In China, many people like playing football, but American football is different from it. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances（机会）to move the ball ten yards（码）. They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points.

It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.

Each university wants its own team to win. Many people come to watch. They all shout for their favourite team. Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout.

Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.

1.What is the article about?

A. football

B. how to play football

C. American sports

D. American football

2. Players don’t _________when they play American football.

A. carry the ball B. throw the ball

C. run with the ball D. watch the ball

3.Why is it difficult to move the ball?

A. Because ten yards is a long way

B. Because players on the other team stop the ball

C. Because the playing field is big

D. Because eleven men have to catch it one by one

4.If they _________, the teams will play on January 1.

A. receive six points

B. play eleven games in the season

C. become the best teams

D. move the ball to the end of the field

Here’s a story about a very interesting family. A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs(楼上) to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.

He came downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters were washing up tea things in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long.” He said. “ They need shortening (缩短)by about two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and they said nothing.

But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.

Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone and shortened the trousers by two inches.

The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she, too, remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs and took two inches off the legs of the new trousers.

1.The young man bought the new trousers _______ his size.

A. as long as B. two inches longer than

C. as big as D. two inches shorter than

2.When did his elder sister shortened the trousers?

A. after finished washing B. before she went to bed

C. after seeing the film D. after having supper

3.Who is the last to shorten his new trousers ?

A. his young sister B. his mother

C. his elder sister D. himself

4. The next morning the young man would find the trousers were _______.

A. two inches shorter B. four inches shorter

C. six inches shorter D. eight inches shorter

Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa(非洲)? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here:

Education

School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families don’t have money to buy school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don't have to pay for school.

For those who can go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There are also some other subjects. Chores take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there's clean­ing, washing and helping Mum with the meal.

Daily fun

Sports are very popular there. Children can make goals with twigs (嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string (绳子). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa.

Internet

It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均的) monthly pay per person.

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.

1.The article is mainly about_________.

A. education in Africa

B. children's school life in Africa

C. the Internet in Africa

D. children's daily life in Africa

2.The underlined word "Chores" probably means___________.

A．网上冲浪 B.家务杂活

C.体育活动 D.家庭作业

3. Where can the children play football?

A. in the country B. in the street

C. in the football field D. A & B

4. Which one is True according to the passage?

A. basketball is popular among children

B. children in Africa have to pay for school

C. people may get higher pay in Egypt and South Africa than in others

D. some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes

词汇应用

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）

1.The watch on the table is one of the football _________ (运动员).

2.It is a good idea to keep English _________(日记) every day.

3.We often go to school at a_________(一刻钟) past six every morning.

4.Many of us like _________(躺) on the bed to watch TV.

5._________(分享) good things with others can always make us happy.

6.Mary is looking for her________ (dance) shoes for the lessons in the afternoon.

7.Students always spend much time _________ (have) lessons at school.

8.Simon with his classmates often _________(study) in the library when they are free.

9.Children always have lots of fun ______ (let) off fireworks at the Spring Festival.

10.Tree-planting Day is on the _________ (twelve) of March every year.

任务型阅读

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词）

What is your favourite cartoon? It may be hard for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, “Tom and Jerry” is the best one.

When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this encouraged(鼓舞) him to learn to play the piano.

His talent(天赋) at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world. Lang became a good piano student at three. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college(学院).

Now, he is one of the most popular pianists, but the road to success(成功) is not easy. Lang's father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang thinks he is very lucky and he should give something back, so he always helps the children in poor areas a lot.

缺词填空

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of N 1. . It's one of the most i 2. American festival .

In my family, we always go to my grandmother's house on Thanksgiving Day. All my aunts, uncles and cousins come t3. . We sometimes i 4. some friends to join us. Everyone is glad to meet o 5. people. The w 6. are busy helping my grandmother cook . The men sit down to watch football m 7. on TV. At about four o'clock we have d 8. . After that, we talk or play games until it is t 9. to go home. We don’t want to 1eave because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when all the family m 10. see each other.

根据所给的汉语完成下列句子。

1.冰箱里面有些蔬菜吗？

2.Nancy每周三下午从图书馆借书。

3.感谢你帮助一些贫困地区的孩子。

4.她穿着深蓝色的衬衫看起来很精干。

5.Neil对集邮不感兴趣。

写作

健康对每个人都非常重要，但许多中学生对此缺乏认识，为了让你的同学更多的了解这方面的知识，请根据图示，以“How can we keep healthy?”为题写一篇短文。

要求：1．表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；

2．必须包括所有相关信息，展开想象，

适当发挥；

3．词数：100左右, 开头已给出,

不计入总词数；

4．不得使用真实姓名和校名等。

How can we keep healthy?

Good health is very important for everyone, but most of us don’t know how to keep fit.

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She likes playing chess while her sister likes playing piano.

A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; /

If you don’t eat less, you’ll looking like a whale!

A. think up B. end up C. get up D. put up