In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean   1  person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and   2 . Dogs and other pets can give   3  to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. And some even leave all their money to their   4  when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can become the “  5  ” for a blind （瞎的）person or ears for a deaf（聋的）person. Pets can help people live   6 ! They make people  7 , too.
Americans hold “Be   8  to Animals Week”, the first week of May. There are pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, spend   9  time this week playing with it. Remember to give it good   10 .
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to   11  them. As people, we must learn to treat animals as our   12  !

We have twenty minutes’ rest between classes. Look! Most of us are playing during the break time. Some students are on the playground. They are playing basketball. Oh! A boy is running with the ball. And another is trying(尽力)to stop him. They look so cool. And there are some girls watching the game. Some students are in the classroom. They are talking. A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in the tree in front of the classroom. She must be thinking of something interesting because she is smiling(微笑).
What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his or her things, busy but happy!
【小题1】Where are the students playing basketball?

I am sure you have a mobile phone. Now functions (功能) of the mobile phones have greatly expanded (扩张). Maybe your mobile phone can take photos【小题1】________  Mine can get online or get on QQ. So the mobile phone not only can make telephone calls. You can do a lot of things with the mobile phones, Such as sending and receiving messages, listening to the music and playing games.
Now the 3G mobile phones become popular in our country【小题2】        After January 2009, people can use their 3G mobile phones in many cities of our country. They can send and receive pictures while they are talking on the mobile phones. Look at the picture. It is a 3G mobile phone. You can take more good pictures with this kind. If you can't go home to watch TV, you can turn on your 3G mobile phone and watch CCTV news【小题3】        You can also play games just like on computer on the Internet.
The important thing is that many companies said your phone fee won't go up although you can do all these things【小题4】         It is reported that about two years later, all of the 3G mobile phones will be used in any part of our country.

I first had physics lessons when I was in Grade Eight some years ago. In class, I   1   that there wasn’t a Nobel (诺贝尔) Prize winner from China. That made me sad, and I decided to change (改变) it.   2   after that, I got up early in the morning. I turned on the light and took out a physics book. Then I started   3   quietly. I worked so hard because I had a great   4   — one day, I would be the first   5   person to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Later on, I found physics at school too easy for me. I wanted to learn   6  , so I made a reading plan and started to find answers to more difficult problems.
Now I am a top student in physics. I won the first prize in the national physics competition  last month. And I am happy to be closer to my dream after a few   7   hard work. Of course,   8   I have some problems. My classmates always   9   me when they are talking about fashion (时尚) or pop stars, because I know   10   about them. “Well, that doesn’t matter too much,” I tell myself. “They don’t know much about physics , but I won’t laugh at them.”
【小题1】A. joined           B. heard                 C. studied
【小题2】A. So              B. But                    C. And
【小题3】A. writing         B. reading                C. thinking
【小题4】A. dream          B. idea                 C. plan
【小题5】A. Chinese        B. Canada                C. American
【小题6】A. much           B. more                  C. most
【小题7】A. weeks’         B. months’              C. years’
【小题8】A. usually         B. always                C. sometimes
【小题9】A. depend on      B. look at                C. laugh at
【小题10】A. anything        B. nothing              C. everything

American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit. You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters. “Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to break others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others. Let’s learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.

1.You should say “Thank you” when ______________.

A．you say something kind to others

B．you help others

C．someone helps you

D．you need others to help you

2.From the passage we know “Thank you” is _________.

A．widely used in the world

B．used more often than “Excuse me”

C．used only by American

D．used only between friends

3.You should say “Excuse me” if you want to __________.

A．cough                                B．make some noise

C．go first                               D．all of the above

4.When you are going to ask someone to tell you the way, you should say “_________”

A．Thank you                             B．That’s very kind of you

C．Excuse me                             D．I’m sorry

5.This passage mainly tells us the way _________.

A．to be happy                           B．to be polite

C．to help others                          D．to learn from Americans