I have a weight problem and it’s        (必要的) for me to change my diet and take more exercise.

Ice turns into water when the temperature is ________(超过) 0℃.

 The day that we had looked forward to            (到了). We could have a good rest.

It’s my cousin’s __________ (第二十三个) birthday next week. 

When Jay Chou _________ (到达) the airport, his fans clapped and screamed with joy. 

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.

       The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.

As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning. the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?' The little girl answered with a smile, ”Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

1  How did the little girl go to school every day?

    A. By car         B On foot.      C. By bus.           D By hike.

2  What was the weather like that day?

    A. It was rainy    B. It was fine    C It was just windy    D It was only cloudy.

3  According to the article, we can know that the little girl was____

    A. proud         B shy          C. brave             D. nervous

     The spring festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

1 Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________ .

   A. 1890        B. 1980          C. 2000          D. 2002

2  At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to ___________ .

   A. say hello to the new year          B. refuse a good chance

   C,. tell others they are alone            D. share different cultures

3 Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except ___________ .

   A. fireworks  B. lion dances    C. bridges   D. dragon boat races

4  In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because ___________ .

   A. they were born in Singapore       B. they moved there from other places

   C. the restaurant is far away          D. they want to keep Chinese tradition

Suppose you are a football fan and have to work from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Now you are reading the TV guide online of Sunshine Town TV (STTV) and looking through the TV programmes of Wednesday, June 20, 2012.

1. Which programme would you prefer when you are free?

A. STTV -1 The World Football Cup (France vs England)

B. STTV -2 The World Football Cup (America vs Italy)

C. STTV -3 Sports Programmes (Cycling)

D. STTV -2 American Professional Basketball Matches

2. If your friend Tom likes countryside and animals, which channel will he choose?

      A. STTV -1     B. STTV -2      C. STTV -3      D. None of the above

3. Which of the following programmes takes the least time?

      A. Approaches to Science               B. Film: Gone with the Wind

C. Countryside Life                     D. 36-part Series: Love for the Pearl River

Coffee 1    a part of people’s __2__ for thousands of years, and today it is still one of _3_ drinks in the world. Many people in the world begin their busy day ___4___a cup of coffee. They have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them ___5___ their day in the right way. So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning.

Do you know what in the coffee ___6___ our bodies active? It is caffeine. Caffeine may in crease a person’s mental and physical abilities. For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe ___7___ and augment (增加) badly heat. All this makes your heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be _8_ dangerous.

Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and ___9___ foods. A little caffeine is probably not harmful, but _10_ caffeine can make people nervous .

1. A. was              B. has been        C. has became        D. became

2. A. life               B. live            C. lives             D. lifes

3. A. the more important  B. importanter     C. the most important  D. important

4. A. at                B. in                 C. for               D. with

5. A. beginning               B. began                   C. begin            D. have begun

6. A. make             B. makes          C. making           D. whom

7. A. faster             B. fast            C. more quickly      D. quickly

8. A. a few             B. a little          C. little             D. few

9. A. the other          B. another         C. some other        D. any other

10. A. too much         B. much too       C. too many         D. many too

 Lin Shuhao is one of the best basketball ________ in NBA.

      A. actors         B. players         C. waiters          D. writers