In China,spring,is usually very short. It usually c 1       in March and ends in May. Summer is often very h 2      . It is from June to August. The hottest month is July. A 3       begins in September,and goes on to November. The weather can be very w 4       in autumn. Winter is from December to F 5      ,and it is very cold. You must wear (穿) lots of warm clothes. The b 6       time to visit China is spring or autumn. In summer it is often too hot,and in winter it is too c 7       .

The s 8       of the year in England and America are nearly (几乎) the same. But the weather in England n 9       gets too hot or too cold. The seasons in Australia are d 10       . Its summer is from December to February,and winter is in June,July and August. So when it is spring in China,it is autumn in Australia.

1. c       2. h      3. A        4. w        5. F       

6. b       7. c       8. s      9. n        10. d         

 It is common in English to ask people about their holidays. In the West,many 1       go away on holiday during the summer months,2       so it is very usual to 3        about this. If the holiday has not 4        taken place,then their holiday plans 5        be talked about. And if it is already over,then where 6        went,whether they 7        it and so on can be discussed. Similar questions are asked 8        some public holidays. 9       living and working in China often 10        opportunities for travel,either at weekends or during 11        holidays,so such kind of 12       lead to fruitful discussions. They may be 13        to know if they have chosen the 14        places,especially those a little less 15        ones.

(   ) 1. A. factories   B. families   C. schools   D. farms

(   ) 2. A. but   B. and   C. because   D. for

(   ) 3. A. ask   B. see   C. know   D. write

(   ) 4. A. still   B. already   C. yet   D. often

(   ) 5. A. must   B. should   C. need   D. can

(   ) 6. A. we   B. he   C. they   D. she

(   ) 7. A. liked   B. followed   C. finished   D. found

(   ) 8. A. to   B. before   C. with   D. by

(   ) 9. A. Visitors   B. Foreigners   C. Strangers   D. Players

(   ) 10. A. make   B. carry   C. have   D. keep

(   ) 11. A. his   B. her   C. their   D. its

(   ) 12. A. answers   B. exercises   C. excuses   D. questions

(   ) 13. A. glad   B. interested   C. worried   D. lucky

(   ) 14. A. right   B. different   C. helpful   D. terrible

(   ) 15. A. expensive   B. famous   C. useful   D. friendly

The United States covers a large part of the North 1        continent (洲) ，when this land first became a nation. After 2       its freedom (自由) from England,it has 13 states. Each of the states had a star on the American flag (旗子) .As the nation 3       ,new states were formed and there 4        new stars on the flag. 5       a long time,there were fortyeight states. In 1959 two 6        stars were added (加) to the flag,standing for (代表) the new states of Alaska and HawaⅡ.

7       were the first people of the land and great number of people came from England. It is 8        that reason that the language of the U. S. is English and 9        its culture and customs (文化习惯) are more 10        those of England than any other country in the world.

(   ) 1. A. America   B. America's   C. American   D. Americans

(   ) 2. A. win   B. won   C. winning   D. have won

(   ) 3. A. grew   B. grows   C. growing   D. have grown

(   ) 4. A. are   B. were   C. have been   D. had been

(   ) 5. A. In   B. From   C. For   D. Through

(   ) 6. A. another   B. many   C. other   D. more

(   ) 7. A. India   B. Indian   C. Indias   D. Indians

(   ) 8. A. on   B. for   C. because   D. because of

(   ) 9. A. that   B. why   C. many   D. all

(   ) 10. A. as   B. like   C. same   D. as if

Fred likes fish very much. One day,he b 1       some fish and takes it home. His son sees the fish and says to h 2      ，"Very good!I can ask my friends to have it for 1 3      .”

The n 4       day,Fred comes home in the e 5       . The fish isn't there. His son says, "Oh,dad,your c 6       eats the fish."Fred g 7       angry. He takes the cat and his son to the s 8       and weighs (称) the cat. Then he says, "Ottle boy,my fish w 9       one kilo,and the cat weighs one kilo too. My fish is here,then w 10       is my cat?"

1. b        2. h       3. 1        4. n          5. e         

6. c       7. g       8. s        9. w          10. w       

Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone 1       friends. We all like to feel close to someone. 2       is nice to have a friend to talk,laugh,and do things with.

3      ,sometimes we need to be alone. We don't always want people 4       . But we would feel lonely if we 5        had a friend.

No two people are 6       . Friends 7       don't get on well. That doesn't mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up (言归于好) and become 8        again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very 9       . We miss them very much,but we can 10        them and write to them. And we can 11        new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.

There's more good news for people who have friends. They live 12        than people who don't. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. 13       happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just done that someone cares. If some one cares about you,you take 14        care of 15       .

(   ) 1. A. loves   B. hates   C. needs   D. becomes

(   ) 2. A. It   B. He   C. There   D. Someone

(   ) 3. A. Hardly   B. Nearly   C. Suddenly   D. Certainly

(   ) 4. A. alone   B. away   C. all over   D. around

(   ) 5. A. ever   B. never   C. just   D. really

(   ) 6. A. friendly   B. kind

   C. just the same   D. quite different

(   ) 7. A. always   B. sometimes   C. often   D. usually

(   ) 8. A. friendly   B. good   C. pleased   D. friends

(   ) 9. A. angry   B. sad   C. happy   D. alone

(   ) 10. A. call   B. ask   C. tell   D. talk with

(   ) 11. A. look for   B. find   C. make   D. know

(   ) 12. A. longer   B. shorter   C. slower   D. faster

(   ) 13. A. Smelling   B. Being   C. Sounding   D. Making

(   ) 14. A. less   B. better   C. little   D. no

(   ) 15. A. you   B. your   C. yours   D. yourself

Football is,I do think,the most favorite game in England：one has only to go to one of the important 1        to see this. Rich and poor,young and old,one can see them all there 2        for one side or the 3       . To a stranger (陌生人) ,one of the most surprising things about football in 4        is the great knowledge of the game which 5        the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the 6        in most of the important teams,he has 7        of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he 8        will win such a match,and his ideas about 9        are usually as good as those of men three or four times his 10       .

(   ) 1. A. cities   B. matches   C. teams   D. places

(   ) 2. A. waiting   B. looking   C. asking   D. shouting

(   ) 3. A. other   B. same   C. team   D. players

(   ) 4. A. China   B. the USA   C. England   D. Canada

(   ) 5. A. all   B. hardly   C. only   D. even

(   ) 6. A. players   B. cities   C. countries   D. matches

(   ) 7. A. names   B. pictures   C. heard   D. thought

(   ) 8. A. says   B. asks   C. decides   D. hopes

(   ) 9. A. England   B. players   C. football   D. men

(   ) 10. A. ideas   B. age   C. stories   D. education

Americans usually eat three meals a day. Breakfast is the f 1       meal in the morning. They often have eggs,some meat,bread,fruit juice and c 2       L 3      ,the second meal,is usually eaten between twelve and one' clock. It can be a light meal. Working people often

t 4       lunch with them or buy it near their workplaces. School c 5       often bring sandwiches,f 6      ,cookies and juice with t 7       for lunch,but some eat in school cafeterias.

Supper,the main meal of the day,is served b 8       six and eight in the evening,when everyone is home from work or school. Many p 9       eat at home and usually prepare meat,vegetables,and potatoes or rice. Then comes a d 10      dessert！

1. f       2. c      3. L       4. t          5. c        

6. f        7. L      8. b       9. 2       10. d         

Many people go to school for an education. 1       learn languages,history,geography,physics,chemistry and maths. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can 2       a living. School 3       is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher,no matter how much he 4       ,can not teach his students everything they 5        to know. The teacher's job is to show his students how to read and how to 6       . So much more is to be learned 7        school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by 8        than to memorize (熟记) some facts or formula (公式) .It is 9        quite easy to learn a 10       fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in 11        out a maths problem. Great scientists,such as Einstein,Newton and Galileo,didn't learn many things from school. But they were all so 12        that they invented so many things for mankind.

The 13       for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not 14        at school. They worked hard all their lives,wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of 15       .

(   ) 1. A. Students   B. They   C. We   D. People

(   ) 2. A. make   B. do   C. have   D. get

(   ) 3. A. education   B. degree   C. lesson   D. task

(   ) 4. A. teaches   B. knows   C. learns   D. practises

(   ) 5. A. manage   B. expect   C. fail   D. want

(   ) 6. A. study   B. play   C. think   D. work

(   ) 7. A. From   B. in   C. within   D. outside

(   ) 8. A. heart   B. students   C. us   D. oneself

(   ) 9. A. not   B. actually   C. seldom   D. known

(   ) 10. A. real   B. true   C. certain   D. great

(   ) 11. A. setting   B. working   C. making   D. doing

(   ) 12. A. famous   B. popular   C. successful   D. modest

(   ) 13. A. experiment   B. reason   C. result   D. way

(   ) 14. A. kept   B. showed   C. expressed   D. taught

(   ) 15. A. duties   B. jobs   C. experiments   D. records

A Little Horse Crossing the River There 1        an old horse and a little horse 2       a farm. One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill. The little horse is very 3       . He carries the wheat and runs toward the mill. 4       there is a river in front of the little horse. He stops and does not know what to do next. Just then Aunt Cow is passing by.

The little horse 5       ,"Aunt Cow,please tell me. Can I cross the river?"

Aunt Cow answers, "It is not 6       ,you can cross it."

When the little horse begins to cross the river,a little squirrel shouts at him , " Little horse,7       cross it,you will be 8       . Yesterday one of my friends was drowned in this river."The little horse is very 9       . Finally he decides to go 10        and ask his mother.

The old horse asks, "Why do you take the 11        back? What's wrong with you,my child?"

The little horse answers 12       ,"There is a river in front of me. Aunt Cow said it was not deep. But the little squirrel said it was deep. What shall I do?"

The old horse says, "My child,you should try to cross the river by 13       . If you do not try,how do you know the river is deep 14        not"

The little horse carries the wheat and returns to the riverside. At last,he succeeds in 15        the river. Now,he knows how deep the river is.

(   ) 1. A. is   B. am   C. are   D. be

(   ) 2. A. in   B. at   C. on   D. at

(   ) 3. A. happy   B. sad   C. exciting   D. bad

(   ) 4. A. And   B. But   C. Or   D. Still

(   ) 5. A. asks   B. says   C. tells   D. talks

(   ) 6. A. shallow   B. safe   C. difficult   D. deep

(   ) 7. A. do   B. don'ts   C. don't   D. doesn't

(   ) 8. A. drown   B. drowns   C. drowned   D. to drowti

(   ) 9. A. happy   B. sad

   C. afraid   D. terrible (可怕的)

(   ) 10. A. home   B. to school   C. to farm   D. to class

(   ) 11. A. crop   B. bag   C. cotton   D. wheat

(   ) 12. A. happily   B. happy   C. sad   D. sadly

(   ) 13. A. you   B. your   C. yours   D. yourself

(   ) 14. A. and   B. but   C. or   D. even

(   ) 15. A. cross   B. to cross   C. crossing   D. crossed

Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy w 1       on it. Their son,Peter,studied at a middle school. The young man studied h 2       and did well in his lessons. It m 3       them happy.

Last month Peter finished middle school and p 4      the entrance examination (升学考试) . Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers a 5       it.

Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and a 6       her son was. She spoke very 1 7       . All the people in the bus began to listen to her.

"Which university (大学) will your son study in?" a woman next to her asked.

"In the most famous university in our country！" Mrs. Turner said h 8       "The most famous university?" "Oxford University (牛津大学) ."

Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her c 9       . Some of them said to her, "Congratulations！"

A woman said, "I'm s 10       he'll know Fred Smith." . "Who's Fred Smith?" "He's my son."

"Does he study in the university,too?"

"No,"said the woman. "He is one of the professors."

1. w       2. h       3. m        4. p        5. a          6. a       7. 1       8. h       9. c       10. s