It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when you don’t know the ____very well. It may be ___ to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country. We may not know how to buy ____. In a ____ country we may not know where to eat or what to order in a ____. It is not easy to decide how ____to tip (给小费) waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience（经历） ____ that. ____ a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to ____ . We learn to enjoy life in another country and then we may be ____ to leave.

1.A. language B. people C. words D. country

2.A. tired B. happy C. hard D. easy

3.A. nothing B. anything C. things D. shopping

4.A. good B. new C. old D. young

5.A. shop B. school C. hospital D. restaurant

6.A. soon B. many C. much D. often

7.A. as B. like C. for D. with

8.A. After B. In C. Before D. For

9.A. talk B. tell C. speak D. say

10.A. glad B. worried C. sorry D. interested

An Internet game named Happy Farm is becoming more and more popular among young office workers and students. People can work on a farm. They can also grow, water, sell and steal vegetables, flowers, fruits and so on. They can earn some e-money from their working on the farm. Then they can use it to buy more seeds, pets and even houses. Of course, all these are not true, they are only on the Internet.

Why do so many young people enjoy the kind of Farm game? I think maybe some of them are afraid of facing the real world, and they have to look for fun from the Internet. Some feel lonely and want to make friends during growing vegetables on the Internet. Some have great fun stealing others' vegetables because they needn't work on their farm.

Most parents and teachers are worried about these young people and students. Students spend too much time playing the game. It's bad for their health and study.

1.What's the name of this kind of game?

A. Happy Farm. B. Vegetables and Fruits.

C. Working on a Farm. D. Computer Came.

2.Where do the young people plant vegetables?

A. On a real farm. B. In their home's garden.

C. On a farm of the Internet. D. Near their houses.

3.Why do some people enjoy the game?

A. Some people feel lonely and want to make friends.

B. They can get some money for living.

C. They don't need to buy vegetable for lunch.

D. They can learn English from the game.

4.What's the meaning of the underlined word “stealing”？

A. 送给 B. 搬运 C. 吃 D. 偷

5.Why are parents and teachers worried about these young people and students?

A. Because students spend too much time on the game.

B. Because students use the game to improve their English.

C. Because it costs students much money.

D. Because some students don't go to school.

We each have a memory（记忆力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do the again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories. A good memory is a great help in learning languages.

Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear， remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because __________ .

A. they always sleep well

B. they often eat good foot

C. they read a lot of books

D. they have very good memories

2. Everybody learns his mother language __________ .

A. at the age of six

B. when he is a small child

C. after he goes to school

D. when he can read and write

3. Before a child can speak, he must __________ .

A. read and write B. make sentences

C. hear and remember the sounds D. think hard

4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language easily because __________ .

A. they have no good memories

B. they have no good teachers

C. they don’t like it

D. they are busy with other subjects

5.Your memory will become better and better __________ .

A. If you have a lot of good food

B. If you do more and more exercises

C. If you do morning exercises every day

D. If you get up early

It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order(订购) some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, she lived two hundred miles away.

As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying. He asked her what was wrong and she answered, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”

The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”

He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother,” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), then she placed the rose.

The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house. Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

1.The man went to the shop to ______.

A．help the girl B.order some flowers

C．buy some food D. buy some water

2.The man’s mother lived ______ away from him.

A．2 kilometres B．200 kilometres

C．200 miles D．300 miles

3.The girl was crying on the road because ______.

A．she was hungry

B．she couldn’t buy a rose

C．she couldn’t find her way home

D．she was angry.

4.After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to_________ together.

A．the cemetery B．the girl’s home

C．his mother’s house D．the shop

5.From the passage we can infer(推断) that ______.

A．the girl loved flowers very much

B．the girl loved her mother very much

C．the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother

D．the girl’s mother lived happily.

Last year more than 40 people died and 900 people injured in traffic accidents in China, because drivers often use their mobile phones. As we know, it is difficult for a driver to put his heart into driving if he talks on their mobile phones.___ 1._______

Some drivers were sending messages while driving. __2.____In other words, the driver watched his mobile phone instead of watching the road ahead during sending a message. How dangerous it was! The driver used a mobile phone and put other people’s lives at risk. Such drivers are selfish and careless. _3._____

Mobile phones are of great fun and useful for us. ___4.___ But you mustn’t use them while driving. If you really have important things to do by phone, please stop your car. Or the next accident may happen to you.

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage.

A. It is dangerous to use mobile phones while driving.

B. The drivers used mobile phones while driving were selfish.

C. We must say no to a driver using the mobile phone when he drives.

D. Mobile phones are the most dangerous for drivers.

根据句意，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。（2.5分）

1.My mother ________ the family rules to the wall just now.

2.They are interested in __________computer games.

3.If you want to play the _________, you can join the club.

4.I think these stories are _________________ than those.

5.I spent the ________day cleaning the house.

根据首字母、汉语意思填词。（2.5分）

1.There are some _______ (鸭子)swimming in the river. How happy they are!

2.A plane _________ (消失) in the air last month..

3.The shop is ___________(close) now. We can’t buy anything in it.

4.More than ten t_________ people lost their homes in the flood.

5.I hate listening to rock music. It’s too ________(noise).

根据句意及汉语提示填空。（5分）

1.我将能保护自己免遭危险。

I will be able to ________ myself from the ___________.

2.王菲是三个女孩中最懒的。

Wang Fei is ______ __________ of the three.

3.昨天这个时候，我们在练习拉小提琴。

We were ________ _________ the violin at this time yesterday.

4.他们给我们提供一些有用的信息。

They ___________ us __________ some useful information.

5. 刚才我发现我新自行车丢了。

I ________ my new watch__________ just now.

6.The kids spoke _________ a _______（低声的）voice .So I couldn’t hear what they said.

7.They are _________ ______________(考虑) going to New York to spend holidays.

8.Let me help him __________ _____________（查明）Green’s telephone number.

9.I think _________ ___________is the most important thing now.（保持冷静）

10._________ _____________food it is!（味道多么鲜美）

阅读下面对话，从方框中选择适当的句子（其中两项是多余）。（2.5分）

A：Hi, Li Lei, where are you going to spend your winter holiday this year?

B： 1.

A：How are you going to get there?

B：We are going there by plane.

A： 2.

B：Next Monday.

A： 3.

B：Thanks. What about you?

A： 4. I’d like to go back to see those villagers. I miss them very much.

B： 5. I think you must have a good time in your hometown.

根据内容补全对话，一空一词。（2.5分）

A：What were you doing at this time yesterday afternoon?

B：We were 1. kites.

A：Where did you fly the kites?

B：By the river. A lot of children were flying kites there.

A：Was it 2. yesterday?

B：Yes, but the wind wasn’t strong. The weather was good for flying a kite.

A：Who did you fly kites 3. ?

B：Li Lei and Chen Yang. They both bought two new kites and got there earlier than I did.

A：Did you enjoy 4. ?

B：Yes, we played there 5. three hours.