Do you know the girl over there? She wears a hat with flowers on it. Her name is Xinzi. She is a nice Japanese girl, my new friend. She is in our class, studying Chinese.
I like Xinzi. I don’t know Japanese, and Xinzi doesn’t know much Chinese. We know some English. We are the same age. And we have the same interests. We like to sing Chinese, Japanese and English songs. I help her to ride a bike and fly a kite. She helps me to swim and jump. We like playing football, but we can’t play at school because the playground is small. Xinzi and the other girls in our class will go to the swimming pool on Monday, and I want to go with them.
【小题1】What does the girl know?

Do you know some world famous brands (品脾), such as Nike, adidas, Kappa...？ What do you think of them？ Do you use their products(产品)？ Here are some students' opinions:

Sam: I am a Nike fan. Many of Nike's advertisements are fun and its products are great! I have a pair of Nike basketball shoes.

Joe: In my eyes , top brand means high quality, So I love top brand products though they're very expensive. I was glad Mum bought me a Kappa T-shirt last month.

Sally：The logos(标识) of famous brands are usually unique and nice. It's cool to own products with those logos. Sometimes I wear my adidas coat.

Jack：Many top brand products are advertised by spokesmen(代言人). I love the spokesmen of many top brand products. I've got many Nike socks.

Susan: I know it's popular for young people to have famous brand products these days. But my parents both lost their jobs. I have no interest in following the fashion. I only choose the products that are not expensive.

Adam: As a student, I don't earn money myself. It's not easy for my parents to support me. So I only use some ordinary products. I don't agree students use the famous brand products.

1.Joe loves top brand products because he thinks ______.

A．top brand means high quality

B．top brands' advertisements are fun

C．it's cool to own top brand products

D．the spokesmen of top brand products are his favourite

2.What does Sally think of the products of famous brands?

A．She thinks they are expensive.             B．She thinks it's cool to own them.

C．She thinks they are popular.               D．She thinks they don't suit her.

3.Among the six students, who don't have top brand products?

A．Sam and Joe.       B．Sally and Jack.      C．Susan and Adam.    D．Jack and Sam.

Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:

Education

School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don't have to pay for school.

For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there's clean­ing , washing and helping Mum with the meal.

Daily fun

It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 绳子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa.

Internet

It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均 的) monthly pay per person.

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.

1. The underlined word "Chores" probably means

A．网上冲浪B．家务杂活C．体育活动D．家庭作业

2. Sports are very popular in Africa because chil­dren _________.

A. do not need money to play

B. can play all kinds of ball games

C. don't like to go to school

D. don't like to do their homework

3.The passage is mainly about_________.

A. education in Africa

B. children's school life in Africa

C. the Internet in Africa

D. children's daily life in Africa

4.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that in Africa_________.

A. basketball is popular among children

B. children in Africa have to pay for school

C. some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes

D. people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries