Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature's (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

1.How is bamboo like grass?

A．It grows quickly.     B．It's wood. `         C．it is easy to cut.     D．It is very thin.

2.Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn't grow      .

A．in China           B．in Europe          C．on mountains      D．in Africa

3.Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because       .

A．it is cheap                             B．it has different colours

C．it is strong                             D．it has been used by Asians

4.Bamboo pipes can      .

A．make money       B．be trees           C．grow quickly       D．carry water

5.In Asia, bamboo has been used for      .

A．a short time

B．many thousands of years

C．many hundreds of years

D．about 100 years

Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.

　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.

　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.

1.How long is it since basketball was invented?

A．1000 years                            B．More than 100 years

C．1100 years                            D．Less than 100 years

2.The students felt unhappy because _______.

A．they had much homework to do

B．they often got into fights

C．they couldn't play outdoors

D．they had little time to study

3.Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

A．Some students                         B．Some teachers

C．Some students' parents                   D．Some of his friends

4.When a student ______ , he makes a score.

A．receives the ball.

B．throws the ball to another student

C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand

D．throws the ball into the basket

5.Which sentence is right?

A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball.

B．It was easy to invent the game.

C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor.

单词拼写

1.If you can swim a        the river, I’ll be waiting for you on the other side.

2.She took part in helping people in the Wenchuan Earthquake. She would never forget this unusual      .

3.I like c      with my friends online very much.

4.In Lily’s paper there are f           mistakes than in Jack’s.

5.I read my essay a          in class and everyone can hear me clearly.

6.His speech was boring, but he did not r           it.

7.He is good at thinking. I think he can answer the question in a d            way.

8.Would you mind not w          your time?

9.Don’t stay up late, or you will feel s             in class during the day.

10.He joined the army(军队) five years ago, so he has been a s              for five years.

根据以下有关我的一个美国笔友Tom的情况，请你以“My good friend”为题写一篇介绍他的短文：

他是一个音乐迷，喜欢流行音乐。他对太空也很感兴趣。他还喜欢旅游，他去过世界上很多地方。他很喜欢中国，他来衢州两次了。去年，他和父母参观了甘肃省的一个贫困学校，因此他知道了希望工程。自2008年，他和父母已筹集了10000多元去帮助中国贫穷的孩子们。在他们的帮助下，许多孩子重返了校园。他希望交到更多的中国朋友并经常来中国。

(以下词汇和词组可能对你的写作有帮助：province,raise,travel,be interested in,

have been to,Project Hope,go back to school,make friends,with one’s help ,know a lot about)

要求：1.注意正确使用时态；

2.请不要逐句翻译，但文中必须包含以上内容要点，也可适当发挥；

3.字迹要求整洁、清楚；

4.字数在80字左右。

As we know, England is ______ European country and Singapore is _____ Asian country.

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

---- Could you please tell me something about the two _________?

---- _____. They are exchange students of No. 1 Middle School.

A．Frenchmen; Yes, please                  B．Frenchmans; Come on

C．Germen; Not at all                       D．Germans; All right

_________ do you think of my hair-style?

A．How             B．What             C．Which            D．Why

_________ may have a chance to be successful if he tries his best.

A．Somebody         B．Everybody         C．Nobody           D．None

People often live a hard life _________.

A．in the forty        B．in the forties       C．in forty           D．on forties

Mrs Smith has got _______ instead of getting any better.

A．more bad         B．a little worse       C．much badly        D．a lot of worse