If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

【小题1】“Give me five” is a gesture to _______.

This is a picture of our classroom (教室). The walls(墙) are white. A blackboard(黑板) is on the wall. Two doors (门) are in the wall. Six brooms (扫帚) and a baseball are behind (在……后面) the door. Fifty desks and chairs are in our classroom. They are our desks and chairs. Three plants are green. We like(喜欢) our classroom. 26 boys and 24 girls are in my class. We are all friends.
【小题1】This is a picture of ________.
A. our classroom    B. our room     C. our school
【小题2】________ is on the wall.
A. A blackboard B. A baseball   C. Two doors
【小题3】_________ are behind the door.
A. Six brooms and baseballs.
B. The desks and chairs
C. A baseball and six brooms.
【小题4】What are green?
A. The doors    B. The plants   C. The walls
【小题5】“Fifty desks and chairs are in our classroom.”
The number：fifty = _________
A. 26   B. 24   C. 50

Hi! My name is Robert and I live in Chicago. My school is called Parkside Elementary.  It is Jake and Elizabeth's school too.  Michael and Trevor's school is called Lincoln Middle School.  In the USA many students go to elementary school between the ages of 5-10, then middle school between the ages of 11-13, and then a four year high school, and last but not least, many people go to college or vocational school. Our elementary school starts at 8:30 am and ends at 3:20 pm. We go to school on Monday through Fridays and have the weekends off.
Some of the favorite sports here in America are basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and more. But, my favorite sport is football. My favorite player in the NFL (National Football League) is Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears ( the Bears are my favorite team too).
Americans wear jeans, a shirt, socks, shoes, and sometimes a hat. I usually wear a baseball hat, my favorite pants, and my favorite shirt. My pants have 4 pockets on it, and my shirt has red and black stripes on it.
There is no common agreement in the west about the best method of education. Many views can be found among parents, teachers, and students.
【小题1】Students in elementary school stay at school for about ________days.

Many people like to travel (旅行) by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport（机场）is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off (起飞) and it is often late. You can’t open the window. You can’t choose（选择）the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to get out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe (安全的). Railway stations（火车站） are usually in cities. When you can’t catch a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey (旅行) when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
【小题1】Why do many people like to travel by plane?

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Coffee has become the most popular drink in America. Today American people drink more coffee than people in any other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home.
People around the world drink coffee. Some people like coffee that is black (纯) and strong (浓), but other people like coffee with cream (奶酪) or sugar, or both cream and sugar in it. In all the ways it is served, coffee has become an international drink.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
【小题1】The most popular drink in the United States is milk.
【小题2】People drink coffee at any time.
【小题3】In this passage there are three different kinds of coffee.
【小题4】“Coffee has become an international drink. ” means “People all over the world drink coffee nearly. ”
【小题5】Coffee isn’t a kind of food, but a kind of drink.

Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. Her mother is a nurse. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family.
【小题1】Joan is from ______.
A. China             B. Japan
C. the U.S.A.        D. Canada
【小题2】Joan likes speaking ________with us after class.

Singles’ Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.
One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles’ Day.
For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.
【小题1】__________ first called November 11^th Singles’ Day.

HOW DO YOU GET A LIBRARY CARD?
* Anyone who lives, works or studies in the city can borrow books from the library free of charge.
* You need to show proof (证明) of your name and address.
* You need to complete application form.
* If you are under 18, you must ask a parent to fill in the form.
* You will receive a library card, which you can use immediately.
* You can use it at all Happy City public libraries in the city.
USING YOUR LIBRARY CARD
* You must always have your card to borrow books from the library.
* Please tell the library immediately if you lose your card. You are responsible for any books that are borrowed on your card until you report it to the library. You must pay to get a new card.
HOW DO YOU RETURN BOOKS?
* You can return books to any one of our libraries no matter where you

Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly(蚊子) touches one of the hairs, the leaf close quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
How can that happen? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
【小题1】What kind of plant is the Venus flytrap?