Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women，and almost all pilots were men．Today women fly planes，and men care for patients．The jobs are the same，but no both men and women are working as nurses and pilots．

There are many other example of changing job roles for men and women．Forty years ago there were no women news reporters on television．

Now women report the news，the weather and even men’s sports．Women are reporting games and interviewing athletes．Fifty years ago there were almost no women lawyers or doctors；but today over half of all medical students are women．Today men teach very young children．Men work as librarians and secretaries．Some men stay at home to take care of the house and children．They are called“house husbands”or“stay -at -home dads．”However，many women still work as homemakers．

Jobs are changing．Today men and women are working in every field．

1．According to the passage，what is true today about women?

      A．Women like to be secretaries．         B．All doctors are now women．

      C．Women report news and sports．       D．There are no homemakers today．

   2．What is the percentage of women students in today’s medical schools?

      A．About forty percent．                 B．Over fifty percent．

      C．About twenty percent．               D．Less than fifty percent．

   3．What is said about men in the passage?

      A．Only men are sports reporters．

      B．All lawyers are men．

      C．Men never take care of the home．

      D．Some men stay at home with the children．

   4．Which of the following is true about men and women today?

      A．Men like their jobs，but women don’t．

      B．Women don’t like sports，but men do．

      C．There are no women pilots．

D．Both men and women take care of children．

5．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Jobs of today are changing．

B．Women are leaders of the world today．

C．People change their jobs for fun．

D．Men and women are never equal．

On the first day of school，Roni’s foreign students fill out forms and give information about themselves．

1．Su Chengwang has         children．

A．two             B．three           C．four             D．five

2．Who has lived in America for the shortest time?

A．Claude Ansari   B．Norma’s mother   C．Su Chengwang    D．Norma Ruiz

3．          worked in a hospital a few years ago．

A．Claude Ansari                     B．Su Chenwang

C．Norma Ruiz                       D．Su chengwang’s husband

4．Su Chengwang’s children are attending school in      ．

A．France          B．the U. S         C．Taiwan          D．Cruatemala

5．These three people may         together．

A．go mountain climbing          B．listen to music

C．go to movies                 D．study in the same class

Learning English for 2008 Beijing Olympics

Yang Zhenhua has been a taxi driver for years．He knows every comer of the city．His work usually wins him thanks except when he meets foreigners，for Yang doesn’t know any English．

“Now I study English in my free time，”said Yang in his 40s．He pulls an English textbook from the toolbox．“I study English to help with Beijing Olympics，”he said proudly．Yang is just one of the millions of common people in Beijing who started to learn English when Beijing became the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games．Learning and speaking is hot among the people of this 3,000 - year - old city．From schools to factories，men and women，old and young are studying their“ABC”．Books teaching useful expressions for everyday communication are the most popular．

Some people，such as taxi drivers，bus conductors and the policemen，are asked to learn basic English．Nearly 3,000 students from 50 universities in Beijing went to the streets last August as volunteers to teach English to the people of this city．They taught common and useful sentences， such as greetings and asking and answering simple questions．Official figures show that about 15% of Beijing citizens can speak English．It is said that it will rise to 70% or 80% during the following years．Besides，the government encourages the use of English in many places．The city underground railways give messages by radio in both English and Chinese．English，not Chinese， is used as the most important working language for the Olympic Committee．Nearly all the committee members can speak English freely．Many are good at the language．

1．Yang zhenhua can hardly win himself thanks from foreigners because       ．

A．he isn’t polite to them at all         B．he is a common taxi driver

C．he can’t speak English             D．he doesn’t know the city well

2．According to the passage，the English beginners in Beijing like to learn        best．

A．the letters A，B and C．            B．everyday English

C．English texts                      D．English news

3．Nearly 3,000 students from 50 universities in Beijing went to the streets last August to      ．

      A．practice their spoken English         B．show their love of Beijing

      C．tell people the importance of English   D．teach the Beijing citizens English

4．Which of the following is TRUE?

      A．All the people in Beijing are asked to speak English．

      B．Beijing citizens are encouraged to use as much English as possible．

      C．All the taxi drivers in Beijing must speak English．

      D．Beijingers study English to take part in the Beijing Olympics．

5．The passage is about                   ．

A．the importance of English

B．how to learn English well

C．the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games．

D．more and more people are learning English in Beijing．

阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。

I went on a camping trip in the mountains with my classmates．After hiking all day，we found a place to camp for the night．We made a campfire^①，so that we could cook our potatoes and drank lemonade．Then，when it got dark，we told ghost stories around me campfire．

Later when we lay down to go to sleep，we listened to the sound of crickets and small animals moving around in the grass．We thought there were some ghosts nearly．“What’s that?”I asked．“I think I can hear someone walking in the woods，”Kathy said．Soon we all heard footsteps and we were all so frightened^② that we couldn’t get to sleep．of course，there was no one there，but we had wild imagination．

1．写出①、②处单词或短语的意思。

①          ②       

2．根据释义，写出文中所含有的单词。

①to cook over a fire：               

②the sound made each time your foot touches the ground when walking：               

3．What did the students in the story do on their camping trip?                     

4．Why did they make a campfire?                     

5．Why were they frightened?                       

阅读下面短文，根据上下文意义和所给单词首字母，写出标有题号的每小题空白处适当单词的完全、正确形式。(每空一词)

Dear Frank，

You have been gone exactly two weeks today，but it seems m  1  like two years to me!

I am glad to h  2  that you will be back soon．Are you coming directly home，dear o  3  ，do you make some s  4  on the way? I hope you will be home in time for Pasty’s birthday next Sunday．

Pasty k  5  asking every day w  6  you will be back．She says you never finish that story you were t  7  her about the train that lost i  8  “toot”(嘟嘟声)．She w  9  be happy until she knows exactly what h   10  to the“toot”and why the little train got it back a 11 .

Everything at home is fine e  12   that we miss you very much! I have been busy w  13   spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora come in to wash the kitchen walls, and she did a very g  14  job of it. The kitchen looks as t  15  it has been repaired. Cora helped me make some yellow curtains(窗帘) and they look very b  16  .

I went to see your mother yesterday, her medicine is gone, and she l  17  very well. Your sister Jean looks wonderful. She has taken off about fifteen k 18   since she b  19  dieting.

But now she is complaining (抱怨) that none of her clothes f  20 .

                                                     Yours,

                                                          Lyn

根据对话内容，在每个标有题号的空白处填入一个适当的句子,使对话完整，合乎情景。

—Congratulations! You have won the first prize in the City Violin Competition．

一      1        

一      2        

—Since I was four years old．I’ve learnt it for five years．

一      3        

—My mother did．But she doesn’t teach me now because she is very busy．I take extra violin lessons here in the violin club．

一      4      

—I come here three days a week．

一      5       

—I want to be a violinist when I’m older．

—Wish you greater success!

—Thank you．

根据短文内容，完成下面表格。

In the past，when students graduated from college and got jobs，only some of them went on with their study．But today，lifelong learning is becoming more and more common．

Lucy，who is forty，teaches physics at a college in Boston．“Next term，I’ll teach some of my classes by using the Internet．This is the way of teaching that I’ve never used before．”Says Lucy“These days，I am taking a class to learn how to teach in this way．If not，I will lose my job．” At the same time，Lucy’s seventy—year—old parents，who live in New York，are taking an art history class on line．“who love this subject，”says her father，“and we learn it to enjoy ourselves．You see we can study with people all over the world．What fun it is to learn like this．”

假如，你是玛丽，你想寻找一个笔友，请根据以下简历以Looking for a pen pal为题写一个寻友启示，词数在100词左右。

There is       "h" and       "u" in the word "hour".

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

--Wow! What a nice computer!

--My parents bought it for my sister and me. It's          

A. ours      B. hers           C. mine         D. theirs