1. Why did Tony __________ the match? He always does best in our school.

A．lose

B．get

C．make

D．beat

2. Tom’s mother asked him some washing after dinner.

A．did

B．does

C．to do

D．do

3. This story __________ us a little girl’s school life in the small village.

A．leaves

B．takes

C．hopes

D．shows

4. —________ will Linda stay in the countryside with her grandparents?
—Maybe two weeks.

A．How long

B．How old

C．How much

D．How far

5. Peter some beautiful postcards for his friends yesterday.

A．gave

B．ate

C．bought

D．sent

6. — I phoned you last night. Why didn’t you answer?
—Sorry. I _____________ TV at that time and didn’t hear it.

A．am watching

B．was watching

C．watch

D．watched

7. These are little rabbits lovely, ______?

A．aren’t they	B．are they
C．don’t they	D．do they

8. —Whose book is this?
—It __________ Carter’s. It has his name on it.

A．might not	B．can’t be
C．could be	D．must be

9. —I failed the English test again.        —______! But work hard, and you can do well next time.

A．Good luck	B．Bad Luck
C．Congratulations	D．Don’t worry

10. There is _______ supermarket and ______ church near my house.

A．a; the

B．a; a

C．the; a

D．/ ; /

Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

11. Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

A．Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

B．Because he did something wrong.

C．Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

D．Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

12. If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A．he gets top scores	B．he gets medium scores
C．he gets extremely bad scores	D．he gets the worst scores

13. American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A．excited

B．sad

C．angry

D．happy

14. The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A．很高的待遇

B．很多的自由

C．很高的期望

D．很多的关爱

15. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A．the differences between Chinese education and American education

B．Chinese students are better than American students

C．American parents are not strict enough with their children

D．what’s the best way to educate child

Most Americans don’t like to get advice from their family. When they need advice, they don’t usually ask people they know. They often write letters to newspapers and magazines. And these newspapers and magazines can give advice on many different subjects such as family problems, language learning and how to buy a house and so on.
Most newspapers publish (刊登) letters from readers with problems. And they would also publish the answers to the letters. There are many writers giving advice to newspapers. Some of these writers are doctors, and some are teachers or lawyers (律师). One of the best writers is a woman. Although she doesn’t have special learning for this kind of work, experience helps her a lot to give advice. She is named Angel. She started writing advice for newspapers at the age of ten. Her advice to young readers now is in a column (栏目) called DEAR ANGEL in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
16. What do most Americans like to do when they have problems?

A．They like to ask their friends.

B．They like to write to newspapers and magazines.

C．They like to ask their parents.

D．They like to write to the people they know.

17. Which of the following is not mentioned (提到) to give advice to newspapers?

A．Teachers.	B．Doctors.
C．Captains.	D．Lawyers.

18. What helps Angel a lot to give advice?

A．Family.	B．Age.
C．Money.	D．Experience.

19. Angel often gives advice to .

A．old readers	B．young readers
C．her parents	D．her students

20. The passage mainly tells us .

A．how Americans get advice

B．how to get advice from teachers

C．Americans have too many family problems

D．how to write advice to reader

阅读短文根据上下文和首字母提示补全单词，必要时进行词形变化。
One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked,“I hear you are very clever and n     21    is difficult for you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?” Tom answered with a s     22    , “Oh, I am not clever. Instead, you are too foolish(愚蠢的).” The rich man became u    23    . Tom said, “Sir, please don’t be unhappy. If you don’t agree with what I said, now let me a    24    you a very easy question: If you have a group of s    25    I send you another group. Then, you say, how many groups of sheep do you have?”“Why! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two. Anyone knows that. I have two groups of sheep, of c    26    ” Tom laughed and laughed and said, “You are quite w    27    , sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That’s the e    28    question in the world, isn’t it? When the rich man h    29    the boy’s words, his face turned r    30    and felt very sorry about that.

阅读表达
All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same to everyone. In different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, people always drink tea when they are getting together. _____________________________________They prefer____ tea, with nothing else in it.
Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called tea ceremony（茶道）. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “tea time”. Most people have cups of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk or sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and a few sandwiches at tea time. This is the so-called “Afternoon Tea” in Britain.
In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—______. Sometimes they drink canned iced tea, just as soda.
31. 请把划线部分的句子翻译成汉语._______________________
32. When is the “tea time” in England?_________________________________
33. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined phrase? _______________
34. How many countries are mentioned in the text to drink tea? _________________________________
35. 请为本文拟一个合适的标题.___________________________________

A. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出适当的选项补全短文，并将选项编号字母依次填入题号后横线上。

Children know that summer is probably the most fun of all seasons.    36    , especially, for children aged 14 and under. In the first study of children’s safety in the US, the National Safe Kids Campaign (运动) (NSKC) found that nearly half of the injury-related (与受伤相关的) deaths among children happen in summer.

    37    They always know summer is a dangerous season for children. During the summer, children are out of school and spend more time outdoors.     38     “While we encourage children to be active and spend time outdoors, they need to understand the importance of safety.” said Everett Koop, an expert of the NSKC.

    39    . The NSKC started a “Make it a Safe Kids Summer” Campaign during National Safe Kids Week, from May 5 through May 12. Here are some important summer safety tips from the NSKC:

● Always wear your seat belt.
● Make sure there is an adult around when you decide to go swimming.
●     40    
● Obey all traffic laws.

A．They are more likely to get into an accident or be injured.

B．To help children stay safe.

C．Experts are not surprised by the study’s results.

D．However, experts say it is also the most dangerous.

E．Wear a life jacket (救生衣) when on a boat or doing water sports.

F．Children can’t go outside in summer.

41. 书面表达
假如你是Lingling，你的美国朋友Betty要来中国旅游，她需要你的帮助，下面是Betty给你的一封信，请根据信的内容给她回一封电子邮件。
要求：1. 条理清晰，语句通顺，书写规范整洁，80词左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
2. 文中不要出现真实校名和姓名。
Dear Lingling,
I’m preparing for a trip to China, and I’m making a list of things for my trip, but I don’t know what I should take? I’m leaving at the end of August. I’m going to stay there for three weeks, what clothes should I take? Which places of interest can I visit? What else should I pay attention to? Can you give me some advice?
Yours,
Betty
Dear Betty,
I’m very happy that you can come to China for a trip._____________________________________________
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Yours,
Lingling