1.Sandy and Sue usually get up early every day, but today it is a ______.

2. It is a _____ to nine. Sandy and Sue usually go to school in the morning,

but this morning they are ______to the park

3. Sandy and Sue usually go to bed early at night,

but_____ they are playing a game.

4.Miss Williams is _____ her car to school.

Suddenly, she _____."That's funny,” she says.

5."What's the ______?"Mr Crisp asks.

"Look!” Miss Williams says.” A flat tyre."

6.Monday mornings are usually terrible.

  Father always gets up late and he's always _____ ______ _____.

7.On Friday Miss Jones always gives Sandy his piano lesson

  Sandy doesn't like it ______ ______!

8.Here is the weather _______ for tomorrow.

  It's going to _____ in the North and it's going to rain in the South.

9. Never _____, children.

  We can go to the cinema______.

10.What are you doing, dad?

   I'm _____this clock.

11.Is it nearly _____now, Jim?

No, Betty. I can't ______ all these pieces _______!

People celebrate birthdays in almost every country on the earth，and celebrate them in many different ways．

In China and in Japan，for example，the arrival of the New Year is more（A）________ than a person's birthday．So everyone adds a year to their ages on New Year's Day，instead of on their birthdays．

In Brazil，the special birthday（B）________ isn't a birthday cake，bet special candies．In China，it's long noodles（C）为了长寿．In Iceland，people have pancakes with candies rolled inside on birthdays．

In Britain，a birthday is an all-day celebration．At school，the birthday child is lifted up by his classmates．In Israel，the same custom is followed．（D）but the birthday person is lifted and lowered while sitting in a chair．

In Holland，children not only get presents，but give things out，too．They give cakes，cookies and candies to their classmates and teachers on their birthdays．

In Mexico，it's good luck to give birthday greetings as early on the day as possible．So it's usual for the birthday child to be woken up at midnight by friends singing birthday songs．

In India，birthday celebrations also begin（E）quite early．Prayers and blessings must be said before morning（F）comes．

In Thailand，two tall candles are lighted at night before a birthday．One is as tall as the birthday person．If（G）it goes out early，it's bad luck．Another custom of Thailand is that they buy living fish and birds for the birthday person and then the birthday person flees them，and it brings good luck．

In Nigeria，persons in a certain age group celebrate their birthdays together on a certain day．

In many countries，birthday customs are changing．But one thing never changes--birthdays are special days for every birthday person!

1．在文中A和B的空白处填入一个适当的单词：__________；__________

2．将文中划线部分C译成英语：________________________________________

3．将划线部分D改写为：but people __________ and __________ the birthday person while the person is sluing in a chair．

4．写出文中划线词E和F的同义词或近义词：__________；__________

5．划线部分G在文中指代的是：________________________________________

Amy's grandparents live in Canada. They are visiting Amy now. Amy's grandpa cries when he reads about the Taiwan earthquake. His brother was at the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. He is telling Amy about it.

My parents lived in a small village in China. A long time ago, everyone in the village was talking about ‘the Gold Mountain’--San Francisco. My uncle told my father that he wanted to move to America. In 1904, my father gave him some money and he went on a ship to America with my brother.

 　My uncle and my brother started working as factory workers in San Francisco. Life was not easy but America was their dream. Then one day, a terrible thing happened. It was an early morning in April 1906. They were still sleeping at home. My uncle felt slight shaking but he did not get up at once as San Francisco had small earthquakes every summer. After a few seconds, a powerful earthquake happened. The windows cracked. He woke my brother up. Then they ran out of their flat.

    My uncle said everyone in the building was frightened and screamed. Everyone was running out of the building. Some people were shouting ‘Calm down!’ but no one listened. Soon, my uncle was in the street. He looked beside him but he could not find my brother. He tried to get back into the building but everyone was getting out.

Seven hundred people died in the earthquake. I know my brother was one of them. He was trapped inside the building. When I lie awake in bed, I always think about him. He did not survive the earthquake.

Amy wants to write an article about the San Francisco earthquake for the school newsletter. Read what she thinks. Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.