We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can not speak English.

If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football. So , you see, you can learn English only by using it. You listen to your teacher carefully in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your English teacher and classmates and also you must write in English. Then one day, you may find your English very good.

1. You know a lot about English but maybe you ______.

A. can’t speak it B. can study it C. can’t study it D. can’t use it

2.You must get into the river ______.

A. to play with water B. to go boating

C. to learn how to swim D. to catch a fish

3. Do you want to be a football player? Please____.

A. put your football away B. buy a good football

C. play football D. watch others play football

4.According to the passage，how can we learn English well ?

A. We must have a good English book.

B. We must have a good English teacher.

C. We must see more English films.

D. We must use it often.

5.Who can you speak English to in your class?

A. Only my classmates. B. My English teacher and classmates.

C. My father and mother. D. All my friends.

Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new house where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.

The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.

The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.

Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”

Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”

The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遗迹) is important and they should be careful with it as well.

1.The expert doesn’t want to _______ the old famous temple.

A. rebuild      B. protect      C. pull down    D. fall down

2.The businessman thinks building houses there can _______.

A. help the village develop 

B. attract many tourists to come for a visit

C. help people learn about how people lived in the past

D. help people learn about the interesting things buried in the ground

3._______ agree that they should build new houses there.

A. The expert and the village leader

B. The businessman and Villager A

C. Villager A and Villager B

D. Villager B and the businessman

4.The village leader thinks _______.

A. they should destroy the temple

B. they needn’t build new houses

C. They should build the temple to make life better

D. they should not only build new houses but also be careful with the temple

5.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. It’s difficult to satisfy everyone.

B. The cultural site is not so important.

C. It’s easy to make a decision on the problem.

D. The villagers will lose their jobs with the development of their hometown

Have you ever complained（抱怨）why life is so tiring? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time . If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine . Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather . But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest .
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided . I think failure(失败) is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude（态度）decides everything. With an optimistic（乐观的）attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（每小题2分，满分10分）
【小题1】 People sometimes complain __________ .
A. their studies are successful
B. they have no enough money   
C. life is tiring
【小题2】According to the passage, in school, _________ .
A. the students don’t like their lessons     
B. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs
C. the teachers are tired of their work
【小题3】If there is a timely rain, ____________ .
A. you want to go out
B. you can listen to a concert   
C. crops will grow better
【小题4】When we face failure, we ___________ .
A. don’t know what to do
B. may give up hope      
C. shouldn’t be afraid of it
【小题5】The best title of this passage is ___________ .
A. Smile and the World Smiles to You
B. Complaining about Life
C. Failure is the Mother of Success

根据短文内容及首字母提示,补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺John Allen, an American scientist says, “The Internet is the world’s largest l 1 , but all the books in it are on the floor!” What he means(意思) is that the Internet is f 2 of information but it can be hard to find what you really need. The Internet has a 3 disadvantage(弊端). A lot of information on the Internet isn’t always t 4 , We must be careful not to believe(相信) it.

However(然而), the Internet has some advantages(优点). It provides(提供) many o 5 things. On some websites, you can download music and films. They are usually very cheap and some are even free(免费). On some other websites, you can connect(联系) with people from all over the world. And there are some great online s 6 , too. People can buy things at a very low p 7 .

The Internet changes people’s life. But we shouldn’t depend on(依赖)it too m 8 , Some people are a 9 that surfing the Internet will take the place of(取代)other healthier activities. Whether(无论) you love it or h 10 it, you have to get used to it(习惯) because it’s right here.

No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Taipai, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.

In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day). The slogan for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”

So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.

1.The first No Car Day fell on _______.

A. February 2^nd                   B. June 5^th                  C. July 5^th       D. September 22^nd

2._______ was the first city to have No Car Day in China.

A. Beijing                             B. Chengdu                C. Shanghai     D. Wuhan

3.What does the underlined word “slogan” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 目的                                B. 原因                      C. 意义        D. 口号

4.How many blue sky days did Beijing have in the first quarter of 2011?

A. 63.                                   B. 52.                          C. 41.                          D. 238.

5.Which of the following statements is True?

A. China is the first country to start No Car Day.

B. No Car Day is World Environment Day.

C. No Car Day has been supported by over 1,000 cities around the world so far.

D. Much of the dust in the air comes from cars.