Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.

1.Which is Mary’s invention?

A. Teaching her friend.  

B. A new language. 

C. Go shopping.  

D. Making hamburgers.

2.Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?

A. Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.

B. Because it’s easy to speak new language.

C. Because her friend Jean likes it.

D. Because she wants free hamburgers.

3.What do they do in the store?

A. They buy some things.

B. They talk with the clerk.

C. They want to understand what people say.

D. They use their new language and talk about people and things.

4.The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.

A. maybe they need help  

B. they talk about him   

C. they laugh at him  

D. they invent things

5.According to the passage, creating something new is _____.

A. boring    

B. interesting   

C. hard   

D. easy

In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
【小题1】Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

完形填空。 （ 共20 分 ）（10 分， 每题 1 分）

The best way of _1_ a language is always using it. The best way of learning spoken English is reading in English as __2_ as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people will not _3_ you. Sometimes people will _4___ things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But 5_ you keep your sense of humor ( 幽默感 ), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you 6_. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing _7__ your mistakes. It’s _8_  for people to laugh at your mistakes than be angry with you, __9__ they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: Don’t be _10__ of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.

1.A. Learnt   B. learn      C. Learning 

2.A. much     B. many       C. a lot

3.A. like     B. know       C. understand

4.A. say      B. tell        C. speak

5.A. if       B. since       C. although

6.A.. have    B. make        C. produce

7.A. at       B. on         C. for

8.A.good      B. better      C. well

9.A. unless   B. because    C. as long as

10.A. worry   B. unhappy    C. afraid

Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from north-east of China.The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and the monkeys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs from Australia want to laugh at you. Sichuan pandas will play balls for you. The giraffes from Africa(非洲) are waiting to look down on you.

Keep the zoo clean!

Do not touch, give food or go near to the animals.

1.How much does Mr Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three?

A．¥3               B．¥4               C．¥5               D．¥6

2.At which of the following time can we visit the zoo?

A．8.30 a.m. Wednesday                    B．9.30 a.m. Friday

C．3.00 p.m. Sunday                        D．5.00 p.m. Tuesday

3.Which of the following can we do in the zoo?

A．To touch the monkeys.

B．To give some food to the animals.

C．To go near to the tigers.

D．To watch the animals carefully.