew nothing about the English idioms.(成语\习惯用语)

D．They were not sure about the English grammar.

用适当的句子补全对话，使对话意思完整。

A: Hello?

B: Hello, may I speak to Wu Dong, please?

A: Sorry, he’s not in. 1

B: This is Li Ping. I’m Wu Dong’s friend.

A: Oh, he has gone to see the doctor.

B: 2

A: He’s got a fever and a bad headache.

B: 3

A: Thank you.