I have a pen pal in Canada. His name is Simon. He lives in Ottawa, Canada. He is twelve years old. He also studies in a middle school.

Simon lives in a happy family. His father is a policeman and his mother is a bank clerk (职员). Simon and his parents like exercising. They almost exercise every day. Simon’s father is tall. He is good at playing basketball. Simon’s mother likes playing volleyball.

Simon usually gets up at 6.30 am. He eats his breakfast at home. Then he goes to school. It’s kind of far from the school to his home, so he usually has his lunch at school.

Usually, Simon does his homework four times a week. Simon likes watching TV. He u­sually watches TV for about one hour every day. He goes to bed at nine.

(      ) 66. Where does Simon come from?

A. England.           B. America.          C. Canada.           D. China.

(      ) 67. How many people are there in Simon’s family?

A. Two.               B. Three.                    C. Four.               D. Five.

(      ) 68. What does Simon’s father do?

A. He is a policeman.                         B. He is a student.

C. He is a bank clerk.                         D. He is a teacher.

(      ) 69. Where does Simon usually have lunch?

A. At school.                                     B. At home.

C. In the students’ homes.                  D. In the teachers’ homes.

(      ) 70. How long does Simon usually watch TV a week ?

A. One hour.           B. Two hours.             C. Five hours.         D. Seven hours.

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Many people like__66__. Children like animals__67__. Usually we can only see dogs, cats, ducks or chickens around us. We__68__see other animals such as elephants, tigers, pandas or monkeys. On Sunday, __69__often take__70__children to the zoo. How happy the children are! They__71__from one place to another. They give animals all__72__of good food to eat.

They__73__there hour after hour. They don't want to go__74__. Children __75__have a good time in the zoo.

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Have you heard country music? It’s very beautiful. And many people like singing and   66 to it. Do you know how it came from? Now let me say something about it.

Western country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. It is a   67   of music from all of these places.

In the west of America, cowboys had to take care of their cows. They had to watch    68 all day and all night because the cows were nervous and   69   they ran away. A cowboy’s   life was interesting and dangerous. When he was   70  in the desert with the cattle, nobody was around him, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He also   71  music to the cows to make them quiet. Of course, the cowboys also sang music when they traveled to town to relax and   72   themselves.

Western country music describes life. It talks  73    love, jobs, home and money. It talks about friends and enemies, farms and crops. People in many   74   of the world like western country music. Everyone   75   something about these ideas.

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    63    for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    64   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the    65    gift?

It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    66   . In many Western countries watches and    67    are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68   .

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   69   ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't   70    red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

1.A. money B. gifts C food

2. A. person B. place C. winter

3. A. right B. wrong C. shiny

4. A. country B. city C. village

5.A. flowers B. books C. clocks

6.A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky

7. A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea

8.A. receive B. accept C. give