Today is Saturday. It’s sunny and warm. Many children from No. 1 Middle School are at the Old People’s Home. Now, they’re helping the old people.
Look! Li Min and Zhan Ran are cleaning the windows. Ma Lan and Liu Qian are washing clothes.
What’s Li Na doing over there? Many old people are clapping their hands(鼓掌)for her. Oh,  she’s singing for them. Her song is really beautiful. And where’s the American boy, Tom? He likes helping others and he often comes here. Listen! Who’s speaking English? It’s Tom. He’s teaching two old people to speak English.
All the children and the old people are very happy. “We are happy when we help others, ” says Tom. 
【小题1】How’s the weather today?

Einstein is known _________ a great scientist.

    A of          B for       C as          D to

Do you want to know anything about ma staying in America? Well, Let me tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.

In China, I had English classes five times a week since the fifth grade. However didn’t know textbook English was very different from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.

When I first studied English, I was told to say，“I am fine” when people say “How are you?”But in the US, I found that people say,” I am good” or “I am tired.”

One day, someone greeted me with” What’s up?”It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.

Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and the US cultures.

To my surprise, the US girls spend a lot of time in burning sun getting a tan （晒黑）. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler（白的）.

I am also surprised by how hardworking the US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard all the time. But here, an “excellent” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music .The kids here are so talented ，I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.

1. How often did the writer have an English class in Grade Five?

A. Four times a week.

B. Five times a week.

C. Six times a week.

2.To the winter, textbook English is           everyday English.

A. quite different from B. the same as   C. easier than

3.A good US student spends his/her time          .

A. only in doing homework 

B. only on sports or music

C. on studies, sports or music and public work

4.Which of following is NOT true?             

A. The writer is now in the US

B. American girls love to have while skin

C. The US students are talented and hard working.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?           

A. My own Travel in the US.

B. My Study in the US.

C. My friends in the US.

阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

         A young man once asked Albert Einstein, the great scientist,  66  the secret of success（成功） is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is  67  work. A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was very  68 . He did not say  69 , but wrote  70  words on a piece of paper and handed it  71  the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper.  72  it was written: A=X+Y+Z.

         “What does this mean?” asked the young man.

         “A means success,” explained the old scientist. “X stands for（代表） hard work, Y stands for good methods（方法）, and Z…, Z means stopping  73  and getting down to work.”

1.A. how                     B. what                       C. which                     D. why

2.A. hard                    B. easy                        C. good                       D. bad

3.A. pleased              B. happy                     C. angry                      D. sorry

4. A. anything           B. nothing                  C. something            D. everything

5. A. a little                B. little                 C. a few                        D. few

6.A. for                       B. to                               C. of                         D. with

7. A. Over                   B. On                           C. In                   D. At

8.A. talk                      B. to talk               C. talked               D. talking