Sarah and Colin live in an __36__ house in an English village. Sarah is a __37__.She teaches in the village.  Colin works __38__. The village post office is one room in their house and Colin works there. The people in the village __39__ their stamps(邮票) in __40__ house. The post office is there, too.

It’s a __41__ house. The living room is yellow. There are two big blue sofas. There is an old table and some chairs. There is a big picture of Sarah and her __42__. Sarah’s daughter is a painter. There are __43__ flowers in their house. Sarah likes yellow and white flowers in their house. The kitchen and bathroom are new.

Colin and Sarah are very __44__ in their house and I like __45__ them.

(     ) 36. A. small                    B. new                  C. large                 D. old

(     ) 37. A. teacher                 B. worker                     C. postman            D. doctor

(     ) 38. A. in a factory           B. in the school      C. at home             D. with Sarah

(     ) 39. A. send                            B. buy                   C. make                D.collect

(     ) 40. A. Colin and Sarah’s                   B. Colin and Sarah

   C. Colin’s and Sarah’s                D. Colin’s and Sarah

(     ) 41. A. love                      B. like                   C. likely                 D. lovely

(     ) 42. A. husband(丈夫)      B. son                   C. daughter            D. friend

(     ) 43. A. no                        B. some                 C. not any             D. a lot

(     ) 44. A. tired                            B. sorry                 C. busy                 D. happy

(     ) 45. A. visit                      B. to visiting          C. visits                 D.visiting

   

My name is Sarah and I’m 14．I don’t have a brother or a sister I am in Year（年）7 at Green School．My parents are Charles and Nancy Goldman．My father is a math teacher and my mother is an．English teacher．We are in the same（相同的）school

    My father，s parents are Ted and-Sandra Goldman．They live（居住）in Southampton．Ted is 60, and Sandra is 58．My grandfather is a doctor, my grandmother doesn’t work（工作）．They come to see us twice（两次）a year． 

    My mother's parents are Harold and Amy Rivers．Harold is 62 and Amy is 6 1．They are farmers They have a farm（农场）．They grow（种植）vegetables．I like to go to see my my grandparents

1．Charles and Nancy Goldman have only________________

2．Nancy Goldman teaches（教）__________________

3．_______________is Sarah’s mother’s father．

4．The age（年龄）of Sarah’s grandmother, Sandra is_______________

5．On the farm Harold and Amy Rivers_____________________

One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. I opened it and saw an old man. But his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good evening. I come to see if you have a room for just one night. I live far away from here, and there's no bus till next morning. ”

I told him we would find him a bed, but it was not comfortable. I went inside and cooked dinner. When we were ready, I asked him if he would like to join us. “No, thank you. I have plenty.” When I had finished the dinner, I went out to talk with him. He told me he fished for a living to help his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was ill and too weak to do anything.

At bedtime, we put a bed in the children's room for him. On his next trip, as a gift, he brought a big fish and some fresh vegetables. In the years he came to stay overnight with us, and there was never a time he did not bring us some fish or vegetables from his garden.

 I know it was thankful for our family to know him, from whom we learn what was to accept the bad without a complaint(抱怨) and the good with thanks.

1Why did the old man go to the writer's house?

A. To give a fish to the writer.                   B. To stay for the night.

C. To sell some fish.                             D. To ask for some money.

2 How many people were there in the old man's daughter's family?

A. Two.           B. Four.                 C. Six.           D. Seven.

3 Which of the following is true?

 A. The old man stayed for the night with the writer only once.

 B. The old man came to the writer's house to ask for some food.

 C. The old man came to stay with the writer for the night many times.

 D. The old man felt lonely because he had no son or daughter.

British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires(百万富翁) when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.

Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.

Doing the research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in the center of London.

Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has ￡30 million a year.

Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”

4What kind of company do they run?

A. A fast-food restaurant.                                B. A tea shop.   

C. A coffee shop.                       D. A big hotel.

5 Where are their Coffee Republic shops?

A. All over the UK.                        B. All over the US.

C. In the center of London.                D. In New York.

6Which information is mentioned in the passage?

A. Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea.

 B. British people never drank coffee before 1995.

 C. Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee.

 D. Sarah found a business chance while doing the research.

Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world's population is left-handed.

  Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain(脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(伤害) when they are born. However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-handed or left-handed according (根据)to the chance and the people they work or live with.

  Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.

7 After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists

found ____________.

A. the art began from 1,500 B. C.

B. the works of art ended in the 1950s

C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

8 How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A. Less than one sixth.                 B. More than a half.

C. About 40%.                             D. The passage doesn't tell us.

9 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

10 What is the best title for this passage?

A. Left-handed People                           B. Scientists' New Inventions

 C. Which Hand                         D. Different Brains, Different Hands

    Hi, I’m Tina. I’m an office worker in a downtown(城区市中心) office. I live on a small island, so I take a boat from the island（岛）to the city every day. The boat leaves every 20 minutes and it takes about 35 minutes to get to the city. Then I have a short walk to my office. Sometimes when the weather is bad, I can’t get to work on time by boat.

    My name is Sarah and I’m a teacher. I take the train to work every day. The train is quick and cheap, and there are hardly any delays(延迟). The trains run every half an hour and run until 00:30. The train station is near my home. It only takes 20 minutes from my home to school.

    Hello, I’m Maria and I’m a college student(大学生). I live in the college. The college is very big, so I usually walk a lot. Sometimes it takes 15 minutes to get from one building（楼房）to the next. When I want to shop with my friends outside the college, we take a bus. The buses stop running after 10:00 pm. So if we come back after that time, we have to take a taxi.

Who	How	How long
Tina (69)___________	get to the city (70)__________	35 minutes
Sarah (a teacher)	go to work by train	(71)______________
Maria (a college student)	(72)____________ inside(在…里面) the college	15 minutes from one building to another
	take a bus outside the college

                

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.
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【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