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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.

阅读下面的短文，根据其内容回答问题。

How did the Golden Gate Bridge get its name ?

     As we all know , the Golden Gate Bridge 金门大桥in San Francisco , the USA ,which took only 52 months to be designed and built and was opened in 1937, is probably the most beautiful bridge in the world . Since it was opened , it has been perhaps the best-loved sight of San Francisco. But whoever goes to see the bridge can see the bridge is red instead of golden . Do you want to know the reason why is called  the Golden Gate Bridge?

     In fact the bridge isn’t named for its color .It is named for the Golden Gate. What is the Golden Gate? A gate is either an opening or the thing that closes the opening . the Golden Gate is an opening in the land . Water from the sea comes through this opening into San Francisco Bay 旧金山海湾And the bridge goes over the opening . And do you know why it is called the Golden Gate? Here is a story about it .

     Many years ago ,men from some European countries came to California to look for gold . Many of them came by ship . When they came into the bay through the opening , they thought it was a gate to gold , so they named it the Golden Gate.

1.How long did it take to design and build the Golden Gate Bridge?___________________.

2.What is the Golden Gate Bridge? ___________________________________.

3.What is the Golden Gate Bridge named for ?________________________________.

4.What did the Europeans come to California to look for long ago ?

____________________________________________.

5.What did the passage mainly talk about ?___________________________________.

根据句意、汉语提示或首字母和英文释义写出单词的正确形式。

1. —I don't like this CD-ROM.        

—Me_________(也).

2. Have you_________(回复) to his letter?

3. China Daily is a_________(窗口)for foreigners

to know about China.

4. It is said that the Opening Ceremony of the Bei­jing   2008   Olympic   Games   will   be   covered_____(实况转播).

5. Look!   Some   birds   are   ___________ (飞 ) in the sky.

6. National Day is on O_______(the tenth month of

the year) 1st.

7. Do you know how long Yancheng Railway Sta­tion has been in s_______(use)?

8. People use mobile phones to sent short text m_______(pieces of information)to each other.

9. Could you please give me some v_______(very useful and helpful) advice on how to keep fit?

10. I've heard of Jackie Chan for years. Since I was a child,a_______(in fact).