Amy had three sons, Dave, Bill and Bob. Every year her sons sent her expensive gifts on her birthday.

The eldest son Dave, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn't know what to buy. So he put an advertisement in the newspaper."Wanted-the greatest gift for my mother."

About a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He brought a big bird.

"This bird can speak six languages and sing eight songs." the man said.

"Really I’d like to listen to it," Dave said.

The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Dave was very happy and paid eight thousand dollars for the bird. The next day Dave sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

The day after his mother's birthday he called his mother. "Well, mother" he asked, "What do you think of the bird?"

"Oh, it's very delicious, dear." said his mother.

1.___________ is the eldest brother?

A.Bob B.Bill C.Dave D.Amy

2.How many songs could the bird sing?

A.Five B.Six C.Seven D.Eight

3.How much did the bird cost Dave?

A.$8 B.$80 C.$800 D.$8000

4.How did the mother deal with the bird?

A.She sold it. B.She played with it. C.She ate it. D.She gave it to others.

Carrots are grown all over the world. They are easy to plant and easy to harvest. They have a good taste.

When people think about carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange colored vegetable. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange.

Carrots should be grown in a field that does not have water for a long time. The earth also should not be too hard. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over（翻土）．？

Weather, soil condition（土壤状况），and time affect（影响）the taste of carrots. Warm days and cool nights are the best time to grow great delicious carrots.

The best way to decide if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color. Usually, the brighter the color is, the better the taste is.

Most people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow carrots the same way as you do during the summer months.

Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut into thin pieces and cooked with other vegetables or meat. Or, they are washed, and eaten just as they come out of the ground.

1.What does the underlined word "harvest" mean?

A.品尝 B.收获 C.种植 D.销售

2.What can affect the taste of carrots?

A.Weather and time B.Weather and soil condition

C.Soil condition and time D.Weather, time and soil condition

3.___________ carrots have a better taste.

A.The long B.The orange C.The thin D.The bright

4.Which is the right order according to the article?

a. Carrots are eaten in different ways.

b. Carrots are in many sizes and shapes.

c. Dig up the earth and turn it over before planting carrots.

d. The best way to decide if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color.

A.c->a->b->d B.b->c->d->a C.c->b->d->a D.d-c->b->a

听短文，然后根据表格提示和所听内容完成下列各小题（每空一词）。

1.Mike is talking about his daily______________．

2.Mike often spends two hours in the evening, emailing his _____________．

3.Mike has Chinese lessons ___________ times a week at school.

4.Mike wants to study the_______________ of Ningxia.

5.Mike thinks his life is _________________.

We usually had some strange and funny ideas when we were1.(child).

When I was a little girl, 2.(live) in a very big neighborhood and we shared a garden 3. a pool between forty-eight houses. There were a lot of kids around 4.（I )age and we all used5.(play) together, and we'd often swim 6.the pool. But there was one boy who was about five years 7.(old) than us. One day, when I 8.(swim), he told me, "I hope you know there is a shark in the light. And it will come out to get you9.you swim alone." I was very afraid, and up until today-I am twenty-five years old now-I still get nervous when I swim alone so I always check the light to make sure there’s no shark.

What 10. you think of this kind of ideas? Write your stories and share with us.

Mrs. Wang loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In 1.（夏天），her roses were always the best in her street. One afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy2.（外面）．He was about seven years old, and was holding a big bunch（束）of beautiful roses in his hand.

"I am 3.（卖）roses," he said. "Do you want any? They are quite4.（便宜）.Only one yuan for a big bunch. They are fresh. I picked them this afternoon."

"My boy," Mrs. Wang answered,“pick roses 5.（无论何时）I want, and don't pay anything for them, because I have lots in my garden."

"Oh, no, you haven't," said the small boy. "There aren't any roses in your garden-because they are here in my hand!”

The smallest body of water is the stream(溪流）,a natural body of water that is found above ground and is often called a creek（河湾）as well. A river is a larger body of water that moves above ground, in a particular direction, and usually has a large amount of water in it. Rivers often go into other bodies of water. For example, The Chanjiang River goes into the sea. A lake is a large body of water that is completely surrounded（环绕)by land. A pond（池塘）is the same thing, only with less water and a smaller size. No one can tell you how big a pond can become before it is called a lake. A sea is a large body of water that is surrounded by land and connected to another body of water. The Caspian Sea（里海）is one that is surrounded by land. The Mediterranean Sea（地中海）is one that connected to another body of water, the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）Why are these bodies of water called seas but not oceans? Geographers（地理学家）don't have a really good reason. An ocean, which is the largest body of water on the Earth, is generally thought to have no borders（边界）

1.The stream is____________ body of water above ground.

2.A river is ____________ than a stream that moves above ground.

3.___________ is a large body of water that is completely surrounded by land.

4.The Atlantic Ocean is generally thought to have no_____________.

5.A pond is the same as a lake only with ____________ and a smaller size．

假如你叫李华，你是你们班的班长，澳大利亚朋友Tommy要来你们班学习，但他对你们班情况不了解，他给你写信要求你简要介绍一下，请你根据以下提示写一封回信。

1．请你简要给Tommy介绍一下你的班级情况（课程、学生和教师等）;2．告诉他你们可以相互帮助学习英语和汉语；3，向他介绍一下你们班同学的学校生活。

注意:1．词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）;2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

单词辨音 找出画线部分与其他单词发音不同的选项。

1.A.care B.compare C.are

2.A.below B.downstairs C.throw

3.A.noon B.tool C.wool

4.A.honest B.hopeless C.height

5.A.fix B.miss C.wise

—Have you seen film The Wandering Earth(《流浪地球》)?

—Yes, it’s such interesting film that I have seen it twice.

A.a; the B.the; an C.a; an

—Grace, let me help you carry the heavy box.

—Thank you _____ your help.

A. on B. at C. to D. for