The dog rushed to the nearest village_____ it could get someone to help his dying owner there．

A．where    B．which    C．that    D．so that

It is not _____whether you fail or succeed in the game．The point is that you take part in it and enjoy it．

A．necessary    B．important    C．true    D．right

Dear Boris，

    Thanks for your nice letter．

    After I had spent a week with my English family，I slowly began to understand

their English a little better．It，s very different from what I learned at school!

Students in my group are from different cities of Britain and their dialects(方言)are different too! Some of their accents(口音)are quite strong and they also have their own words and expressions．

   But it's not the language that’s different and surprising．Before I。came to England I had thought that fish and chips were eaten every day．That's quite wrong! I get rather mad now when I hear all the foolish words about typical(典型的)English

food.

   I had expected to see“London fog”．Do you remember our texts about it? We

had no idea that most of this‘thick fog’disappeared many years ago when people

stopped using coal in their homes．But the idea to speak about weather was very helpfu1．The weather in London is really changeable．

  On the other hand habits are different．People tell me what is typically British

1ere in London is not always typical in Wales or Scotland．Local habits and traditions

are not the same as what we knew．

But what is ordinary for all British is that they follow traditions．Probably Britain has more living, signs of its．past than many other countries．And ways been proud of having ancient buildings in capitals, big cities and the countryside．

    I will tell you more about Britain in my other letters．

                                                         Love from Britain,

                                                                    Pete

1．What does Pete feel about the English language?

  A．At first it was difficult for him to understand people．

  B．He can understand different dialects and accents．

C．He can speak English better than others．

D．People can't understand his English．

2．Typical English food____.

A．makes people mad

B．can not be seen now

  C．is always fish and chips

  D．is not what he knew

3．The British people like to talk about weather because

  A．there is thick fog in London

  B．they like the weather in Britain

  C．the weather changes a lot

  D．it can be helpful 

4．What do you know about habits in Britain from the passage?

  A．They are not the same in different parts of Britain．

  C．Habits in Wales and Scotland are typically British．

  B．There are no typical British habits in Britain．

  D．A11 that is typically British is in London．

5．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. What he's seen is quite different from what he’d learned．

  B．British people like to follow traditions．

  C．Pete had learned about Britain before．

  D．Pete doesn't like his life in Britain．

   I'm confused these days．We are taught at home and at school that using violence(暴力)is the least civilized(文明的)way to solve problems．For example, last week I thought about hitting my friend for winning a beautiful shell while we were playing At the beach．I talked with him instead and we came to an agreement．If two adults had a disagreement，and if they used violence towards each other in order to win, is it all right? 

    When two countries disagree，they often fight a war．Why is using violence not okay at home，at school，or in your country but okay between countries? So many people have been killed because of wars，not only soldiers but ordinary people, even small children and babies. And refugees(难民)exist，too．

    A war is a great violence，like two people fighting over a shell，just much bigger. Adults say they are fighting wars in order to solve problems and make peace. But can you really“make peace”by killing so many people? I don’t think bombs(炸弹)can reach people’s hearts and change them．Bombs can’t create love and caring, and that’s what we need in the world．Why do adults use violence so quick? Why can’t they use their wisdom(智慧)and talk it over?

    Adults might say that things are not that easy．But they are the ones that teach us to be kind，not to hurt people，and not to kill．Why don’t they act as what they say?

                          A page from a 1 2-year-old boy，Joshua’s diary.

1．At the beach，Joshua_________.

   A．hit his friend

B．won a beautiful shell

   C．played with a beautiful shell

   D．came to an agreement with his friend

2．Joshua hates wars between countries because

A．he is afraid of wars

B．he doesn’t understand adults

   C．wars create death and refugees

   D．wars are not the only way to make peace

3．What’s the key to peace in Joshua’s opinion?

   A．Love and care for each other．

   B. Don’t use Violence so quickly

C. Stop using bombs in wars．

D. Don't hurt or kill people in wars.

4. From the reading we can see Joshua wants adults to_____.

  A．1earn from children

  B．be children's models

  C．be kind to children

  D．teach children how to solve problems

5．Choose the best title(标题)for the passage．

  A．Adults and Wars

  B．How to Stop Wars

  C．Wars Can't Make Peace

D．Ways of Solving Problems

ENJOY YOUR FAVORITES IN STAR CINEMA

September

Fri—Sun

Voldemort ：14:00；16：00

Lord of the Rings(Ⅱ)The Two Towers；14 : 00；16 : 00；20：00；22 : 00

Mon-Thurs

The Lion King，Shrek(Ⅱ)：12：00；14:00；16：00；20：00

October

Fri-Sun

Goblet of Fire：14 1 00；16：00

Lord of the Rings(Ⅲ)The Return of the King：14 :00；16 : 00；20 : 00；22 :00

Mon-Thurs

Lord of the Rings(II)The Two Towers：12：00;14:00; 16 : 00; 20：00

Voldemort：12 :00；14 : 00；16：00

Tickets must be booked an)L time up to 30 minutes before the film starts．Ticket

holders are given seat numbers.

Drinks are provided．Food may be bought from the shop and eaten in the area provided outside the cinema．

Ticket price：Adults：$16；Children under 6：$6；students under 16：$10

Smoking is not allowed anywhere in the cinema．Mobile phones must be powered off．

1．What film can you see on a Saturday night in October?

  A．Lord of the Ring (Ⅲ)The Return’of the King．

 B．Lord of the Rings(Ⅱ)The Two Towers．

  C．The Lion King，Shrek(II).

  D. Voldemort。

2．When can you see the film Voldemort?

    A．Tuesday，0ctober，4 pm.

    B．Tuesday，0ctober，10 pm.

    C．Thursday，September，8 pm．

    D．Friday，September，4 am．

3．How much will it cost for a fam41y·with two children(one is 5 and the other is 8)to see a film?

    A．$22．    B．$30．   C．$44．    D．$48．

4．When can people book tickets?

   A．The day before the film．

   B．Anytime before the film．

   C．An hour before the film.

   D．No later than half an hour before the film.

5．What can you do in the cinema?

  A．Eat some food．    B．Have．some drinks．

  C．Make a phone call．D．Smoke in the area provided．

   Throughout history，people had dreamed about joining England and France together．Even Napoleon had a plan to dig a tunnel(隧道)?and reach England．0ne of the first people who tried to dig a tunnel under the Chard，(英吉利海峡)was a French engineer called Albert Mathieu。His tunnel failed．

    In 1881，Colonel Beamont and Captain English from Britain also tried to dig a tunnel．Their tunnel went six kilometers out into the Channel．Queen Victoria stopped them and said it was dangerous to connect with France．It was a very good tunnel，and it is still there today．

    The new tunnel(ready in 1993)is，in fact，three tunnels two for trains and a “service tunnel”for fresh air to go in and for men who take cake of the tunnels．The tunnels are fifty kilometers long，forty meters under water．Forty kilometers of tunnel are under the sea itself．They are the longest undersea tunnels in the world． Trains travel through the tunnels at 1 60 km／h．People drive their cars onto trains and the trains take them through the tunnel．Each train takes 1，500 people and there are trains every ten minutes．

    A special radio station called Channel Channel has started, because it is impossible to receive normal radio signals(信号)when you are under the sea. The station sends news to keep people up—to—date with the’world outside’s while they are in the tunnel．

1．What was people's dream about England and France?

    A.Napoleon could reach England．

    B．Napoleon could dig a tunnel for them．

    C. Albert Mathieu would Succeed．

    D. England and France could be joined together．

2．Which i8 TRUE about the tunnel building in 18817?

    A．The tunnel went six kilometers from France．

    B．Tunnel—building was a dangerous；job．

    C．The old tunnel is still under the sea．

    D．The queen agreed to the digging plan．

3．What's the traveling like in the tunnel?

    A．Trains and cars can travel at 1 60 km／h．

    B．People can travel by trains through two tunnels．

    C．It takes ten minutes to go through the tunnel by train．

D．People can drive their cars or take trains through the tunnel.

4．Channel Channel has started to_________ ．

A．tell people what the date is

B．send news about people in the tunnel

C．tell people news about the outside world

D．receive radio signals of the outside world

5．The passage mainly tells us __________．

   A．the history of the Channel tunnel

   B．the importance of the Channel tunnel

   C．it's hard work to dig an undersea tunnel

   D．the people who tried to dig the Channel tunnel

阅读下面对话，根据对话内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

A reporter is interviewing an international (摄影记者)，Sam. His photos have been published in newspaper and magazines all over the world.

R：Can you tell us(1)s ____about yourself, Sam?

S：Sure．Both my parents are Americans, but I was born in Sydney, Australia. My

   parents(2)m______ from America to Australia just before I was born. My  parents and I spent a lot of time traveling in Australia (3) d ______ our holidays．

R：How did you first become(4) i ________in taking pictures?

S：I was given a(5) c_______ for my 10th birthday, and I took it along with

me to the park. When !(6) s_______ my photos to my family, they said that

   I would be a great photographer in the(7)f________.

R：So you went to a photography school?

S：Yes．There 1 was chosen as one of the best students to(8)t______ part in a

   national photo competition，and I got the 1st prize．

R：What photo have you been dreaming about taking some day?

S：I’d like to take a photo from the(9)t______ of Mt．Qomolangma! I am not

ready for that right now．but 1 won’t stop(10)u_______ I make it. It’s my

dream!

R：So 1 wish you success! Thank you．

    2004 is the International Year of Rice! This was decided by the UN in 2002．

That was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate(庆祝)just one

crop．What was the UN，s purpose(目的)for its decision? The UN wants us to re—

member“Rice is life”．

    Rice was first grown 1 5，000 years ago in East and South Asia．Rice is more than three times as old as China．Today，almost half of the world’s population eats this very old crop.

    Rice is the most important food in Asia．83  90％ of the world's rice is grown in Asia．People in Africa now eat more rice than before．

    84  Nearly 1 billion(十亿)people around the world have jobs because of rice．

But still，about 840 million people，including more than 200 million children，don’t have enough food．So，growing more rice would really help the world’s hungry and poor people．

A．根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．What decision was made by the UN in 2002?

___________________________________________________________________

2．Why should we grow more rice in the world?

____________________________________________________________________

B.将短文中画线的两个句子译成汉语

3.________________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________________

C.请给短文拟一个合适的标题。

5．________________________________________________________________

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(必要可加情态动词或助动词)

It was getting dark，some children and two Canadian women were still skating near a big hotel They(1)_______(have)a good time． A boy said to his friends，“I(2)_______(not skate) on a real lake so far.

It’s wonderful! Look! I (3)________(fly)!”Suddenly the ice broke. One of the boys fell into the water．The chi1dren shouted，“Help! Help! ”They didn’t know what they(4)________ (do)．The two Canadian friends heard them and skated over to help the boy．The ice(5)_______ (be)thin．The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best(6)_________ (save)the little boy．They knew they (7)________ (be)quick，or the boy would be frozen．

Many guests from the hotel (8)________ (run)over to help. The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. 0ne 0f the women (9) ______(not feel)well．She (10) ________ (send)to hospital at once. She felt happy because the boy was safe．

       history of this special Pacific island brought      unusual feeling to me.

A.The,a                 B.A,an                   C.The,an               D.A,a