Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English．It’s also one of the important ways of learning．

Some students say they don't want to read for pleasure．They say they want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words．They say that pleasure reading is too easy．

Many experts say that pleasure reading is very important for learning English．A very famous expert on learning languages says that pleasure reading helps you learn many important things about English．Students will learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure．They also learn more about good writing．

The experts tell ns that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way．Each student needs to learn something different．Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs．

Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying．When you read for pleasure，you choose your own books，and you don't have to remember everything．There are no tests on your pleasure reading books．Pleasure reading will help you；

* learn how English speakers use English

* read faster in English

* find examples of good writing in English

* learn new words

* learn about the cultures of English speaking countries

1．What is the easiest way to become a better English reader?

2．What do some students think of pleasure reading?

3．Is pleasure reading important for learning English?

4．There are no tests of pleasure reading，are there?

5．What's the greatest advantage of pleasure reading?

看图，（根据表情提示）回答下列问题。

1. -What's this in English?

  -_________________________________________________.

2.-Are they bananas?

      -_________________________________________________.

3.-Do you like bananas?

      -_________________________________________________.

4.-Let's play soccer.

      -_________________________________________________.

Great changes have taken place in people's lives in the past 20 years．In many ways，people live better than before，as we can see from the following points．

In the past，every family had several children．They lived a hard life．Many of the children couldn't get a good education．But recently，people have been changing their ideas．Now，families have fewer，but healthier children．Many of the children can go to college．

People used to keep in touch with relatives of friends mainly by sending letters．Now people can talk to others on the telephone or Internet an home．Also，people used to listen to the radio for news and other information．But now they can get the information in many ways，such as TV，Internet and so on．

Transportation（交通）has also changed．People used to walk to work and children used to go to school oil foot or by bike．It often took a lot of time．Today some families are rich enough to send their children to school in their own cars．The traffic is very convenient．People can save a lot of time for doing other useful things．

Lastly，big families used to have small rooms．The whole family had to live in a small apartment．These days，more and more buildings have been built，so more and more people have moved into big and bright apartments with several rooms．

In all，I think people's lives are becoming better and better．

1．How many points were mentioned?

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

2．In the past，why couldn't many children get a good education?

A．Because of their hard lives

B．Because their parents didn't let them go to school．

C．Because they didn't want to go to school．

D．Because they had new thoughts．

3．Today people can talk to others _________．

A．by telephone                                            B．on the Internet

C．only by sending letters                                 D．Both A and B

4．According to the fourth paragraph we know that _________．

A．children go to school only by bus                 B．children go to school only by bike

C．children go to school only on foot                D．the traffic is very convenient

5．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?

A．After a family plan was carried out，every family still had several children

B．Most families have their own cars

C．More and more buildings age being built

D．There are no buses between cities and counties

As we all know，the Americans and the British people not only speak the same language……English，but also have a large number of ways of doing things．For example，in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time．This is often true for women as well as for men．Also，most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to a woman and so will most Americans．That is polite，we call that “Lady first”．

Neither the British nor the Americans think that standing in a queue at the post office，the movies，the bank，supermarket or anywhere is wrong．To be on time is important both in England，and America．That is，if a dinner invitation is for seven o'clock，the dinner guest can't arrive by the time，he or she should call up to explain why he or she will be late or why he or she can't come．Of course，the Americans and the British have some differences：the Americans have “coffee breaks”，while the British more often have “tea breaks”，for example．But there is much more than that they have in common．

1．Which language do both the American and the British people speak?

2．When do people shake hands with foreigners?

3．Why do most men in England open the door for women?

4．What do British people have while Americans have coffee break?

5．If we can't come to the dinner，what should we do?

We use a lot of paper every day．If we keep on wasting so much paper，there will not be any trees left on the earth．If there are no trees，there will be no paper．Every day，people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city．It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper．This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day．Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow，we must start to use less paper now．If we don't，we will not have enough time to grow trees to take the place of those we use for paper．

So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper，especially when we are making notes．We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets per bag，we can save it and reuse it later．

Everyone can help to save paper．If we all think carefully，we can help to protect tree．But we should do it now，before it is too late．

1．What's the passage about?

2．How many trees are we cutting every day?

3．How long does it take for a tree to grow?

4．Why should we choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets?

5．What will happen if we keep on wasting paper?

请根据图片所提供的信息，以Save the environment，Save ourselves 为题，写一篇80词左右的短文，以唤起我们大家保护环境的意识。

用方框中词的适当形式填空。

Americans enjoy Halloween（万圣节）. Halloween started hundreds（百）of years ago in Britain（英国）. People think that October 31st was the end of fall（秋天）and the  1    of winter. At that time, ghosts（鬼）came back to see us in our world.

These days, Halloween is a time to have  2   . People like  3    games at Halloween parties. One of these games is apple-bobbing（浮在水面上的苹果）. People try to pick up（捡起） apples with their  4   . The apples are in water. You can’t use  5   , so it’s very  6   .

Some people have   7    faces（脸） and black mouths（嘴）like ghosts（鬼）. They’re really  8   .

The favorite Halloween activity（活动） for young children is “trick or treat.” They go to houses in their neighborhood and  9    “Trick or treat!” People give them something nice to eat  10    they don’t want the children to trick（捉弄） them!

根据所给的音标，写出相应的单词。

1．               2．                  3．                4．

5．                6．                7．               8．

9．                 10．

My name is Linda Brown．I’m 14 years old．I am art American girl．I have two brothers，Sam and Mike．I often play tennis on weekends．It’s my favorite sport．I enjoy music at school．It’s very interesting．My favorite movie is WHO AM I? It’s an action movie．Do you know it? Please write and tell me about yourself．

根据短文内容完成ID card。

完成下面一段话。

This is a Chinese girl．________name is Wei Hua．She is in No．9___________School．She is h________ One, Grade Two．We are in the _________class．Our English teacher is  ________ Green．We love her．