—Have you heard ______ Cong Fei?

—Yes, he is the singer ______ has moved Chinese people a lot.

A from; whose    B. of; whom    C. of; who    D. /; which

—Come on. Let’s have a drink. 

—__________!

A Please do      B. That’s right     C. How kind     D. How nice

______ weather it is today! Let’s go out for a walk.

A. How fine    B. What fine     C. What a fine     D. How a fine

----Mum, could you buy me a dress like this?

-----Certainly, we can buy________ one than this, but _______ this.

A. a better; better than        B. a worse; as good as

C. a cheaper; as good as       D. a more important; not as good as

About 800 million people in the world speak English, about 15% of the world’s population.

About 400 million people speak   1   as their first language in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and so on.

About 300 million people speak English as a   2   language, for example, in many parts of India and Africa people speak one language   3   with their family and friends but use English for work. The children study their lessons in English at school.

About 100 million people speak English as a foreign language. For example, in Germany people don’t use English   4   and they don’t speak it at home. In school they study most of their lessons in their native language, German, and English is an extra (单独设置的) lesson. At work they use English for business with people from   5  .

Why do so many people speak English in the world? That’s because America is very

  6   in business all over the world. American culture is very popular too. In most countries people can   7   English through Hollywood films, TV programs and pop music. English is especially important for the world’s   8  , for science and technology; for pop music and for air travel.

However, the language spoken by the greatest number of people is  9 , which is spoken by over one   10  people; the amazing thing is that they are all nation speakers.

1．A. Chinese        B. German       C. France         D. English

2．A. second                B. first            C. native          D. new

3．A. in public       B. at school        C. at home        D. at work

4．A. all the time       B. for ever        C. in the future   D. at a time

5．A. other countries  B. America          C. Canada       D. Australia

6．A. strong           B. weak            C. popular       D. welcome

7．A. read             B. hear             C. speak                D. watch

8．A. population         B. history           C. environment     D. business

9．A. English          B. Chinese         C. Japanese         D. Russian

10．A. million          B. hundred thousand  C. billion         D. hundred million

MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAY

Rush Hour   15:00   23:00    Action Movie          

Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Hour is another movie of his.

It’s so exciting. Come and have fun! My Life as Mcdull    8:40    13:00    Cartoon        

Mcddull is a little pig. He’s kind of silly but he’s very cute. Do you want to enjoy the happiness with him? Be sure to see it!

Mr. Bean    10:40    19:00      Comedy

Rowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Bean is coming. It’s very funny. Don’t miss it!

Harry Potter Ⅲ    13:30    17:00    Magic Fiction      

Now Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校) for three years. He begins a new life. How is everything going?

    根据上文内容，选择正确答案。

1．The main character in the movie “My Life as Mcdull” is a ________.

   A. bird        B. pig        C. dog       D. cat

2. “Mr. Bean” is a very interesting ________.

   A. action movie    B. science fiction    C. comedy    D. cartoon

3．Jackie Chan is an actor in the movie “________”.

   A. Mr. Bean   B. Harry Potter Ⅲ   C. My Life as Mcdull   D. Rush Hour

4．On Thursday morning you can watch ________.

   A. “Mr Bean” and “My Life as Mcdull       B.“Harry Potter Ⅲ” and “Rush Hour”

C. “My Life as Mcdull” and “Harry Potter Ⅲ”     D. “Rush Hour” and “Mr. Bean”

5．You can see “Harry Potter Ⅲ” at ________.

  A. 8:40 am.      B. 3:00 pm      C. 5:00 pm      D. 11:00 pm

Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $ 40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．After he lost his first job, Edison ________.

   A. found no jobs in the next five years 

   B. lived in New York for the next five years

   C. had a bad time in the next five years

   D. had no food and no sleep during the next five years

2．In New York ________.

   A. Edison was always hungry

   B. Edison began to have good luck after he found the work fixing machines

   C. Edison got $ 40,000 by fixing machines

   D. Edison made more money by fixing old machines

3．The head man was interested in ________.

   A. Thomas Edison himself      B. The old machines

   C. the new machines           D. Edison’s telephone

4．Edison made a telephone. It ________.

   A. was the first one in the world    B. carried more voices

   C. carried voices more clearly      D. carried voices much farther

5．The best title for this passage might be “________.”

   A. The First Telephone            B. Thomas Edison’s Shop

   C. Thomas Edison’s New Job       D. Thomas Edison—An Inventor

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible; learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (渗) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are these which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end with injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.

1．It is more important to ________.

   A. put out the fire in the burning house        B. Know the ways to escape the fire

   C. jump off a burning house                 D. keep the door closed

2．It is possible to escape through the windows ________.

   A. if you have a long rope                     B. if you are strong enough

   C. if you live on a lower floor                  D. if there are some bushes on the ground

3. Which of the following escaping way is NOT right?

   A. You can escape through stairways.    

B. You can choose fire escapes.

   C. Escape from the windows which open onto a roof.

   D. Use a life to come down at once.

4．Open the window so that ________ if the building is on fire.

   A. you can get fresh air                      B. you can call for help

   C. you can easily jump off                    D. you can be seen first

5．The best title for the passage is ________.

   A. Escaping from the Windows                 B. Save Yourself in the Burning House

   C. Knowledge on Fire                         D. Waiting for Help

  This year, Sichuan schools decide to start morning classes an hour later. This will help students feel less tired. And most junior high schools will begin the first class at about 8:30 am.

   A. Wu Hongli feels the same. She said the new timetable (时间表) was good for her health. “I used to get up at 6:30 am. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,” said Wu. “Now I can finish it without coffee. Because I can sleep a little longer.”

  B. The students are happy about the change. Liu Ming told us that his class were excited by the news on the first day of school. “Great! From now on we students at No.4 Middle School don’t have to get up early!” Liu said that he used to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn’t start until 8:40 am.

  C. But some parents are worried that more sleep will mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.

D. Many teachers say the change will help students learn better. “Students used to be sleepy for the first two classes in the morning,” said Huang Shan, an English teacher at Chengdu No.12 Middle School. “But now they are active in class and learn much better than before.”

E. In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.

本文的正确顺序是: 1.        2.          3.          4.         5.       

A loud noise suddenly hurts your ears while you enjoy a movie in the cinema. A stranger makes you jump as he shouts at his friend on the other side of the city. Mobile phones are everywhere and sometimes they can be very annoying. Although they are necessary for modern life, it is common to hear people complain about mobile phones.

Most public places have mobile phone rules. So try to keep your phone ringer as low as possible or put it on vibrate mode(震动模式). A good time to leave your phone at home would be at school or when visiting a hospital.

If you need to make or take a call while in a meeting or at a restaurant or a theater, leave the room. If you are waiting for a call, get a seat near the door. It is polite to tell others at the beginning that you are waiting for an important call. When you get a call and you are with friends, keep the call short and speak quietly. A good way to make sure that people don’t interrupt you and others is to tell your friends when it’s a good time to call.