In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children usually have many sports activities after
school. Parents often work late every day. More than 50% of women have full-time jobs. Most families
usually don't eat meals together because they have little time to cook meals. So fast food is popular in
North America.
     People usually buy fast food from restaurant chains like McDonald's and KFC. Fast food is such
food as pizza, sandwiches and fried chicken. It's convenient and people can save a lot of time, but it's
not very healthy. There are many chain shops all over the world.
     Fast food is popular in many countries, but not everyone is happy about it. A group of people in
Italy want to fight against it. They don't want any more fast-food restaurant in their country. They also
plan to fight against fast food around the world.

1. Children in North America are usually busy ____ after school.     

A. with their homework    
B. with sports activities
C. doing shopping         
D. doing chores

2. Fast food is popular in North America because ____.

A. it's convenient and people can save time
B. it's very healthy
C. it's very cheap
D. people in North America are too lazy to make food

3. The following food is fast food EXCEPT (除了) ____.    

A. sandwiches    
B. fried chicken  
C. noodles    
D. pizza

4. What does the underlined (划线) word "chain" mean in Chinese? 

A. 链子    
B. 连锁店    
C. 一系列    
D. 锁链

5. Why do people in Italy fight against fast food?   

A. They have little money to buy it.
B. They are tired of it.
C. It's not delicious.
D. They think it's dad for people's health.

     We wanted to study how students at our school spend money. In order to study this, we made some
questions to ask our classmates. First, we asked our classmates how much money they spent in one month.
Then we asked how much money they spent for things like drinks, music, books, movies, computer games,
and other things. Our math teacher helped us make a graph of our classmates' answers.
     Then we thought it would be interesting to compare these answers with our classmates' expenses from
last year. We used their answers to make another graph for their expenses last year.
     Looking at the two graphs, it is easy to compare the expenses for the two years. Some of their expenses
increased, but others decreased. This was a very interesting project for us.
 注：(1) graph 图表 (2) expense 消耗, 消费

1. What did the students spend most of their money on?

A. Books.
B. Movies.
C. Drinks and snacks.
D. Computer games.

2. Which expense of the students' stayed the same?

A. CDs.
B. Phone costs.
C. Others.
D. Transportation.

3. What does the word "decrease" mean?

A. 减少
B. 变化
C. 增加
D. 删除

     The Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually comes in February. Sometimes it comes in January. Everyone in China likes it very much.
     When it comes, Zhou Hua helps her mother clean their house, put up (张贴) the new pictures and do
some other housework. On that day, everybody in China often eats jiaozi (饺子) and New Year’s cake.
They can also enjoy some other delicious food. Zhou Hua likes New Year’s cake very much. But her
brother, Zhou Kun likes jiaozi better. They eat New Year’s cake and jiaozi in their house. How happy
they are!

1.The Spring Festival usually comes in ________.
A. February
B. January
C. March
D. December
2.________ helps Mum do some housework.
A. Zhou Hua
B. Dad
C. Zhou Kun
D. Zhou Hua and Zhou Kun
3.People often eat ________ on that day.
A. mooncakes
B. jiaozi
C. New Year’s cake
D. B and C
4.They often put up ________ during the Spring Festival.
A. beautiful coats
B. the old pictures
C. some photos
D. the new pictures
5.Zhou Kun likes ________ better.
A. New Year’s cake
B. cakes
C. jiaozi
D. food

                                                           The Real Chinese Food
     In China, there're many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. The real Chinese food is dumplings. Now let's talk about them, OK?
     Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.
     Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar.
     The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, usually we put a coin(硬币) in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.
     In the old days, people couldn't often eat dumplings, because they were very poor. Now our country is becoming stronger and stronger, and our people are richer and richer. We can eat them very often.
     Now tell me, do you like dumplings?
     Welcome to China, and we'll invite you to eat the real Chinese food -dumplings.

1. —What does the writer like dumplings with best? —        .

A. Meat.    
B. Seafood.    
C. Vegetables and pork.  
D. Vegetables.

2. You can buy dumplings from the supermarket when        .

A. you have time  
B. you are tired  
C. you are busy    
D. you are happy

3. The word "vinegar" in the passage means       .

A.糖      
B. 醋    
C.辣椒    
D. 酱油

4. Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. The Chinese like dumplings very much.
B. If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.
C. In the old days, people could only eat dumplings because they were poor.
D. Now people are rich and they often eat dumplings.

     We usually have three meals. We have breakfast, lunch and supper. We often have more time for
lunch and supper, and we eat a big lunch or supper. But a good breakfast is very important (重要的).
It’s easy for you to understand it. You don’t eat anything for about twelve hours from the last (上次)
supper.
     One good breakfast should be rice or bread, an egg and milk. On a cold morning a cup of hot drink
is necessary (必需的). Get up a little early and you can have enough time to eat breakfast. A good
breakfast helps you to study well. It helps you to work well and play happily. You will be fun for a day
after you enjoy a good breakfast.
1. When do we usually have breakfast?
A. Before getting up.
B. After the work.
C. After getting up.
D. Before going to bed.
2. We usually spend long time for_______.
A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. supper
D. B and C.
3. We don’t have anything for _______before breakfast.
A. a day
B. a night
C. about twenty hours
D. about four hours
4. What should we drink for breakfast?
A. Milk.
B. Coffee.
C. Tea.
D. Water.
5. Which of the following is the good habit (习惯)?
A. Get up late and have some bread on the way to school.
B. Have nothing for breakfast.
C. Get up early and have a good breakfast.
D. Have breakfast in class.

     People’s Park is a good place to have fun. It’s a very busy and clean park. Every day many people
have fun there, including(包括) the old, the young and children. There are many kinds of flowers, grass
and trees in it. If you go there in the morning, you can listen to the birds singing. If you go there in the
evening, you can see many beautiful lights. Where is it? You can take No. 1 bus there. It’s on Zhongshan Road on the right. It’s next to a bookstore, and you can find many good books there. Near the park is
a big cinema. You can also go to the movies with your friends.
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▲ People’s Park is a busy and     1     park.
▲ There are many flowers, grass and     2     in the park.
▲ If you got to the park in the      3    , you can listen to the birds singing.
▲ You can take No. 1     4     to get to the park.
▲ There is a big     5     near the park.

     Hello. I'm Tom. I'm a middle school student. It's nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you
s  1   about my family. There are f  2    people in my family. They are my mother, my father,
my sister, my brother and me. My father is a worker. My mother is an English teacher. My sister
is eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I'm fourteen. We three go to the s  3    school. We all
enjoy w  4   football games. My h  5   is at West Street. There is a big tree and some small
trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple t  6  , but there
a  7   any pears or apples on them now. H  8   is a photo of my house. In the photo, you can
s  9   three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We l  10 them very much.
1.            2.            3.            4.             5.        
6.            7.            8.            9.            10.        

     Mr. Brown is a very old man. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at
12:30 for his lunch. But today a police car stops at his house at twelve o’clock. Two policemen help him
out. One of them says to Mr Brown’s daughter, “The old man can’t find his way in the park. He asks us
to take him home in the car.” The daughter thanks the policemen. After they leave, she asks her father, "
Dad, you go to that park every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?” The
old man smiles like a child and says, “I can find my way home. I don’t want to go home on foot today,
you know?”
1. Every day Mr. Brown comes home at   ___     .
A. twelve thirty
B. eleven
C. twelve
D. twelve ten
2. Today Mr. Brown comes home by    ___    .
A. bus
B. car  
C. bike  
D. taxi
3. The policeman says Mr. Brown    ___    .
A. doesn’t want to go home on foot
B. finds his way
C. can’t find his way home  
D. knows the way
4. Mr. Brown’s daughter thinks    ___    .
A. he wants to go home          
B. he wants to have lunch early
C. he doesn’t want to go to the park
D. something is wrong with him
5. Mr Brown says   ___     .    
A. he can’t find the way home
B. he wants to go home on foot
C. he knows the policemen    
D. he doesn’t want to go home on foot today