—Lucy, I hear the new TV tower is fantastic. Could you tell me ?

—Sure! Take No. 8 bus. It’s not far.

A. how far is it B. where is it

C. how I can get there D. which bus should I take

Every country has many volunteers who help to take care of others. They_________ books to the people in hospitals or homes for the elderly. Sometimes they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their________.

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or _______ . They paint, clean up,__________their houses or do their shopping.

For boys who no longer have__________, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing places and help them to get to know things that boys_________ learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts (工艺). Some of these clubs organize short__________to the mountains, beaches, or other places of interest________ . Most of these clubs use high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to _________the names of boys and girls.

Volunteers believe that the happiest people in the world are those who help to_________ happiness to others.

1.A. sell B. read C. throw D. show

2.A. voices B. speeches C. songs D. problems

3.A. young B. happy C. old D. hungry

4.A. repair B. pollute C. build D. remove

5.A. brothers B. sisters C. fathers D. mothers

6.A. never B. usually C. only D. seldom

7.A. meetings B. picnics C. parties D. trips

8.A. nearby B. faraway C. abroad D. home

9.A. report B. forget C. remember D. choose

10.A. cause B. bring C. take D. lend

What problems do the teenagers probably have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.

1.What problems are caused by too much homework?

A. Feeling stressed and fighting with each other.

B. Feeling tired of study and getting fat.

C. Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted.

D. Getting short-sighted and feeling tired of study.

2.If Simon is feeling stressed, he should .

A. buy some snacks

B. do much more homework

C. donate his pocket money to Project Hope

D. make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies

3.Which is a good way for the teenagers to stop fights?

A. Doing less homework. B. Learning how to make friends.

C. Playing computer games. D. Paying no attention to each other.

As an Englishman, I can speak three languages—English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren’t.

Some statistics（数据）from the survey done by the European Commission（欧盟委员会）showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.

And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That’s why my people don’t think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.

In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don’t students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.

To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.

Changing the British attitude（态度）to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decided to try!

1.Which of the following about the British people is TRUE?

A. They are good language learners.

B. 62% of them speak two or more languages.

C. More than half of them only speak English.

D. They are famous for speaking foreign languages.

2.In Paragraph 4, “option” means .

A. game B. choice C. mistake D. conversation

3.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Speaking English B. Young English learners

C. Schools in the UK D. Foreign Language Learning in the UK

It seems school children all over the world complain about their school food. Cherie Blair,the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?

Japan

High schools have canteens(餐厅), which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not burgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish,pickles(泡菜) and vegetables.

Students take home a menu for the coming month including notes on nutrition value. Twice a year parents are invited to have a taste of the food. The class with the fewest leftovers(剩饭) at the end of the month receives a prize.

United States

A typical menu from an American school is made up of a hamburger with fried potatoes or roast chicken, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily dietary allowances(定量) of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories.

Australia

Meat pies, sausage rolls and hot dogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the country pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.

Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labelled foods, like pastries(点心), chocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labelled foods such as sushi(寿司), sandwiches, corn and watermelon. In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.

South Africa

Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30 p m and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches. Fast food and fried food sell the best among students. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different diseases, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition. Now students at these schools are provided with porridge(麦片粥) with vegetables, such as onions,beans, carrots and tomatoes.

1.Cherie Blair thought that .

A. her son should enjoy his school dinners

B. Tony Blair should complain about he school food

C. she was too busy to make packed lunch for her son

D. school dinners in her son’s school were not good enough

2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. There are no canteens in most schools in South Africa.

B. School lunches in the United States have enough nutrition.

C. Australian schools encouraged students to eat red-labelled foods.

D. Not all schools in Japan have canteens to serve food to students.

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

A. All traditional dishes in Australian school shops are very healthy.

B. There are a lot of traffic lights in most Australian schools.

C. Australian schools have started to serve healthier foods to students.

D. Chocolate and watermelon are regarded (看作) as healthier foods in Australia.

4.From the passage, we know that .

A. high school canteens in Japan serve all kinds of food

B. one third of the students in the US have lunch at school

C. school serve different foods from country to country

D. Australian students are not allowed to buy soft drinks

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One day, our English teacher Mr Smith came into the classroom with a book in his hand. He started his lesson with a question, “Who can d1. what stress is like?” No one answered. Then he raised the book and asked, “How heavy is the book?” We b2. to think and guess. One student stood up and said, “I think it is 100 grams.” Another student said, “It is 200 grams.” Our answers were d3.. At last, Mr Smith explained, “The real weight doesn’t m4.. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have a pain in my right arm. If I hold it for a d5., I will have to ask you to send me a doctor. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the h6. it becomes. This book stands for stress. If you hold it without p7. it down, sooner or later, you will not be a8. to hold on. No matter how much stress you have, stop and take a rest if possible. Boys and girls, you should learn to relax y9.. I am sure you will live a happy school life.” We will n10. forget Mr Smith and this meaningful lesson.

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Good morning, boys and girls. Today I’ll give you a talk about going online.

We know that there are too many net bars（网吧）around us. The Internet makes our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more information around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also when we send e-mails to our friends, they can get them right away. It can help us keep in touch with people from all over the world.

But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. It takes them too much time to chat online, so they don’t do better in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. I think we should get online with our teachers or parents.

At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some activities after school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football. We also have some interest groups in school, such as drawing, singing and dancing. We can go to the English corner on Monday afternoon. I hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.

That’s all! Thank you.

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When I was eight years old, my family moved from Edinburgh to London because father started a new job there. It was hundreds of miles away from my grandmother, so we sometimes spent hours ______ to Edinburgh to visit her when we missed her terribly.

Grandmother never had much. She didn't have ______ things, or live in a nice house, but I could feel with my ______ that she loved us deeply, especially when my world was turned upside down ______ my mother and father divorced(离婚) two years later.

I still remember those little things, Grandmother allowed me to sit on top of her ______ table, getting me to dip(蘸) my fingers in the sugar bowl or ______ from her coffee cup. Grandmother had a beautiful bottle high on a shelf. One day after her ______， I received a box. To my surprise, I found the ______ inside. She remembered once I had asked her for it.

Grandmother ______ her pennies(便士) in a glass jar. She could use those pennies herself but she kept ______ for my brother Tommy and me. And I was always ______ to divide the pennies between my brother and me. “One for you, one for me，” I would repeat(重复) ______ the jar was empty. I don't remember how much we got on our visits, but I know that's ______ she loved us and cared about us when we were far away from her. So if I am ______ enough to find a penny lying on the ground one day, I am sure it is just the one from Grandmother in heaven(天堂)．

Those childhood memories have never gone away from me. Instead, they still give me warm feelings through the years. A grandmother's ______ stays with a grandchild as long as he needs it. You know, love is just like that.

1.A. hiking B. running C. driving D. walking

2.A. normal B. expensive C. cheap D. old

3.A. life B. heart C. idea D. thought

4.A. because B. unless C. while D. before

5.A. bedroom B. garden C. bathroom D. kitchen

6.A. fill B. eat C. use D. drink

7.A. die B. dead C. death D. died

8.A. bottle B. box C. bowl D. cup

9.A. used B. found C. saved D. lost

10.A. them B. it C. her D. us

11.A. excite B. exciting C. excited D. excitement

12.A. if B. as C. although D. until

13.A. what B. how C. when D. where

14.A. patient B. sad C. lucky D. bored

15.A. interest B. love C. smile D. mind

Oxfam Trailwalker has been one of Hong Kong's biggest money?raising events since 1981. It is organized by Oxfam Hong Kong to raise money for helping poor people. People over eighteen can group themselves into a team of four people and join this walk.

Oxfam Trailwalker is a hard hike because you have to finish walking 100 kilometers in 48 hours. It means you may have to walk two days and nights without sleeping. The trailwalkers have to walk through eight country parks and over twenty hills and mountains.

It is a good chance for people to learn team spirit. All the team members must walk together to finish the hike because only the team's finishing time will be recorded. It is necessary for them to support and help each other. You should plan what you are going to carry during the walk. You cannot carry everything with you, so it is useful to have supports from your teammates. Warm and dry clothes are also necessary. Each team must raise at least HK$6，000.

1.Oxfam Hong Kong raises money for ________．

A. we don't know B. going to the mountains

C. helping poor people D. walking

2.Oxfam Trailwalker is a hard hike because ________．

A. you have to finish walking 100 kilometers in 48 hours

B. people over eighteen can group themselves into a team of four people

C. you have to walk day and night

D. you have to carry many heavy things

3.Which is NOT necessary for Oxfam Trailwalker?

A. Support and help each other.

B. Plan what you are going to carry during the walk.

C. Bring some food and drinks.

D. Bring everything with you.