One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had c__1.__. She found that desks were no longer in rows , but were p___2.__ together to make eight bigger desks . She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got u___3._ to this new classroom arrangement . “Now our class is quieter.” said Wu .”What’s more , we can come up with our o_4._ ideas and learn more through discussions. It’s a better way to study .”

Li Yu liked it, too. He said ,”Group members first discuss , and then show the r_5.___ of our discussions in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform(改革) at Li’s school . The school made this reform because they wanted to p___6.__students with easier ways to study and more c__7._) to discuss. “Our school hopes it can i__8.__ students’ abilities to study by themselves and work in groups .” said Zhang Ming , an English teacher .

However, the reform has demanded(要求) more for teachers . Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 40 minutes before . It is difficult to teach well in s__9._ a short time . The teachers have to find b___10.__ ways to teach more effectively.

“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful.” Added Zhang Ming .

Li Fei is my new pen pal. She is   21   Singapore. Singapore is a small but beautiful   22  in Southeast Asia(东南亚).It is   23    and has green plants everywhere, so people also call it “Garden City” in the world.

  Li Lei is a    24   girl. She is a student in No.6 Middle School in Singapore. She speaks English   25    .And she can also speak   26   Chinese. Her favorite 27    at school is history. She thinks it is very interesting. Li Lei likes 28    very much. She wants to have a dog as a pet, but she can’t,   29   her parents don’t like animals. She is very sad about this. Li Lei likes China very much. She hopes to   30    China very much.              

1.A. of           B.from           C.on          D.at

2.A. home        B.world          C.map         D.country

3.A.dirty         B.clean           C.quiet        D.interesting

4.A. 13 years      B.13-years-old     C. 13-year-old  D. 13 years old

5.A. good         B.fine            C.nice         D. well

6.A. kind         B.kind of          C.a little       D.little

7.A. teacher       B.club            C.sport        D.subject

8.A. animals       B.zoos           C.plants       D.parks

9.A. and          B.because         C.so          D.or

10.A. come        B.learn            C.visit        D.live