Each year, we celebrate many holidays here in America.
On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries. And we have another four holidays on the first day of a month: April Fool’s Day, May Day, Friendship Day (Aug.1) and Grandparents Day (Sep. 1).
The most important holiday for the young people comes in February. It is Valentine’s Day. Lots of boys give red roses to girls as a present.
People celebrate some holidays for their family members. We say thanks to our mother in May and celebrate Father’s Day in the following month. In November many people return home for Thanksgiving Day, so the whole family can stay together.
There are also some interesting holidays for children. For example, Halloween comes at the end of October. Children often play with pumpkin lanterns and put on all kinds of masks.
Of course, the most important festival is Christmas. After a year of work and study, people can enjoy a long holiday, eat big meals, and visit family and friends.
【小题1】How many holidays do you know on the first day of a month in America?

In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.

“My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame(名誉)or money,” Chou said. That’s how we luckily have such a music genius, who has since then composed(作曲)lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜).

“Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we really want to follow,” he said.

Recently he has made public his latest work Lovers Genesis. In this album, he explores human relationships in the Internet age. “Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you’re going to use it,” is Chou’s advice to teenagers.

Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country’s language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.

Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career(事业). He has flown to the UK to attend month-long English training schools three times. There he lives with local families and practices daily conversations.

“So I could easily read the English instructions on recording machines and communicate with the local music producers,” said Chou, “The music reviews of the US or British singers that I appreciate could help me learn and grow with them.”

1.. Which of the following about Steve Chou is the correct order?

a. He made public his work Lovers Genesis.

b. He passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.

c. He composed lots of hits for the pop music charts.

d. Few people bought his records.

A. abcd B. dbca C. acbd D. dacb

2. Why has Chou flown to the UK to learn English?

A. Because he wants to live in the UK.

B. Because his record company asks him to.

C. Because he wants to sell his album in the UK.

D. Because he thinks it will be helpful for his music career.

3.. Which of the following statements is right?

A. Steve Chou loves music and he sings for fame.

B. The human relationships in the Internet age he explores is that Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you’re going to use it.

C. Steve Chou lives with local families in Canada and practices daily conversations.

D.Steve grows up with some Americans.

4.Steve Chou may agree with the following except that .

taking trips gives him some ideas of music

what we really want to follow is the most important.

music is a thing that can bring him fame and money.

in International age,technology itself is not a bad thing

5.What is Steve Chou like according to the passage?

A.Kind and helpful. B.Proud and confident.

C.Active and hard-working D.Calm and disappointed

When we talk about the climate（气候）of the UK, you may think of f   1   London and rainy weather. Actually, after many years, London is not as foggy as it used to be because the government is trying their best to solve the p  2   of air pollution, which is the major(主要的) r   3  of the thick fog in London.
However, it is t  4   that it often rains in the UK and the weather always changes quickly. Maybe you wish to play tennis with your friend after work when you see the beautiful sunshine in the morning, but suddenly the wind comes and it r  5  when you go to work.
The difference in temperature b  6  winter and s   7   is not so great in the UK as in China. The average（平均的）t  8   for winter is about 4.5℃, and for summer about 15.5℃.
And the best time to visit the country is in summer. It is often s   9  and you can enjoy outdoor sports and have a picnic h 10   in such weather.

Each year, we celebrate many holidays here in America.
On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries. And we have another four holidays on the first day of a month: April Fool’s Day, May Day, Friendship Day (Aug.1) and Grandparents Day (Sep. 1).
The most important holiday for the young people comes in February. It is Valentine’s Day. Lots of boys give red roses to girls as a present.
People celebrate some holidays for their family members. We say thanks to our mother in May and celebrate Father’s Day in the following month. In November many people return home for Thanksgiving Day, so the whole family can stay together.
There are also some interesting holidays for children. For example, Halloween comes at the end of October. Children often play with pumpkin lanterns and put on all kinds of masks.
Of course, the most important festival is Christmas. After a year of work and study, people can enjoy a long holiday, eat big meals, and visit family and friends.
【小题1】How many holidays do you know on the first day of a month in America?

A、阅读短文，完成下面的问题。(10分)

 I  have a  good   friend．Her name is Linda She has a red  backpack．It is on the  sofa．She has  two blue dictionaries．They are on the desk in her room  She has a yellow quilt．It is on her bed．  She likes tennis．She has four tennis rackets and eight tennis. They are under her bed．She likes  vollayball，too. But she doesn’t like soccer．She thinks(认为)it is for boys．She plays tennis with  her sister in the morning and plays volleyball with  me in the  afternoon．

 1．what color is Linda’s backpack?

    A．Red    B. Black    C．Blue

2．Where are Linda’s dictionaries7

    A．On the sofa    B．On the desk    C．On the bed

3．Linda has______tennis．

    A.two    B．four    C．eight

4. Linda plays tennis________．

    A.in the morning    B in the afternoon    C．with her friend

5．下面哪项陈述是错误的?

    A．Linda’dictionaries are blue．    B．Lind’s quilt is on her bed．

    C．Linda doesn’t like voneyball．