The U.S. is one of the English-speaking countries in the world. In the U. S., people speak English. People in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand also speak English. But American English is different from the English in the UK, or in Australia, for example, to say"去看电影,", people in the U. S. say "to go to the movie theater", while people in the UK say, "to go to the cinema." To say "裤子", people in the U.S. use pants .While people in the UK say "trousers." American people say "sure" while people in the UK say "of course".

1. What are the English-speaking countries?

2. What language do the people in New Zealand speak?

3. To say"去看电影" ,what do the people in the UK, say?

4. To say"裤子" ,what do the people in the US say？

5. When an American boy meets a boy from the UK, do they understand each other？

What do the people usually do on weekends? Some people like to _____at home, but others like to go out for a walk or play football. Mr Smith _____hard in a factory during(在……期间)the ___. On the weekends, he usually ___the same things. On Saturday he washes his car and on ___ he goes with his family to a village(村庄) by car. His uncle and aunt ___a farm there. It isn’t a big one, but they always have  ___ things to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them some ____. Mr and Mrs Smith help in the field. At the end of the day, they are all      and Mr Smith’s aunt ____them a big meal.

1.A. play                             B. stay               C. be                          D. so

2.A. works                          B. does              C. makes           D. studies

3.A. day                              B. year               C. week                      D. month

4.A. make                            B. does              C. do                          D. has

5.A. Friday                           B. Saturday       C. Thursday                D. Sunday

6.A. has                     B. have    C. bring            D. find

7.A. much           B. many         C. any                 D. no

8.A. cakes            B. rice      C. food             D. fruit

9.A. hungry               B. angry              C. full                  D. happy

10.A. gives                      B. puts            C. makes              D. does

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　The circus comes to town every spring. The men put up a tent in a field. Then all the people come to see the circus.

　　On Saturday there was a big crowd at the circus. All the children were there with their parents. The big tent was in the middle of the field. Around the big tent there were many little tents. They were in different colors. There were places to play games. There were places to see wild animals. There were places to buy candy.

　　“I want to see the animals,” Bill said to his mother. “I want some candy,” his sister Sally said.

　　Then they went into the big tent. There were seats all around it. In the middle of the tent was a big circle.

　　The circus started with a parade(游行). The music was very loud. First the elephants came in. Then there were lions and tigers in cages. There were a lot of clowns(小丑). They made the people laugh. And there were acrobats(杂技). They did tricks on wires at the top of the tent. They swung high over the heads of the people. They jumped from swing to swing.

　　Then a big cage was brought into the middle of the circle. There were lions and tigers in the cage. They looked very wild. A man went into the cage with them. He was alone with the lions and tigers. He had only a chair and a whip. But he made the animals do tricks. He made them sit on chairs. Bill was very excited. He jumped up and down. All the people cheered.

Questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题，不超过五个单词)

1．How often does the circus come to town？

________ ________ ________.

2．What do the people do when the circus comes?

They all ________ ________ ________ ________.

3．How do people like the circus?

They ________ ________ ________ ________.

4．What can people do at the circus? Name at least two things.

________ ________ ________ ________ ________.

5．Where does the circus give performances?

The circus gives performances in ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.

6．What animals can be seen during the performance?

________, ________ ________ ________.