The car was invented （发明）just a century ago．You may know all kinds of cars’ names, but many people don’t know who was the inventor of the first car．The first car was invented not by a German, but by an American．His name was Henry Ford．Henry was born in a poor family．He was the eldest of six children．When he was a boy, he became interested in mending watches and machines．When he was twelve years old, his mother died．Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week．In the evenings he repaired watches for another dollar a week．The hard life made him strong and able．

At that time there was another interest in the life of the young ford．He dreamed（梦想）to make a machine．It could run without a horse, so named “horseless carriage．” He over-came（克服） a lot of difficulties and in April 1893, the “horseless carriage” was finally finished．It was the first car．

Later Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company（福特汽车公司）．He was really the first inventor of the car in the world．

1．Who really invented the car first? _____．

A．A German       B．An American       C．Frenchman       D．Japanese

2．From this story we can know the car was invented_____．

A．more than 100 years ago．         B．less than 100 years ago．

C．just 100 years ago．              D．50 years ago．

3．Henry Ford must have_____．

A．five brothers and sisters           B．six brothers and sisters

C．five younger brothers             D．three brothers

4．How many dollars did young Ford earn（挣） every week? _____．

A．2．5 dollars      B．3．5 dollars       C．3 dollars       D．4 dollars

5．Which is not true? _____．

A．He repaired watches in the evenings for fun

B．He enjoyed repairing watches and machines when he was very young．

C．He met with a lot of difficulties in the invention．

D．The first car was invented in 1893．

Everyone has his own birthday．People celebrate their birthdays in different countries in different ways．Now here are four people from different countries．They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in the countries．

Sandy Morison comes from Madrid（马德里）．He says happily, “My twenty-first birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going to go out with some friends．To wish me a happy birthday, they’re going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year． It’s an old custom．Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional（传统）．”

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo．Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow．In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki—it’s the beginning of a new life．The colour red is for a sixtieth birthday．Mrs. Sato says, “What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say．It’s a surprise!”

Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday． It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party．I’m probably going to get some money in lucky envelopes（信封） from my relatives．My mother is going to cook noodles— noodles are for a long life．”

Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles to us, “I’m going to be 30 next week, so I’m going to invite three very good friends out to dinner． In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out．In some countries, I know it’s the opposite—people take you out． ”

How do you usually celebrate your birthday?

根据短文内容, 判断下列陈述内容的正误, 正确的写“T”, 错误的写“F”。

（   ）1．To celebrate her birthday, Sandy is going to pull on her friends’ ears．

（   ）2．On his birthday, Mr. Sato is going to receive something red．

（   ）3．Li Xiaomei is going to cook some noodles on her birthday．

（   ）4．Phillip is going to take his friends out to dinner on his birthday．

（   ）5．Mr. Sato is from Japan and Phillip is from France．

1.       It is said that it is one of the tallest b__________ in the world ．

2.       I didn’t know what s___________ him so greatly ．

3． Will you feel n___________ when you speak English to a foreigner?

4.       All the students go to the library e__________ Lucy．

5.       You are s_______ to meet at the bus stop this afternoon．

Dear Jack,

   I had a very unusual e__________ on Sunday．At around ten o’clock in the morning, I was walking d______ the street when a UFO landed in front of me．You can imagine how s_________ it was! An a________ got out and walked down Center Street． I f________ it to see where it was going, and I was s________ when it went into a souvenir shop． While it was looking at the souvenirs, the shop a_________ called the police．Before the police arrived, the alien left the shop and visited the M_______ of Flight．W_______ the alien was in the museum, I called the TV station．Isn’t that a________!

If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them．If you don’t , you may get lost（迷路）, this is what you should do．Sit down and stay where you are．Don’t try to find your friends –let them find you instead．You can help them find you by staying in one place．There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you．You can shout or whistle（吹口哨）three times．Stop．Then shout or whistle three times again．Any signal （信号）given three times is a call for help．

  Keep up shouting or whistling．Always three times together．When people hear you ,they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun．They will let you know that they have heard your signal．They will give you two shouts or two whistles．When a signal is given twice ,it is an answer to a call for help．

   If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes ,try to make a little house with branches（树枝）Make yourself a bed with leaves（树叶）and grass．

   When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it．Don’t just walk away．Pick off small branches and drop （扔下）them as you walk in order to（为了）go back again easily．

1．If you get lost in the forest , you should ______________________________________．

2．Which signal is a call for help ?

A．shouting here and there                     B．crying twice

C．shouting or whistling three times together       D．whistling everywhere in the forest

3．When you hear two shouts or two whistles ,you know that ________________________．

4．What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．Leave branches to find your way back       B．Pick off branches to build another house

C．Use branches to make a bed                  D．Drop branches to look for water

5．The main（主要的）idea of the passage is ____________________________________

1．你和你班上的同学相处得怎么样？

_________ do you get _________ with your classmates ?

2．我访问这个城市时就喜爱上了它。

I _________ in love _________ it when I visit the city．

3．我儿子长大后要成为一名宇航员。

My son is going to be _________ _________ when he grows up．

4．当不明飞行物到达的时候你在干什么？

What were you _________ when the UFO _________ ?

5．没有人知道将来会发生什么事。

No one knows ____ will _________ in the future．

作为一个学生，考试时偶尔会失利，Liang Chen 再次failed in the English exam ,请你用下面提供的关键词，写一封70字左右的回信，给他以鼓励并提出些学习英语的建议。

提示词：

Sorry to hear that , work hard , be worried about , the ways of learning , ask for help, listen to , in class , think over, finish carefully , try one’s best．

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Everyone wants to        to the moon for vacation.

A． walk         B． run         C． swim        D． fly

—Where is Miss. Wang？

—She went to Beijing last week and will be back        six days.

A． ago         B． in         C． later        D． before

Kids study        home        computers.  

A． in, on        B． at, to        C． at , on        D． at from