I do not need a calendar to tell me when it is winter. All I need is my nose. When I wake up in the morning and smell the tasty treats my mom is cooking downstairs, I know winter has arrived.
The first one is the smell of chocolate. During the holiday season (from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) my mother makes her special hot chocolate. She always adds a peppermint candy cane (薄荷味拐棍糖) to the drink and tops it with cream.
The hot chocolate gets me out of bed, but it is my mother’s chocolate fudge (软糕) that makes me run downstairs. It is a thick chunk (块) of chocolate that tastes like heaven. My mother adds nuts. That gives it more texture (质感).
But my mother isn’t done yet. She also makes a treat she calls “window panes (窗玻璃)”. She takes a few different colored marshmallows (棉花糖) and melts them together with chocolate. The final product looks like a colorful church window, so we call it “window panes”.
These tasty holiday treats are usually eaten after a meal as a dessert. But don’t tell Santa Claus because I secretly eat them all day long.
【小题1】What wakes “me” up in the morning?

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1.Mr Smith is an American teacher who works in Peking University. How could he get the book Ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｌｋ Ｒｏａｄ?

A. By telephoning the travel agency.                B. He could shop online.

C. He could go to the post office to buy it.            D. He has to buy it in Xinjiang.

2.Which of the following is NOT included in Ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｌｋ Ｒｏａｄ?

A. An area map.               

 B. Hotel service.

C. Introduction of major cities along the silk road.

D. Introduction of sports along the silk road.

3.What does the underlined word “profile” mean?

A. Description.     B. Maps.       C. Service.      D. Price of the tickets.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the reading?

A. Not all the books are in English.    

B. Ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｇｈｔｓ ｏｆ Ｂｅｉｊｉｎｇ is the most expensive.

C. Ｔａｌｋｉｎｇ ａｂｏｕｔ Ｃｈｉｎａ is about a Canadian’s experience in Canada.

D. There’re pictures in all the books.

5.If you want to get more information, what can you do?

A. Surf the Internet.           B. Write a letter to the writer.

C. Ask the Canadian.              D. Buy the books in Canada.

假如你是李明，学校7月5日就要开始放暑假了，你打算在暑假期间邀请龙翔一起去北京旅行。请根据提示，适当选用参考词汇，写一封邀请信，说明你的旅行计划。
提示：
1. 向他发出邀请；
2. 说明你的计划，包括活动内容、时间、地点等。
3. 约定出发的时间和地点
4. 参考词汇  be going to ,have a trip, start on July 5,visit,the Great Wall, the Palace Museum,
Tian’an Men Square, other places, take photos, Beijing food, Would you like …?If you like to go,…,leave.
要求：不少于60词:开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Long Xiang,
I hope all is going well. Our colorful summer vacation is coming.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hope to see you soon!
Yours,
Li Ming

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, " No! You are going to college. " He took me by surprise when he said, "OK. We'll go to the brick factory. "
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. ' I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, "Take your time. Look around." I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my. father and said, "I want to go home. "
He asked me, "What do you think of the factory?"
"It's terrible," I replied.
"And marriage is even worse!" he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】 The writer lived in_________ when she was a teenager.
A. Russia B. Japan C. China
【小题2】At first she thought life in the factory would be _       _ than in school.
A. more careful B. more colorful C. more beautiful
【小题3】When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement________.
A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way C. by saying nothing
【小题4】 After they visited the factory, the girl________.
A. decided to work there        B. decided to get married        C. changed her mind
【小题5】The underlined word "horrible" means "_     _" in Chinese.
A. 糟糕的    B. 紧张的   C. 浪漫的

There are a lot of colorful flowers on __________ side of the street

1. A.
   all
2. B.
   both
3. C.
   either
4. D.
   every