I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. But English is very easy for me. I’m good at it. I’m very glad to tell you something about how I study English.

First, I think an interest in English is very important. When I learned English first, it was fresh for me. I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder and harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, and the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!

Second, I think English is a foreign language. I should learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher carefully, speak bravely, read aloud and have a good vocabulary. Then practice again and again, never be tired. And I also have a good habit: Asking whenever I have a question. I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand!

Besides this, I often read English stories, jokes and easy novels. They help me understand a lot of things. So to do more reading is an important way to learn English well. And I also write English diaries. English has become a close friend of mine.

1.Why do some students often “have a headache”？

A. Because they are easy to catch a cold.

B. Because it’s often very cold

C. Because they think English is easy.

D. Because they don’t think English is easy.

2.The writer tells us that we should be ________ in English if we want to learn it well.

A. kind B. interested C. angry D. strict

3.The sentence “I got a very good mark” means ________.

A.I got a good way

B.I had a good idea

C.I did badly in the exam

D.I did well in the exam

4.The writer thinks English is interesting because ________.

A. English is full of stories

B. English is full of jokes

C. his teacher often teaches them nice English songs

D. of nothing

5.Which of the following is not the way the writer studies by?

A. Speaking bravely.

B. Writing to foreign friends.

C. Reading aloud.

D. Writing English diaries.

Now QQ coins are popular among Chinese teenagers. People use real money to buy Web money. Then they buy clothes for their online characters (人物形象) or services for their online pets with it. And these fancy things will cost QQ fans more in the future.

The government will put a tax (税) of 3% on online sales. For example, if QQ users pay 100 yuan for 110 QQ coins, they will have to spend 103 yuan in the future. The extra (额外的) three yuan is tax.

Beijing was the first city to carry out the policy. Online games have to pay the tax, too. A number of players make money by spending a lot of time on the games to gain powers (获得能量), and then selling them.

Experts said that online trade grow fast. There is more than 10 billion yuan of real money in online trade a year in China.

However, the government’s new move has become a hot topic (话题) among Internet users around the country. In a survey by sina.com more than 70% of about 3,000 surveyed were against it. They said that the tax is too much.

But supporters (支持者) said the government’s better management (管理) of the Internet would help it become healthier. They believe the new move would help stop online identity theft (账号偷窃).[

1.We can learn from the story that QQ coins are ________.

A. a kind of game software

B. a special Web money

C. some fancy clothes

D. some online pets

2.The Chinese government will put a tax of ________ on online sales.

A.3% B.10% C.11% D.15%

3.Which city was the first city to carry out the policy?

A. Shenyang. B. Shanghai. C. Guangzhou. D. Beijing.

4.We can learn from the passage that________.

A. online gamers don’t have to pay the tax

B. many people think the tax is too much

C. all the people support (支持) this policy

D. the new move will cause online identity theft

5.The new move can help Internet become healthier and ________.

A. stop online shopping

B. stop online trade

C. stop online identity theft

D. stop online spending money

Winter solstice, as the name shows, means the coming of winter. As an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, it is also a traditional holiday for Chinese, which is also called “冬节”， “长至节”，“亚岁”, etc. Generally, winter solstice occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, five days constitutes a pentad and three pentads constitutes a solar term. One year is divided into twelve periods and twelve climates which are regarded as twenty-four solar terms. The Winter Solstice is one of twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest. . In Northern China during winter solstice there is a custom of eating dumplings.

1.There are _________ solar terms in a year.

A. twelve B. five

C. twenty-four D. thirty-one

2.People often eat _________ during winter solstice

A. mooncakes B. dumplings

C. noodles D. chicken

3.Winter solstice is in ____.

A. January

B. September

C. October

D. December

4.On winter solstice the period of night is ________in China.

A. the longest B. the shortest

C. darkest D. brightest

5.Which day has the longest daytime in China?

A. The beginning of spring

B. Summer solstice

C. Grain full

D. The beginning of autumn

任务型阅读：

The Spring Festival

The Spring Festival，Chinese New Year，is the most important festival for all of us. All family members get together on New Year's Eve to have a big meal. ①.At the same time，everyone celebrates to each other. At about 12 o'clock，some parents and children light crackers. The whole sky is lighted brightly. We may watch the fireworks excitedly. How busy it is！

On the first early morning of one year，many senior citizen get up early and they stick the reversed(倒着的) Fu or hang some couplets on the front door. Some house's windows are sticked on red paper cuttings.

The Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. ②.所以在那十五天的时间里，我们总是挨家挨户的去探访我们的亲戚朋友。 At that time children are the happiest because they can get many red packets from their parents，grandparents，uncles， aunts and so on. The last day of the Chinese New Year is another festival. It names the Lantern Festival.

So the Chinese New Year comes to the end.

1.将文中①句翻译成中文。

2.将文中②句翻译成英文。

3.Which is the most important festival in China, the Lantern Festival , the Spring Festival or the

Mid-autumn Festival?

4.What do people do on New Year's Eve?

5.What’s in children’s red packets?

情景交际（根据对话内容，从方框中选择适当地语句填入对话空白处，使对话完整、通顺。）

Lucy: Hello, Tom. Have you got any plans for the National Holidays?

Tom: 1. .

Lucy: Really? It’s a beautiful place. Who will go with you?

Tom: I will go there with my parents. 2.

Lucy: I’d love to, but I will go to Shenyang with my parents.

Tom: It will be very interesting. 3.

Lucy: Maybe three days. 4.

Tom: We plan to spend seven days there.

Lucy: 5. .

Tom: Thank you. Enjoy yourself, too.

单词拼写

1.Be more careful! Don’t make any m___________ in your writing.

2.Lucy’s house is s__________ to mine, but mine is bigger.

3.The population of China is i__________ all the time.

4.When I failed my exams, my parents usually encouraged me instead of p me.

5.When my father called me from my hometown, I could feel the w over the telephone.

阅读理解填词

先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已给出。

When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a new school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and a 1. to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and l 2. , I felt my heart broken. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my p 3. , and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as u 4. . At that moment, a boy e 5. the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, s 6. .

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and f 7. . It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became c 8. to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day, I asked him w 9. he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!

It doesn’t m 10. because all the dark days have gone. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

书面表达：

请阅读Tony从美国发来的电子邮件，并根据所给提示和要求，以李华的名义回复。

提示：（1）告诉 Tony 一种你认为是最好的学中文的方法。

（2）回答 Tony 有关中秋节的问题。

要求：（1）邮件必须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。

（2）邮件中不得涉及真实的人名、校名和地名。开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

（3）词数：80词左右。

参考词汇： learn Chinese, the best way, the lunar calendar(阴历), mooncakes, enjoy the moon. The symbol of reunion(团圆的象征)

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