1.We should practice ______________(speak) English as much as we can.

2.It’s easy for Kitty ___________(cut) out the eyes ,the nose and the sharp teeth.

3.– Where’s Millie?

   --Oh, she ____________(wait) for Amy at the school gate.

4.All of us can get lots of presents on                (child) Day.

5.Look at your clothes. How __________(colour) you are today!

6.Why not ____________(take) your dog for a walk after supper?

7.My best friend             (not write) e- mails on Monday .

8.Miss Xi often buys a lot of _______________(mango) on her way home.

9.I think the new shopping mall is a good place ___________(meet) friends.

10.Sandy goes to school without ____________(have) breakfast today.

11.Mum asks me to clean my own bedroom ___________(two) a week.

12.The new coat makes Simon           (look) cool.

13.It's six o'clock now. Millie and Sandy             (not run) in the playground.

14.Do you have enough time            (help) us finish the work?

15.My little sister wants to be a            (dance) when she grows up.

Li Yan is a Chinese girl. She lives in Yangzhou with her grandparents. Her parents are in England now and Li Yan will go there this summer holiday. But her spoken English is not good. She does well in English exams, but she can only write. So Li Yan wants to study hard to speak good English.

Every Saturday evening, Li Yan goes to “English Corner”. It’s a place for people to speak English. There are also many foreign(外国的) people. They come from America, England or Australia. Kitty likes talking with these foreign people. When the summer holidays come, her spoken English is much better! Her parents are so surprised to see her change (变化) and they are very happy.

1.Li Yan’s parents are in         .

2.“Spoken English” means “          ” in Chinese.

3.Li Yan can         .

4.“English Corner” is a place         .

5.What change does Li Yan make?

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。

    Now students’ English handwriting（书法）gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If   1.   , here are four steps that really work!

u  Use paper with lines

Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight    2.   of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to    3.  the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母) are written properly.

u  Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too   4., it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more   5.  .

u  Hold your pencil right

    When you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much   6.   . Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student    7.   a good habit.

u      Draw more pictures

    Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control(控制) your pencil better    8.   you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by   9.   at home.

    Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your   10.   run up to you? Give them your autographs(亲笔签名), of course!  

Big schoolbags have been a big problem for students for a long time. Maybe your schoolbag is too   1   to carry, and it troubles you a lot   2  you want to find out a book to read. Now e-textbooks will   3  you.

It is said that many Chinese middle schools are going to use e-textbooks. An e-textbook, in fact, is a small   4  for students. It is much   5  than a usual schoolbag and easy to carry. Though it is as small as a book, it can   6  everything for study. The students can read the text page by page on the   7  ，take notes   8  the pointer (屏写笔)，or even “hand in” their   9      to their teachers by sending e-mails. All they have to do is to press a button (按开关).

Some people say e-textbooks are good, but some say they may be   10  for the students’ eyes. What do you think of it?

An armless pianist who plays with his toes has won the first series of China’s version of the internationally popular TV talent show, “China’s Got Talent.”

Liu Wei, a 23-year-old Beijing-born pianist, who lost both his arms at the aged of 10 when he was electrocuted（触电）during a game of hide-and-seek. Liu Wei stayed in rehabilitation（康复）centre for 2 years. When he got out, he was introduced to Beijing’s disabled swimming team, and he managed to take 2 gold medals in the National Disabled Swimming Championship at the aged of 14. But soon he was told not to do too much sport by the doctor.

Liu Wei was very sad. Luckily, the door was shut on sports, but it opened in music. At the age of 18, he started to learn the piano. He could not find a teacher to lead him to play with his toes, so he began teaching himself. Liu said, “I knew if I tried, I might get a chance at success. If I didn’t try, I would lose my future.”

He carried on a daily 7-hour practice, his improvement gave him hope. He kept practicing and made progress gradually. In early 2011, he gave a memorable performance in Vienna’s Golden Concert Hall. In 2012, he received the award “Top Ten People Who Moved China”.

1.Liu Wei lost both his arms when he was______ years old.

    A. 10                       B. 14                       C. 23

2.Besides playing the piano, Liu Wei is also good at _______.

    A. playing games

B. learning from others

C. armless swimming

3.Liu Wei was taught by ________ to play the piano with toes.

    A. his teacher                  B. his mother                   C. himself

4.The sentence “The door was shut on sports, but it opened in music” means that Liu Wei ______.

    A. lost the future of music

B. got other chances at success

C. couldn’t do sports

5.The best title of this passage is “_________”

    A. One is never too old to learn

    B. Time and tide wait for no man

    C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way