72 Newton Drive

                                                                  London SW6

                                                                  3rd October

Dear David,

     How are you? I' m fine．I' m in London，at the International School of English．I' m in Class 3 with other eight students．They are from different countries—Spain, Japan, Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand．Our teacher' s name is Henry Briscall．He' s very nice．He' s a very good teacher．

     I'm living with an English family．Mr．and Mrs．Brown have three children．Thomas is fourteen, Catherine is twelve, and Andrew is seven．They are all very friendly, but it isn't easy to understand them!

     London is very big and very interesting．The weather is good, cold but sunny, and the parks are beautiful! Hyde Park, Green Park, and St．James' Park are all in the city center．

     English food is OK, but the coffee is horrible!

     Write to me soon．

Love,

Paula

P．S．Is my English OK?

1．From the letter we know there are ______________students in Paula' s class．

      A．seven                B．eight               C．nine

2．The students are studying __________________in the school．

     A．Chinese              B．Japanese           C．English

3．Paula and her classmates are from _____________________different countries．

     A．5                     B．6                       C．7

4．Paula has a very good teacher．His name is____________________________．

     A．Henry               B．Brown                 C．Peter

5．There are three children in the English family and ______________is the youngest（最小） one．

     A．Catherine        B．Andrew          C．Thomas

Dear David,
How are you ? I’m fine. I’m in London, at the International School of English. I’m in Class 3 with eight students . They are from different countries---Spain, Japan, Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher’s name is Henry . He’s very nice. He’s a very good teacher.
I’m living with an English family. Mr and Mrs Brown have three children. Thomas is fourteen, Catharine is twelve, and Andrew is seven. They are all very friendly, but it isn’t easy to understand them !
London is very big and very interesting. The weather is cold but sunny and the parks are beautiful! Hyde Park , Green Park and ST.Jame’s Park are all in the city centre(中心）.
English food is OK, but the coffee is horrible!
Write to me soon .
Love,
Paula
【小题1】The letter is from ___________ .

　　I'm writing to you from our hotel at Moon Beach. Peter and I are (1) with children from other countries for a few days. We're happy to be (2) , but to tell you the truth, we're having a few problems（问题）.

　　The restaurants here are not (6) , and the food isn't very good, either. Peter is in the (7) office because he's having problems with his stomach（胃）. But don't worry. He will be OK soon.

NO.4 Middle School

Kunming, Yunnan

April 2nd, 2004

Dear editor（编辑）

I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city. There are so many colorful peacocks(孔雀)here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square（广场）

They are given food freely by visitors ,They usually throw food to them ,and  don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors . I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds ,but don’t realize(意识到)that they may be doing them harm (伤害).The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food .For us every person, it’s our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.

Yours,

Sun Yan

1.Many visitors come to the writer’s city to           

A．do some shopping

B．see beautiful peacocks

C．play on Dongfeng Square

D．eat nice food

2.Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors            

A．didn’t give them any food

B．gave them too much food

C．threw them some bad food

D．loved them and played with them

3.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may            

A．sell food for visitors

B．sell food for peacocks

C．make the square more beautiful

D．have the beautiful birds

4.From the passage we know people should            

A．live and play with the birds

B．stop the birds from eating too much

C．give right food to the birds

D．give more food to the birds

5.We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan ,may be a            

A．visitor                                B．shopkeeper

C．square keeper                         D．student

You probably know you should say “please” and “thank you” at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can’t hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. No one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears. So even if you are alone when listening to our MP3 players, you shouldn’t turn it up too high.
Take Them Off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 off and put it away. Libraries, and schools don’t allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don’t have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense to listen on your MP3 player at event. Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take One Out! Once in a while it’s okay just to take out one earphone（耳机）and not the other. Imagine you are listening on your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it’s not for you.
【小题1】The underlined word “volume” in Paragraph Two probably means “_______”