In the southwest coast，the climate is rainy and warm during the Winter，but the summer is dry and hot. In the northeast of the United States，summer temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring is warm，and fall is cool.

    Years ago，people in the cold parts of the United States didn't often get fresh vegetables and fresh fruits during the summer. Today，however(然而)，trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way，Americans “send their climates” to people in other states.

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1. The summer and winter temperatures are almost the same　　    .

    (on the north central states，on the northwest coast)

2. The word-“fall” in this passage means“　　    ”. (autumn, drop)

3. Today people　　    can get fresh vegetables and fruits.

    (in the north central states，in every part of the USA)

4. From this passage we know that the climate of the United States 　　   .

    (is warm in winter，changes very little between summer and winter)

5. From Paragraph 2(第2段)we know that the climate of the southwest coast is“　　    .”(请结合地理知识做答)(Maritime海洋性climate，Savanna热带草原climate)

If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing important to do with the sentences. You can do that some other time.

根据短文内容,完成句子

1．For the beginners,　　   and　　   is more important than reading and writing.

2．When you are speaking, you may　　    　　  .

3．One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to write　　   or　　   .

4． If you want to be fluent (流利的)when speaking, you should choose 　　    　　   to read to yourself.

5．When you are reading, you’d better　　  　　   up the new words if you can guess their meaning.

A small boy came out of another shop in the street and followed Mr. Black. He stayed very near him all the time, and he kicked the heels(后跟)of Mr. Black’s shoes several times. Mr. Black looked at him angrily each time.?

After the third time, Mr. Black stopped, turned around and said to the small boy, “What are you doing? Stop following me like that! You’re going to hurt my heels.”?

“Please don’t stop me!”  the small boy said, “It’s very hot today, and there isn’t any shade(阴凉处)anywhere else in the street!”

阅读短文内容，并根据短文内容完成句子。?

1.It was a 　　　　  and hot summer day, you couldn’t see any 　　　　  in the sky.?  2.There 　　　　  not a tree on either 　　　　  of the street.?

3.Mr. Black closed his shop at half 　　　　  five and 　　　　  to the bus on foot.? 4.A small boy 　　　　  after Mr. Black and made 　　　　  angry.?

5.After the third time, Mr. Black 　　　　  and turned to the boy, “Stop following me    　　　　  that.”

To help your teeth grow strong, you must drink plenty of milk and eat green vegetables. Then your body will have the right chemicals(化学物质)that build teeth.

You should brush your teeth after each meal. Then few bits of food will be left on or between them to cause decay(腐烂). Make sure that you turn the brush and go up and down as well as(和)brushing sideways(向侧面地）. Use dental floss(清牙齿用的牙线)to make sure all food is removed(移走)from in between each tooth. If you can not brush your teeth after eating, rinse(冲洗)them with water, or eat an apple or a carrot.

Try to visit a dentist(牙医）every six months. If there is a hole in a tooth, he or she will fill it. If you do not have it filled, then the hole will grow larger. When a hole grows too big, the tooth may have to be taken out. It is better to keep all your second set of teeth for as long as possible. Filling a gap(豁口)where a tooth has come out with a kind of bridge and using a false(假的)tooth cost a lot of money.

阅读短文，并根据短文内容将句子补充完整：

1.Your first twenty teeth begin to grow about______.

2.Two kinds of food that are good for your teeth; they are______.

3.As well as brushing teeth, you should use______.

4.You should visit a dentist every______.

5.How many sets of teeth does every person have?______

“Please let me go, Mr. Lion，”said   the mouse. “One day I will help you.” The lion laughed. How could a little mouse help a big and tall lion? he thought. “Very well,” he said, “I will let you go. But you must walk more carefully.”

The mouse was very grateful(感恩的).“Thank you,” he said. “You are very kind.”

The next month the mouse was again looking for something to eat. He saw the lion under a tree. He was tightly tied in a net of strong ropes. He could not move.

“I will help you,” said the mouse.

He bit through one of the ropes. His teeth were sharp(尖的).Then he bit through another rope, and then, another. So the lion was free. He was very pleased.

“Thank you,” he said, “thank you very much.”

根据短文内容填空，每空一词(10分)

One day, a mouse was   1  for something to eat. But he was caught by a   2   lion. The mouse   3   the lion to   4   him go and said, “One day, I will   5   you.” The lion let the mouse go and told him, “You must be   6   next time.”

“It’s very   7   of you,” said the thankful mouse.

Soon the mouse saw the lion was tightly tied in a net of strong ropes and couldn’t   8   .

The mouse ran to him and bit through the ropes one by   9   with his sharp   10   .The lion was free.

 These boys，David，Tom and John are good friends．They are in the same school．On Monday they are wearing sweaters to school．The colour of their sweaters are black，blue and yellow．After school，they play football(踢足球)so they take them off(脱下)．We know David’s favourite colour are black and blue．John gives(给)the blue sweater to Tom．Can you guess what colour are their sweaters？

1．David's sweater is _________．

2．Tom's sweater is __________．

3．John's sweater is _________．

4．After school they play _________．

5．David’s favourite colours are ________and ______．

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　　British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a National Bravery Award (国家勇敢奖).

　　Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street, he s 2 heard a loud, strange behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England. “That must he a fire, It 3 .” Leech said. “The I quickly d 4 to do something. So I p 5 the door in and then Is 6 at the people inside. Then 1 started pouring milk e 7 ” He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighter r 8 the shop, the fire was under control.

　　Leech helped save the I 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops. “It was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone,” Leech said jokingly.

阅读短文，然后填写好表格.

　　Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us impolite. Here are some examples of things that a person with good manners does or does not do. If you visit a Chinese family you should knock at the door first. When the door opens you will not move before the host says "Come in, please. " After you come into the room you won't sit down until the host asks you to. When a cup of tea is put on a tea table before you or sent to your hand, you will say "Thank you" and receive it with your two

hands, or they will think you are not polite. Before coming into the house in Japan it is good manners to take off your shoes. In European countries, if your shoes become very dirty, this is not done. In a Malay house, a guest never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host very pleased.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空处填入适当的单词.

　　People are often killed while they are c ________（1）the road． Most of these people are old people and c ________（2）. old people are often killed because they can not see or h ________（3）very well. Children are often killed because they are not c ________（4）. They forget to look and listen b ________（5）they cross the road．

　　A car, truck or bus can not stop very q ________（6）. If the car is going very fast, it will travel many meters before it stops. People don't always understand this. They think a car can stop in a few meters. The faster a car is traveling, the 1 ________（7）it takes to stop.

　　The o ________（8）safe way to cross the road is to look b ________（9）ways, right and left. Then if the road is clear, it is safe to cross. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It is not safe to run. If people run a ________（10）the road they may fall down.

阅读填词.

根据短文内容及所给的首字母填写所缺单词，每空填一词.

　　This is part three in our series of stories about family life. We i ________（1）two students, Josh Franklin and Alice Gomez, about their weekend chores. They told us about the chores they d ________（2）last weekend．

　　On Saturday morning, Josh had two big chores to do. He didn't like washing the clothes, but he enjoyed c ________（3）out the garage." I listened to the radio and sang my favorite songs w ________（4）I worked," he said．

　　Alice had to go to the store and buy food for the family on Saturday morning. Her mother usually goes w________（5）her, but this time she went alone (单独地)."I like s ________（6）for food． I bought things I like to eat and my p ________（7）paid for it."

　　Josh and Alice b ________（8）liked helping with their parents' yard sales." I liked talking to a ________（9） the people," said Josh. Alice said, "My parents gave me part of the m ________ (lO). Now I can buy anything I want."