About a hundred people lived in a very small mountain village. It was very  1  from the other villages and towns. They had few friends and they got bad harvest (收成). And  2  ever left the village. Of course there wasn't electricity (电)  3  gas (煤油) here.

    Once a writer  4  the village. The backwardness (落后) of the village surprised him. He decided  5  about it to the world. So he took the oldest villager to London. The old man told all about his home village to the people. Several months 6   he returned. All the villagers went to see him and asked him  7  he had enjoyed the time in the city.

    "Everything is wonderful in  8  , "the old man said, "I visited many good places and ate all kinds of nice food and other things. But the trouble was that I could not 9  at night. "

    "What happened to you? "his wife asked.

"The  10  was on in my bedroom all the time." 

"Why not blow it out(吹灭), then? "

    "I tried--but it was inside a little glass box. "

1. A. close            B. far             C. near                D. high

2. A. anybody         B. somebody        C. everybody        D. nobody

3. A. and             B. or              C. but              D. so

4. A. visited          B. lived              C. stayed               D. got

5. A. to write                B. write             C. writing             D. wrote

6. A. after            B. before         C. soon            D. later

7. A. what             B. why                  C. how              D. when

8. A. town                B. mountain        C. village                  D. London

9. A. sleep           B. help             C. walk                   D. see    

10. A. window        B. radio          C. light                D. TV

It was a beautiful sunny day. Toby decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Ted was at work, and Lisa was at her grandmother's home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing suit(泳装), towel (毛巾), beach umbrella and his new boom box.

    When he arrived at the beach, there weren't many people. There was a family with two little children. There were some American tourists at the shop. Toby put up his beach umbrella and lay down. He turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.

    Soon Toby went to sleep. While he was sleeping, a man came and sat near him. He had a small radio and it played the same music as Toby's. After a few minutes, the man picked up Toby's boom box and walked away. When Toby woke up(醒来),  he couldn't find his boom box, and the man's little old radio was in its place.

1. What is a boom box according to (根据) the story?

   A. A TV.            B. A radio.             C. A camera.         D. A bed.

2. Who went to the beach with Toby?

   A. Ted.            B. Lisa.                 C. A thief.          D. Nobody.

3. Which one is the right order(次序) according to the time?

   ①Toby slept.

   ②Toby lay down on the beach.

③Toby called his friends.

   ④Toby got to the beach

   A.①②③④        B.③④②①          C.③②①④        D.②③④①

4. Which one is TRUE?

   A. There were many people on the beach.

   B. All the people on the beach were friendly.

   C. Toby's radio was more expensive than the thief's.

D. Toby went to the beach and went swimming.

5. What can we learn from the story?

   A. We should look after our things well when we are out.

B. We should not take our radios out.

   C. We should not sleep on the beach.

   D. We should not sleep when we are out.

Why 2008 is a special year? Because it is a Leap Year(闰年).

     What is so special about that? Well, we have a Leap Year every four years. And it has 366 days, not the usual 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.

     Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar in step                                                                                        

(一致)with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. But a true year is 365 days,5 hours,48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That's the time it takes the earth (地球) to go around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year.

1. How often can we have a Leap Year? 

  A. Every year.       B. Every February.       C. Every four years.     D. Every 366 days.

2. The calendar is a kind of clock      

  A. for the year         B. for Leap Year         C. for the usual year   D. for February     3. It takes the earth           to go around the sun.         

A. a day                             B.366 days

C.365 days                            D. a little longer than 365 days

4. We put one more day at the end of           in 2008.

  A. February.                          B. March.

C. May.                             D. The writer doesn't tell us.

5. Mary was born on February 29,1972. Now she is 35. How many birthday parties may she have?

  A.35.                 B.34.                   C.8.                      D.10

One of the easiest ways to keep healthy is to do jogging. Jogging is the name for a very gentle running--it is just a little faster than walking.

    Start slow jog 20 meters, then walk 20 metres. Little by little, if you are not feeling very tired, you may do more jogging and less walking. Finally, jog the whole day. It will be easy for you to start jogging for 15 minutes twice a week, slowly, increase (增加) this to 20--30 minutes every day. The longer you join in jogging, the more you enjoy it, and the healthier you will become. Some people like jogging alone(独自地), and others enjoy doing it with friends. Jogging in groups makes people more active, because you can not stay in bed while there is a group of friends waiting outside.

     If you want to start jogging, you need a pair of comfortable shoes and a determined mind(坚定的决心).

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1. What's jogging?

2. Is jogging an easy way to keep healthy?

3. How should you start jogging?

4. Why do some people like jogging with friends?

5. What will you need if you want to start jogging?

用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。每空格限填一词，每词限用一次。

1. Are there any                between these two pictures?

2. Mike does               in math than I. He is good at math.

3. You should brush your                  twice a day.

4. Can I borrow your pen, please?              is at home.

5. Harbin is in           China and it's cold in winter.

根据句意及所给首字母提示，完成句中所缺的单词。

1. You should take an u          with you. It’s raining hard outside.

2. My grandmother feeds a lot of hens and they 1            many eggs every day.

3. Mr. Green has quite a few friends and they often i             him to dinners.

4. We can't learn English so well w            our teacher's help.

5. Ed likes the blue sky(天) and he enjoys flying(飞). He wants to be a p         

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

    Liu Li is a nice girl. She  1  (study) very hard. She is good at English. She often practices speaking it. There will be an English speech contest next week. She decides to take part in it. Look!  She  2   (read) her book now. She  3  (learn) lots of English words before, but now she  4  (remember) only some of them. She has to spend lots of time  5  (write) them again. Good luck to her!

按括号内的要求改写下列句子。

1. I went to the aquarium with my mother last Sunday.(改为一般疑问句)

2. This girl is so young that she can't drive the car. (用too...to...改为简单句)

3. Sam was born in Beijing. (对划线部分提问)

4. My grandmother hiccupped for two weeks. (对划线部分提问)

5. Mozart started to write music when he was four years old. (改为简单句)

根据汉语及所给关键词写出下列英语句子。

1．请开灯。(turn on)

2．今天早晨我睡过头了。(sleep late)

3．昨天我们参加了学校旅行。(take part in)

4．孩子们不得不依靠他们的父母。(depend on)

5．Danny 比我更外向一点。(outgoing)

从方框中选出适当的句子，完成对话。有两项为多余选项。

Jenny: Sam, you look sad. What's the matter?

Sam: My best friend, John, is ill in hospital.

Jenny:     1     What's wrong with him?

Sam: He has a stomachache and can't eat anything.

Jenny: But he looks very healthy, you know.

Sam:     2     He is too heavy because he eats too much meat.

Jenny:     3    

Sam: You are fight. His doctor told him to take more exercise and eat less meat, but he       didn't listen to him.

Jenny:     4    

Sam: Yes. Now he thinks his doctor is right and he begins to do what he told him.

Jenny:     5    

Sam: Me, too.