Do you want to know anything about ma staying in America? Well, Let me tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.

In China, I had English classes five times a week since the fifth grade. However didn’t know textbook English was very different from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.

When I first studied English, I was told to say，“I am fine” when people say “How are you?”But in the US, I found that people say,” I am good” or “I am tired.”

One day, someone greeted 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 discovered more and more differences between Chinese and the US cultures.

To my surprise, the US girls spend a lot of time in burning sun getting a tan （晒黑）. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler（白的）.

I am also surprised by how hardworking the US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard all the time. But here, an “excellent” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music .The kids here are so talented ，I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.

1. How often did the writer have an English class in Grade Five?

A. Four times a week.

B. Five times a week.

C. Six times a week.

2.To the winter, textbook English is           everyday English.

A. quite different from B. the same as   C. easier than

3.A good US student spends his/her time          .

A. only in doing homework 

B. only on sports or music

C. on studies, sports or music and public work

4.Which of following is NOT true?             

A. The writer is now in the US

B. American girls love to have while skin

C. The US students are talented and hard working.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?           

A. My own Travel in the US.

B. My Study in the US.

C. My friends in the US.

I often go to a shopping center with my mother. The shopping center is new and__1__. There are lots of great things there.  There are __2__and food. There are many people there. ___3__do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are good and at a very great price. The ____4__there are nice and friendly. So I buy a T-shirt ___5__ red for only 2 dollars.

My sister Mary has a yellow sweater. It’s very nice. But it’s too small. She ___6____a new one. She goes to the shopping center with us on Sunday. Because she doesn’t go to __7____ that day. There are many clothes on__8____. They are very nice. They are in all___9___. There are red, black, red and blue ones. She likes a blue sweater very much. __10____it’s too big. At last, she takes a green sweater for only 0 dollars.

1. A. old     B. big     C. boring    D. sad

2. A. vegetables  B. fruit  C. dessert   D. clothes

3. A. What    B. When   C. Why     D. Where

4.  A. people   B. girls    C. clerks    D. boys

5.  A. with     B. to      C. in        D. on

6.  A. want    B. needs    C. haves    D. buy

7.  A. school   B. shop     C. store    D. home

8. A. sale     B. shop    C. sweater   D. food

9.  A. sizes     B. colors   C. clothes   D. things

10. A. And     B. But      C. Or      D. Too

书面表达

根据以下提示写一段短文。（不少于60 words）

假设你是Nancy，你邀请你的朋友Lucy 来你家玩，但你很忙不能亲自去接她。请你给她写一封邮件告诉她该怎么到你家。要求包括以下要点。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

1、从机场（airport）出来即可乘坐出租车。

2、经过花园酒店(Garden Hotel)

3、向左拐，然后沿着Bridge Street 走，你可以看见一个超市，超市对面有一家餐馆，餐馆旁边是邮局，我家就在邮局后面，是一座带花园的小房子。

Dear Lucy,

I’m sorry I can’t meet you at the airport. Let me tell you the way to my house. _______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

I hope you will have a good trip.

Yours,

Nancy

– Let’s make fruit salad. But what do we need?
– Well, let me tell you the name of the           .
A. ingredient           B. invitation              C. instruction