Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.
If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

With more and more cars on the road, the traffic jam will happen. How do we see it and how can we solve the problem?
We know that the traffic jam happens in many places, especially in big cities. What are reasons for the problem? On one hand, some people think that they should have a car when they have enough money, and then it’s easy to go out and they can feel comfortable. On the other hand, a growing number of people hope to use their cars to show off (炫耀). What’s more, years of research has shown that one of other reasons for the traffic jam is the driving habit. For example, many young people enjoy driving very fast, so they can feel excited. At last, most of them hardly care about the speed rules.
Many governments are working at how to make the traffic better. In my opinion, firstly, the governments should educate those people who have cars or plan to buy cars. The governments must make them know that the traffic jam is very serious, and set up a much more perfect traffic system to solve the traffic pressure.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “jam” mean in Chinese?

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.

Children in the USA will  51 their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they often goo to different places to find good jobs. They often  52 to their parents or phone them, and they can choose their own  53.  Americans think it’s important for young people to make their own decisions.

Children are asked to do some house work at  54. In many families, children are paid for  55 the housework so that they can learn how to manage their own money.

1.A. leave    B. go    C. love

2.A. come    B. drive   C. write

3.A. jobs     B. job    C. works

4.A. playground   B. home   C. classroom

5.A. to do   B. do   C. doing

完成句子(共10分，每小题2分)
根据中文意思完成句子。
【小题1】林书豪擅长篮球，但是他说不好汉语。
Lin Shuhao __________basketball，but he can’t speak Chinese well.
【小题2】刘翔正在为伦敦奥运会做准备。
Liu Xiang __________the London Olympic Game.
【小题3】我每天用半小时查阅电子邮件。
__________half an hour to check my emails every day.
【小题4】把北京精神与我们的生活联系起来是很重要的。
__________________________connect Beijing Spirit with our life.
【小题5】现在对年轻人来说，开车旅行是最时髦的旅行方式之一。
Travelling by car is ____________________for young people now.