阅读理解：阅读短文，然后完成短文后面的句子。

Alice, 35

　　I like shopping but shopping with young children is not a good thing．I have to look after them while I'm shopping．I go shopping with my husband only when I buy something for him．When I look at a cheap dress, he always says,“It's beautiful on you”; but when I have an expensive one in my hands, he always says,“I don't think it fits you well．”So I often go shopping with my friends．It's fun．I like shopping alone, too．

Maria, 26

　　I like shopping very much, but I never go shopping on weekends．There are too many people in shops．I don't like shopping with other people．It usually takes me much time to buy things because I never buy the first thing I see．I always look around other shops to find the same things cheaper．I'm good at finding cheap things．I don't like buying food in small shops or street markets．I think food in supermarkets is fresh and cheap．

1．Both Alice and Maria like shopping ________．

2．Alice's husband says“I don't think it fits you well”because he wants his wife to buy ________．

3．It takes Maria much time to buy things because ________．

4．From the passages we know that many people like shopping ________．

5．Maria likes to buy food in ________．

阅读理解：阅读下面短文，然后按要求完成任务。

　　It's time to enjoy the special warm porridge of winter! In China，the 12th month of the lunar calendar is called la yue．So a festival is celebrated on the eighth day of the month．It falls on January 7 in 2006．

　　From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Spring Festival．

　　On this day, people eat hot laba porridge．It has rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds and different kinds of nuts．Eight different things are cooked with sugar to make the porridge nice．The flavour changes from place to place．

　　At midnight, people begin to cook it, but the special smell won't come until the next morning．

　　The porridge is also called babao porridge．The porridge is not just good for health, but a blessing for the coming of the Spring Festival．

　　A story about the porridge goes like this．Long ago, a man was always wasting food．One winter, he had no more food．He was cold and hungry．Finally, his neighbour put together everything that he threw away and made a bowl of porridge for him．His life was saved!

(A)根据短文内容回答问题。

1．Laba Festival is on ________ of the lunar calendar．

A．January 7

B．December 8

C．the eighth day of the 12th month

2．Why do people also call it babao porridge?________

A．Because people eat this porridge during the laba Festival．

B．Because the porridge is made up of 8 different kinds of things．

C．Because people like to eat that porridge．

3．We can learn from the porridge story that ________．

A．one should be hard-working

B．one should learn how to make porridge

C．one should not waste food

(B)根据短文内容，给下列图片写出正确名称。

阅读理解：阅读短文，然后根据内容完成句子。

The best way of learning English is by using it, talking in English as much as possible．Sometimes you will get your words mixed up and people will not understand you．Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them．But if you keep your sense of humour(幽默), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes(错误)you made．Do not be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at(嘲笑)your mistakes．It is much better for people to be laughing at your mistakes than to be angry because they don't understand what you are saying．The most important rule to learn English is：“Don't be afraid of making mistakes; everyone makes mistakes．”

1．What's the best way of learning English?

The best way is ________．

2．Sometimes why can't people understand you?

Sometimes you ________．

3．Sometimes why don't you understand people?

Sometimes people ________．

4．What should you do when someone laughs at your mistakes?

I should ________．

5．What is the most important rule for learning English?

________________________________

短文填空：根据短文内容从方框中选词填空。

My favourite film of all time is Jurassic Park．I've(1)________ it six times! It is a(2)________ fiction(科幻)movie．It first appeared in 1993．The film(3)________ for over two hours．In the film, a scientist has(4)________ some dinosaur(恐龙)DNA．He has used his discovery to make dinosaurs．I like the film because the story is exciting and interesting．The acting is good, but the real(5)________ are the dinosaurs．

阅读理解：阅读文章后完成购物单。

Tomorrow is Tom's birthday．Let's have a party on the beach．We can have a barbecue．We can have sausages and chicken wings．We need a lot of water．And we mustn't forget the birthday cake．We also need spring rolls and tuna sushi．We can drink Coke and some orange．We want a fruit salad, too．

短文填空：根据短文内容，在每个空白处填写一个适当的单词。

　　Qu Yuan was born around two(1)________ years ago in(2)________．His job was to give advice(3)________ the emperor．The emperor always(4)________ his advice．However, the emperor died and the new emperor did not like(5)________ to Qu Yuan．Qu Yuan finally(6)________ his job．

　　Qu Yuan was very good at(7)________ poems．He became a famous poet．(8)________, he was always sad．He was sad(9)________ the new emperor did not take his advice and the country lost a battle．He jumped(10)________ a river and died．It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar(11)________ in that year．

　　(12)________, people eat rice dumplings and(13)________ Dragon Boat races to(14)________ this festival．

短文填空：阅读下面短文，然后根据内容，在空白处填写一个适当的单词。

　　Of all the things we eat and drink, w________(1)is the most i________(2)．Not m________(3)people understand this, but it is quite true．The human body can go w________(4)food for a long time, but two or three days without water usually make people d________(5)．

　　Many people do not understand how m________(6)water the human body needs to w________(7)well and many people do not d________(8)when they are thirsty but often need more water, especially when they t________(9)exercises．

　　About 65％～75％ of a man's body is water．If we do not h________(10)enough water, we feel tired and m________(11)become ill．Do you know what the b________(12)drink is?

短文填空：根据短文内容，在空白处填写一个适当的单词。

　　One day, Ben had an accident(1)________ he was walking to the park with Sam．A motorcycle(2)________ him down．Then it crashed(3)________ a wall．The motorcycle went(4)________ fire．Ben was hurt, the motorcyclist was hurt and Sam was(5)________．He ran away．

　　A policeman and a policewoman ran to the scene of the(6)________．They phoned for a fire engine and an ambulance．

　　A traffic warden(7)________ the traffic so the ambulance and the fire engine could come quickly．

　　Two ambulance men(8)________ Ben and the motorcyclist into the ambulance．They drove quickly to the(9)________．

　　(10)________ the hospital a doctor and a nurse(11)________ care of Ben and the motorcyclist．Ben had a broken arm and the motorcyclist had a broken leg．Ben stayed in the hospital(12)________ two days．Then Ben went home．

阅读理解：根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

　　Newtown has one main(主要的)street with shops in it．This street goes from the north to the south．There are other streets off Main Street to the east and the west．

　　Starting from the bottom(末端)of Main Street, the first street on the left is West Street：Across from(在……对面)West Street is East Street．Just before the end of Main Street on the left, there is a street called Temple Street．There is a street between Temple Street and West Street．This Street is called Junction Street．Half way along Main Street there is a street on the right．This is School Lane．

　　At the northern end, Main Street meets Northern Highway．At the southern end, Main Street meets Southern Highway．Main Street ends at these two highways．

1．Write the names of the other two streets on the map in the correct places．

2．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese, please．

_______________________________________

3．There are ________ streets meeting Main Street between the two highways．

4．You can probably find a clothes shop in ________．