Dear Boris，

    Thanks for your nice letter．

    After I had spent a week with my English family，I slowly began to understand

their English a little better．It，s very different from what I learned at school!

Students in my group are from different cities of Britain and their dialects(方言)are different too! Some of their accents(口音)are quite strong and they also have their own words and expressions．

   But it's not the language that’s different and surprising．Before I。came to England I had thought that fish and chips were eaten every day．That's quite wrong! I get rather mad now when I hear all the foolish words about typical(典型的)English

food.

   I had expected to see“London fog”．Do you remember our texts about it? We

had no idea that most of this‘thick fog’disappeared many years ago when people

stopped using coal in their homes．But the idea to speak about weather was very helpfu1．The weather in London is really changeable．

  On the other hand habits are different．People tell me what is typically British

1ere in London is not always typical in Wales or Scotland．Local habits and traditions

are not the same as what we knew．

But what is ordinary for all British is that they follow traditions．Probably Britain has more living, signs of its．past than many other countries．And ways been proud of having ancient buildings in capitals, big cities and the countryside．

    I will tell you more about Britain in my other letters．

                                                         Love from Britain,

                                                                    Pete

1．What does Pete feel about the English language?

  A．At first it was difficult for him to understand people．

  B．He can understand different dialects and accents．

C．He can speak English better than others．

D．People can't understand his English．

2．Typical English food____.

A．makes people mad

B．can not be seen now

  C．is always fish and chips

  D．is not what he knew

3．The British people like to talk about weather because

  A．there is thick fog in London

  B．they like the weather in Britain

  C．the weather changes a lot

  D．it can be helpful 

4．What do you know about habits in Britain from the passage?

  A．They are not the same in different parts of Britain．

  C．Habits in Wales and Scotland are typically British．

  B．There are no typical British habits in Britain．

  D．A11 that is typically British is in London．

5．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. What he's seen is quite different from what he’d learned．

  B．British people like to follow traditions．

  C．Pete had learned about Britain before．

  D．Pete doesn't like his life in Britain．

Dear Mary,

Thanks for your letter and photos. I like them very much. Here are some of my photos. In the first one, I am swimming at the pool. In the second one, I am playing football on the playground at school. In the third one, you can see my family at home. We’re having dinner. In the last one, I am with my little sister Beth. She’s watching TV and I am doing my homework.Best wishes to you and you family.

Jim

51. This letter is from ______ to ______.

A. Mary, Jim　 　B. Jim, Mary　 　 C. Ann, Beth　 　　　 D. Beth, Jim

52. Jim likes ______ very much.

A. the letter 　　B. the photos　 　　C. Swimming　　　　 D. A and B

53. In the first photo, Jim is ______.

A. playing football B. having dinner 　C. swimming　　　　 D. watching TV

54. In the ______ photo, Jim’s family is eating dinner.

A. first　　　　 B. second　　 　 C. third　　　　　　　 D. last

55. In the last photo, Jim is ______ and Beth is______.

A. watching TV, doing homework 　　B. doing homework, watching TV

C. having dinner, writing a letter 　　　D. swimming at the pool, playing footbal

Dear Disney,

Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom - Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical.
We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride. We were so excited that we all forgot ice-cream was not allowed on the ride.
Gloria broke into tears and we all had no idea what to do. Then Murphy, one of the staff(员工) members, came over. She bent down and told Gloria that she would hold the ice-cream for her and give it to her when she finished the ride. Gloria said, "Promise?" Then she gave Murphy her ice-cream, and she completely enjoyed the ride.
Sure enough, as we walked out the exit, there was Gloria's new friend with "her" ice-cream. Now you and I both know what happened, because we know that an ice-cream won't last twenty minutes on a summer afternoon in Florida. Murphy knew what time we would get off the ride; she went to the nearest shop and bought a brand-new ice-cream thirty seconds before we walked out the exit. Gloria said, "Thank you," but I'm sure she thought it was the same ice-cream.
We know that someone tried hard to make our visit special. Thanks so much for going above and beyond! 
Your fan,                                                                Carmen Rivera                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
【小题1】Before the ride, Gloria cried because _________.

The following four advertisements are from Yangtse Evening News, Mar 8^th , 2012.

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项．

　　Dear Earthmen,

　　I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting planet. I think I understand the life on earth now and I would like to give my impressions(印象).

　　First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels(轮子). All these small boxes run around and around, and finally stop to rest. You leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.

　　After resting all day you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and look at very small glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front.

　　There is only one thing I don't understand. I went to a football game one day. A group of angry boys fought a little round ball. Everyone shouted but they kept fighting. They were angry, because they had been kept in boxes all day. I think.

　　Thanks you earthmen for this chance to get to know you.

Yours

The man from Mars

1．“Your interesting planet” means ________.

[　　]

2．“Big boxes” means ________.

[　　]

A．large wooden boxes for goods

B．streets

C．houses for people to live in

D．factories

3．“small boxes on wheels” means ________.

[　　]

4．“very small glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front” means ________.

[　　]

5．The man from the Mars ________.

[　　]

A．was afraid of fighting

B．enjoyed playing football

C．didn't understand football at all