“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance tonight. I hope you’ll come. Here is the ticket. Don’t forget!” Then she    41  in a hurry.
“What? Dance? Is that    42  ?” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was quite common one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact, she really did not know    43   to dress up. What a terrible thing!
“I should go to, I must go to.” I thought.
I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my seat and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a    44   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,    45   her performance was worth(值得)watching, no matter how long I would wait.
Time went    46  , I tried my best not to fall asleep.
Just then, came the words, “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”
Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,    47   to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shiny skirt, Mary appeared. She danced with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying … I could    48   believe my eyes.
After all the performance ended, I    49   her at the gate.
“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶) shoes. “How do you feel?”
“Fantastic!” I answered.
“Ha, ha. I knew it would be.” She could not hide her excitement, laughing    50  a child.
At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

Hi, I’m Brian. This is the photo of my family. My grandfather is with glasses. He has little hair. The one standing next to him is my uncle. He is wearing a cap. My grandmother has gray hair. She is a kind woman. She is holding my younger brother. He has short curly hair. The woman standing behind me is my mom. She has straight brown hair. There is a little girl sitting on the table. Her name is Cathy. She is my sister. She is wearing a green T-shirt and a pair of green socks. It’s her favorite color. Which one is my father? Well, he is wearing glasses, too. He is in brown shorts and brown shoes. His name is Sam. Now, do you know where he is?
【小题1】How many people are there in the passage?

Hi, Mary. Now let me tell you about my family. I have a big family. There are seven people in my family---- my parents, my aunt, my brother, my sister, my cousin and I.
My parents are teachers in a middle school. My father, Jack, is a math(数学) teacher and my mother, Laura, is an English teacher. My anut Sarah doesn’t work (工作) now and she cooks (做饭) for us every day. Her son Jim, is my classmate (同班同学). And my brother, Tony, is in Grade （年级）Nine now. His math is very good. And my sister, Sharon, works very hard (努力地). Her teachers like her very much. I have a happy family.
【小题1】How many people are there in Mary’s family?
A Eight       B Seven       C Nine          D Ten
【小题2】Mary’s father is a/an ______ teacher and her mother is a/an _______ teacher.
A math, math    B math   English    C English  math    D English   English
【小题3】According to (根据) the passage (文章), who works very hard?
A Mary’s aunt    B Mary’s brother      C Mary’s sister      D Mary
【小题4】According to the passage, who are students?
A Mary                   B Mary and Jim
C Mary, Jim and Tony.     D Mary Jim Tony and Sharon
【小题5】Which (哪一个) is right (对的)?
A Mary has (有) a small family.
B Mary’s parents are English teachers.
C Mary’s aunt, Sarah, works hard now.
D Mary’s family is happy.

Hi, my name is Wang Jun. Do you want to know about my staying in America? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since Grade Five. But I didn’t know textbook English could be so different from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say “I’m fine.” when people say “How are you?” But in the USA, I found that people say “I’m good.” or “I’m tired.”
One day, someone greeted （问候） 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 learnt more and more differences between Chinese and American cultures. To my surprise, American girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun getting a tan (晒黑的肤色). In China, girls try every possible way to keep their skin white.
American students are hard-working like Chinese students. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student not only gets good grades, but also does a lot for the public. That is to say, they get lots of knowledge at school and learn many life skills from social （社会的） work.
【小题1】In China, Wang Jun had _______ English classes every week.

How are you?