American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”

The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.

There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.

It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.

AmE—— American English   BrE——British English

1.The Americans hardly say “_____”

A．Good-bye. Have a good day!

B．Glad to know you!

C．Hi!

D．Have you got a car?

2.What does the 3^rd paragraph talk about?

A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings.

C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two languages will become separate languages.

B．American English will be used more and more.

C．The two languages will be closer and closer.

D．British English will be used more and more.

4.The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.

A．解释             B．预言             C．考虑             D．证明

你即将告别朝夕相处的初中老师，请选择5门学科，给这些老师分别写一句最想对她/他说的话。下面所列学科供参考。

注意：范例可以适当参考，但不得抄袭；句中不得出现真实的人名和校名.

e.g. My dear English teacher，your class is really interesting.

                                   ▲                                                 

                                   ▲                                                      

                                   ▲                                                   

                                   ▲                                                     

                                   ▲                                             

读音上分类正确的

A. a, h , j, k  B. c, e ,g ,w   C.  f, l ,m, v   D. b, d ,t ,y

写出下列字母相应的大小写形式。（10分,每个字母1分）

q     r     h     n     f     E     G     A     U     P

寒假里，你除了紧张的学习以外，一定参加过丰富多彩的有意义的活动吧！请列举5件你做过的有意义的活动。（5分）

e.g. I had a new year party with my friends.

1._____________________________________________________________________

2._____________________________________________________________________

3._____________________________________________________________________

4._____________________________________________________________________

5._____________________________________________________________________