February 12,2001

　　Dear Mary,

　　It is early afternoon and I am sitting in a small restaurant close to my work. It is raining and I'm feeling homesick(思乡的). I'm thinking of you and all of my friends in Mexico. I miss everyone. Outside the streets are crowed with people. All of them are wearing coats and carrying umbrellas. Everyone is in a hurry to get to a dry place. Buses and cars are moving up and down the street. Inside it is warm and pleasant. There are two old women at the table next to mine. One of them is wearing a funny hat. They are talking and laughing. A young man is sitting at a small table near the window. He is eating a piece of pie. It looks delicious. You know, the food in New Orleans is very good. I am fine. I am learning a lot in my classes. I like most of my teachers and classmates. I have classes every morning. I work every afternoon and I study every evening. I don't have much free time, but I like my life in New Orleans.

　　I hope that you are well and happy. How is school? How 1s your English? Can you read my letter? Please write soon. I enjoy your letters with news from home.

Your friend,

Maria　　

根据所给短文，回答下列问题。

1．Where does this letter come from?

It comes from________ ________.

2．What does Maria do every afternoon?

She ________ in the restaurant every afternoon.

3．What was the weather like that day?

It ________ ________.

4．How was Maria's life every day?

He was ________ ________ every day.

5．How was Mary's English? Do you know?

阅读理解。

　　China launched its first manned spacecraft(航天飞机) into orbit(轨道) from the China Jiuquan Satellite Launch center in Northeast China's Gansu Province. The large, white long March Ⅱ-F rocket carrying a Shenzhou-V spacecraft and China's astronaut(宇航员) Yang Liwei rose up into deep space at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003.

　　As the first Chinese man to visit outer space, the 38-year-old Yang Liwei traveled in the orbit more than 600,000 kilometres. The Shenzhou-V circled the earth 14 times. It had been away from the earth for 21 hours and 23 minutes.

　　Everything went well, the spacecraft returned at a chosen place on the morning of October 16, 2003 in Inner Mongolia. Over 600 people came to the landing place to welcome Yang Liwei's safe return. This has made China the third country to send up and receive a manned spacecraft after the former Soviet Union and the United States.

　　The flight was very important in history. The success was not only for people all over China, but for people all over the world.

1．In this passage, the underlined word “launched” in the first paragraph means “________”.

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2．How many countries have sent up and received manned spacecraft?

[　　]

3．The spacecraft left the earth from ________ and landed in________.

[　　]

A．Gansu; Gansu

B．Inner Mongolia; Inner Mongolia

C．Gansu; Inner Mongolia

D．Inner Mongolia; Gansu

B

4．A man jumped from a plane, but there was nothing with him. Do yon know why?

_____________________________________________

5．Which thing always goes up, and never comes down?

_____________________________________________

6．Where does a person stay for the longest time in his life?

_____________________________________________

7．Why does Tom's mother go to work by plane every day?

Complete the passage.

I 1 up at 7:00 and I 2 to school at 8:00. I 3 science at 9:00 and then I have computer class at 10:00. Computer is my 4 subject. I like computer 5 it's interesting. Mr Jones is my computer 6 . I eat 7 at 12:00 and then I have art at 1:30. I have music class 8 2:00. I 9 like music. But I really like my history class. I have history class 10 Thursday at 2:00.

1．_______　　2．_______　　3．_______　　4．_______

5．_______　　6．_______　　7．_______　　8．_______

9．_______　　10．_______

Reading Comprehension.

　　Candy has written an e-mail message to her friend Sandy. Read the e-mail message and answer the questions.

　　Dear Sandy,

　　Today is my 12th birthday. I phoned you fifteen minutes ago but nobody answered the phone. I know you check your e-mail every morning so I hope you get this message. I want to invite you to my birthday meal today.

　　I am going shopping with Amy and Clara this morning. Then we will have lunch. Please join us for lunch if you can.

　　My birthday meal will be held at McDonald's in Kowloon Bay at 1 p. m.. We are meeting at the entrance to the restaurant at 12:45. We will wait for you for fifteen minutes before we go inside. I do hope you can come. The birthday meal will be a lot of fun. Let me tell you what will happen.

　　First of all, we will eat some food. We will all share our favourite McDonald's dishes. We will order hamburgers, chicken nuggets and, of course, lots of fries. For dessert we will have hot apple pie and ice-cream sundaes. The food will be delicious!

　　After the meal, we will each get a bag of little presents to take away with us and everyone will sing “Happy Birthday”. I think we will have a good time. McDonald's is my favourite restaurant and I am so happy that my mother has arranged this birthday meal for me.

　　I nearly forgot something. At 2:30 p.m., we are going to watch a film together. The cinema is near the restaurant, so we won't have to walk very far. The film will finish at 4:30 p.m.. Afterwards, we will have something to drink at the fast-food restaurant next to the cinema.

　　I really hope you can join us－it will be a fun afternoon!

Yours,

Candy

1．Why did Candy send Sandy an e-mail message?

__________________________________________

2．Who is Candy going shopping with?

__________________________________________

3．Where will Candy's birthday meal take place?

__________________________________________

4．Will they have any sweet food at the birthday meal?

__________________________________________

5．How will they go to the cinema?

__________________________________________

6．What will they do after they have seen a film?

Reading Comprehension.

　　Re ad the passage and fill in the form.

　　There are five members in Diana's family. They are her father, her mother, her brother, her sister and herself. Her father, Dave, is 50. He is a doctor. Her mother's name is Rita. She is 47 years old and she is an English teacher. Her brother, who is a student, is 13 years old. His name is Peter. Maria is her sister. She is only 6. Diana and I are good friends. We are 11 years old. Her telephone number is 63427759 and her E-mail address is Diana @ yahoo.com.

　　Write your own information in the card and write a letter to your pen friend Rena in America.

Reading Comprehension.

　　Hello, I'm Chen Jing. I want to introduce (介绍) Jim's family to you. Jim Green has a big family. His grandfather Michael and grandmother Gina are in England. His parents are in China. His father is Jeff Green and his mother is Helen Green. They are teachers. They have two children. Jim is their son and Kate is their daughter. Jim is twelve and Kate is eight. Jim and I are good friends and we go to the same school in Beijing.

　　Fill in the form according to the passage.

阅读理解：阅读下面房屋出租广告：

1．STORRINGTON Big house with garden.

Quiet. ￡750 monthly.

2．CROYDON Modern 4 bedrooms.

Near center of town. Good schools nearby.

Bus and rail station, etc.

￡580 a month.

3．CRAWLEY Nice modern house. 9 bedrooms.

Swimming pool. Lovely gardens.

￡1,500 a month.

4．REIGATE Small house. 1 bedroom.

￡240 a month.

5．PULBOROUGH Small house in country.

2 miles from village, but near bus stop.

￡480 a month.

请根据房屋出租广告，选出适合求租者的广告，在相应的序号下打√。

A．Mr and Mrs Kern are very rich and they like swimming. They want to live in a dear house. They have a lot of friends, and they want to ask them to stay in their house.

B．Mr Potts wants to live in the country. He doesn't want to walk far to the bus station.

C．Mr Jackson has only a little money. He wants a very cheap house.

D．Mr and Mrs Nash have three children. Mrs Nash likes growing flowers and vegetables. They can pay ￡800 a month but they cannot pay more than that.

E．Mr and Mrs Robinson have four children. They haven't a car and they want to live in a town. They cannot pay over ￡600 a month.

阅读理解：根据图片及内容提示，回答下面的问题。

1．What's the number of Qi Hong? ________.

2．Look at the second picture! Which city was Li Tie in? ________.

3．What football match is the news about? ________.

4．How many West Asian countries are mentioned(提到) in the news? ________.

阅读理解

1．In Spain and some Latin American countries, people eat twelve grapes at midnight on New Year Eve－one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.

2．Chinese people eat dumplings. Some are made with a coin inside. Everyone tries to find the coin for luck and money in the new year. Of course they don't eat the coin.

3．Japanese people eat noodles on New Year's Eve and their birthdays. It may bring them good luck and long life.

Questions

A．将图片与文字搭配。________

B．根据文章的内容，判断句子正误。

1．In Europe(欧洲), people eat a bag of grape for good luck in the new year.

2．Chinese people like to eat roast duck on New Year's Eve.

3．The Japanese eat chocolate cakes for a sweet new year.

阅读理解：根据对话内容填空。

　　Leila：You are ten years old today. Happy birthday, Jim.

　　Jim：Thank you, Mum.

　　Leila：Would you like a cake with ten candles on it for birthday?

　　Jim：No, Mum. I'd like ten cakes with one candle.

1．Leila is Jim's ________.

2．Jim is Leila's ________.

3．Jim was born in ________.

4．Today is ________ birthday.