Have you ever seen the Statue of Liberty? It is a tall figure of a robed (披长袍的) woman holding a
torch (火把). She stands proudly on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The statue is a symbol of freedom
for the United States. It was given as a gift to the United States by France in 1884. The statue is one of the
largest ever built, It stands 151 feet high from its base to the top of the torch. When the statue was shipped
to America, it could not be sent in one piece. Instead it was taken apart and packed in 214 separate (分离的)
crates (板条箱).

1. What is the Statue of Liberty? 
                                                                                                         
2. Who gave the statue to the United States? 
                                                                                                         
3. How tall is the statue?
                                                                                                         
4. How was it sent to America? 
                                                                                                         
5. Was it sent in one piece?
                                                                                                         

      Mr Li teaches Chinese in the USA. He comes back to China every year. He gives us a talk. He says,
" K Day in the USA is very interesting. All children like it very much. It is on March 7th. When you go
out on that day, you can see children running with kites in the open air (露天). When you look up, you
can see different kites in the sky (天空). Some are big, and some are small. They are in different colours.
Every kite has a long string (长线). The children begin to run when they get the kites up. Every child has
a good time that day."

1. Mr Li is ______. He works in the USA.

A. a worker
B. an English teacher
C. a doctor
D. a Chinese teacher

2. Mr Li says something about ______.

3. March 7th is ______.

A. Children's Day
B. Teachers' Day
C. K Day
D. Tree planting Day (植树节)

4. Every kite has ______.

A. a short string
B. a long string
C. the same colour
D. the same size (大小)

A. all kinds of
B. one kind of
C. three kinds of
D. three

     How many different languages are spoken in the world today? There are about 5,000 different languages.
Nearly 900 languages are spoken in India.
     Chinese is the language spoken by the most number of people in the world. But the most widely spoken
language in the world is English. Three hundred and thirty million people speak English as the first language.
Nearly twice as many-about 650 million people-speak it as second or foreign language.
     How many words are there in the English language? There are about 490,000 words. Also, there are about
300, 000 words used in science. There are more words in English than many other languages. But most people
use no more than 60, 000 words.

1. The kinds of languages spoken in India are _______.

A. less than China
B. the most
C. more than China
D. the least

2. Which language is spoken by the most people? _______.

3. Three hundred and thirty million means _______.

A. 33,000,000
B. 330,000,000
C. 300,000
D. 3,000,000

4. How many English words are used often? _______.

A. 190,000
B. 300,000
C. 60,000
D. 490,000

A. The languages in the world
B. The words in the world
C. English language
D. The English and Chinese languages

     Shanghai and Beijing are both big cities, but Beijing has a longer history (悠久的历史). There are more
tall buildings in Shanghai, but the streets are not wider (宽的) than (比) those in Beijing. There are much
more trees in Beijing, and the air is better (更好). There are more parks in Beijing and they are more beautiful
than those in Shanghai. But there are more rivers in and around Shanghai. The Huangpu River is much wider
than Yongding River.
     In summer, Beijing is not as hot as (不如......热) in Shanghai, but it is colder in winter. Spring in Shanghai
is longer and it is nicer. There is not so much wind. Autumn is the best season in Beijing. It is cooler in autumn
in Beijing than in Shanghai and there is less (更少的) rain.
     Beijing is the capital of our country. It is a very old city, and it is new, too. Shanghai and Beijing are two of
the most important cities in our country.

(     )1. Shanghai is bigger and has a longer history than Beijing.
(     )2. There are more tall buildings, trees, parks and rivers in Beijing.
(     )3. In Beijing, it is much colder in winter in the open air.
(     )4. Spring in Shanghai and autumn in Beijing are the best seasons.
(     )5. Beijing is a young city and it is new, too.

     To learn English well, you should know something about it if on your way to school one morning, you
meet an Englishman, you may say "Did you have breakfast?" or "Where are you going?" No, you can't. You
can say "Good morning" or "Hello". 
     And if you come to an English family, you can't sit down before he asks you. You must stand there before
he asks. 
     If you visit a Japanese, you will always take off your shoes before you come into a room. But you needn't
take off your shoes if you come into an English family.

1. To learn English well, you should know ______ about it.

A. nothing
B. something
C. anything
D. everything

2. When you meet an Englishman in the morning, you can say "______".

3. When you come to an English Family, you can't ______ before he asks.

A. stand
B. stand up
C. sit down
D. go

4. When you go to see ______, you'll always take off your ______ if you come into a room.

A. an Englishman, shoes
B. a Japanese, shoes
C. an Englishman, coat
D. a Japanese, coat

A. You can say "Hello" when you meet an Englishman.
B. At an English home, you can sit down before he asks.
C. You should take off your shoes at a Japanese home.
D. Don't say "Where are you going?" when you meet an Englishman in the morning.

     The U.S. is one of the English-speaking countries in the world. In the U. S., people speak English. People
in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand also speak English. But American English is different from the
English in the UK, or in Australia, for example, to say "去看电影", people in the U. S. say "to go to the movie
theater", while people in the UK say,"to go to the cinema." To say "裤子", people in the U.S. use pants.While
people in the UK say "trousers." American people say "sure" while people in the UK say "of course".

1. What are the English-speaking countries?
                                                                                                                                   
2. What language do the people in New Zealand speak? 
                                                                                                                                   
3. To say "去看电影", what do the people in the UK, say?
                                                                                                                                   
4. To say "裤子", what do the people in the US say?
                                                                                                                                   
5. When an American boy meets a boy from the UK, do they understand each other?