阅读理解：

　　Bill is now in China with his parents. He goes to a Chinese school

near here. He gets up at six o'clock and then he washes his face, brushes his teeth and has his breakfast quickly. After that he goes to school. He gets to school at a quarter past eight on weekdays. He never gets to school late. In class he works hard and listens to the teacher carefully. He is very good at all his lessons but Chinese. He's a beginner of it. He finds it a bit difficult to learn Chinese. He says,“ it's not easy to learn Chinese. And it takes time. But I like it. ”He can speak quite a little Chinese now.

　　Bill does not go home for lunch. He has it at school. After lunch he has a short rest. The classes in the afternoon are over at about four o'clock. Bill does not go home before five. He enjoys sport. He usually plays football with us after school. After that he goes home. He gets home at about half past five.

　　He sometimes helps his parents do some housework before supper. After supper. he does his lessons for an hour. Sometimes he watches TV,but he does not watch TV for long. He goes to bed at about a quarter to nine at night.

　　At weekends he turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends hack in England. He also gets on the Interact(因特网)to learn about what is going on in the world. He says that the Internet can bring him the world news very quickly. Sometimes his parents take him to some places of great interest in China. He likes going out. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. Myparents  say they cannot understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks, Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,“ Bill, can you talk to my son in Chinese only?” He smiles and answers, “Not today. I'm going to speak good Chinese very soon ,I think. ”He is not very good at Chinese and I am not very good at English, you know. But we like these talks because we can learn While talking.

　　At home he is a good boy, and at school he is a good student. And he is my good friend both in and out of school!

(1) What does the writer of the passage tell us?

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A. Bill's school life in China.

B. Bill's after-school time.

C. Bill's life in China.

D. Bill's hobbies and school work.

(2) How long is Bill at school on weekdays?

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A. He is at school for more than eight hours.

B. He is at school for about seven hours.

C. He is at school for less than seven hours.

D. He does not go to school on weekdays.

(3) What does he do after school?

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A. He has sport with his classmates.

B. He goes to one of his friends' homes.

C. He begins to learn Chinese.

D. He has a short rest.

(4)Which country does Bill come from?

A. He comes from Canada.

B. He comes from Australia.

C. He comes from the USA.

D. He comes from England.

(5)What do you know about his weekends?

A. He sometimes goes to see his friends back home.

B. He sometimes gets on line to read the world news.

C. He sometimes takes his parents out to see the cities in China.

D. He sometimes practise speaking Chinese with his teachers and friends.

(6) What do you know of Bill's Chinese now ?

A. He is very good at his Chinese lessons now.

B. He is only beginning to learn it and can speak a little of it.

C. He finds it hard to learn Chinese and dislikes it.

D. He can talk to his Chinese friends in Chinese without speaking any English.

(7) What do you know of the writer from this passage?

A. The writer of this passage is a Chinese teacher.

B. She is good at English.

C. He is Bill's good friend.