Ann and Bella are good friends. They are in the same class and sit together. After school, they often go home together. However（尽管如此）, they have many different habits. On weekends, Ann likes to stay home, watch TV or sleep, but Bella often (1) ___________ (go) out to exercise. Ann eats candy every day, though she knows it’s (2) ___________ for her health. Bella likes candy, too, she only eats it (3) ___________ (one) a week, because she thinks eating less candy can help her to keep in good health.
Today is Ann’s birthday. Ann thinks Bella will buy a bag of (4) ___________ for her. But    (5) ___________ fact, Bella buys her a book. It’s about how to form good habits.

Jim is my friend. His grandparents, parents, 1 brothers and one sister are in his family. Jim’s family like collections. Jim’s grandparents like to collect 2 .
They have many old photos, and they have many stories  3 these photos. Jim’s parents like books. Two big  4 are in their room and many books are in  5 . Jim’s brothers, Jack and Tony, like 6 . Jack likes basketball, and he   7  it with his classmates every day. He has five basketballs. Tony likes soccer. He plays it  8  his friends at school. He has four soccer balls. Jim’s sister likes pens, and she 9 12 different pens now. Jim likes sports, too, but he doesn’t play it. He only 10 them on TV. He has a great sports collection—— eight ping-pong balls and four bats, two basketballs and four tennis balls.
【小题1】 A. one        B. two       C. three
【小题2】 A. colors      B. numbers    C. photos
【小题3】 A. about      B. with       C. on
【小题4】 A. computers  B. desks      C. bookcases
【小题5】 A. it         B. them       C. they
【小题6】 A. schools    B. soccer      C. sports
【小题7】 A. does      B. watches     C. plays
【小题8】 A. with      B. for         C. to
【小题9】 A. gives      B. thinks      C. has
【小题10】A. says      B. watches    C. finds

Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits.

For many years, the Japanese built houses like those in China. They dressed themselves like a Chinese. From China came their way of writing and their habit of drinking tea.

In more recent times, the Japanese have borrowed things from our country, the United States. They have a government like ours. They do much work in science, as we do. Baseball is a favorite sport in Japan, just as it is here.

Things change when they come to Japan. The Japanese improve on almost everything they borrow. The art of garden making came from Korea and China, but the Japanese gardens are special. Each garden has a waterfall, a pond, and small bridges. There are few flowers in Japanese gardens. But the gardens are green during all the year round because they have many evergreens. Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty.

1. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ________ centuries ago.

A．the Japanese borrowed ideas only from China and Korea

B．people came to live in Japan from neighbouring Asian countries

C．Japan is much older than Korea

D．many Japanese came from the United States

2. In the third paragraph of the passage the italic (斜体)words “just as it is here” mean”________”

A．just as it is in the United States

B．just as it is in China

C．just as it is in Japan

D．just as it is in Asia

3. Why did the Japanese change the things they had borrowed?

A．They wanted very much to be different from others.

B．They didn’t like them the way they were.

C．They wanted visitors to like the change.

D．They tried to make them better.

4. From the passage we can see that ________.

A．Japanese gardens are different from those in other countries but not very beautiful

B．Japanese gardens are full of life during all the seasons

C．Japanese gardens are not very big

D．There are many flowers in Japanese gardens

5. Choose a statement from the following sentences that is NOT true.

A．The government of Japan is like that of the United States.

B．People in the United States like playing baseball.

C．The Japanese invented the habit of drinking tea.

D．Japan is made up of many islands.

American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools.
High school students study only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment(课外作业) for every class. After class they have many activities.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育). But there are scholarships (奖学金) for good students, and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.
【小题1】How long do American students study in school every year? 

Many people catch a cold in the spring time and / or fall.  It makes us wonder .if scientists can send a man to the moon, why they can't find a cure for the common cold. The answer is easy. There are exactly hundreds of kinds of cold viruses there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one.

When a virus attacks your body, the body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(充血)with it .You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells.  You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.

Different people have different remedies（治疗法）for colds. In the United States and sane other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids.  Other people take medicine to stop the fever, congestion, and running nose.

There is one interesting thing to note - some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight it and kill it .Bodies can do an amazing job on their own.  There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:

If it takes about one week to get over a cold if you don't take medicine,  but seven days to get over a cold you take medicine.

1.The scientists think   .when someone catches a cold.

2. Why can't you breathe we11 when you catch a cold? Because.

3.The blood is _____for the virus when someone gets a cold.

4.Which sentence is not right according to the passage?

5. What does the underline sentence mean in the last paragraph?