—The summer vacation is coming. Why don’t you go to the beach to enjoy the sunshine?

—Sounds great. ____advice!

A. What good B. How good C. What a good D. How a good

My favorite TV program is “Readers”. I think we should spend as much time as we can_____in our spare time.

A. read B. to read C. reading D. readed

—I wonder if our foreign teacher Mr. White ____to his hometown next Tuesday.

—I’m not sure. But if he returns to his hometown,I ____him off.

A. return; see B. will return;see

C. will return; will see D. return, will see

Some boys in our class _____the footbal club for a year. They are crazy about playing football now.

A. joined B. have joined C. have been in D. join

-Do you think I could borrow your pencil? ----- _______.

A. Yes, you may borrow B. Yes, you could

C. Yes, go on D. Yes, help yourself

People once went hungry. A rich man who made bread and cakes sent for twenty of the ______ children in the town, and told them to take a loaf（条）of bread from a ______ every day till the hard days passed.

The hunger children came together ______, and argued for the bread, because each wished to have the largest one. Finally they went away without even thanking the good gentleman.

But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not argue or ______ with the rest, but remained standing quietly far away from them. ______ the bad-mannered girls left, she took the smallest bread, which alone was left in the basket, kissed the gentleman’s hand, and went home.

The next day the children were as bad-mannered as before, and poor, shy Gretchen ______ a loaf hardly the size of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the loaf open. Many new shining pieces of ______ fell out of it.

Her mother was very surprised and worried, and said, “Take the money back to the good gentleman at once, for it must have got into the dough（生面团）______ mistake. Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick!”

But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother’s ______, he said, “No, no, my child, it was no mistake. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to give you. Always be as satisfied, quiet, and ______ as you now are. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is your own.”

1.A. kindest B. smartest C. poorest D. thinnest

2.A. bowl B. basket C. kitchen D. fridge

3.A. luckily B. proudly C. silently D. excitedly

4.A. fight B. play C. talk D. jump

5.A. If B. When C. Because D. Unless

6.A. brought B. tasted C. received D. noticed

7.A. silver B. bread C. gold D. glass

8.A. in B. on C. with D. by

9.A. thanks B. message C. wallet D. praise

10.A. thankful B. friendly C. lively D. lovely

Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meanings.

First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order—a,b,c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word “poor”—p,o,o,r – comes before “poverty”—p,o,v,e,r,t,y—and the word “poverty” comes before “ power”—p,o,w,e,r. The words are always given in an alphabetical order.

The second thing, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most give phonetic, or sound, alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

Third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word’s meaning. For example, in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings.

1.In the passage, which of the following is among the three important things?

A. How to write a word well. B. How to use a word.

C. How to make a sentence. D. How to read a word correctly.

2.Of the three words: “remove”, “ remote” and “ remount”, _____ in a dictionary.

A. “remote” comes first and “remove” comes last.

B. “remove” comes first and “ remote” comes last.

C. “remote” comes first and “remount” comes last.

D. “remove” comes first and “remount” comes last.

3.A better dictionary can tell you _______.

A. more of the word’s pronunciation. B. More of the word’s meaning.

C. More of the word’s spelling. D. More of grammar.

4.Phonetic alphabets are used to show _______

A. spelling B. handwriting C. meanings D. pronunciation

As an English, I can speak three languages—English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren’t.

Some statistics (数据) from the survey done by the European Commission (欧盟委员会) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more.

From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.

And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language.Many European people can have a conversation in English. That’s why my people don’t think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.

In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don’t students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.

To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.

Changing the British attitude (态度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!

1.Which of the following about the British people is true?

A. They are good language learners.

B. 62% of them speak two or more languages.

C. They are famous for speaking foreign languages.

D. More than half of them only speak English.

2.According to the passage, students in Britain prefer to learn _____.

A. science or German B. history or German

C. science or history D. German or French

3.In Paragraph 4, “an option” means _____.

A. a choice B. a game C. a mistake D. a conversation

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Speaking English B. Foreign Language Learning in UK

C. Schools in UK D. Young English Learners

We often face the following situations in our daily life:

? The woman next door plays her piano after 12 o’clock at night.

? The family across the street never cleans up their yard. The rubbish blows into your yard.

? The man next door always parks his car in front of your drive.

Have things like this ever happened to you? If so, you may ask yourself, “Who are these people? Why are they doing these things to me?”

These days, many people don’t know their neighbors. Sometimes we share a friendly smile or say hello, but lots of people don’t even know their neighbor’s names! When you don’t know someone, it’s easy to be angry when something has happened that you think is unfair. You think, “Maybe they like to make me angry, “or “Maybe they do it on purpose.” Believe it or not, your neighbors probably don’t mean to irritate（激怒）you. Often, they don’t even know that they’re making you feel angry. So before you take unusual steps to fix the problem, you should discuss it with them first.

When you move towards your neighbors, you should talk to them in a friendly manner. Praise their children to make them feel good. Then explain the situation. And if you can think of a simple way to solve the problem, suggest it.

If talking doesn’t work, ask another person to help. This person can listen to both sides of the story and help you and your neighbor solve the situation.

Finally, sometimes it’s a good idea to avoid the problem. Depending on the problem, it might be best to just stay out of your neighbor’s way.

1.What’s the writer’s purpose of writing paragraphs 1&2?

A. To ask some questions. B. To lead in the subjects.

C. To list some situations D. To tell some stories.

2.You should talk about the problem with your neighbors first because ________.

A. they often say hello or smile to you

B. you do not know what they are called

C. they probably don’t plan to make you unhappy

D. they will take unusual steps to solve the problem

3.When talking with your neighbors, you can make them have a good feeling by _______.

A. praising their children B. explaining the problem

C. shaking hands with them D. making friends with them

4.The best way to solve the problem sometimes is to ________.

A. ask another person for help B. turn a blind eye to it.

C. tell the story to your friend D. let your neighbor get out of the way

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Ways to deal with neighbors

B. Problems caused by neighbors

C. Situations we may face every day

D. Reasons why we become angry at neighbors

A boy lost his arms in an accident and his father lost his life. 1. Except for writing with his toes (脚 趾头), he could hardly do anything in his life.

As the two brothers grew up together, they had lots of problems and they often argued. 2. So he was very sad and didn’t know what to do.

3. Though her elder sister wanted to take care of her, she decided to be completely independent. At school, she always studied hard. Once she wrote the following in her composition, “I am lucky. Though I lost my hands, I still have legs. 4. ”

One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to a television interview program. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote “My younger brother’s arms are my arms” while the girl wrote “Broken wings, flying heart”.

A. A girl lost her hands because of a fire.

B. Then one day, his younger brother left him.

C. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still fly.

D. Then they started to learn to do everything by themselves.

E. Since then, he had to depend on the arms of his younger brother.