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Alleyn’s School Townley Road, Dulwich, UK office@www.alleynes.org.uk

Welcome to Alleyn’s School. Our school is big and it has 600 students aged 13—15. However, it only had 100 students and four teachers when it was open on September 10th, 1961. Main Teaching Building The school has a huge yard and next to it is the main teaching building. The building has two floors, with six classrooms on each. In each classroom there is a computer, an overhead projector, and a smart white board. It also has a small reading area with different kinds of books offered by the students. Library Our school library is used for all the reading classes weekly. The members of the reading club can meet here and do some reading after school. School Hall We have a fantastic school hall. It is used for gym, meetings and having lunch. It is the place where we hold many events, such as school plays, concerts, indoor games and so on. Other rooms We have a well-equipped music room for music lessons, a computer room of thirty-two computers and a large staffroom for teachers to have a rest during lunch lime.

1. The school has a history of ________ years.

A．600

B．100

C．60

D．15

2. A school talent show can be held in the ________.

A．classroom

B．school hall

C．library

D．computer room

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The school has 700 students now.

B．The school has 6 classrooms.

C．Everyone can read in the library after school.

D．Teachers can have a rest in the staffroom.

4. The missing part at the end of the passage may talk about the ________.

A．address

B．playground

C．P. E. teachers

D．music room

5. You can read the passage in a/an ________.

A．newspaper

B．diary

C．novel

D．invitation

2 . Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water.   Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed everywhere.

There is water in seas, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the world, there is some water in the air. You cannot see or feel it when it is a part of the air. The water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid. The water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapor(水蒸气).

Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(晶体). Snow crystals are very, very small crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a solid(固体). There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter.

Water may be a solid or liquid (液体) or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not see or feel it.

Choose the best answer

1. Where can we find water?

A．We can find water when it turns into vapor.

B．Water can be found almost everywhere.

C．We can see it in deserts(沙漠) here and there.

D．Water is only in seas and rivers.

2. We can drink water       .

A．when it is a liquid	B．when it is a solid
C．When it is in the air	D．When it is turned into ice

3. Clouds are made of       .

A．seas, rivers and lakes

B．a big piece of ice

C．very small drops of water or snow crystals

D．water in its solid state

4. Water has three states (状态).   They are       .

A．ice, snow and air	B．solid, gas and vapor
C．drops of water, ice and snow	D．solid, liquid and gas

5. We must save water because

A．crops need water	B．all living things need water
C．all animals need water	D．all plants need water

3 .         Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too.
        Some animals live in holes(洞) under the ground. The woodchuck(土拨鼠) lives under the ground. His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels(松鼠) build nests (窝) high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees. But hawks(鹰) build their nests high in the mountains(山).
1. The story is about _______.

A．some trees	B．some people
C．some animals	D．the homes of some animals

2. _______ live under the ground.

A．All the animals	B．All the woodchucks
C．All the squirrels	D．All the birds

3. How many doors are there in the woodchuck’s house?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．None.

4. Animals’ homes are _______.

A．not the same	B．the same
C．in holes	D．in trees

5. People live in _______.

A．holes	B．trees
C．different kinds of houses	D．mountains