Audrey is a Chinese-American student．She has found many value（价值观） differences between Chinese and Americans．

    About money

    1）Americans would like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt （欠债）．Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank．

2）American kids love to make money by themselves．Chinese kids always ask their parents for money．

3）American parents think it is not useful to send their children to an expensive university．Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities and that might make them very poor sometimes．

   About school

  1） Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups．

  2） Some American students think that "B" is a gift while Chinese students think that "B" is terrible．

   American parents and Chinese parents．

    American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at the weekends．Chinese parents usually don't allow their children to do so in middle or high schools．

1．What would a Chinese middle school student probably NOT do at the weekends according to the passage?

A．Study at home．                                 B．Do part-time jobs．

      C．Take part in sports groups．              D．Do chores．

2．Some Chinese people have money left in the bank because_____．

 A．they usually spend less than they have 

    B．they spend more than they have

C．they don't like spending money at all

D．they make a lot of money

3．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

    A．Chinese parents usually give their kids money．

B．American children love to make money by themselves,

C．The reason why Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities．

D．Americans usually spend more money than they have．

4．The underlined word" academic" probably means ______ in Chinese．

A．学术的                B．娱乐的                C．运动的                D．休闲的

5．The best title for the passage would probably be _____．

A．Differences between Chinese and Americans

B．Chinese Students and American Students

C．Chinese Parents and American Parents

    D．Chinese Values and American Values

It keeps your insides from falling out．It helps you warm up when you are cold, and it can cool you off when you are hot．It lets you feel things by touch．

   What is this? Your skin, of course! What does your skin ask for in return for all the wonderful things it does? Just a little care! So let's learn how to take good care of our skin．

   Like the heart and stomach, your skin is an organ （器官）．In fact, it is the largest organ in your body．Unless there's a problem, you may not think about your skin very much．But skin has an important job to do．

   Your skin is protecting you．Your skin keeps you from getting sick．When you take care of your skin, you are helping your skin do its job．Taking care of your skin today will help you have no problems in the future．

Clean skin is happy skin! One simple way to take care of your skin is to keep it clean．Keeping your hands clean is very important．When washing your hands, use warm water．Wet your hands, and then use soap．You should wash your hands carefully everywhere．

     You'll also want to use warm water, but not too hot, when you take a bath．Use soap to clean your body．Don't forget under your arms and behind your ears! Your face needs attention, too．It's a good idea to wash your face once or twice a day with warm water．

1．We can infer（ 推断出 ）from Paragraph 3 that __

A．people don't often care much about their skin

B．skin is an organ

C．there would be nothing wrong with your skin

D．skin is not important at all

2．Which of the following best describes your clean skin?

A．A kind of job to keep you from getting sick．

B．An important and largest organ．

C．Something like your heart and stomach．

D．Healthy and happy skin．

3．What's one of the simple ways to look after your skin?

A．Use warm water．                              B．Keep it clean．

C．Wash it twice a day．                          D．Use soap．

4．Why does the writer think we should try to take care of our skin today?

    A．To help us warm up when we are cold．

    B．In order to keep our insides from falling out．

C．In order to help us have no problems in the future．

D．To let us feel things by touch．

5．What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Taking care of your skin．

B．Your skin．

    C．An important organ．

D．Keeping yourself from getting ill

选择下面方框中所给的词或词组填空完成句子，使其完整与正确。

1．Be _____! The tea is too hot．You'd better not drink it right now．

2．Thomas Edison had more than one thousand _____in his life time．

3．Great changes have _____ in Urumqi in the past few years．

4．I can't hear you clearly．Would you please speak more ______?

5．The blue pencil isn't mine．It _______ Mary．

根据句义和给出的汉语注释或首字母写出单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

1．Wang Ping is the______（第二）tallest student in Class One，Grade Nine．

2．Many teenagers like c     with their friends through QQ on the Internet．

3．It is very important for schools to keep students_______（安全的）because some of them were killed or injured．

4．He came into the room______（安静地）because the baby was sleeping．

5．Shanghai is one of the biggest c      in China．

根据中文提示，补全句子，使其完整与正确。

1．中国农民正在尽最大的努力种植更多的树来阻止沙漠蔓延。

Chinese farmers are______ ________best to plant more trees to stop the desert from expanding．

2．到目前为止，中国政府已为人们的医疗健康花费了大量的钱。

So_____，Chinese government has already____ a lot of money on people’s health care．

3．因为腿疼，他不再去徒步了。

He doesn’t go hiking______ _______because of the pain in his leg．

4．你学习越努力，你就越会得到更好的结果。

The_____ you work at your lessons，the_____ results you will get．

5．每个中学生都应该为自已感到自豪，因为每个人都有优点。

Every middle school student is supposed to_____ ______in themselves because each of them has good points．

1．The little boy is so weak that he can’t lift the heavy box．（改为简单句）

The little boy is_______ weak______ lift the heavy box．

2．Shall we go for a visit to the World Expo in Shanghai during summer vacation?（同义句转换）

_____ ______go for a visit to the Word Expo in Shanghai during summer vacation?

3．My friend has been collecting coins for eleven years．（对画线部分提问）

_________ _______has your friend been collecting coins?

4．South African police don’t allow football fans to take photos while watching football games．（改为被动语态）

  Football fans_____ not____ to take photos while watching football games in South Africa．

5．Neither Amy nor Jerry has ever been to America．（改为肯定句）

    ______ Amy and Jerry______ ever been to America．

根据短文内容，填写一个适当的词，使文章意思完整且符合逻辑。（每空一词）

A young man wanted to learn how to be a good farmer．He went to a  1   who agreed to help．Every day for a month, he sat by the teacher, who talked  2  farming for eight 3  ．The young man was very bored and felt very disappointed．

     Then he went to   4  teacher． This time the teacher was   5  from the first one． He didn't talk to the boy．The boy sat there next to the teacher for hours．The teacher   6  look at him, but did his work．The boy became bored and started helping．Every day he worked hard in the fields．After two months, when he   7   ," Will you teach me? he teacher answered," Yes, one day．"So the young man didn't ask the question for a, " 8   months．Then after a year, he asked the same question 9 ．The teacher looked surprised," But I have．taught you almost everything I know．"The young man thought about it and realized that it was  10 ——he was now a good farmer．

根据句意及首字母填空。

1．Have you ever t_________ to the south of Italy?

2．There is a small i_________ in the center of the lake.

3．You must stop when the t___________ lights are red.

4．He speaks to his mother in a l_________ voice.

5．There are four s_________ in a year. I like autumn best.