Is handwriting(书写) important? Yes, the 10-year-old girl Alyssa thinks so. She is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA. She’s the champion(冠军) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.

After she got the news, Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first. “I’m really happy,” she said. “I’m really surprised, too. I didn’t know I was that good.”

To enter (参加) the contest, each student had to write the sentence (句子) “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet. Teachers were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest. Alyssa enjoys handwriting, and wants to write adventure(冒险) stories when she gets older. “From the third grade we started learning handwriting,” Alyssa said. “All the letters look pretty. It makes me think of art.”

1.Alyssa is in Grade now.

A、3 B、4 C、5

2.Alyssa won in the National Contest.

A、Listening B、Reading C、Handwriting

3.Why do they choose the sentence in the contest?

A、Because it’s difficult to write.

B、Because it’s good for students’ reading.

C、Because it has 26 different letters.

4.The underlined word “judges” means in Chinese.

A、评判员 B、嘉宾 C、指导员

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A、Alyssa is 10 years old and she’s from the UK.

B、Alyssa was not surprised when she got the news.

C、Alyssa wants to write adventure stories when she gets older.

Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black become angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).

One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with two badly burnt ears.

"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.

"Well," said the man." I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes. She had put the iron(熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"

"And what happened to the other ear ?"

"When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"

1._____, so he almost drove the car into the river.

A、Mr Smith was not careful

B、Mr Smith drank too much

C、Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge

2.Mr Smith went to watch the football match on _______.

A、Monday B、Saturday C、Sunday

3.We can guess _________.

A、Mr Smith drank much after the match

B、Mr Smith was angry with his team

C、Mr Smith didn't drink those days

4.The _____ badly burned Mr Smith's ears.

A、telephone B、drinking C、iron

5.What would happen to Mr Smith?

A、He would go on driving for Mr Black.

B、He would never watch any match

C、Mr Black would send him away.

补全对话（共5分）

从方框中选出适当的句子，完成对话，有两项为多余选项。

A：Tomorrow is Sunday. 1.

B：I usually go to movies. What about you?

A：Me too. 2.

B：Once a week.

A：3.

B：It’s hard to say. But I like American movies.

A：Who do you usually go to movies with?

B：My friend, Sally.

A：Are you going to the movies this weekend?

B：Sure. 4.

A：I’d love to, but I have to look after my little sister this weekend. 5.

B：Thank you.

阅读理解（二）（共5分）

Basketball players are usually very tall.Because they need to put the ball into the basket.Other sports players may be shorter than them.

Short people often have better balance(平衡)than tall people，so they don't fall over very often.In some sports the players must have good balance.For example，in table tennis，they don't need to have long legs to run fast！Some of the fast runners in the world are not very tall.Some people are tall and some are short.The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters tall.Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents.This is because they eat better than their parents.Good food can help children grow.

根据短文内容回答问题

1.Are all sports players tall?

2.Is it always better to be short than to be tall?

3.Do fast runners all have long legs?

4.How tall is the tallest man in the world?

5.Why do young people grow taller than their parents?

选词填空（共10分）

选词填空，根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。

My hero(英雄)? Well, I think I can call my elder brother, Richard, my hero. Richard is four years 1. than I am. When we were small, 2. was a big thing. If someone gave him a piece of chocolate, he would 3. half of it home for me. He is a very 4. tennis player. He had tennis training classes every weekend and 5. almost every month in the last 10 years. Besides, he 6. harder than I did at school. You would think that 7. like him would not have time for his little brother. 8. he does! He 9. says to me that he has no time for me. He is always there if I need him. He is also my 10. coach(教练). I love playing with him.

书面表达（共15分）

根据图片及下列提示，写一篇60词左右的短文。

喜羊羊(Pleasant Goat)和沸羊羊(Force Goat)是好朋友。他们经常帮助慢羊羊(Slow Goat)。但他们彼此并不相同。喜羊羊比其他羊跑得快，乐观，外向，永远带着微笑。沸羊羊比其他羊健壮，也比其他羊粗心。他每天锻炼健身，但是易发怒，总对别人持反对意见。smile微笑；careless粗心；disagree with反对

—_____do you go shopping? —Six times a month.

A、How much B、How long C、How often

I’m so tired that I can ____ run.

A、always B、hardly C、sometimes

I like , but I don’t want now.

A、reading; reading

B、reading; to read

C、to read; reading.

We’ll try our best to do the work with ____ money and ___ people.

A、few; little

B、less; fewer

C、fewer; less