Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. Her mother is a nurse. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family.
小题1:Joan is from ______.
A. China             B. Japan
C. the U.S.A.        D. Canada
小题2:Joan likes speaking ________with us after class.

A．Chinese	B．English
C．French	D．Japanese

小题3:Joan's ________ is an English teacher.

A．father	B．mother
C．brother	D．father and mother

小题4:How often does Joan go to the shop?

A．Often.	B．Never.
C．Every Sunday.	D．Sometimes.

小题5:Which is RIGHT?

A．Joan's mother is a good teacher.

B．There are three people in her family.

C．They like to eat the Chinese food a lot.

D．The family are all in China.

Coffee has become the most popular drink in America. Today American people drink more coffee than people in any other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home.
People around the world drink coffee. Some people like coffee that is black (纯) and strong (浓), but other people like coffee with cream (奶酪) or sugar, or both cream and sugar in it. In all the ways it is served, coffee has become an international drink.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
小题1:The most popular drink in the United States is milk.
小题2:People drink coffee at any time.
小题3:In this passage there are three different kinds of coffee.
小题4:“Coffee has become an international drink. ” means “People all over the world drink coffee nearly. ”
小题5:Coffee isn’t a kind of food, but a kind of drink.

Accident（事故） Report Form

Accident:	A car crashed into a tree. Some people were trapped in the car.
Weather conditions:	There was a heavy rain.
Date of call:	June 3,2006
Time of call:	9:30 p.m.
Name of caller:	Mrs. Green
Place:	Zhongshan Road, Nanjing
Conditions of victims（受伤者） :	Mr. Green hurt his head. Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. Their daughter felt frightened.
Action:	Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m.

小题1:What time did Mrs. Green call the police?

A．At 9:30 a.m.	B．At 9:30 p.m.
C．At 9:40 p.m.	D．At 9:45 p.m.

小题2:.How many victims were there in the accident?

A．One.

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

小题3:Whose left leg was hurt?

A．Mrs. Green’s.

B．Their daughter’s.

C．Mr. Green’s

D．Their friend’s.

小题4:What was the weather like that day?

A．It was sunny.

B．It was snowy.

C．It was cloudy.

D．It was rainy.

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The car crashed into a wall.

B．Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital.

C．The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing.

D．The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.

Many people like to travel (旅行) by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport（机场）is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off (起飞) and it is often late. You can’t open the window. You can’t choose（选择）the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to get out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe (安全的). Railway stations（火车站） are usually in cities. When you can’t catch a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey (旅行) when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
小题1:Why do many people like to travel by plane?

A．Because it is fast.

B．Because you can walk around in the plane.

C．Because it is safe.

D．Because you can carry many things in a plane.

小题2:Which is not the good thing about the train?

A．It is safe.

B．It takes a little more time.

C．You can open the windows.

D．You can choose the food.

小题3:If you want to take a lot of things with you, what do you take to go out?

A．A bus.

B．A car.

C．A train.

D．A ship.

小题4:What is the bad thing about the car?

A．You needn’t go to a station.

B．You can start your journey when you want to.

C．There are too many cars on the road.

D．You have to wait for a long time.

小题5:What does the writer think of the plane, train and car?

A．He likes to take a train because it takes a little more time.

B．He likes to take a car because he has a car.

C．He doesn’t like traveling by plane he can’t choose the food on the plane.

D．He thinks it takes a lot of time to go to and get out of the airport.

Hi! My name is Robert and I live in Chicago. My school is called Parkside Elementary.  It is Jake and Elizabeth's school too.  Michael and Trevor's school is called Lincoln Middle School.  In the USA many students go to elementary school between the ages of 5-10, then middle school between the ages of 11-13, and then a four year high school, and last but not least, many people go to college or vocational school. Our elementary school starts at 8:30 am and ends at 3:20 pm. We go to school on Monday through Fridays and have the weekends off.
Some of the favorite sports here in America are basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and more. But, my favorite sport is football. My favorite player in the NFL (National Football League) is Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears ( the Bears are my favorite team too).
Americans wear jeans, a shirt, socks, shoes, and sometimes a hat. I usually wear a baseball hat, my favorite pants, and my favorite shirt. My pants have 4 pockets on it, and my shirt has red and black stripes on it.
There is no common agreement in the west about the best method of education. Many views can be found among parents, teachers, and students.
小题1:Students in elementary school stay at school for about ________days.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

小题2:The writer’s favorite sport is __________.

A．basketball

B．baseball

C．hockey

D．football

小题3:The third passage mainly tells us __________.

A．the writer’s favorite sports	B．the writer’s favorite food
C．the writer’s favorite clothes	D．the writer’s favorite color

小题4:“views”in the last passage means _________ in Chinese.

A．视野

B．风景

C．见解

D．检查

If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

小题1:“Give me five” is a gesture to _______.

A．make people laugh	B．ask for money
C．celebrate success	D．search one’s pocket

小题2:The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of _______.

A．toes

B．hands

C．arms

D．legs

小题3:The gesture started in _______ according to the story.

A．Rome

B．America

C．China

D．Britain

小题4:What is double “high fives”?

A．Both kids clap their left hands.

B．Both kids clap their right hands.

C．Both kids do high fives several times.

D．Both kids do high fives with both right and left hands.

Is there someone you hate? Well, maybe you don’t really hate them. But you get really angry every time you think of them. If you don’t let this anger go, it can turn into bitterness(痛苦)。
Bitterness often appears when we can’t forgive someone who has hurt us or made us angry. Someone might say or do something that hurts us. But instead of controlling the anger, we keep it deep inside. Before long, a bitter feeling begins to grow. We may think we’re hurting that person by criticizing(指责) him or her often, but we’re really only hurting ourselves.
Bitterness can not only lead to serious health problems such as heart disease, but also hurt our relationship with friends and family members. No one enjoys being around an anger person for very long.
If you see bitterness in your life, here are some ways to help you to deal with it.
Accept(接受) it
Instead of trying to deny your anger, make it clear to yourself and accept it. See your anger for what it is and quickly deal with it.
Stop making excuses for it
You may feel you have a right to be angry. You may think you’re right and the other person is wrong. You may even secretly enjoy making the other person look bad. But in the end, bitterness hurts you much more than the other person. The bitterness will hold you back, and the other person will go on with his or her life.
Forgive(原谅) and forget it
You probably can’t completely put the anger out of your mind. But you can decide to forgive the other person. Forget it and move on. You’ll enjoy better health and peace of mind.
小题1:According to the passage, we might get angry when someone_________.

A．holds us back

B．forget us

C．doesn’t like us

D．does hurt us

小题2:Bitterness comes from      .

A．our health problems like hear disease

B．the anger that lives deep inside our mind

C．the person who says something that hurts us

D．our relationship with friends and family members

小题3:The underlined word “deny” in the passage means         .

A．误解

B．否认

C．疏远

D．减轻

小题4:The best way to deal with the bitterness is to___________.

A．make the person who hurts you look bad

B．hate the person who hurts us often

C．accept that we are hurting the other person

D．forgive the person who hurts us and forget it

小题5:The writer wrote this article to tell us that ______________.

A．we should enjoy someone who hurts us

B．we should pay more attention to our friends.

C．the peace of mind is more important than hurt itself

D．it’s better to let bitterness go along with the other person

Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value differences between Chinese and Americans.
About money
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 have money left in the bank.
American kids love to make money by themselves. Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.
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 a good university and that might make them very poor sometimes.
About school
Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups.
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.
小题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

小题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 spend money at all

D．they make a lot of money

小题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.

小题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

小题5:The best title for the passage would probably be _______.

A．Differences between Chinese and Americans.

B．Chinese students and Americans

C．Chinese parents and American parents.

D．Chinese values and American values

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature's (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
小题1:How is bamboo like grass?

A．It grows quickly.

B．It's wood. `

C．it is easy to cut.

D．It is very thin.

小题2:Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn't grow      .

A．in China

B．in Europe

C．on mountains

D．in Africa

小题3:Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because       .

A．it is cheap	B．it has different colours
C．it is strong	D．it has been used by Asians

小题4:Bamboo pipes can      .

A．make money

B．be trees

C．grow quickly

D．carry water

小题5:In Asia, bamboo has been used for      .

A．a short time

B．many thousands of years

C．many hundreds of years

D．about 100 years

Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
小题1:How long is it since basketball was invented?

A．1000 years	B．More than 100 years
C．1100 years	D．Less than 100 years

小题2:The students felt unhappy because _______.

A．they had much homework to do

B．they often got into fights

C．they couldn't play outdoors

D．they had little time to study

小题3:Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

A．Some students	B．Some teachers
C．Some students' parents	D．Some of his friends

小题4:When a student ______ , he makes a score.

A．receives the ball.

B．throws the ball to another student

C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand

D．throws the ball into the basket

小题5:Which sentence is right?

A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball.

B．It was easy to invent the game.

C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor.