Jack is my father's good friend. He comes from the U.S.A. He is an English teacher in No.1 Middle
School of Shanghai. He speaks English and he can speak a little Chinese. My English is poor, so Jack
often comes to my home to help me with it. He wants to improve (提高) his Chinese. And I help him
study Chinese. He says the Chinese people are very nice and he likes here very much.

1. Where is Jack from?

A. China
B. Shanghai
C. England.
D. the U.S.A.

2. Does Jack speak English?

A. Yes, but a little.                
B. No, he doesn't.
C. Yes, he can speak English well    
D. Seldom (很少) 

3. Where does Jack help me with my English?

A. In school
B. At my home
C. At Jack's home
D. In class 

4. Jack thinks that Chinese people are____?

A. tall
B. poor
C. nice
D. happy 

5. What does Jack do?

A. He is a doctor
B. He is a teacher
C. He is a farmer
D. He is a driver

Dear Bill,
      Thank you for your letter.
      You tell me something about your family. Now I'll talk about (谈论) my family.
      I have a  happy  family. We  love each other. My  grandparents  are  doctors. They work in Canada
now. My parents are both teachers. They teach English at Guangzhou International School. My sister and
I are in China with them.
      I'm 13 years old. I'm a student in Grade Seven. I like  China  and  Chinese. I want to be a  Chinese
teacher when I grow up (长大). Now I can speak Chinese. My sister, Amy, is only three years old. She
is fat (胖的) with blue eyes. She is lovely. We all love her.
      China is very beautiful (漂亮). Welcome to China.
      Best wishes!
                                                                                                                                                Yours,
                                                                                                                                                 Tina

(     )1. Tina's grandparents are both teachers.
(     )2. Tina's father and mother work in China.
(     )3. Amy is thirteen years old.
(     )4. Now Amy and Tina study in China.
(     )5. This is Bill's letter to tell Tina about Bill's family.

     I am an English girl. My name is Mary. I'm twelve. My dad and mom are English teachers. I have a
  sister. Her name is Ann and she is twelve years old, too. We are in China now. Ann and I study (学习) in
  Beijing No. 4 Junior High School. We are in the same grade, but in different classes. Ann has a cat. It
 looks nice. It has a small mouth and two small ears. It is white. We have friends here. They're good.

(      ) 1. Mary is from the U.S.A.
(      ) 2. Ann is in Beijing No. 4 Junior High School.
(      ) 3. Ann and Mary have good friends in China.
(      ) 4. Ann has a black cat.
(      ) 5. They are in the same class.

     Linda and Mary are good friends. Linda is thirteen. She comes from the U.S.A. Mary is twelve. She's
from London (伦敦). They  study in  the  same  school, but in  different  classes. Linda's  father  teaches
English in a  middle  school. Her  mother  drives a car. Mary's mother works in an office. Her father is a
doctor. Linda can speak English, French (法语) and a little Chinese. Linda's mother likes cooking. She
likes  eating  rice. But  Linda's  father  doesn't. He likes  drinking milk and eating bread. Mary's mother
doesn't like cooking. But she likes doing some shopping (购物). She can make nice skirts and dresses.
Mary's father likes doing housework(家务).

1. Linda is Mary's good _________.
2. Mary comes from _________.
3. Linda's father is an English _________ in a middle school.
4. Mary's father works in a _________.
5. Linda's parents like eating different _________.

     In many countries, 1_____(smoke) is becoming a bigger problem for young people. Most smokers
2_____  (start) in their teens (years of a person's age from 13 to 19 ) or even earlier.
     A study of 8,000 Beijing students last May 3_____(show) us that smoking was a problem for many
Chinese kids. More than 21% of middle school students and 6% of primary school pupils(小学生)
said they had smoked.
     "If young people start 4_____(smoke) early, they will probably get addicted to nicotine
(对尼古丁瘾).And it 5_____  (be) very hard to give up弃) later on," said a professor.
     Every year, about 4 million(百万) people die (死亡) of smoking. And if people keep 6_____
(smoke), that number will go up to about 10 million a year by 2030, the World Health Organization
(WHO, 世界卫生组织) says. So we have to 7_____(know) and tell others about the dangers(危险)
of smoking. Everyone of us should 8_____(do) something useful to stop kids from 9_____(smoke),
or one day we 10_____(see) what we won't see.