We know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They give us   1   things, such as wood, oxygen, rubber（橡胶）, medicines   2   many other things. They can also tell us a lot about our climate. The following are the reasons. If you cut   348   a tree, you can see that it has many rings. Most trees grow one new ring   4   year. Because of this, we know how old a tree is. A tree over a hundred   5   means that it has more than a hundred   6  . When the climate is dry or very cold, the trees do not grow very much and their rings   7   usually thin. When it is wet and warm, the rings

8  thicker. If the rings are suddenly very thin or suddenly very thick, it means that the 9  changed suddenly. If we look at the rings on the tree, we can learn about the climate in the past years. We can see

  10   changing today.

1.A．much               B．lot                  C．many        

2.A．so                 B．and                  C．while       

3.A．down               B．cross                    C．into        

4.A．every              B．many             C．some        

5.A．year old           B．old                  C．years old       

6.A．plants             B．rings                    C．leaves      

7.．A．is                   B．are                  C．were        

8.A．are much               B．are more             C．is much     

9.A．day                    B．year                 C．climate     

10.A．how our climate is    B．how is our climate   C．how to our climate

Dear Addie,

Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about myself.

First off, I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Brighty. Our town is called Whippangong. It is only about a half-hour away from New York City. My oldest sister, Ingrid, just turned 17, that means she now has a drive’s license. She drives us to the mall. Do you have a mall near you in Te Awamutu? My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend. We still fight, though. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her sometimes, and that is truly the most boring thing in the world. Do you like horses?

I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The sound of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play scores in the fall; I’m on the swim team during the summer. I like swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the piano.

Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. We mostly get zucchini because the rabbits eat everything else. I guess rabbits don’t like zucchini. I have a bike and mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere else. I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Right now I ride the crowed and yucky bus.

Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drums.

Write soon

Love,

Jessica

1. In this letter, Jessica doesn’t talk about .

A. her family numbers B.her spare time

C. her house D.her ambition

2. what does the underlined word “fall” mean here? .

A. 跌倒 B.降落 C.秋天 D.瀑布

3.JessicA、thinks riding horses is very .

A. different B. fool

C.exciting D.frightening

4. Zucchini is likely to be a kind of .

A. animals B.vegetable

C.flower D.fruit

5. Which of the following is TURE? .

A. Jessica likes Lucy very much but they don’t always get along.

B. People below 18 can’t get driving licenses in New Jersey

C. Jessica usually goes to school by bike, but sometimes by bus.

D. Ingrid gets to take riding lessons and JessicA、wishes she could, too.

6. What might be Addie’s problem?

A. She can’t take surfing lessons.

B. She wants to play the drums.

C. There are no malls near her house.

D. She has no family.