Reader’s Digest is a monthly magazine. Before the 1980s, it belonged to a privately held company, which was started in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and Dewitt Wallace. This magazine is small and easy to carry, just half the size of most American magazines, which caused a phrase in 2005, “America in your pocket.” It is the best selling magazine in the USA. At present, its circulation(发行量)in the USA has reached 10 million copies and the number of the readers there is 38 million. It also has 40 million overseas readers in more than another 70 countries.

This magazines focus(焦点) is not news but more of cultural views because the editors think people now can get timely news from somewhere else. They hope this magazine can give readers something that is about special personal experiences, something the readers can share with their families. In different countries, this magazine provides a window to the world for the local(当地的) readers. Some parts of the magazine are about the local customs and interests of the local readers. The other parts give the local readers information from all over the world.

1.How often does Reader’s Digest come out in the USA?

A. Once a year.B. Once a month.

C. Once a week.D. Once a day.

2.How many people all over the world read this magazine?

A. 38 millionB. 40 million.C. 78 million.D. 108 million.

3.This magazine’s focus includes the following topics EXCEPT(除了) ___________.

A. something about the timely news

B. some special personal experiences

C. some information from all over the world

D. the local customs and interests of the local readers

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。

throw, knife, excite, die, difficult

1.There is a fork and five _______ on the table.

2.The children were ________ about opening their gifts.

3.I think that disabled person may have __________ in using his arms.

4.He made a decision that meant life and ______.

5.Stop _______ stones at that window.

根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。（每空限填一词）

Sandy is one friend of 1. (我的). She is one of the best 2. (志愿者)I have ever known. She is always ready to 3. (提供) help for people in need. Specially speaking, she likes to visit 4.(生病的) children in the hospital to cheer them up; she never minds 5. (募捐) money for those poor people; she never has problems 6. (借) money to his friends. She once told me:“Someone once saved my life. He asked me to 7. (传递) his love to your family, friends neighbors and even strangers. I followed him. Now, you can’t 8. (想象) how happy I am when helping those in difficult 9. (情况). ” Do you have the same 10. (精神) as Sandy? Do you want to join her?

阅读下列短文，请帮短文主人公填写个人信息表。

LOOKING FOR A PENFRIEND

My name is Tom Mallory. I’m from Britain and I’m a business student at Brookes College. I’m 20 and single. My hobbies are music and football. My two sisters are students too. Our parents are from Ireland but they live in London now. My mother is a teacher and my father is the manager of a small engineering company. I’d like a pen friend from France or Canada. Please write to: 54 Park Street, Cambridge CB38FU, Britain.

上周末，你妈妈生病了，所以你帮妈妈干家务。请根据方框的内容，详细记叙上周末的事情。词数70个左右，开头结尾已给出，不计入总字数。语句通顺，意思连贯。

Linda loves music and she often plays ______ violin in her free time.

A. aB. an C. the D. /

----Where is Mr. Smith?

----He ______ America on business. He ______ back in a year.

A. has gone to ; will be B. has gone to ; come

C. has been to ; will be D. has been to ; will come

----I like Xiaoshengyang very much.

----Me, too. He can always make others _____.

A. laughed B. laughs

C. laugh D. to laugh

---Have you got _____________ to tell us?

----Yes, I have.

A. anything important B. important something

C. something important D. important anything

Table tennis is very __________ and we are all ____________ in it.

A. interesting, interesting B. interested, interested

C. interested, interesting D. interesting, interested