America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real，yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two，perhaps a few letters for a while— then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand，because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings，extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes，share their holidays，and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives，they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes，we，as hosts，will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans，however，express their welcome usually at homes，but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes，the welcome will be full，warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans，it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants，except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
小题1:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?　　

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

小题2: From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend，we will probably be ______.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport

B．offered a ride to his home

C．treated hospitably at his home

D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

小题3:The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A．strict with time	B．willing to spend time
C．careful with time	D．serious with time

小题4:A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A．Friendships between Chinese

B．Friendships between Americans

C．Americans’hospitality

D．Americans’and Chinese’s views of friendships

Singapore’s public transport system（公共交通系统）is one of the best in the world, so you should have no problem finding your way around like a local．There are three main forms of public transport here that you would find in any other big city--trains, buses and taxis．

		TRAINS Trains run from 6 a．m．to midnight． Single trip tickets start at 80 cents．If you buy an EZ-Link card for $15, you can ride the trains and buses as you like．If you need more information, just call Transit Link at 18007674333．
BUSES There are several bus services in Singapore and fares（车费）start at 80 cents．Be sure to always ask the driver the cost of your ticket as he cannot give you changes．If you need help, just call Transit Link at 18007674333．
	TAXIS There are three main taxi companies--City Cab（65522222），Comfort（65521111）and Tibs（65528888）．Booking can also be made easily by calling the number above．
RENTAL（租）CARS Driving in Singapore is a pleasure and if you like to travel as you like, renting a car is a good choice．Renting takes away the hassle of getting to places around Singapore．Just sit back and enjoy the city．It also means you’ll get to see a lot more that a train or a bus won’t let you see．For car rental, call Avis on 6567371668．

小题1:If you need to rent a car, you may call __________．

A．65528888

B．6567371668

C．18007674333

D．65522222

小题2:Buy an EZ-Link card, and you can take __________．

A．both buses and trains	B．only trains
C．both buses and taxis	D．only rental cars

小题3:What is a good choice if you ant to travel freely in Singapore?

A．To take a bus．	B．To take a train．
C．To rent a car．	D．To take a taxi．

小题4:The passage mainly talks about __________ in Singapore．

A．how to rent a car	B．how to take a bus
C．3 taxi companies	D．public transport system

小题5:What so you know about traveling in Singapore from the passage?

A．A local has some trouble finding his way around．

B．It’s much cheaper to go around by bus than by train．

C．You can see a lot more in Singapore only by renting a car．

D．It’s easy and convenient for visitors to travel in Singapore．

A hobby is not a job or a school subject. A hobby is something you enjoy doing in your spare time. It’s not something you need to do. It’s just fun. Some people make model ships, keep pets, plant flowers, play computer games or chat on the Internet. Some paint pictures or dance to music. Some collect everything from stamps to seashells (海贝壳)…．People take up hobbies because they think these activities can bring them many things like happiness, friendship and knowledge. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can have a hobby. A hobby will make your life colorful.
小题1:What is a hobby?

A．A job.

B．A school subject.

C．Something interesting.

D．Something you enjoy doing in your spare time.

小题2:.How many hobbies are mentioned(提到) in this passage?

A．7.

B．8.

C．9.

D．10.

小题3:Hobbies can bring people _______.

A．much money

B．health

C．happiness, friendship and knowledge

D．lots of trouble

小题4:What kind of people can have a hobby?
A. Rich or poor.       B. Old or young.       C. Sick or well.       D. A、B and C.
小题5:When do people often take up hobbies?

A．In their work time.	B．In the daytime.
C．In their free time.	D．In the holiday.

Auddrey is a Chinese –American student.She has found many value(价值观)differences between the Chinese and Americans.
About money
American children love to make money by themselves.Chinese children always ask their parents for money.
American parents don’t think it  is useful to send thir children to an expensive university.Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities even if it could make them very poor.
About school
Many American girls take part in sports,dancing and singing groups.ManyChinese girls take part in academic(学术的)groups.
American students usually feel happy when they get B in an exam.Chinese students feel sad when thsey get B.
American parents and Chinese parents
American parents allow their daughtgers or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at the certain time .Chinese parents usually don’t allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends at night .
American teachers and Chinese teachers
During parent–teacher meetings ,American teachers will always find good things to say to the parents ,even to those with the worst grades.But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）
小题1:American children prefer making money by themselves.
小题2:All American and Chines parents send their children to expensive universities.
小题3:Chinese girls spend more time doing sports,singing and dancing than American girls.
小题4:Chinese children usually aren’t allowed to go out with their friends at night.
小题5:American teachers look at the bad side of the students as much as they can.

Every year several thousand people die in the car accidents in Great Britain. And between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt. 
There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey (遵守) the rules. They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the road will be much safer. How can we make the roads safer?
Remember this rule. In Great Britain traffic keeps to the left. Cars, buses and bikes must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries traffic keeps to the right. 
Before crossing the road, we should stop and look at both ways. Look right and left. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children or very old people, help them to cross the road. We must teach our children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children must not play in the street. 
小题1: If we want to make the roads safer, _______. 

A．everybody must be careful and obey the traffic rules

B．traffic should keep to the right

C．don’t cross the road too often

D．roads must be clear

小题2:If you ride a bike in Great Britain, you must ride_______ . 

A．on the right side of the road	B．on the left side of the road
C．in the middle of the road	D．behind the buses

小题3: Which is NOT right?

A．Before crossing the road, we should stop and look at both ways.

B．In our country traffic keeps to the right.

C．Few people die in the traffic accidents in Great Britain

D．Streets are not safe places for playing.

小题4:“The road is clear” means that _______. 

A．the road is not noisy

B． the road is very clean

C． there is no car or bus running

D．you can see very clearly on the road

小题5: The safe way to cross the road is to_______. 

A．look right	B．look left
C．look both ways, right and left	D．run cross the road

BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the "left-behind"(留守) children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day.
During a visit to northwest China's Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City. Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year. Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.
"You are so pretty," Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu's parents were also working in the city.
"Have you been to school yet?" Wen asked two other girls.
"We are going to the pre-school class," said one.
"Mom and dad at home?" Wen asked. The children shook their heads.
"Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the country-side. We should give them more care and love," said the premier.
The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and freeing their parents in cities from worries about their children.
小题1:Wen says a new problem in the country is that "left-behind" children _________.

A．seldom get care from the government

B．seldom get together with their parents

C．cannot do well in school like others.

D．cannot get any love from their parents

小题2:Wen Jiabao asks local governments_________.

A．to do more for "left-behind" children and their parents

B．to let the parents see their children only once a year

C．to stop the local people from going to work in cities

D．to build more schools for the "left-behind" children

小题3:The proper title (标题) for this passage is "Give ________ more love".

A．poor children	B．disabled children
C．country children	D．'left-behind' children

English people have porridge for breakfast, too. But their porridge is made of oats（燕麦）, not rice. Many English people put sugar in their porridge, but the Scottish always put salt in it.
English people always drink tea out of cups, not out of glasses. They usually drink tea with sugar and milk. When you go to an English family for tea, the host（男主人）or hostess（女主人）always asks you, “How many lumps（块）of sugar do you want in your tea?”
In ordinary（平常的） English families, the main meal is in the evening, because most of the families are away during the day. But on Sunday when everyone is at home, they make the midday（正午）meal, and in the evening they have a much lighter supper.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。
小题1:English people like eating porridge and only put sugar in their porridge..
小题2:All English people always drink tea with coffee and sugar.
小题3:Lunch is the main meal for English people.
小题4:Most English families aren’t at home during the daytime.
小题5:English people have the main meal in the evening on Sunday.

Qi Haoran, a Junior One student at High School was quite busy over the last winter vacation, not just with homework. Qi, together with ten other classmates made a       group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign(光盘行动).
The       students went to many restaurants and told the people the importance of       food. “ Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to       ? Could you please not       food? ” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
    ，the activity has got the support of many people. In a restaurant in Xinjing, the owner gives the guests who have eaten all the food they ordered a ticket. People can enjoy a       meal
when they have ten tickets. More than 750 restaurants in Beijng have begun to offer       dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩菜) home.
Wasting food is a serious problem around the      , not only in China. It’s said that 1.3 billion tons of food ends up as waste last year. This is as       as one third of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a “ Think, Eat, Save” program in January, 2013 to help reduce food waste.

小题1:	A．volunteer B．band C．dance D．sport

小题2:	A．ten B．eleven C．twelve D．thirteen

小题3:	A．planting B．cooking C．buying D．saving

小题4:	A．eat B．wear C．spend D．sleep

小题5:	A．buy B．waste C．order D．sell

小题6:	A．Luckily B．Slowly C．Unluckily D．Quietly

小题7:	A．delicious B．sweet C．free D．rich

小题8:	A．larger B．smaller C．cleaner D．cheaper

小题9:	A．city B．country C．world D．restaurant

小题10:

A．often B．expensive C．many D．much

Many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
In the city of Portland in the USA, there is a weekend Chinese school in a church. In the school, there are Chinese kids and American kids. They study Chinese on Saturdays and Sundays. Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. Miss Tian is one of them. She is from Beijing. She teaches her students many Chinese characters, sentences and Chinese songs.
Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese, because they spend most of their time at the local school, and their classmates are American.Their teachers teach them in English.
When the overseas Chinese children get home after school, their parents often speak Chinese to them. Only at that time do they think they are at home.
小题1:Why do many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language?

A．Because they want them to speak Chinese.

B．Because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.

C．Because they live in China.

D．Because they can’t speak English.

小题2:Where do the kids learn Chinese?

A．In their school.

B．At home.

C．In a park

D．In a weekend Chinese school in a church.

小题3:.Who teaches them?

A．Some overseas Chinese women.

B．Their classmates.

C．Their parents.

D．Their friends.

小题4:Which one is true?

A．Most kids speak Chinese better than English.

B．Most kids speak English better than Chinese.

C．Most kids speak Chinese as well as English.

D．Most kids can’t speak Chinese at all.

小题5:What is the best title of this passage?

A．How to learn Chinese?

B．How to learn English?

C．Never forget your mother language

D．Learning Chinese is important

Today some people call Amsterdam the “City of Bicycles” because it is a city which is flat and convenient (方便的) for bicycles.
In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans      an idea. They believed that it would be better for everybody if the city only allows (允许) bicycles to go in the streets in the city centre. They were    that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles       and placed them in public places around Amsterdam for people to use.      could take them and use them for short journeys, whether he was a local or a foreigner. Whenever someone finished a journey, they would    the bike there for someone else to use. The problem was that it didn't work because     took all the bicycles within weeks!
    more than thirty years later, the “white bike” is back in town---this time with a computer chip (芯片) to  its      very move! To take a bicycle, you have to put a special card inside. The new “white bike” is not white any more but is an unusual       with bright colors. The bikes are parked at special parking places and people who want to use them have to take them to another place that has enough room.
There is already less traffic in central Amsterdam, because both locals and tourists are      the white bikes every day. Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, like the cycling fans in the 1960s, many people around the world have been enjoying city centre streets without cars for many years.

小题1:	A．stole B．had C．refused D．dropped

小题2:	A．thoughtful B．helpful C．hopeful D．thankful

小题3:	A．black B．brown C．blue D．white

小题4:	A．Anyone B．Everyone C．No one D．Someone

小题5:	A．take B．leave C．carry D．send

小题6:	A．robbers B．shoplifters C．kidnappers D．thieves

小题7:	A．However B．Instead C．Therefore D．Though

小题8:	A．make B．mark C．record D．describe

小题9:	A．design B．idea C．size D．experiment

小题10:

A．making B．using C．selling D．stealing