Every year the Browns go to the beach for a week’s vacation. There are many interesting things to do at the beach. The children often play games on the sand. Sometimes they build sandcastles. There are saltwater swimming pools. The children can swim safely in these pools and the water is always clean. There is an esplanade. This is a long road by the beach. There are many cafes and restaurants on the esplanade. There is also an amusement park beside (在旁边) the beach. This is a place with many kinds of rides.

The Browns always stay at the same hotel. They usually have the same rooms. These rooms are at the front of the hotel. There is a good view of the ocean(海洋) from their windows. The children really enjoy themselves on vacation, but they feel a little sad when the vacation is over because they don’t want to go home.

根据短文内容判断句子正(T), 误(F).

1.The children feel a little sad because they don’t want to go school.

2.The Browns stay at the beach for weeks.

3.There are no swimming pools there.

4.The Browns always stay at the same hotel.

5.The Browns’ rooms are behind the restaurants.

Nina is an American girl. She lives in a tall building in the city of New York. There are eighteen floors in the building, and she lives on the tenth floor. Every day she takes a lift(电梯) to go up and down.

Nina studies in a middle school near her house and she works hard. She goes to school early. Every day she leaves her home at half past six. She walks to the lift and it takes her down to the first floor.

There is a bus stop near the building. Usually she takes No. 7 bus to her school, but sometimes she goes on foot. It is only four kilometers to her school from the building. She gets to school at about seven twenty. Classes begin at eight. She goes to play sports at three forty in the afternoon. She gets home at a quarter past five. She begins to do her homework at eight and finishes doing it at ten. She goes to sleep at ten thirty.

1.Nina comes from _____________________.

A. England B. Australia C. America D. China

2.Nina usually goes to school ________________.

A. on foot B. by bus C. by taxi D. in the lift

3.How far it from the building to her school? It’s about ___________ kilometers.

A. 7 B. 2 C. 18 D. 4

4.How long does it take her to finish her homework at night? _______________

A. two hours B. eight o’clock C. ten o’clock D. ten thirty

5.When does she begin to sports? She does them ________________.

A. about an hour B. at 3:40pm C. at 6:30am D. at 10:30 pm

New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world.

But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It is expensive to live there, and there are too many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live in, also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.

1.In big cities people can ________________.

A. go to different kinds of museums B. see all kinds of plays and films

C. buy things from all over the world D. A, B and C

2.Which is right?

A. Big cities are not clean and safe enough.

B. People can easily find good places to live in big cities.

C. People can always have many chances to find work to do.

D. All people like to live in big cities.

3.In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people ___________.

A. to move to big cities

B. not to move to cities

C. to move to big cities without thinking over any problem

D. not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there

4.This passage doesn’t tell us that _________________.

A. Paris is an exciting place for people to live in

B. Big cities have a lot of serious problems

C. big cities are all very dirty

D. usually people can get better medical care there

5.Which is the best title (标题) for this passage?

A. Big Cities B. Interesting Things in big Cities

C. Good School in Big Cities D. New York, London and Paris

单词拼写

1.She is _____________________________(照看) her little sister next weekend.

2.They went _____________________________(野营) on vacation last year.

3.My brother’s ___________________________(呆) in Hong Kong for a week for vacation.

4.He ____________________________(考虑) about visiting the Great Wall last week.

5.I _______________________(听说) that Hawaii is a good place to go sightseeing.

6.After Mary finishes _____________________(写) an article, she usually shows it to me.

7.She’s ________________________(计划) her vacation to Europe this weekend.

8.He often ___________________________(乘) a bus to get to school.

9.It often ___________________________(花) me twenty minutes to ride to school.

10.Come and ask for help if you have ___________________________(问题).

完成句子

1.你假期要做什么？ 去钓鱼。

____________________________________? --- I’m _________________________.

2.她要在北京呆多久？两周。

____________________________________? --- Two weeks.

3.他怎么样上班？走路去的。

____________________________________? --- He _______________________.

4.你能告诉我怎么去地铁站吗？

Can you _____________________________________________________________?

5.我每天花大约两小时做作业。

____________________________________________________________________.

补全对话

A:1., Nina?

B: I don’t know. 2., Mary?

A: We’re going to the beach.

B: 3.?

A: We’re riding to the subway station. We take the train, then walk to the beach.

B: That sounds interesting.

A: Why don’t you come with us?

B: That’s a good idea. That must be much more fun than staying at home.

4.?

A: It’s not very far, only fifty kilometers.

B: 5.?

A: Next Friday morning. We’re coming back next Sunday afternoon.

B: OK! See you then.

书面表达

你的笔友David 给你来信，他要来你家乡度假。请你给他回信，告知如何安排。
提示：
1.很高兴，欢迎到来；
2.刚好也有一个月的假期；　

3.做许多有趣的事情，如游览海滩，在海里游泳、冲浪，去野营，吃各种食物，互相学习语言...

4.到来时到机场迎接，一起坐的士到我家。

(你以林东为名，60-70.字左右)

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Where would Sam like to go?

A. B. C.

How is Lucy going to Xiamen?

A. B. C.

What will the boy buy for his father?

A. B. C.