Hello Sandy,

We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. This is a beautiful place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.

Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as he used to. However this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place we live. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!

I have taken lots of photos from the place we live, across the valley（峡谷）below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam powered trains（蒸汽火车）are very popular. I have taken many photos of the train and from it.

Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early （we usually expect snow in January）. It rained all day, and then snowed in the evening. Today we have bright sunshine!

Both Jenny and I are well. I don’t know if I told you, in the last E-mail, that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is enjoying the work.

Please write to us to tell us your news.

Yours,

Victor

1. What kind of place is the Yorkshire Moors?

2. When did the ladies take a walk?

3. They had ______ snow this winter.

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

5. What do we know from this passage?

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several days ago, some students from the US visited our school. When we talked, I found __26__ differences in school life between the US and China. For example, each class __27__fifty minutes in the US. It is a little__28_than that in China. We usually have forty-five minutes in each class. Another difference is that they have less break time between__29__. Besides, although most schools in both countries finish their__30__classes at 12 o’clock, the students in the US only have __31__break, so they need to eat lunch quickly. Their afternoon classes begin at 1:00 pm and school is over at __32__ 3:00 pm. Then they take part in club activities or play sports.

Many Chinese students don’t work during their high school years, __33__ the US students like to find a part-time job(兼职) in their free time. They don’t have a dream job in mind. They think __34__ is no difference between jobs. Working is a useful experience for them and they make money at the same time. Some of them even take one-year full-time jobs__35__they leave high school and then go to college.

（     ）26. A. a little             B. little          C. a few                     D. few

（     ）27. A. has            B. finishes          C. starts                          D. stays

（     ）28. A. shorter                  B. longer            C. earlier                   D. laterxkb1.com

（     ）29. A. schools          B. classes                  C. meals                          D. students

（     ）30. A. day              B. night             C. morning                D. afternoon

（     ）31. A. a hour-long    B. an hour long     C. an- hour- long        D. an hour-long

（     ）32. A. after           B. before          C. during                 D. about

（     ）33. A. although      B. when           C. but                   D. and

（     ）34. A. it               B. there             C. that                    D. this

（     ）35. A. after             B. with                    C. when                   D. during

I’m a middle school student. I have   41   good friends at school. One is Tom. He’s   42   English boy. The   43   is Sam. We are in the same(相同的)   44  . Every morning we go to   45   at seven o’clock together(一起). We usually have four   46   in the morning.   47    noon we have lunch at school. In the afternoon we usually have   48   favorite subject—P.E. The teachers are all strict, and we   49   very hard. We often   50   each other（互相）. We like school very much.

（   ）41. A. two           B. three C. four  D.one

（   ）42. A. a      B. the          C. an    D./

（   ）43. A. one    B. other       C. some  D. others

（   ）44. A. room    B. class C. family  D. home

（   ）45. A. movies   B. bed            C. school  D. home

（   ）46. A. classes   B. subjects      C. teachers D. class

（   ）47. A. On         B. In      C. At      D.of

（   ）48. A. our      B. my         C. his     D.we

（   ）49. A. listen     B. start        C. work   D.studies

（   ）50. A. help    B. tell             C. play   D. helps