October 1st, 2011

Dear Ann,

　　I hope that you and your children will be here in two weeks. My husband and I will  go to meet you at the train station. Our town is small but it is nice and beautiful. Your son Tom can go to the sports center every day. He can play games and go swimming there. Jill  is also lucky. My son has a cat and two sheep and I have two horses. She can play with them all day.

Please don't worry. I'm sure you’ll have a good time here.　See you soon.

Best wishes,

Linda

1.The letter was from ________________.

2.Ann and her children will go to Linda’s home on about______________.

3.Linda lives in ________________ .

4.Ann and her children are going to Linda’s home _____________.

5.From the letter we know that Tom loves        and Jill loves          .

October 1st, 2011
Dear Ann,
　　I hope that you and your children will be here in two weeks. My husband and I will  go to meet you at the train station. Our town is small but it is nice and beautiful. Your son Tom can go to the sports center every day. He can play games and go swimming there. Jill  is also lucky. My son has a cat and two sheep and I have two horses. She can play with them all day.
Please don't worry. I'm sure you’ll have a good time here.　See you soon.
Best wishes,
Linda
【小题1】The letter was from ________________.

　　Mary is from Canada. She teaches English in China now. She knows a little Chinese. She isn’t free from Monday to Friday. So she often goes shopping on Saturday (星期六).

　　Today is Saturday. Mary goes to the shop. She comes out of her car and goes into the shop. “What can I do for you?”the girl in the shop asks her in Chinese. Mary thinks she can tell the boy what she wants in Chinese. So she says in Chinese, “A quilt (被子), please.”Then the girl goes to the back of the shop. “My Chinese is not bad. The girl understands (理解) me.” She thinks.

Mary is happy. Soon (不久) the girl comes back. She shows Mary a cup (杯子).

1.What’s Mary?

A. a student B. a doctor C. a teacher

2. What does Mary often do on Saturday?

A. do some washing B. go shopping C. go to school

3.How does Mary go to the shop?

A. by bus B. by train C. by car

4.What does Mary think of her Chinese?

A. very good B. very bad C. very poor

5.What does the girl think Mary need?

A. a cup B. a quilt C. books

阅读短文，完成表格。

　　Mary is a student in a nursing school. She is going o graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, and the other is in a country hospital.

　　The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital. It takes care of all kinds of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers and mountains. The salary is average, ＄1400 a month. But apartment rents are low.

　　Mary likes both the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose.