I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).

My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.

I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror (恐怖) I think they are like the old fairytales (童话故事) ，and can teach you important things.

I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy any books, go to www. showkett. freeserve. co. uk

1.When he was 13, the writer ________.

A．wrote lots of poems                     B．moved out of Wales

C．sold many story books                    D．became a famous singer

2.He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.

A．expand his imagination                   B．learn French

C．listen to stories                         D．buy some books

3.Maybe the writer is ________ years old now.

A．12               B．22               C．32               D．42

4.According to the passage, the write keeps _______

A．cats, hens and pigs                      B．ducks, goats and rabbits

C．hens, rabbits and dogs                    D．rabbits, pigs and cats

5.From the passage, we can learn that the writer ________.

A．lives in a big city with his son               B．likes eating Japanese and Indian food

C．lives in the countryside with his wife         D．introduces a nice book to us

单词拼写(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通畅。

1.Today, I want to i___________(介绍) a new student to all of you.

2.What about reading aloud to practice p____________(发音)？

3.Excuse me, sir. Can I see your driver’s l______________(执照)?

4.The air pollution in this area caused the d________(死亡) of many trees.

5.He is t__________（害怕）of speaking in public.

假如你有一百万，你想做什么？假如你是班主任，你会做什么？假如有一天你为人父母，你又会怎样处理与孩子之间的关系？假如……

请以If I…为题，从中任选一个话题，写一篇80词左右的短文。

Tom helped the teacher to hand out the test papers, didn’t he ?

A．come out         B．give out           C．take out           D．put out

Lucy met her mother in the park by chance.

A．with accident                          B．by accident

C．by mistake                             D．by opportunity

When a child realizes he should stand on his own feet, he has grown up.

A．stand up quickly

B．go somewhere on foot

C．get up by himself

D．depend on himself

The kid isn't old enough to go to school.

A．is not too young to go to school

B．is too young to go to school

C．is so young that he can go to school

D．can go to school

Li Lei often takes care of the old woman after school.

A．looks like          B．looks for          C．looks up           D．looks after

This toy Mickey Mouse _______be Amy's. She's the only kid at the picnic.

A．must             B．can              C．need             D．can't

--Peter knows many people here.

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A．So do I            B．So am I            C．Neither am I       D．Neither do I