Most people say a neighborhood is just some houses for people to live. In fact, it is more than that. A neighborhood has households, shopping centers, schools, and parks... Neighborhoods are unique in their own way, and have ways to attract(吸引)people to live there.

In my neighbourhood, there are friendly neighbors, dogs barking, kids playing in the streets. It is a good environment, but there is just something different and special about my neighborhood, and it brings a warm feeling to me.

Ten years ago we moved to my neighborhood. My parents built our house in a beautiful living place. As a young boy at the age of ten I played outside all the time with my friends in the neighborhood. We used to run through all of our neighbors’ lawns(草坪), roll around and have a great time. Probably the most important thing I love and also my parents and neighbors love is how safe our neighborhood is.

My favorite thing about my neighborhood is the New Year Party we have. It is a huge event in our neighborhood. It’s a wonderful time for neighbors to get together and learn of each other. Different families come together and have a great time.

Neighborhoods are all different, but people living in a neighborhood can be a big family.

1.Neighborhoods are .

A. houses for people to live in

B. places with households, shopping centers, schools, and parks

C. unique in their own way to attract people to live there

D. places for people to work and live in

2.The writer feels something different and special about his neighborhood perhaps because .

A. the neighbourhood brings a warm feeling to him

B. of the dogs, kids and the streets

C. of the visitors

D. there are beautiful sights like lakes and mountains around

3.How old is the writer now? He may be years old now.

A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40

4.Which of the following about the neighbour New Year Party is right?

A. Neighbours have a great dinner with their relatives

B. Neighbours get together to sing and dance

C. Get together and learn from each other

D. Different families come together and have a great time

Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago,and has been made from silk,cotton,bamboo, and since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.

Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD?ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.

Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the poster of Yao Ming on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two meters high!

1.What does the writer do before he goes to sleep?

A. He reads books.

B. He reads newspapers.

C. He looks through magazines.

D. He looks at the posters on the wall.

2.When was paper first created?

A. About 2,000 years ago.

B. In the 19th century.

C. About 1,000 years ago.

D. In the 11th century.

3.Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?

A. Because people could not read.

B. Because people could not write words on paper.

C. Because people could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.

D. Because people could only produce books one at a time by hand.

4.What happened after books became cheaper?

A. People didn't want to buy books.

B. Printing was invented in China.

C. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

D. The Internet was introduced to people soon.

5.What is the writer's opinion about books and computers?

A. People won't need books any more.

B. Books won't be replaced by computers.

C. People prefer to find information in books.

D. Computers have already replaced books.

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