Iphones may be the most popular mobiles in the world now. Not only do adults use them, but little children also like them.

Natasha Shykes is a mother of two kids in America. When her daughter, Kelsey, was only two years old, she became interested in her father’s iphone. “She pressed the button (按钮) and the phone lit up. It seemed to be amazing for her,” said Natasha. “Then she got serious about the phone. She always cried for it. It seemed that she also wanted an iphone.”

Iphones are easy to use. So it is not difficult for little children to use them. Many applications (应用软件) on iphones are designed for children who are too young to go to school. For example, children can learn more about the animals in the world by watching the videos on the phones.

However, parents are very worried about this. They don’t know whether they should buy their children iphones or not. There are two main reasons. One is that they are afraid that children may destroy the iphones. Another reason is that they are not sure whether iphones can really be used as educational tools.

1.Natasha’s daughter felt very ___________ the iphone.

A. afraid of???????? ????????????? ????????????? B. surprised at?????? ????????????? ????????????? C. interested in???

2.The underlined words “lit up” mean “___________” in Chinese.

A. 点燃????????????? ????????????? B. 发出响声 ??????? ????????????? ????????????? C. 点亮

3.The third paragraph mainly tells us__________.

A. iphones are difficult for adults to use.

B. Many children can’t use iphones because they are too young.

C. Parents can do many things on the iphones.

4.Parents are worried about the iphones because________.

A. their children may destroy the iphones.

B. Iphones are useless to their children’s study.

C. Iphones are bad for their children’s health.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. An Interesting Tool????????????? ????????????? B. A Popular Mobile????????????? ????????????? C. A Colorful World

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”
I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”
“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”
I couldn’t help asking, “Why couldn’t I talk about it?”
“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小题1】What made the foreigner laugh loudly?

Alice is an American girl. She has two good friends. One is Tom, the other is Jim. They come from the same country. They are studying in Beijing now. They are at the same school-- No.2 Middle School. They have a lot of Chinese friends here. They go to school from Monday to Friday. They go to school at seven in the morning. They all go to school by subway. In the evening, they do their homework and learn Chinese. On Saturdays and Sundays they go to their friends’ homes. There they learn more Chinese from their Chinese friends and their friends learn English from them.

Sometimes they write to their parents in America. They tell them about China and their life in China. They all like living here . They want their parents to come to China one day.

1.Alice , Tom and Jim come from               .

A．England           B．Europe           C．the USA           D．different countries

2.How many days do they go to school?

A．Four.             B．Five              C．Six               D．Seven

3.Why do they go to their Chinese friends’ home on weekends?

A．They want to eat Chinese food at their homes.

B．They want to play with them.

C．They want to make friends with their parents.

D．They want to learn Chinese from them.

4.Where are Alice’s parents?

A．In America.        B．In England.         C．In China.          D．We don’t know.

5.What do Alice, Tom and Jim write to their parents in the letters?

A. Something about China.              B.Their life in China.

C. To ask their parents to come to China.    D.A,B and C.

Name????????????? Country????????????? Date????????????? How to celebrate

Remembrance Day????????????? England????????????? November 11th????????????? People wear red flowers to remember people who died in the two World Wars.

Easter Day????????????? America????????????? March or April????????????? This festival is a symbol of new life. People eat Easter eggs and chickens, and wear new clothes. Children often look for Easter eggs in the grass.

Bank Holiday????????????? England????????????? May????????????? Workers in banks will have a holiday. They can spend their free time with their families and friends. They can do some shopping have a trip and enjoy themselves.

Girls’s Day????????????? Japan????????????? March 3rd????????????? People put dolls into a boat and let the boat down the river to the sea. People also eat a special food — sweet rice cakes.

1.People celebrate Remembrance Day in _________ every year.

A. December ????????????? ????????????? B. March?? ????????????? ????????????? C. May????????????? ????????????? D. November

2.People _______ to celebrate Easter Day in America.

A. eat Easter eggs and wear new clothes????????????? ?????????????

B. go boating with their family

C. wear red flowers????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. go shopping in different countries

3.People in ______ celebrated Bank Holiday first.

A. America????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. England???? ????????????? C. Japan????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Germany

4. Tony’s family can have a chance to enjoy sweet rice cakes on _______.?

A. Bank Holiday??????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Easter Day ?????????????

C. Girls’ Day? ????????????? ??????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Remembrance Day

5.We can know from the passage _______.

A. people may celebrate Easter Day and Girls’ Day in the same month

B. people put dolls into a boat on Remembrance Day

C. English people celebrate Bank Holiday in March

D. we can see children look for Easter eggs in the grass on Girls’ Day

Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in _______.