Dear Editor,
     I 1_____ (拜访) our zoo yesterday and l was very 2_____ (吃惊的) to find hardly anyone there. Zoos are
very important places. They 3_____ (像) living textbooks for young people. They 4_____ (提供) homes for many 5_____ (濒危的) animals and help to 6_____ (教育) the public about 7_____ (关心) them. If we don't 8_____ (支持) our zoos, they won't have enough money to 9_____ (照顾) so many fine animals. I 10_____ (强烈要求) all of you readers to visit. our wonderful zoo soon.
                                                                                                                                      Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                   Animals' Friend

      One of the first ways to communicate over long distances was by a messenger, 1_____. At that time
messen- gers had to spend a long time doing the job and sometimes they forgot the reply. The invention of
writing helped them a lot. They are called postmen now.
      People around the world developed many different ways to send messages: blowing into seashells, using
smoke from fires, even throwing bottles with messages in them into the sea. 2_____.  Soldiers used to write
messages and fix them to the leg of the pigeon. The pigeon then flew back home with the information. One
pigeon flew 4500 kilometers from the United States to Britain in 12 days-a speed of 375 kilometers a day!
3_____. George Lesage made the first electric telegraph in 1774. And Alexander Graham Bell invented the
telephone in 1876. 4_____. Today we also have mobile phones, faxes, communication satellites, e-mails and
the Internet to help us exchange information quickly around the world.

A. In the 1920s, scientists invented radio telephones
B. One successful way was to use pigeons, a kind of bird
C. someone who took messages from place to place
D. The first modem ways of communicating were by telegraph and telephone

5. Which is the best title of the passage? 

A. The Best Communicating Way.
B.  Useful Pigeons.
C.  Long-Distance Communication.
D.  The Popular Internet

     Swimming is a good sport and it's very popular. In summer people like swimming because water makes
people feel cool. If they swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, some people died when they
were enjoying themselves in water and most of them were students. These people were not careful in
swimming. They often thought they swam so well that nothing would happen to them in water.
      Summer holiday will be here again. If you go swimming, don't forget that better swimmers often died in
water. They died because they were not careful, not because they could not swim. So don't get into the water
when you are alone. Don't get into the water if there is a "No swimming" sign. If you remember these,
swimming will be safe and it's good for your health.

(     )1. People like to swim in summer because swimming makes them popular.
(     )2. Swimming may not be safe if you swim in dangerous places.
(     )3. These years some old people died in water.
(     )4. Some swimmers died in water because most of them couldn't swim.
(     )5. The writer wants to tell us that we must be more careful in swimming.

                                                                   Timetable

1. How many subjects does Li Ping have?

A. Nine
B. Ten
C. Eleven.
D. Twelve.

2. How many classes does he have every week?

A. Five
B. Seven
C. Thirty-five
D. forty

3. How often does he do outdoor activities?

A. Every day
B. Every weekday
C. Every afternoon
D. After school

4. What subject does he have only on Wednesday?

A. Physics
B. Politics
C. English
D. Art

5. It's 9:00 on Thursday morning now. What class is he having?

A. Math
B. Chinese
C. English
D. Chemistry

     Have you ever seen the film Titanic? "Titanic" was one of the largest and finest ships in 1912. It hit an
iceberg (冰山) on its first sailing from England to America and sank very soon, leaving a love story to the
people. Do you know what an iceberg is?
     The earth is round, like a ball. The top of the earth is the north. The bottom of the earth is the south. At
the top and the bottom of the earth, there is a lot of ice. It is very cold there. Sometimes there is no sunshine
for many months. There is ice everywhere all the time. Large pieces of ice fall into the sea. They don't go to
the bottom of the sea. They float (漂浮) near the top of the water. We call these large pieces of ice "iceberg".
Some icebergs are bigger than a tall building. Icebergs are dangerous for ships. Sometimes a ship hits an
iceberg. Then the ship sinks.
    You can make a small iceberg. Put a piece of ice in a glass of water. Look at it. The ice does not sink.

1. Titanic is the name of a film and it's also the name of a _______.
2. Titanic sank _______ it hit an iceberg.
3. The _______ is very cold in North Pole (北极) and in South Pole.
4. At times we can't see the _______ in North Pole and in South Pole for a long time.
5. Icebergs are made of large _______.

Dear Jack, 　　
     How are you? I have been in the USA for six months. I like the life here. I have a few friends. I don't have
much homework. There are a lot of sports at my school, but I don't like sports at all. like the food very much.
I eat a lot of different kinds of food every day. I like coke (可乐) very much. I don't drink water. I drink coke
instead (代替). I'm enjoying my life here. The sad thing is that sometimes I get ill. I don't know why. My
parents say I must go on a diet (节食) and do more sports. Must I? 　　
                                                                                                                                               Yours,
                                                                                                                                               David

(     )1. David has been in America for six months.
(     )2. David has to do much homework.          
(     )3. There are many sports at David's school.
(     )4. David likes coke better than water.     
(     )5. David knows why he is often ill.        

     Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature's (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it
is a kind of grass.
     Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very
quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 meters (4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo
grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
     Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few
centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters (1 foot) across. This plant also comes
in different colors, from yellow to black to green.
     Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools ( 厨房用具). Because it is
strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
     Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings
and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
      In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap
way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo
pipes ( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

1. How is bamboo like grass?

A. It grows quickly.
B. It's wood.
C. it is easy to cut.
D. It is very thin.

2. Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn't grow _____.

A. in China
B. in Europe
C. on mountains
D. in Africa

3. Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because _____.

A. it is cheap
B. it has different colors
C. it is strong
D. it has been used by Asians

4. Bamboo pipes can _____.

A. make money
B. be trees
C. grow quickly
D. carry water

5. In Asia, bamboo has been used for _____.

A. a short time
B. many thousands of years
C. many hundreds of years
D. about 100 years