When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”

“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”

1.When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

2.The old man thought _____.

3..At last, the old man _____.

4.Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?

A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.

B.There are some differences between American and British English.

C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.

D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.

I have an American friend．Her name is Lily．This is a picture of her new school．Look! There are six floors（层）in the teaching building．There are fifteen classrooms on every floor．In the school，there are 3,200 students and 300 teachers．The teachers’ offices are behind the classrooms．The dining hall is next to the teaching building．Lily often has lunch there．After lunch she often has a talk with her friends．In front of the dining hall is a library．It’s a good place to read books．

Lily gets to school at 7:40 a.m．The first class begins at 8:00 a.m．She has four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon．There is a big gym behind the dining hall．After school，Lily likes going swimming there．

The school is big and nice，and Lily likes it very much．

1.How many classrooms are there in the teaching building?

2.What does Lily like doing after school?

3.Where is the school library?

4.What does the word“begin”mean in Chinese?

5.What’s the best title（标题）of the passage?

用所给单词的正确形式填空（每个单词只能用一次）。（每个1分，共10分）

ride,  visit  something  stay,  mix up,  get , quiet,  join,  want  turn on

1         Mom ________me to get up at 6:00 and play ping –pong with her.

2         Don’t _______stressed out. It’s not healthy.

3         Eat a balanced diet ________ healthy.

4         I like _________ my bike on weekend.

5         I can’t _______you because I have to help my mom.

6         My American friend is going to ________me next vacation.

7         I’m _________than she is.

8         Add some cinnamon and __________ the ingredients.

9         __________the blender for about two minutes.

10. She shouldn’t eat _____________.

1.Peter was running so fast that he couldn’t stop _____. (he)

2.My American friend is learning to eat with ______. (chopstick)

3.At present, Billy is fourteen years old and in the ______ grade. (nine)

4.When the thief saw the policeman, he ran away as ______ as he could. (quick)

5.“You ought to ______ more to improve your English, boys and girls.” said Mr. Brown (read)