Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. American schools begin in September. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Then the students have a great summer vacation.
High school students have only four or five subjects each term. They usually have same lessons every day, and teachers don’t ask them to do much homework. After school, they can do many interesting things like playing sports. Most students are seventeen years old when they finish high school.
After high school, many students go to college（大学）. They can go to a small one or big one. They need a lot of money to go to college. So many college students work after school to make money.
【小题1】American students always go to school in ________after summer vacation.

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I have a nice family. Only  26  people are in it. They’re my  27   , my mother and me. Here is a  28   of my family. This is my father. He likes dogs (狗) and he has a white 29  . The name of it is Tony. Look! Tony is next to (挨着) my father  30  the photo. Look at my mother. She 31  to cook (烹调). She cooks 32  food for us every day. This is me. I’m 11. I’m in a good 33   . I like English and our English classes are 34  . I like playing sports and I like 35  sports games on TV.
My family is nice and I like it.

My name is Dale. I have a big family. This is my father. He likes sports. He has a sports collection. He runs every day and he is healthy. That is my mother. She likes cooking(烹饪) food. She cooks lots of food for us every day. The girl in(穿着) yellow is my sister. She likes playing sports, too. She is in a tennis club. She plays tennis every day. The boy is me. I like watching TV and eating ice cream. I like ice cream for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, but my mother doesn’t let me eat too much ice cream. She only lets me eat it for dessert. I don’t like playing sports. They are boring. I only watch them on TV.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案（10分）

1.        has a sports collection.

A、Dale                                         B、Dale’s mother                         C、Dale’s father

2.Dale’s mother likes       .

A、cooking food                          B、playing tennis                         C、watching TV

3.Dale’s sister       .

A、likes basketball                      B、is 10 years old                        C、is in yellow

4.Dale can eat ice cream for          .

A、breakfast                                B、lunch                                       C、dessert

5.下面哪项陈述是正确的？

A、Dale’s sister likes eating ice cream.

B、Dale doesn’t like playing sports.

C、There are three people in Dale’s family.

As time goes by, sports have become more and more important in people’s modern life. People take part in different kinds of sports, like football, basketball, table tennis, swimming and so on.

Sports are popular all over the world. People also like watching sports matches. Sports stars are very popular with people, especially students.

There are sports matches all over the world nearly every day, but the most important and famous are the Olympic Games (奥林匹克运动会). Every athlete (运动员) want to win the games. At that time all sports fans sit in front of TV to watch games. Some even go to the stadium (体育馆) to watch.

Why are sports so popular? Because sports can keep our body strong. Do you like playing sports? How often do you exercise?  

1.______become an important part of people’s life.

2.People can ______.

3.The Olympics Games are ______.

4.In the Olympics athletes try their best to ______.

5.Which of the following is not trueaccording to the passage?

This is Kate Smith. She is 13 years old. She lives in Guangzhou. She studies in No.10 Middle school. Her parents work there. They are both English teachers. They are form the UK. She likes eating junk food. She doesn’t like playing sports. She has one healthy habit: She sleeps for 9 hours every night.
Kate Smith has a brother. His name is Jack Smith. He is 11 years old. He doesn’t eat junk food. He likes playing sports. He often runs, plays basketball, and goes swimming. He eats fruit every day. He likes eating vegetables. But he has an unhealthy habit: He sleeps for 6 hours every night.
【小题1】 How old is Kate Smith?
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【小题2】 Where does Kate live?
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【小题3】What does Kate like eating?
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【小题4】What does Jack eat every day?
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【小题5】 How many hours does Jack sleep every night?
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