Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.

More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi (马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country.

Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among (在…… 之中) tourists from all over the world.

If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers (乘客) to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.

Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays 1 dollar for going shopping in town.

28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to (过去) make boats for a living (谋生), but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.

1.In Malawi are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.

A.cars B.bikes C.trains D.buses

2.Why does Alice enjoy the bike taxi?

A.Because it’s on the side of the road. B.Because it’s popular and heavy.

C.Because it’s all over the country. D.Because it’s cheap and easy.

3.How old did Panjira Khombe begin to ride a bike taxi?

A.26 years old. B.27 years old. C.28 years old. D.29 years old.

4.From the passage we learn Panjira Khombe thinks that .

A.going shopping is easy B.making boats is a hard job

C.riding a bike taxi is cheap D.carrying heavy people is very interesting

5.The best title for this passage is .

A.Bike Riders B.A Special Country

C.Bike Taxis D.A Cheap Journey

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）

A. When did you learn it?

B. Sorry I can’t.

C. Yes, I’d like to.

D. That’s the main thing.

E. In a week.

F. Can you cook noodles?

G. That’s wrong.

A: Hi, Jason. Would you like to come over to my home this weekend?

B: 1. What are we going to do together?

A: We’re going to play chess on Saturday morning and I am going to cook noodles for you.

B: Are you joking? 2.

A: Of course I can. I learned cooking on TV. B: 3.

A: Last week. My parents were away on business so I cook by myself.

B: When will they come back?

A: 4. During these days, I have to do a lot of things alone.

B: I’m sure you will have a special experience.

A: Yes. 5. I like trying new things.

B: You bet! See you then.

A: See you.

完成句子

根据所给中文意思完成句子，每空限填一词。

1.为什么不把错记在笔记本上呢。

Why not _______ your mistakes in your notebooks.

2.我们大家应该帮助动物，使它们在宁静中生存。

We should help animals live______.

3.在踢足球前我先热一下身。

I am______ before playing football.

4.他住的离学校最远，所以他乘地铁。

He lives the ____ ___school, so he takes the underground.

5.政府正在建立自然公园。

The government is ___ ___nature parks.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题或完成句子。

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of them. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world.

About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads(广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…” “Easy and funny…” “Our records and tapes help you master English in a month”. Of course, it never happens quite like that.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.

So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great efforts and takes much time. Good teachers, record, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1.___of languages are very important in the world.

2.Which countries use English as the mother tongue?(至少两个例子)

__________________________________________________________

3.What does the writer think of the ads in the newspapers or magazines?

_________________________________________________________

4.___is easy to learn.

5.If we want to learn English well, we must do ___.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

Spuddles are small funny creatures (生物) shaped (形状) like potatoes. They have one very s1.features(特点): every time a baby spuddle is born, depending on what colour it is, the baby’s parents grow a new arm of that s2.colour. That arm is the one the parents will use to look after that b3..

One day a blue baby spuddle was born, b4. its parents didn’t grow a blue arm. How could the parents care for their blue baby? They o5. had the green arm they had used for his elder sister.

The parents didn’t know what to do, and they were afraid that their baby might d6. because they couldn’t look after him. But the green brother and the pink sister went to their parents and o7.to share their special arms! The parents were happy. And from that day on t8. loved their generous(大方的) elder children even more.

And so much did they love their children, and so kind had the little green and pink spuddles been that the two children e9.soon grew an amazing multicoloured(彩色的) arm, which they could use to h10.their parents care for the baby whenever they wanted.

书面表达

以“My favorite sport”为题目，写一篇 70 词左右的短文

注意：(1) 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。

(2) 语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范。

My favorite sport

Of all the watches here, my father likes ______ silver one best.

A.a B.an C.the D./

They are talking about the new film. Let’s join in their ______.

A.suggestion B.attention C.discussion D.competition

Though he is young, he has more ______ of science than his workmates.

A.news B.training C.progress D.knowledge

--Who will come to help us?

-- Nobody. We have to depend on ______.

A.ourselves B.our C.themselves D.they