I am a middle-school student. Now let ___1___ tell you something ___2___ our classroom.

It's very ___3___. There are two maps ___4___ the back wall. ___5___ is a map of China.

___6___ is a map of the world (世界).

    There are ___7___ desks and chairs in our classroom. There is a big desk ___8___ the

teacher in the front of it. We ___9___ four classes in the ___10___ and two in the afternoon

    1. a. I　　　　　　b. my 　　　　　　　c. me　　　　　　d. we

    2. a. about　　　　b. in 　　　　　　　c. on 　　　 　　d. at

    3. a. small 　　 　b. big 　　 　　　　c. bigger 　　 　d. biggest

    4. a. in 　　　　　b. on 　　　　　　　c. under 　　　　d. over

    5. a. It 　　　　　b. It's 　　　　　　c. One 　　　　　d. one

    6. a. Other 　　 　b. Others 　　　　　c. Another 　　　d. The other

    7. a. fourty　　　 b. forty 　　 　　　c. forteen 　　　d. fourteenth

    8. a. for 　　　 　b. of　　　 　　　　c. to 　　　　　 d. about

    9. a. there is 　　b. there are 　　 　c. has 　　　　　d. have

    10. a. moning　　　b. mourning 　　　　c. morning 　　　d. moring

Mr. Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr. Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now, he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble（麻烦） with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot.

1. Mr. Smith works in ______.

　　    A. a hospital     B. a police station     C. a school  　　 D. a restaurant

2. Mr. Smith is good at ______.

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

3. He learns Chinese ______.

　　    A. very well             B. not very well  

 C. we don’t know       D. very good

4.Where does he learn Chinese?

　　    A. In an evening school.   B. At home.  

　　    C. In his friend’s home.   D. In a park.

5. Does he study very hard?

　　    A. Yes, he doesn’t.   　　 B. No, he doesn’t.    

　　    C. Yes, he does.  　　 　　 D. No, he don’t.

Harry is from London. But he is in China with his parents now. He is 13 years old. He is a student of Grade 7.

   Harry is a clever student. He works very hard. He is good at all his lessons. He says he likes Chinese best. He can speak some Chinese now. His teachers and classmates are all nice to him.

   Harry gets up at 6.20 on weekdays. He has his breakfast at home. Then he walks to school. His lessons begin at 7.50 every day. In the morning, they have four classes. Harry has lunch at school with his classmates. They have three classes in the afternoon. And school is over at 4.40.

   After school, Harry plays ball games in the playground. He goes home at about 5.30. He has supper with his parents every day. In the evening, he does his homework and watches TV. And then he goes to bed at 9.30.

   “I like living in China very much. The people here are friendly and the food is very nice. I like all the things here,” He says to his parents.

1.Which is Harry’s favourite subject?

A. English.         B. Chinese.       C. Maths.           D. Ball games.

2.When does Harry get up in the morning?

A. At 6.10.      　 B. At 7.15.       C. At 6.00.      　　 D. At 6.20.   

3. What does he like in China?

A. The people.      B. The food.     C. All the things.       D. We don’t know.

Chen Guangbiao was born in Jiangsu in July,1968. He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu. Now he is one of China’s richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects. He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies.

　　When people are in need of help, he will appear at once. He helped people during the Wenchuan earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake. He also gave a helping hand in Japan's earthquake. He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas.

　　He doesn't do charity for honour(荣誉).He wants to encourage more people to make contributions(贡献)to charity. After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas(海外)Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity.

　　As a philanthropist(慈善家),he is asked for help every day. Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has never stopped caring.

　　So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour Medal(全国五一劳动奖章).He is considered as one of China’s top philanthropists.

1.The article is probably taken from _______.

A．a newspaper       B．a novel           C．a detective story    D．a science book

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned (谈到) in the passage?

A．He is from Jiangsu.

B．He has visited many countries.

C．He has helped people in need.

D．He has got a lot of awards.

3.Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

A．Earthquakes

B．Hope Primary Schools

C．Pioneer of the Year

D．Philanthropist Chen Guangbiao

　　Mary is from Canada. She teaches English in China now. She knows a little Chinese. She isn’t free from Monday to Friday. So she often goes shopping on Saturday (星期六).

　　Today is Saturday. Mary goes to the shop. She comes out of her car and goes into the shop. “What can I do for you?”the girl in the shop asks her in Chinese. Mary thinks she can tell the boy what she wants in Chinese. So she says in Chinese, “A quilt (被子), please.”Then the girl goes to the back of the shop. “My Chinese is not bad. The girl understands (理解) me.” She thinks.

Mary is happy. Soon (不久) the girl comes back. She shows Mary a cup (杯子).

1.What’s Mary?

A. a student B. a doctor C. a teacher

2. What does Mary often do on Saturday?

A. do some washing B. go shopping C. go to school

3.How does Mary go to the shop?

A. by bus B. by train C. by car

4.What does Mary think of her Chinese?

A. very good B. very bad C. very poor

5.What does the girl think Mary need?

A. a cup B. a quilt C. books