1 . Although he is very old, ________ he works very hard.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．/

2 . This week, I asked my classmates about their vacations. Here are some of their answers.

Linda _______ to Sydney, Australia. The _______ was sunny and the people _______ friendly to her. She went there by _______ and the air trip was relaxing. She went to Sydney Opera House (悉尼歌剧院). It’s wonderful. She had a _______ vacation.

Alice went _______ her aunt. At first the weather was _______ and wet, she had to stay at the house. She watched TV _______ the TV shows were boring. Later on, the weather got better. So she went shopping with her aunt. The shop assistants were all _______ and kind. She bought something nice for herself.

Peter stayed at home. First he did his homework. It was a little difficult. Then he ________ computer games. They were interesting. He thought his vacation was OK.

1.

A．go

B．goes

C．went

D．going

2.

A．place

B．weather

C．museum

D．beach

3.

A．were

B．was

C．is

D．are

4.

A．bike

B．train

C．bus

D．plane

5.

A．bad

B．terrible

C．great

D．boring

6.

A．to visit

B．visiting

C．visited

D．visits

7.

A．sunny

B．rainy

C．windy

D．wind

8.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．with

9.

A．friend

B．terrible

C．unfriendly

D．friendly

10.

A．play

B．played

C．listened

D．wrote

3 . Vegetables are ________. They are good for our ________.

A．health; healthy

B．health; health

C．healthy; healthy

D．healthy; health

4 . Last Sunday we didn’t go out ________ the rain.

A．because of

B．because

C．in front of

D．before

5 . Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they are really good writers. They should read a lot of books, instead（代替）of watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free.

There is more fun in reading; you want to look for more books to read.

Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read more and more!”

1. This article mainly tells us that_________.

A．some children wish to be writers some day	B．it is good to write something for people to read
C．reading can be helpful for us to become a good writer	D．writers like to read more books for fun

2. Some children want to be writers_________.

A．because they want to be good readers	B．to write stories or books for people to read
C．to find good jobs some day	D．to get more money to keep a family

3. It’s good for children_________.

A．to do a lot of reading	B．to watch TV in the evening
C．to have wishes only	D．to be good writers right now

4. Reading can_________.

A．help you to be a good player	B．help you write well
C．make you work better	D．make you watch more TV at home

5. From the passage we know that _________.

A．all children like to be writers	B．people like to read for children
C．all writers are children	D．children need to read more and more books

6 . Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English, but not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother language. In fact, Chinese is much more difficult to learn _______ English.

Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very _______. If you don’t see them, you may think they are Chinese. What ______ them successful?

“For me, conversation is the most helpful. I try to speak in _____.   If you only listen to what other speak, you will be good at _____. But if you talk as _______as you can, you will find you can speak good Chinese,” says Jenny Brown, an English girl. Now she is ______ Chinese at Beijing University. She is interested in China and   ______ history. She thinks that to learn a language, one must try to know ______about the country.

Chinese is different from English, _______ we can use the same way in learning it. It is conversation.

1.

A．as

B．than

C．to

2.

A．well

B．good

C．bad

3.

A．makes

B．make

C．let

4.

A．English

B．Japanese

C．Chinese

5.

A．talk

B．listening

C．listen

6.

A．much

B．little

C．more

7.

A．writing

B．studying

C．teaching

8.

A．it

B．she

C．its

9.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

10.

A．so

B．but

C．also

7 . My brother is going to Canada when he ______ school.

A．leaves

B．leave

C．will leave

D．are going to leave

8 . The reasons of making vacation plans

A lot of people like taking a trip with no plans(计划)．They think it is very exciting and has more fun.But in fact，it is not good.Making vacation plans is very important.

First，a vacation plan can make sure that everything goes well.If you visit a place but you don't book a hotel，you may have no place to stay at night.

Second，you have lots of things to take with you for a vacation.You need to plan what things you have to buy and what things you need to put in bags.For example，you want to visit one place，but when you arrive at the airport(机场)，you forget to bring your plane ticket！You may be late for the plane.

Third，making a vacation plan can help you save a lot of money.No one wants to spend more money than they want to.If you surf the Internet before you go on a vacation，you may find some cheap plane tickets and hotel rooms.

Next time when you go on a vacation，try to write down some plans.They can help you have more fun in your vacation.

1. The writer thinks that taking a trip without plans is ________.

A．interesting

B．relaxing

C．bad

D．exciting

2. From this passage we can know it's very important ________.

A．to make a vacation plan	B．to take a trip by plane
C．to surf the Internet	D．to visit a place with more money

3. ________ can make sure that everything goes well during the vacation.

A．Bringing your plane ticket	B．Booking a cheap hotel room
C．Taking many things with you	D．Making a vacation plan

4. The underlined word “book” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A．装修

B．预订

C．扩建

D．推荐

5. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．why we must make a vacation plan

B．it's important to have more fun

C．how we can make a vacation plan

D．what we must take during the vacation

9 . Helen is new here，so we know _______ about her.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

10 . 书面表达

Activities	How often
do homework	two hours a day
watch TV	hardly
surf the Internet	twice a day
read English books	every day
exercise	three or four times a week
go to the movies	once a month

你们学校《心桥》校报小记者John就日常活动采访了你的同学Mary，下面是他根据采访内容所列的提纲，请你根据下表提供的有关信息，写一篇80词左右的英语报道，介绍一下你的同学Marcia的日常活动情况。
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