What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying: "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles” Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading, like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.
In a word, books are treasure(财宝) and we must love them. But before you read, remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books: I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.
What about you? Young friends, please love books and read them, They are very helpful to you.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE?.

What do you usually do____Saturday evening,?

A in       B on       C at         D to

What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Come on, we need something new! Let’s see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time!

Mess Around with Dress-up

Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school,? you can play dress-up.? See if you? can make yourself into a doctor，or a cowboy,? or even a spaceman! Use glitter paint and old material to decorate the clothes the way you like them.

If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family!? Let your imagination run wild!

Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren’t in your class? You can get both of them in clubs.? In other countries, schools, there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join.? There is French club，student government, theater, choir (合唱队）and photography club.

Take photography club as an example.? One may learn all the necessary skills about taking photos.? For example, you will learn how to choose a camera，how to use the light and how to develop pictures.? Sounds cool, right?

But that’s not all.? One can also make a lot of friends in clubs.? It’s always good to enjoy your spare time with friends，isn’t it?

1.What is the best title for _____？

A. Start a? Club? B. Learn a Club

C. An Important Club? D. A Photography Club

2.From the first paragraph we know________.

A. foreign kids don’t like watching TV

B. Chinese kids like playing football with foreign kids

C. playing football is not popular with foreign kids

D. foreign kids have some different ways to spend their free time

3.When you join a photography club，you cannot________.

A. enjoy your free time? B. get a camera for free

C. make some new friends? D. learn to take pictures

4.The text mainly talks about________.

A. how to take a good picture

B. how to join a photography club

C. after-class activities in foreign countries

D. putting on a show in foreign schools

情景对话（每小题2分，共10分）

A: Do you work in No. 1 Middle School?

B: Yes, I do. 1.       

A: 2.     

B: Yes. It is about fifteen kilometers.

A: How do you usually go to school？

B: 3.       

A: How long does it take you to get to school?

B: 4.       

A: Do you like your job? Why?

B: 5.      

A: Well, you are a good teacher.

B: Thank you.

A.About fifteen minutes.

B.Yes, because I like my students.

C.I am a teacher in the school.

D.I usually drive my car.

E.Is it far from your home to the school?