You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.

In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.

When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.

One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.

Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.

To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.

I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are.

In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot of for the public and plays sports or music.

The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.

1. According to the writer, textbook English is ________ everyday English.

   A. quite different from     B. the same as        C. more difficult than    D. easier than

2. What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese?

   A. 困惑                           B. 憧憬                C. 悲痛                             D. 后悔

3. A good US student spends his / her time __________ .

   A. only in doing homework                  B. only on sports or music

   C. only in working for the public           D. on studies, sports or music and public work

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The writer is now in US.

B. American girls love to have white skin.

   C. US students are talented and hard working.

D. The writer regrets(后悔) that he gave up playing the piano.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. My Own Travel in the US           B. My Studying in the US

C. My Opinion about the US            D. My Friends in the US

   You may have known several kinds of police, traffic police, and street police. But have you ever heard of energy-saving(节能) policemen ?

 A group of 22 of these new policemen went to work last week in Beijing. They go around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and onther public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these sites have set their air conditioning(空调) no cooler than 26 ℃.

They also set up a special phone line so that people can tell them which buildings fail to follow the rule.

“If everyone sets their air conditioning at 26 ℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in one summer. That’s one-third of all the usage of the city in the season,” said a TV advertisement.

Other Chinese cities, like Wuhan in Hubei Province and Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province, are going to follow Beijing’s steps in setting up a similar police team.

As one of the fastest developing countries, China is using a lot of energy. This has a great effect on the country’s environment and limited energy.

From 1986 to 2005, the country experienced 20 warm winters continuously. Numbers show that Chinese cities have to spend billion of yuan solving(解决) environmental problems every year.

At the beginning of this month, China made its first action plan to fight pollution. It aims to reduce energy usage by 20％ and increase renewable energy up to 10％ from 7％ by 2010.

To introduce the public to a green life, last week Beijing held a show on energy-saving technology and productions. Environment-friendly machines, such as a vending machine that helps colllect used bottles, have attracted lots of attention.

“We want to tell people that there are certain ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find effective ways to do it in our daily lives,” said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer in Beijing.

1. The job of the energy-saving policemen is ______________.

   A. to set the air conditioning cooler

   B. to check the use of energy in public places

   C. to set up a special phone line

   D. to make sure that more energy will be produced

2. Beijing will use ________ million kilowatt-hours electricity in one summer.

   A. 1200              B. 800              C. 400             D. 133

3. Which of the following years’ winters were all warm in China?

   A. 1984-1988.         B. 1999-2003         C. 2002-2006.      D. 2005-2009.

4. In the year 2010 China’s energy usage is going to be cut by ___________.

   A. 20 ％              B.10 ％            C. 7 ％           D. 17 ％

5. According to Liu Qianguang, _______________.

   A. there is few ways to protect the environment

   B. it’s difficult to find good ways to save energy

   C. it’s easy for one to do something good for the environment

   D. it’s not easy for one to do something good for the environment

根据括号内汉语,结合句子的意思，在横线上写出形式正确的英语单词。每个空格只准填一个单词。

1. Kate’s new house is on the ________________________(十二)floor.

2. The little boy likes to _____________________( 分享) his apples with the little girl.

3. ________________________( 英雄) appeared one after another after the big earthquake..

4. How many ___________________________(月) are there in a year ?

5 Listen, how__________________________(美妙) the music is !

6. Meg’s bike was  _______________________________(偷) last night.

7. Children should learn to  _______________________________(尊重) each other.

8. There is a  _______________________(职业) player on their team.

9. We spend the night by the lake. It was very _______________________(平静) .

10. People are much________________________(富有) than ten years ago.

请按各小题的要求转换句型，保持句子原意, 每个空格只准填一个单词。

1. Mike did not do his homework yesterday.   (改为否定式问句)

   ____________________ Mike do his homework yesterday?

2. Tim is tall. Ted is taller. Tom is taller than Ted.  (合并句子)

   Tom is the______________ ___________________ all the three.

3. That book is a story-book. That book has a red cover.   (合并句子)

   That book ______________ has a red cover _____________ a story-book.

4. The teacher wrote some words on the blackboard. The pupils copied all of them down. (合并句子)

The pupils copied down ______________________ the teacher wrote on the blackboard.

5. Even a bottle of water is very important to the man under the bricks(砖块).  (改为同义句)

   Even a bottle of water ____________ a real difference _________ the man under the bricks.

完成下面对话，每个空格只准填一个句子，并使用正确的标点符号。

W: Tomorrow is Sunday. What shall we do, dear?

M: (1)_______________________________________________________________________

W: The park? Are you still interested in the park?

M: (2)_______________________________________________________________________

W: Good, I love to go hiking.

M: (3) ______________________________________________________________________ .

W: What should we prepare?

M: You must bring some food and drinks, and don’t forget your cell phone.

W: (4)_______________________________________________________________________

M: Really? What’s wrong with it?

W: Don’t you remember? You dropped it into the water and it hasn’t worked ever since.

M: All right. (5)_______________________________________________________________

W: Your old one? No, I want a new one. Tomorrow let’s go to the cell phone shop first!

下面是李国龙先生写的求职信及个人简历，请根据信的内容，将其简历补充完整,每个空格不得超过2个单词.

                                                   73 Xinchang Road, Beijing

                                                    June 7, 2008

Dear sir,

   I am writing to introduce myself, with the hope of getting the job you advertised in Daily news.

   When I was a child, I was fond of English and always got good grades. In 1994, after six years of hard work in Beijing No.4 Middle School, I entered People’s University. I studied English there for four years.

   Luckily, I got my first job when I graduated. I taught English in Beijing No. 4 Middle School from 1998 to 2001. Then I got the chance to receive further education in University of Hawaii in the US. That was a precious experience of my life. I learnt a lot during those two years, especially the differences between eastern and western cultures.

   I came back to People’s University in 2003. I worked as an assistant(助手) for 2 years and then as a professor. So far I have got 8 years of working experience.

   I won lots of awards. I was an “Excellent Student” of People’s University in 1997, and an “Outstanding Teacher” of Beijing No. 4 middle school in 2000.

   Thank you for reading my letter, and I will appreciate it very much if you can reply soon.

                                                         Yours sincerely,

                                                           Li Guolong

    联合国教科文组织(UNESCO) 想了解你校的情况,发来了一个英文表格(见下表).请参考表格里的内容提示,用英语写一篇短文,介绍你校的相关情况.要求: 内容包括表格里的全部内容,字数不少于80字,不准出现真实的姓名和校名.

生词: square meters: 平方米; teachers’ apartment: 老师公寓

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--Do you have         pen?

--Yes．I have one．

A．a                  B．an                       C．the                        D．／

--When did the Olympic Torch Relay start in Fujian?

--       May 11th, 2008．

A．In                       B．At                       C．On                        D．From

--Kate,          you dance the disco?

--Yes, I can．

A．may                     B．can                      C．must                      D．need