I remember when I was younger, my family lived a simple life. We weren't wealthy by any stretch
of the imagination, but we were satisfied with what we had.
    Our first transportation was an old broken-down bicycle. It provided us with transportation on
many enjoyable weekends and holidays. Mom sat on the back while Dad rode. I only a kid at that time,
was on the bar in front of him. It didn't matter where we were going as long as we were going there
together.
    Not long after that, my family moved to Hainan. Depending on my parents' courage and persistence
(坚持不懈), they started their own business. As a result, we soon owned a new car instead of the bike.
So we could travel farther on our tour. Our family's happy laughter filled the car as we traveled to many
farther places in China.Many years have passed since those happy days, but we are still as close as ever.
    Recently, the airplane has become our fashion of transportation as we travel around the world. We
are able to experience the sights of Amsterdam, the romance(浪漫) of Paris, and the elegance (典雅)
of Vienna. But yet, such fantastic places are nothing compared to the love of our family.
    Time goes by, and everything is changing all the time. Yet the love in my family always remains. It
is the source of our happiness, confidence,courage,and faith(信任). But it goes so much deeper than
that; it warms our hearts. So I will praise the love in my family and let it go on forever!

(     )1. When the writer was a child, his family was very rich.
(     )2. Their first transportation was a new bicycle.
(     )3. In Hainan, they bought a new car.
(     )4. The family visited many places of interest.
(     )5. Time goes by, they don't feel happy again.

     If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
     Don't listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It's not true at all.
More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they
don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
     Alice Hamilton, 17
     I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific-I'll
spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the
stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time.
     Jason Moore,18
     This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and
sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a
chance to learn how to build houses.
     Trish Anderson,16
     I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every
day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children
and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend _____ helping others.

A.school holidays
B.weekdays
C.every morning
D.every afternoon

2.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A. To breathe the clean mountain air
B.To spend the whole summer living in the tent
C.To sleep under the stars
D.To help build new hiking paths in the mountain

3.From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps _____.

A.children in poor families
B.workers who build houses
C.poor families can't afford houses
D.build hiking paths

4._____ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton
B. Jason Moore
C. Trish Anderson
D. none of them

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A.Reading for life
B.A Special House Program
C.The Forest Centre
D.Young American Volunteers

     Our English teacher is Chinese. She is a girl. I can spell her name G-A-O Gao, H-U-I Hui. She is Miss
Gao in English. She is double twelve. You can see a photo of her family in her room. Who is the old man?
He's Miss Gao's father. Who is the old woman? She is Miss Gao's mother. How old is Miss Gao's
mother? Oh, it's a secret.

1. Gao Hui is _____.
A. Miss Gao
B. Ms. Gao
C. Mrs. Gao
D. Mr. Gao
2. Gao Hui's mother is _____.
A. Miss Gao
B. Mrs. Gao
C. Ms. Gao
D. Mr. Gao
3. How old is Miss Gao? _____.
A. 12
B. 20
C. 14
D. 24
4. How old is Miss Gao? _____.
A. I don't know
B. Double 12
C. 60
D. 70
5. The wrong one is _____.
A. Our English teacher is old.
B. Mr. Gao is Miss Gao's father.
C. I'm Miss Gao's student.
D. Miss Gao is young.

     Fruit is good for people.  Many people eat some fruit every day.  Mr.  and Mrs.  Green like fruit very
  much and every Monday Mrs.  Green goes to buy some fruit in the shop near her house.  The man in the
  shop knows her well and helps a lot.  She can buy all kinds of fruit there, apples, pears, oranges and
 bananas.  In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is not the same, sometimes high, some
 times low.  Mrs.  Green wants to buy cheap fruit.  But Mr.  Green likes bananas only.  She buys bananas
 for him every week.  She only buys cheap fruit for herself

l.  When does Mrs.  Green go to buy some fruit?

    A.  Saturday
    B.  Monday.
    C.  Thursday.  
    D.  every day

2.  Where does Mrs.  Green buy fruit?

    A.  In the shop near her house.  
    B.  In the town.
    C.  Near the shop
    D.  In different shops

3.  Mrs.  Green buys ____for Mr.  Green.

    A.  pears
    B.  apples
    C.  bananas
    D.  oranges

4.  Which of following is not right?

    A.  Fruit is good for people.    
    B.  Mr.  and Mrs.  Green like fruit a lot.
    C.  Mrs.  Green can buy all kinds of fruit.  
    D.  Mrs.  Green only buys apples for herself.

5.  In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is______.

    A.  the same
    B.  not the same
    C.  high
    D.  cheap