Most of the people in England live in a small village. About a quarter of houses in England had only
one man in them. Some of these are old people, but some are people in their twenties and thirties who
wanted to live alone (独自). Thirty-five percent (百分之) of houses have two people in them, and
another seventeen  percent have three people. Fifteen percent have four people in them, and the other
homes have five or more.
      English families are small. Most families have one child. When children are about eighteen or nineteen,
they leave their parents' home, and they often go to another place. Sometimes they only visit their parents
two or three times a year.

1.How many houses in England had more than one man in them?

A.About a quarter.      
B.About two quarters.
C.About three quarters.
D.About four quarters.

2.Young people wanted to live alone, because _____.

A.their parents don't like them  
B.they don't love their fimily  
C.when they grow up, they often go to another place and leave their parents  
D.their parents are old

3.Most of the English families are small, they usually have _____ parents.

A.one  
B.two  
C.three  
D.four

4.Most families have _____ child(ren).

A.one  
B.two  
C.three  
D.four or more

5.Sometimes yong people visit their parents _____.

A.once a week  
B.once ayear  
C.two or three times in a week  
D.two or three times in a year

                                                                         The Earth
     Earth means many things to the people who live on it. A farmer thinks earthis soil for growing
vegetables and fruits. A person who makes roads thinks earth is mountains of hard rock. A sailor thinks
earth is water as far as the eyes can see.The earth is a big ball covered with water, rock, and soil. The
earth is a planet. There are nine planets around our sun.Animals and plants live almost everywhere on the
earth. They can live on the earth because it is not too far from the sun, or too close to the sun. Living things need the sun. The sun keeps them warm. Most living thing-plants, like vegetables, fruits, trees and grass,
and animals-also must have water to live. The earth has over seventy-five(75%)of water on it.

1. What does a farmer think earth is?
    _________________________________
2. What does a person who makes roads think earth is?
    _________________________________
3. What is earth to a sailor?
    _________________________________
4. Plants and animals need the sun to live,What else do they need?
    _________________________________

1. Where are people always walking?

A. On the road.
B. On the left.
C. On the sidewalk.
D. On the street.

2. —What should you do before you cross the street?
    —______.

A. Look right and left
B. Stay on the sidewalk
C. Stand on the road
D. Wait on the road

3. Excuse me. Can you tell me _____ the grocery store?

A. a way to
B. the way to
C. the way of
D. a way of

1. Michael likes to play_______ in winter.

A. hockey    
B. football    
C. basketball    
D. soccer

2. Everyone likes hockey_______.

A. in China  
B. in the USA  
C. in Canada    
D. in England

3. Hot chocolate has_______in it.

A. milk, coffee and sugar
B. sugar, milk and chocolate
C. milk, coffee and chocolate
D. chocolate, sugar and coffee

Dear Mum,
       I (1) ______ some things. Can you (2) ______ them to school for me? They are my note book,
my ID card,my hat,my pencils and a clock.They are all in my room.My notebook is (3) ______. My ID
car (4) ______.The hat is (5) ______ and the pencils are in the pencil case (6) ______.You call find my
alarm clock (7) ______.
                                                                                                                              Thanks,
                                                                                                                                Ann

     Amanda has a big room. A desk is on the floor.A comfortable chair is near the desk. Many books
and a computer are on the desk. Next to the desk is a dresser.An alarm clock is on the dresser. The
alarm clock wakes her up every day. The wall is pink. That's her favorite color. On the wall, we can see
her family photo. Look, she also has a pink bed.Now her cat is sleeping on the bed.Do you like her
room?

1.Where's the chair?
   _______________________________________________________________________
2.Where's the alarm clock?
   _______________________________________________________________________
3.Where's her family photo?
    _______________________________________________________________________
4.Where's her cat?
    _______________________________________________________________________
5.What color is the Wall?
    _______________________________________________________________________

    Have you ever heard ofan old song called WhateverWill Be, Will Be? It singslike this: When I was just alittle girl, I asked my motherwhat I would be. Will I bepretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said tomc: Whatever will be, will be. The future's notours to see. . . Indeed no one can p _   1     exactlywhat will be in the f   2   , but we can imaginewhat our lives are like.      
    In the future, people will have r   3   in theirhomes. Robots will do the h    4   , such as washingthe d   5  , making the bed and babysitting thechildren and so on Kids w   6   go to school.They'll study and have lessons at home on c   7   .Books will only be on computers, not on p   8  .They needn't spend a lot of time g _9    to school.There will be more free time. This may seem i    10     now. But it will come true in the future.

1._____2._____3._____4._____5._____6._____7._____8._____9._____10._____