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　　Sandy and Billy are in their classroom now. Billy has a white mouse (老鼠). Its name is Tommy. It's in a box under the desk. Billy and Sandy are playing with (和……一起玩) Tommy. Their teacher, Miss Williams doesn't see them doing that. Sandy has a sandwich in her bag.

Billy: What's that? Does Tommy like sandwiches?

Sandy: Oh, yes. Let him eat a piece (一块).

Billy: Oh! Be careful (小心), Sandy.

Tommy jumps out (跳出) of the box and runs away.

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(1) Sandy and Billy are ________ now.

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A．in Sandy's bedroom

B．at home

C．in the classroom

D．in Billy's bedroom

(2) The mouse's name is ________.

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(3) Sandy has a ________.

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(4) At last (最后), Tommy ________.

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　　First, all the English words are arranged（排列）in the letter order. In the dictionary you can see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D... That means, if there are two words, for example, “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth... For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” is before “just”, etc.

A．new words in reading

B．the best way of reading

C．using an English-Chinese dictionary

A．how to read the word

B．the spelling of the word

C．who used the word first

A．perhaps, produce, plenty

B．straight, subject, surprise

C．century, centre, business

A．you have to use a dictionary when you read something in English

B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell you everything about a word

C．an English-Chinese dictionary can help you a lot in your English study

　　The teacher looks at it and gets angry. “Why do you give me a piece of paper with nothing on it, Jim?” asks the teacher.

　　“I'm sorry, sir,” says Jim. “I draw a cow and some grass on the paper.”

　　“Where's the cow and where's the grass?” asks the teacher again.

　　“I draw some grass first. When I finish drawing the cow, she eats up the grass. When I give it to you, she runs away,” says Jim.

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　　Hello! My name is Mike. I'm 16. Today I'd like to introduce my school day. I'm a student in No. 19 Middle School. Every day I must get up at 6∶30. I have my breakfast at 7∶00. I always have an egg and a glass of milk. I leave for school at 7∶20. I have an English class at 9∶00. My favourite subject is chemistry. But my best friend Jack likes history and science. I'm at school from 7∶50 a.m. to 4∶30 p.m. At 4∶15 in the afternoon I must clean the classroom. I go home at 4∶30. I have supper at 6∶00 in the evening. I watch the CCTV news at 7∶00. I go to bed at 9∶00. It's a busy day. Here is Betty -- my sister's introduction about her school day.

A．8 hours.

B．8 hours and 20 minutes.

C．8 hours and 40 minutes.

　　The programs Sun Xiaomei hosts (主持) might be one of the shortest on CCTV. is only once (一次) a week for 15 minutes. He and I comes on for five minutes each time, once a week, too. "Though these programs are short, I have many ideas to make them more exciting for the audience (观众)," she said.

　　Sun Xiaomei is interested in music. She plays the violin very well. Her father wants her to enter a music school, but she doesn't. She loves to be a hostess very much. She pays much attention to learning from the others, especially Zhao Zhongxiang.

　　"I'm sure that when hundreds of millions of audience see me on the weekend, I can make friends with them through my warm and easy talk," she said.

(1) The programs Sun Xiaomei hosts are ________.

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A．On Screen Next Week

B．TV You, He and I

C．Both A and B

(2) It takes Sun Xiaomei ________ minutes to host the programs each week.

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(3) "I have many ideas to make them more exciting for the audience." The word "them" in the sentence means ________.

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A．the TV screens

B．the TV programs

C．many ideas

(4) Which of the following is not true?

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A．She likes music.

B．She plays the violin well.

C．She goes to a music school.

(5) Why is she sure that she can make friends with her audience? Because ________.

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A．she's always ready to learn from others

B．she has a warm and easy talk to them

C．all the above

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Dear Maria,

　　How are you doing? I am in Beijing, China right now. Everything is very interesting here. The food is different but a lot of things are the same as in America. The young people in Beijing like to see movies on weekends.

　　Young Americans like to do the same things. The older Chinese like to watch things like Beijing Opera. It is like a story-song. Americans do not have Beijing Opera. I like it very much.

　　I have a DVD player in my room. So when I am tired, I like to watch some comedies. I also like to watch Chinese action movies. Jackie Chan is a Chinese actor. I think he is funny and really good at kung fu. I like to watch his movies.

　　Please write back soon.

Sincerely,

Sally

(1) Sally likes Beijing ________.

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(2) Jackie Chan is a (an) ________ actor.

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(3) Sally is writing the letter in ________, China.

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(4) The young people in Beijing love to see movies ________.

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(5) I like to watch ________.

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A．comedies and action movies

B．Beijing Opera

C．A & B

　　“Have a cake, Jack. It's very nice,” his mother says. “No, thank you. Mum, I must go now. It's late.”

A．a cup of tea, an egg and some cakes

B．an egg, a glass of milk and some bread

C．a cup of tea, an orange and some eggs

D．an egg, some bread and a cup of tea

A．English Learning.

B．Office 2000.

C．Cambridge Young Learner's English.

A．On Sunday evening.

B．On Friday evening.

C．On Sunday morning.

　　Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office. One day, Mr Jones says to Mr Brown, “I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?” Mr Brown says, “Thank you very much. I'd love to, but let me ask my wife first.”

　　“What's the matter?” asks Mr Jones. “Is your wife there at home?”

　　“No,” answers Mr Brown. “She isn't there. My small son answers the telephone. I say to him, 'Is your mother there, David?' and he answers, 'No, she isn't in the house.' 'Where is she?' I ask. 'She is somewhere outside.' 'What's she doing?'

　　'She is looking for me.'”

A．She is playing cards with her son at home.

B．She is out somewhere looking for her son.

C．She's buying things in the supermarket.

　　The Noodle House has really good noodles. They are cheap, and they're excellent!

　　You can get small, medium, or large bowls of noodles.

　　The Noodle House has some great specials. Special A has beef and tomatoes. It is only RMB 5. Special B has mutton and cabbage. It is RMB 6. And Special C comes with chicken and carrot. It's RMB 7. Special C is my favorite.

　　You can get some other great food at the Noodle House. For example, you can get 16 dumplings for RMB 10. You can get great desserts! You can get strawberry, banana, and chocolate ice cream.

　　They're delicious! Go to the Noodle House soon. I know you'll like it!

(1) The Noodle House has really good noodles. They are ________.

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(2) You can get ________ bowls of noodles.

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A．small, or large

B．small and large

C．small, medium, or large

D．small, medium, and large

(3) ________ has beef and tomatoes. It is only RMB 5.

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A．Special A

B．Special B

C．Special C

D．Special A and Special C

(4) ________ is my favorite.

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A．Special A

B．Special B

C．Special C

D．Special A and Special C

(5) You can get ________ for RMB 10.

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