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Dear Tiantian!

How are you? I’m writing to you at my school. It is a middle school. I am in a big class. There are about sixty students. My English teacher is Miss Gao. She is a good teacher.

We go to school from Monday to Friday. There are four classes in the morning and three in the afternoon. We play games at four on Friday after class.

I have some friends at school. One of my friends is from America. She speaks English and a little Chinese. I like to play with them. We often play basketball. It’s my favourite game.

Please write soon!

Love from

Lin Tao

1.Where does Lin Tao write this letter? He writes the letter______.

A.at home                B. at school                           C. on the farm

2.Lin Tao’s English teacher is_____.

A. Mrs Gao              B. Miss Gao                           C. Mr Gao

3. There are _____ classes all day.

A. four                  B. seven                              C. eight

4. _____ of Lin Tao’s friends is from America.

A. One                  B. Two                               C. Four

5. _____ is Lin Tao’s favourite.

A. Ping-pong             B. Football                      C. Basketball

1.Sally often plays volleyball with her __________.

A. friends                             B. father                 C. cousin                           D. brother

2.What’s Barry’s favorite sport?

A. Volleyball.            B. Soccer.                 C. Basketball.             D. Ping-pong.

3. __________ is in a sports club.

A. Sally                                B. Barry                   C. Jim                                    D. Anna

4.Anna has __________ volleyball(s).

A. four                            B. three                    C. two                       D. one

5.Which of the following is true (下列哪项陈述是正确的)?

A. Sally thinks soccer is fun.                     B. Barry’s brother is a soccer player.

C. Jim doesn’t like sports.                                     D. Anna doesn’t like playing soccer.

More than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular in Britain.The game was then played across the dining room table, or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. The balls were made of cork or rubber.The bats were made of wood.

A few years later a hollow ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it “ping-pong”. “Ping”was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball. and “pong” was the sound of the ball when it hit the table.

1.Who invented the game of ping-pong?

A  A Chinese  B An Englishman  C An American  D We don’t know

2.The game was first known as_________.

A ping-pong tennis   B  table tennis

C outdoor tennis     D indoor tennis

3.What did the British think of the game?

A Moving  B Interesting  C Terrible  D Well

4.In the early days the ball was ______________.

A hollow       B covered with rubber

C made of cork and rubber  D made of plastics

5.The name of ping-pong has something to do with_______.

A sound  B size  C history  D  place

As a girl, I've spent a great deal of my time on earth concerned about my weight. So I do know something about exercise. Let me tell you about the calorie-burning activities I've tried or will try.
Salsa (萨尔萨舞)
I try to maintain my weight through dancing. Dancing improves my coordination and sense of rhythm in addition to burning calories. I'm personally interested in salsa, which I find sexy and expressive(有表现力的). But I have not yet to start classes, because classes are very expensive, and I cannot find a dance partner.
Ping-Pong
Ping-pong is the national sport of China, so how could I know nothing about it?
My father is a ping-pong fan, and a really good player. He's won several informal (非正式的) matches. My relationship with ping-pong has always been on-and-off. I'll get into it for a while, and then lose interest. The reason is because I can’t find a good partner. Some stronger can depress you, while someone weaker (or just as weak) can make the game boring.
Tae Kwon Do （跆拳道）
I've recently decided to try tae kwon do as my regular exercise activity. There’s a story behind this choice: A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a bus, concentrating on a book. Suddenly, the bus became very quiet except for the sound of a woman’s crying. I looked up to see what had happened and overheard whispers that she had just quarreled with a man, and the man slapped(拍打) her face. No one on the bus dared say anything because the man looked really strong. Even now I feel ashamed I was among the silent.
That’s why I've made up my mind to learn something that will help me protect others and myself.
【小题1】We can guess that the girl is _____ according to the passage.