Dear Bill,
How are you? It’s very nice   36   you to write to me. Let me   37   something about my life in China. I think you   38  to know it. I live in Li Lei’s home. He is my   39. His father and mother are both teachers. Their house isn’t big.   40  of them are very friendly   41  me.  They teach me Chinese   42   I teach them English. Now I   43  with them in Chinese. But I can’t   44  very well. Chinese is very   45  to learn, I think. Mrs Li often teaches me how to   46  Chinese food. Hmm! How much I like Chinese food!
My school is not far. I go to school by bike. I   47  six classes every day.   48  I play games with my classmates. I have a good   49   here. Don’t you want to come? Please write  50  soon.
Love from Jim.

Thousands of years ago，human(人类)didn’t live in towns．Sometimes they would live in caves(洞穴)or build camps in the forest．
Only about thirty people  1   in each camp．The men would go hunting while the woman and children  2 food from trees around the camp．All the food was  3 among people in the group．Every few weeks they moved to another place to find more food．It was a simple life，but people had to be  4．They had to make everything that they needed，and they had to know a lot about plants and animals．
Nowadays most people live in towns and cities，and they work in offices and factories．Life is 5 than in the old days．There are fewer  6 ，but there is less excitement．Some people go  7 excitement  sailing round the world．climbing mountains，or exploring(探测)caves．
Most people look forward to the  8 ,a time when they can enjoy a change from the normal life．For some this means going camping．But camping today is  9 from camping in the past．Gas cookers，ready-made food and air-beds mean people can camp much more  10 than they did in the old times．
1．A．lived         B．talked       C．came        D．danced
2．A．planted       B．collected     C．watched     D．bought
3．A．found        B．used         C．shared      D．sold
4．A．polite        B．kind         C．calm       D．clever
5．A．worse        B．faster        C．easier       D．harder
6．A．dangers       B．stories       C．people      D．animals
7．A．waiting for    B．looking for    C．turning on   D．putting on
8．A．dreams       B．gifts         C．meals       D．holidays
9．A．away        B．different       C．free        D．far
10．A．slowly       B．terribly        C．comfortably  D．hopefully

If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People     use   46  and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the way of the light because the light shines on their work.
Every  47   gets its light either from daylight   48   the window   49   from the lamps or electricity,   50  no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines towards our books or work is very important to the eyes.
Take a book and sit with your   51   toward the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it   52   for your eyes as if you were in a   53   room.
Now turn around and face the window. The page is   54   shadow again, while the bright light is in your eyes.
Try sitting with your   55  side toward the window. This is very good for   56   , but if you were writing, the shadow   57   fall across the page and bother you  58  .
There is another way – sit  59   your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for writing as well.
Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is   60   the same.

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  16 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling   17 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was  18  he turned on his computer and  19  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to
20 what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.
Just as Tony is  21  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  22 “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  23   .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a  24  . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  25 , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).

Which of your two hands do you use most? Very few of us can use __1__  of our hands equally well. Most of us are right-handed. Only about five people ___2___ a hundred are left-handed. New-born babies can grasp(抓住)objects with__3____ of their hands, but in about two years they usually prefer to use their ___4___ hands. Scientists don’t know why this __5___.
Monkeys are our  ___6___  relatives(亲戚)in the animal world. Scientists have found that monkeys prefer to use one of their hands more than the ___7___  ---but it can be either hand. There are as many right-handed monkeys as left-handed___8___  . Next time you visit the zoo, ___9___  the monkeys carefully. You’ll see that some of most them will prefer to use their right hands when they swing(荡秋千), and others will use their left hands. But most human beings use their right hands better and this makes life ___10___ for those who prefer to use their left hands. In fact we live in a right-handed world.
(    )1. A. either     B. both         C. two       D. all 
(    )2. A. from      B. among       C. from among  D. out of
(    )3. A. either     B. neither       C. two       D. all
(    )4. A. two       B. both         C. right     D. left
(    )5. will happen   B. happens      C. take place  D. will take place
(    )6. A. farthest    B. furthest      C. best       D. closest
(    )7. A. other      B. right        C. left        D. two
(    )8. A. one        B. ones        C. monkey    D. people
(    )9. A. look       B. see         C. watch      D. read
(    )10.A. interesting   B. comfortable  C. easy    D. difficult

When you write a letter or make a telephone call, your words 31  a message. People communicate(沟通) with words. Do you think you can communicate__32__words? A smile  33  your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears in your eyes tell34  that you are sad. When you 35   your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something 36 ask questions. You shake（摇头） your head, and people know you are saying no. You nod（点头） and people know you are saying  37 .
Other things can also give some information. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus  38 . A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you  39  to go in or out. 40 you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive message 41  them all the time?
People can communicate 42 many other ways. 43  artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books 44 to tell you about all wonderful things in the world. They all help us to know 45  is going on in the world.
【小题1】A. take       B. bring              C. carry    
【小题2】A. by         B. with              C. without
【小题3】A. in          B. on                C. at        
【小题4】A. others     B. the others         C. other  
【小题5】A. look up     B. make up           C. put up   
【小题6】A. when        B. or                C. but       
【小题7】A. no         B. hello              C. yes     
【小题8】A. to get      B. to have            C. to take
【小题9】A. where       B. how                C. what
【小题10】A. Do          B. Did                C. Have
【小题11】A. from       B. of                 C. about   
【小题12】A. with       B. without           C. in
【小题13】A. The         B. An                 C. A       
【小题14】A. wrote       B. is written         C. are written
【小题15】A. what        B. which              C. that

Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their 41 with themselves when they were young or with other people when they were children.
"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I 42  what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals (目标). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class  43 you have no goals."
The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age, " the young man’s father 44  , " she had a good job and she 45  lots of money. You don’t even have a part-time job .You earn nothing. " The man’s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "And when your 46  brother was your age, "the young man’s father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time."
And the man’s son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man’s father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."
This time the son  47  stay silent. "
And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of 48  United States. 49  are you?"
His father had no answer 50  this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what’s your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy school things and shoes. But, the story is not so easy.
"Mum, I want this pair of shoes!"
"Dear! Those are 900 yuan! That is too __16___ !"
"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"
So the real story is: Kids___17____to catch up with school fashion.
Chinese students __18__ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but kids know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good 19__and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to 20__ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that _21_1,000 yuan! It not only holds pencils, but also has a thermometer (温度计), a compass (指南针), a music box and even games in it! But think about it. Do you really need ____22___ a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass or a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意) you.
As for these "rich" kids, they are not rich at all. 23__ parents buy them all their school things. They may have an advantage now, but it won’t last forever. If you want to show off __24__ money you have, you have to make it yourself first. So, study hard. You will get a great job in the future.
Parents should also learn __25___to refuse their kids’ demands (要求). They should tell their kids: as students, what is really important is not school fashion but good school grades.

As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36  in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37 .
Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38 plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39  he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.
Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40  a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41  jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.
The boy seems to take no interest   42  learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43 , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44  as he is.
In the evening, when his parents   45  him to speak with me in English, he gets   46 . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47 , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48 . He speaks in his own language.
He   49  not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50  can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

Different from popular thoughts, sometimes flu（流感） is not caused by bad weather. It is caused by viruses in the body.  51 ,  A/H1N1 flu has been spreading in the most parts in the world. Some studies have now shown that one of  52 ways of spreading the viruses is through the air when  53 A/H1N1 flu-sufferer coughs or sneezes. However, its viruses can sometimes spread by  54 . After a flu-sufferer rubs his nose, the viruses might be spread to his hand. Then a friend 55 to visit him, they shake their hands. The friend then gets something  56  by hand, and several days  57, he is infected. A child  58  is carrying A/H1N1 viruses uses tissues（面纸） to clean his running nose, although his parents pick up the tissues and carefully throw  59 away, they fail to wash their hands, and they will catch the viruses, too. So it is important for you to wash your hands often, it will stop the viruses from  60 in a way.