Maria was born in Peru（秘鲁）.She grew up in a small village. She  46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she  47 to high school. Her family was very  48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  49 in a shoe factory.

When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria   51 in the United States，she was not very happy.

She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  52 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  53 worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（将来）in the new country.

1.                A．went to school   B．go to school     C．goes to school  D．begins school

2.                A．went           B．didn’t go       C．began    D．wasn’t

3.                A．rich           B．poor           C．happy    D．glad

4.                A．works          B．is working       C．is going to work D．worked

5.                A．moved         B．go             C．stayed    D．lived

6.                A．reached        B．arrived         C．got  D．moved

7.                A．tell            B．talk            C．know D．say

8.                A．when          B．so             C．or   D．and

9.                A．studying        B．studied         C．study D．studies

10.               A．to do          B．do            C．to be D．be

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
I dreamed of going to the USA when I was a middle school student. When I was in high school, I made up my   【小题1】  to go to America.
I wanted to study English and American culture. And I didn’t want to study in college in Japan at all. In Japan, it is very   【小题2】 to enter a famous college or university but easy to graduate, so students don’t study hard after they enter the college or university. This was one of the reasons why I came to America.
I came to America last September. I have been here for eight months. When I first came here, I was very surprised. There are many differences   【小题3】 Japan and America. I felt it was very strange and interesting.
I was also very upset because I heard English   【小题4】 . Whenever I watched TV, went shopping, or even   【小题5】  a walk, I heard only English. Everything was very hard for me because I could hardly understand English. Now I am used to hearing English and I can talk with Americans more easily,   【小题6】  things are getting better.
After I came here, I realized how much I love my family, how difficult it is to live by   【小题7】 , how exciting it is to live in another country, and how important it is to do   【小题8】  I want to do. If I didn’t come here, maybe I didn’t realize these things. This is the most important experience in my life. I’m going to stay here for about three years. I’ll never forget the life in the USA.

1阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。

Anna comes from Russia. She is 17 years old. She’s going to stay with the Black family for a year. Anna comes to England because she wants to study English. She helps Mrs. Black（1）______________ housework and goes to English (2) _______________ every Wednesday and Friday afternoon.

Anna is now in London. Everything is new to her. She finds life is (3) _______________from that in Moscow. Some things are great in London, but many things are not so nice.  The shops are (4) _____________ in London than those in Moscow. But it’s very expensive to (5) ____________ breakfast in London.

Many students feel it is difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English. Now I will give you some advice.

Do not waste time in learning the word list. It is not a good way to remember new words. The best way to learn new words is through listening. You can find radio programmes or TV programmes. And listen to them carefully. When you listen to the conversations, you will learn the pronunciation easily. Of course, it is not enough; you have to remember their spellings.

Some people find that they can learn the names of everyday objects such as box, bottle, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of things on paper, and then they read the words on the paper. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not work, then go on to practise listening to the conversations.

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

1.To remember new words is not easy for many students.

2.Learning the word list is a good way to remember new words.

3.The best way to learn new words is to listen to radio and TV programmes.

4.Listening to radio and TV is enough.

5.If you write the names of things on paper, it will help you learn new words.

It's over three years since I began to learn English. I am glad that I am getting on well with it.

I find English very interesting, but quite difficult. When I first started, I thought I had only to remember the new words and learn some grammar. I know little about English idioms(习语). I thought each English word had a word with the same meaning in Chinese. When I learned to say "I see a book on the desk", I thought the English word "see" was just like the Chinese word "kan". So one day when my teacher asked me, "What are you doing?" I answered, "I'm seeing a book." "That's wrong," the teacher said. "You don't see a book. You read a book. You can't use an English word like a Chinese one. Be sure not to make the same mistake again."

After that I began to pay more attention to the differences between Chinese and English. For example, in English we say a "high mountain", but a "tall man". In Chinese we use the same word "gao" for both. Again in English we say "take part in the sports meeting", "attend a meeting" and "join the army", while in Chinese we can use "can jia" for all the three. It's interesting, isn't it? So to study English doesn't only mean hard work, it can be great fun, too! We not only have to pay attention to pronunciation, grammar, spelling and handwriting, we also have to understand English idioms. We can learn English well only in that way!

But all this is only a beginning and I still have a long way to go. I'll try my best and work even harder than before. I must speak and listen to English more both in and out of class. I must read and write more, too. I must learn English well so that I can work well when I grow up.

1.When I first started learning English, I thought________.

A. I know some English idioms

B. I didn’t have to remember the new words and learn some grammar

C. I had only to remember the new words and learn some grammar

D. each English word couldn't find a Chinese word with the same meaning

2."I'm seeing a book" --- The writer wanted to say_________.

A. I'm looking a book        B. I'm reading a book

C. I'm looking for a book     D. I'm watching a book

3.Which is not true?

A. To study English only means hard work.

B. To pay attention to pronunciation and grammar.

C. To read and write more.

D. To have to understand English idioms.

4.We should speak and listen to English ________.

A. after class   B. after class and in class

C. in class     D. before class

5.Which is the best topic of the passage?

A. How to study English well     B. The importance of English

C. English idioms               D. Do more reading