【推荐1】I’m Carol. Becky is my best friend. She is tall and thin with long curly hair.

    1     One day, I was eating lunch in the dining hall. I was not careful and knocked over (打翻) my soup. I got my clothes wet. Other students laughed at me but Becky didn’t. What did she do? She helped me make my clothes clean. It really touched my heart.     2              

       I like Becky, though we are different in some ways. She is very funny, but I’m a little shy. She works harder than me, so she always gets good points. Betty likes writing and dancing, but I like playing the piano. Both of us like sports. Becky plays tennis very well, and she always wins tennis games. I am good at badminton. Becky has a large family. I have a small one. She has two dogs. I don’t like dogs. Becky’s family is poor.     3     I only speak English. Becky can speak English and Chinese.

    4     Every Saturday, I go to Becky’s house, or she comes to my house. Becky’s mother and my mother don’t have much in common. However, they don’t mind driving us to each other’s home so that we can play together.

Becky shares everything with me.     5                

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

A．Then we became good friends.

B．My parents have a lot of money.

C．I have many good friends at school.

D．I first met her in the school dining hall.

E．How lucky I am to have a friend like her.

F．Becky lives in another town not far from mine.

【推荐3】This Chinese boy is Li Lei. He is 12. He is in No. 3 Middle School. He's in Class Two， Grade One. His good friend is Jack. He's an English boy. He's in Li Lei's school. He's in Class One，Grade Two. Mrs Read is an English teacher in their school. She is English and she teaches Grade Three. Jack and Li Lei have a secret（秘密）. Jack is Mrs Read's son.

1. Who's in No. 3 Middle School?

A．Li Lei and his mother.

B．Li Lei and Jack.

C．Li Lei，Jack and Jack's mother.

2. What grade is Jack in?

A．Grade One.

B．Grade Two.

C．Grade Three.

3. How old is Jack?

A．He's twelve.

B．He's not twelve.

C．We don't know.

4. Is Mrs Read an English teacher in their school?

A．Yes，she is.

B．No， she isn't.

C．Mr Read is，

5. Are Jack and Li Lei good friends?

A．Yes， they are.

B．No， they aren't.

C．We don't know.

【推荐1】Jack is my good friend. A few months ago, I saw guitar in his room.     1    . I asked him why the guitar was in his room. He told me that he would try something difficult before 18 years old, and playing the guitar in public was the first thing he wanted to try.     2    . But now he is confident (有信心的) enough after his first successful show at school.

After watching Jack’s first show, I thought carefully about myself that night.     3    . That was because I was not good at writing. Jack’s story made me think of the saying, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” I couldn’t achieve my dream in a day, but I could start to do something easy.     4    .

From then on, I wrote every day to improve my writing skills so that I could publish (发表) articles in the school newspaper.

Now everything is going well and my writing skills have improved a lot.     5    . Thanks to Jack, my life is full of confidence.

A．I nearly gave up my dream of being a writer

B．As far as I knew, he wasn’t able to play the guitar before

C．For example, I could begin to write some simple stories

D．So far, I have already published five articles in the school newspaper

E．He used to be afraid of speaking in public

【推荐2】Bob and Frank are good friends. They often go to movies together (一起) on weekends. Bob's favorite actor is Cheng Long. He has an action movie, Who Am I. It's very exciting. Frank likes the actor Rick Smith. He really likes his movie. Black September. Frank thinks it's a very successful thriller(恐怖片) . Bob and Frank are Americans (美国人), but they both like Beijing Opera, they think they can learn about Chinese history from these movies.
1. Bob and Frank often ______ together on weekends.

A．go to school (上学 )	B．go to a movie
C．are good friends	D．go to see an action movie

2. Bob's favorite actor is ______.

A．Frank	B．Cheng Long
C．Beijing	D．American

3. The film (影片) Black September is ______.

A．an action movie	B．a comedy
C．Beijing Opera	D．a thriller

4. Bob and Frank come from _____

A．America	B．China
C．Japan	D．England

5. Which of following is not true?

A．Bob and Frank are good friends.

B．Who Am I is an action movie.

C．Bob likes the actor Rick Smith.

D．Bob and Frank like Beijing Opera.

【推荐3】The White family have different hobbies. Mr. White used to like watching movies. But now he has a special hobby—the recycles (回收利用) everything he owns. Recycling means turning the trash (垃圾) into treasure. And he was very happy and then he made recycling his hobby. He also advises his families and friends to do recycling.

Mrs. White’s hobby is cooking. She didn’t know how to cook when she was young. And she started to learn to cook after her son Peter was born. This year she joined a cooking club and got many good recipes (食谱) from members of the club. She has improved her cooking skills a lot. Mr. White and their son Peter like the food she cooks very much.

Peter is a 16-year-old boy. He likes playing basketball very much. And he is on the school basketball team. He practices playing basketball with his teammates every day. Mr. Brown is their coach. He teaches them how to play basketball. Peter wants to be a basketball star like Kobe Bryant when he grows up.

1. What is Mr. White’s hobby now?

A．Singing.

B．Recycling.

C．Watching movies.

D．Playing games.

2. The underlined word “coach”means “_________” in Chinese.

A．教练

B．队长

C．队友

D．裁判

3. What does Peter want to be when he grows up?

A．A scientist.

B．A cook.

C．A basketball player.

D．A football player.

4. What does the passage mainly (主要地) tell us?

A．What a hobby is.	B．What we can learn from our hobbies.
C．How to be a good cook.	D．The White family have different hobbies.

【推荐1】Every thirty seconds there is an earthquake in the world. Some of these earthquakes are so weak that people can’t feel them. But some of them are very serious and many people get hurt or die in them. Do you know what cause earthquakes?

The earth’s surface（表面）has many pieces. These pieces are always moving. When two pieces move past each other, there is an earthquake. Scientists are trying to predict big earthquakes, but it’s very hard. Do you know how to protect yourself during an earthquake? Here are some ways. You should remember them.

If you are inside

◆Quickly move under a desk or along a wall. It will protect you from falling things. Don’t run out of the door.

◆Keep away from windows.

◆Turn off lights.

◆Don’t get into a lift. If you are in a lift, get out as quickly as possible.

If you are outside

◆Don’t stay near tall buildings and trees. Things may fall on you.

◆Be careful of fallen power lines.

◆Lie on the ground in clear areas until the shaking stops.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How often does an earthquake happen in the world?

A．Once every thirty seconds.	B．Once every thirty minutes.
C．Once every three hours.	D．Once every thirteen seconds.

2. An earthquake happens because ________.

A．the Earth’s surface is too thin

B．the pieces of the Earth’s surface are moving too fast

C．two pieces of the Earth’s surface move past each other

D．there are too many pieces on the Earth’s surface

3. What does the underlined word “predict” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?

A．预计

B．猜想

C．料想

D．预测

4. Where should you stay during an earthquake?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. What does the passage tell us?

A．How to predict an earthquake	B．How to save people after an earthquake
C．What to do before an earthquake	D．What to do during an earthquake

【推荐2】Beijing is planning to build an international food street beside the Olympic Park before the 2008 Olympic Games. There will be restaurants offering（提供）foods from all over the world in this street.
Beijing welcomes thousands of foreigners（外国人）every day. It is the home of many foreigners. However, Beijing does not have enough western­-style（西式）food restaurants. It has much fewer western-style food restaurants than some other major（主要的）cities in China like Shanghai and Guangzhou .
Beijing hopes the international food street will meet foreigners' demands（要求）, show more western food to Chinese people and offer good service to the 2008 Olympics.
1. The international food street will be built_____.

A．in Shanghai

B．beside the Olympic Park

C．in Guangzhou

2. Beijing doesn't have enough western-style_____.

A．food streets

B．food restaurants

C．supermarkets

3. What is the international food street?

A．It offers all kinds of Chinese food in this street.

B．It offers foods from the western countries only.

C．People can enjoy different kinds of food from all over the world there.

4. There are _____ foreigners in Beijing.

A．few

B．a few

C．many

5. Beijing want to build the international food street because_____.

A．more and more Chinese like western-style food

B．it’ll show more western food to Chinese and offer good service to the 2008 Olympics

C．many foreigners only like to eat western food

【推荐1】Do you know any 9-year-olds who have started their own museums? When Theodore Roosevelt was only nine, he and two of his cousins opened the “Roosevelt Museum of Natural History.”The museum was in Theodore's bedroom.It had a total of 12 specimens.On display were a few seashells, some dead insects,and some birds' nests.Young Roosevelt took great pride in his small museum.

Born in New York in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was not always healthy. “I was a sickly boy”, he once wrote.Roosevelt had a health condition called asthma.He often found it hard to breathe. Instead of playing, he watched nature and then read and wrote about it.

Roosevelt's interest in nature sometimes got him into trouble.Once, his mother found several dead mice in the icebox.She demanded that the mice be thrown out.This was indeed a loss to science?, Roosevelt said later.

Because Roosevelt was often sickly as a boy, his body was small and weak.When he was about 12, his father asked him to improve his body.Roosevelt began working out in a gym.He didn't become strong quickly.But he did decide to face life's challenges with a strong will.That determination stayed with Roosevelt his whole life.And eventually his body did get strong.As an adult, he was an active and healthy person.He enjoyed adventures, and he loved the outdoors.

A toy company named the teddy bear for Theodore “Teddy”.After knowing that ,Roosevelt refused to shoot a baby bear while hunting.

In 1900, at the age of 41, Roosevelt was elected Vice President.A year later,President McKinley, was shot and killed.Roosevelt became our 26th President.At 42, he was the youngest leader the country had ever had.

1. The first paragraph is mainly about__________.

A．Roosevelt Museum of Natural History

B．the 12 specimens in the museum

C．Roosevelt and his two cousins

D．the health condition of Roosevelt

2. As a boy, Roosevelt__________.

A．was an active and healthy person

B．was often sick but strong-minded

C．liked adventures and the outdoors

D．always made trouble for his mother

3. From the passage, you can draw the conclusion that__________.

A．Roosevelt's mother liked mice

B．Roosevelt respected his father's advice

C．everyone with asthma is small and weak

D．Roosevelt named the teddy bear for Theodore “Teddy”

4. You might find this passage in the book__________.

A．Small Nature Museums

B．Living with Asthma

C．The Childhoods of America's Presidents

D．How the Teddy Bear Got Its Name

【推荐2】Studying in groups is becoming more and more popular in class. It has many advantages. For example, we can not only save time but also encourage each other when we study in groups.

I still remember when I was in Grade 8, my physics was very poor. I had a really hard time with it. Once in class, the teacher asked us to discuss it with each other, but I was very shy. I could not do it like what they told me. My physics teacher encouraged me to talk with someone else bravely, then I studied with some classmates together. When I did not understand any questions, they could give me some advice, then I could quickly find out the ways to deal with the problems. After that, l felt very relaxed and asked my classmates a lot of questions about physics. I did not feel stressed out at all. At last, I finished my homework by myself for the first time. How excited I was!

Because of studying in groups, I am not worried about physics any more. With my classmates’ help, I get more confidence. It also gives me more chances to improve myself in many ways. So let’s study more in groups.

根据文章内容判断正误，正确选A，错误的选B。
1. The writer was weak in geography when he was in Grade 8.
2. The writer’s physics teacher encouraged him to talk with someone else bravely.
3. When the writer didn’t understand any questions, nobody could give him some advice.
4. The writer did not feel stressed out at all by studying in groups.
5. The writer thought students should study more in groups.

【推荐3】Jim and Tom were eating at a restaurant（饭店）. On the table there was a cup of hot (辣
的)mustard（芥末）. Jim thought it was sweet and took a spoonful（汤匙） of it into his mouth. Tears (眼泪) ran down from his eyes. However, he wished Tom to do the same thing. So he said nothing. Tom saw Jim crying (哭), and asked,“What for, my friend?”
“I’m thinking of (想起) my father, he was hanged (被绞死)20 years ago,Jim said.Soon after Tom took a spoonful of mustard and when tears began to run down from his eyes, Jim asked “Why are you crying, then?”“I am thinking why you were not hanged 20 years ago.”
1. Where were Jim and Tom?

A．at home

B．at school

C．at a restaurant

D．at a shop

2. How was the mustard? It was.

A．sweet

B．hot

C．cool

D．cold

3. How was Jim after he took a spoonful of hot mustard?

A．Jim was glad.

B．Jim was sad.

C．Tears ran down his eyes.

D．He thought of his father.

4. Tom also took a spoonful of hot mustard because

A．he was hungry

B．he wanted to taste (尝) the mustard

C．he knew the mustard was hot

D．he knew what Jim was crying for

5. After Tom took a spoonful of mustard, he was.

A．thinking of his father	B．angry with Jim
C．going to hang Jim	D．thankful to Jim