I'm a new student here. My name is Gina. I'm twelve years old. In my family, there are six people.
My grandmother, my grandfather, my mother, my father, my sister and I. I live in Beijing now. My
telephone number is 535-4567.

1. Gina is a _______.
2. There are _______ people in her _______.
3. She has (有) a _______.
4. 535-4567 is her _______ _______.

      This is Mike's bedroom (卧室). You can see a desk and a bed in the room. On the desk, there is
a backpack and three books. One is a Chinese book, the other two are English books. There is a clock
on the desk, too. You can see a baseball under (在…下面) the desk. On the bed there is a box. Can you
guess what's in the box? Ah, it's a new computer game. It's the present (礼物) for Mike's seventh (第七)
birthday.

1. Whose (谁的) room is this?

A. May's.
B. Mike's.
C. Simon's

2. How many (多少) Chinese books are there on the desk?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three

3. What's that under the desk?

A. A clock
B. A bed
C. A baseball

4. What can't (不能) you see on the desk?

A. Book
B. Backpack
C. Computer

5. How old is Mike?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7

     Most international students are between the ages of 16 and 20 or even o  1  . These are the r  2   
ages for young people to look after themselves. International students will f  3  two problems:
independence (独立) and study.
      Firstly, It's very important for international students to have independence. If they always ask for
help from their p 4   , They will be a 5   most of the time when they study aboard.
      Secondly, international students study h  6   than they do at home. They not only study more
d 7   subjects but also have to study a f  8   language to understand their teachers and the b 9   which
they use.
      So it's not e 10  to study abroad. They must overcome (克服) the two problems if they study
aboard.

      Basketball players are usually very tall. Because they need to put the ball into the basket. Other sports
players may be shorter than them.
      Short people often have better balance (平衡) than tall people, so they don't fall over very often. In
some sports the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis, they don't need to have long
legs to run fast! Some of the fast runners in the world are not very tall. Some people are tall and some are
short. The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters tall. Today young people in many countries grow taller
than their parents. This is because they eat better than their parents. Good food can help children grow.

1. Are all sports players tall?
   ________________________________
2. Is it better to be short than to be tall?
   ________________________________
3. Do fast runners all have long legs?
   ________________________________
4. How tall is the tallest man in the world?
   ________________________________
5. Why do young people grow taller than their parents?
   ________________________________

      We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a
plane one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years
ago.
       Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey
enjoyable.
       Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners (客轮) or river
boats. They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend
a holiday.
       Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundreds
of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or
to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why people choose
traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.

1. According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.

A. by car
B. by train
C. by plane
D. by sea

2. If we travel by car, we can _______.

A. enjoy the longest journey
B. travel only fifty miles a day
C. make our own timetable
D. travel to a very far place in a few minutes.

3. When people travel on business, they usually take _______.

A. a boat or a train
B. a car or a train
C. a plane or a car
D. a train or a plane

4. _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.

A. Cars
B. Modern trains
C. Planes
D. Buses

5. If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______.

A. it is as fast as trains and planes
B. it is a pleasant way to spend a holiday
C. it is very cheap
D. it can stop wherever they like

Dear John,
       Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me. We enjoyed
having you and your sister here. We hope that you will both be able to come again next year. Perhaps
you'll be able to stay longer next time. A week is not really long enough, is it? If your school has five
weeks' holiday next year, perhaps you will be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.
       We have been back at school three weeks now. It feels like three months! I expect that you are both
working very hard now because you are in Grade Two now. Tom and Ann won't be in Grade Two until
2007. They went for a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them, because I hurt my foot and I couldn't
walk very well. They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there.
       Tom, Ann and I send our best wishes to you. We hope to see you soon.
                                                                                                                                            yours,
                                                                                                                                        Michael

1. Who stayed with Michael for a holiday?
    ________________________________
2. How long did their holiday last for?
    ________________________________
3. From the sentence "It feels like three months!", we
    know that Michael has no interest in learning, right?
    ________________________________
4. Who will be in Grade Two in 2007?
    ________________________________
5. Why didn't Michael go to the island for a picnic yesterday?
    ________________________________

E-mail: Party From: 11350@csu.edu (Lisa Raster)
To : jennysmith@ yahoo.com (Jenny Smith)
Subject: Party!!!
        Hi Jenny. Listen, I'm having a party this Friday at my house. Just a few friends will be there.
Mostly they 're from the office. My boyfriend Tom will also come. He's a nice guy. I want you
to meet him.
       Do you want to come? We 'll play games and talk. Then we'll eat dinner. Everybody will bring
food or drinks. The party is this Friday. It starts at 4:00 PM. It will end at 8 or 9 PM.
       We'l1 have a great time! Can you come? I hope so! Let me know soon. Call me or send me
an e-mail.

1. "Mostly they're friends from the office." What does"friends from the office" mean?

A. Lisa's co-workers.
B. Living at the company.
C. Tom's co--workers.

2. They will eat _______ at the party.

A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. dinner

3. Who will not go to the party?

A. All Of Jenny's friends.
B. Somebody's boyfriend.
C. Lisa's friends.

4. What is true about the party?

A. Many people will go.
B. It will last four or five hours.
C. It's on the weekend.

5. What will Jenny do first?

A. Buy food for the party.
B. Call Tom.
C. Send an e-mall to Lisa.

Dear John,
       Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me. We enjoyed
having you and your sister here. We hope that you will both be able to come again next year. Perhaps
you'll be able to stay longer next time. A week is not really long enough, is it? If your school has five
weeks' holiday next year, perhaps you will be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.
       We have been back at school three weeks now. It feels like three months! I expect that you are both
working very hard now because you are in Grade Two now. Tom and Ann won't be in Grade Two until
2005. They went for a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them, because I hurt my foot and I couldn't
walk very well. They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there. Tom, Ann and I send our best
wishes to you. We hope to see you soon.
                                                                                                                                            Yours,
                                                                                                                                           Michael

1. Who stayed with Michael for a holiday?
     ________________________________
2. How long did their holiday last for?
     ________________________________
3. From the sentence "It feels like three months!",
   we know that Michael has no interest in learning, right?
     ________________________________
4. Who will be in Grade Two next year?
     ________________________________
5. Why didn't Michael go to the island for a picnic yesterday?
     ________________________________