Hi! My name is Robert and I live in Chicago. My school is called Parkside Elementary.  It is Jake and Elizabeth's school too.  Michael and Trevor's school is called Lincoln Middle School.  In the USA many students go to elementary school between the ages of 5-10, then middle school between the ages of 11-13, and then a four year high school, and last but not least, many people go to college or vocational school. Our elementary school starts at 8:30 am and ends at 3:20 pm. We go to school on Monday through Fridays and have the weekends off.

Some of the favorite sports here in America are basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and more. But, my favorite sport is football. My favorite player in the NFL (National Football League) is Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears ( the Bears are my favorite team too).

Americans wear jeans, a shirt, socks, shoes, and sometimes a hat. I usually wear a baseball hat, my favorite pants, and my favorite shirt. My pants have 4 pockets on it, and my shirt has red and black stripes on it.

There is no common agreement in the west about the best method of education. Many views can be found among parents, teachers, and students.

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1.Students in elementary school stay at school for about ________days.

A. four         B. five            C. six         D. seven

2. The writer’s favorite sport is __________.

A. basketball    B. baseball         C. hockey      D. football

3.The third passage mainly tells us __________.

A. the writer’s favorite sports         B. the writer’s favorite food

C. the writer’s favorite clothes        D. the writer’s favorite color

4.“views”in the last passage means _________ in Chinese.

A. 视野       B. 风景            C. 见解      D. 检查

Look at the picture. It’s a nice    1    . In the picture you can see a teacher’s     2   on his desk. It’s a Chinese book. There are fifty desks and fifty chairs in the room. There is also a big blackboard. You can see a girl and    3    boys.

  The girl’s    4    is Julia. She is thirteen. The boy with the football is Tom. He likes playing    5   . The other boy is Tony. They    6    the same coats and they are the same age. They look the same. I    7    they are twins. Tom is a    8    boy. A book is in his hand. You    9    see the teacher.   10    is the teacher? He is taking the picture.

1.A. house        B. station          C. classroom         D. shop

2.A. backpack     B. basketball       C. book              D. hat

3.A. one          B. two            C. three              D. four

4.A. name         B. age            C. brother            D. notebook

5.A. basketball     B. chess           C. football           D. cards

6.A. are           B. wear           C. lose              D. is

7.A. think         B. see             C. look              D. meet

8.A. dear          B. first            C. lost               D. good

9.A. aren’t         B. can’t           C. doesn’t            D. be not

10.A. What         B. How            C. Where            D. When

I like my Chinese teacher very much. He is a   16   man, about 25 years old. He is tall    17   black short hair. He is a very humorous(幽默的) person. He often    18  us jokes(笑话) and  19  to make our class more   20   . In class, he is a very   21   teacher. If we don’t listen to him carefully, he will give us some punishment(惩罚) by  22   us some questions. But after class, he becomes a very good    23   of us. He often talks with the girls and plays   24   with the boys. All of us really like him. He is our    25     teacher.

Henry works in a factory. He likes to watch         matches very much and spends much time         it.

One evening, there was a big football match on the playground. He went there at once after work. There         a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out（卖完）. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole（电线杆）outside the playground and         it up quickly. A policeman came and said, “It’s         to stay on it! Come down!”

Just at that time, the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, “Which team         a goal?”

“Ours!”

“Wonderful! You can stay there. Be careful!”

The policeman said happily and left.         the match would soon be over, he came back again and asked, “Who is        ?”

“Theirs, 3-2.”

“Come down,” the policeman said        , “such a match isn’t worth（值得）watching!”

Henry         come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who’s kicked a goal!”

1.A. basketball                              B. football                   C. baseball

2.A. in                                                      B. on                                      C. to

3.A. had                                             B. was                                     C. were

4.A. climbed                                      B. looked                               C. put

5.A. interesting                             B. easy                                 C. dangerous

6.A. kicked                                              B. passed                              C. threw

7.A. Until                                        B. When                               C. After

8.A. playing                                       B. missing                     C. winning

9.A. angrily                                             B. happily                    C. luckily

10.A. wished to                                      B. had to                               C. liked to