On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools.  A bus is a school! The driver of the bus is the
teacher! It is a school bus, but it does not take the children to school. It just goes round from place,
and it sometimes comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a
school on wheels.
     Each time when the bus comes, the farmers will come running to it, shouting and laughing. They
warmly welcome the school bus!
     When the bus is on the farm in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon,
the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning.  At night, the
fathers and mothers come to have their lessons and hope that some day they can have a real school
on the farm.

1. The driver of the bus is _________.                       

A. the teacher      
B. the student        
C. the farmer      
D. the school

2. The bus school will _________.                   

A. take the children to school
B. stay here for a long time
C. take the father and mother to school
D. go round from place to place

3. When the school bus comes, the farmers will _________.      

A. warmly welcome
B. be happy
C. come running to it, shouting and laughing
D. Both A, B and C

4. The bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon because _________ in the morning.    

A. they can not get up early
B. the teacher wants to teach the small children first
C. they have a lot of work to do
D. they have to do their homework

5. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. School bus is a real school for farmers' children.
B. The bus school has no teacher at all.
C. The bus school has no student.
D. The children and their parents on the farm all come to the bus school to learn.

     The food in Britain is very different from our Chinese food. For instance (例如), they eat a lot of
potatoes. They like to eat them every day. They eat bread for breakfast and usually for one other meal.
They eat their bread with butter (黄油), maybe cheese (乳酪) or jam (果酱), things we don't eat much in
China. Cheese and butter are made from milk. They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink the milk cold or
hot, and they put it in their tea. They put sugar in their tea, as well. They are the world's biggest tea
drinkers. They like Chinese tea, but they drink mostly strong black tea from India and Sri Lanka (斯里兰卡). They don't eat much rice. For their main meal they like meat or fish with potatoes and one or two
vegetables. They serve all these together. After the main meal they always have something sweet. They
call this dessert (甜点心). They don't have Jiaozi in Britain.

1. People eat many _______ in Britain.

A. potatoes
B. beef
C. butter
D. milk

2. They eat _______ butter.

A. breakfast with
B. Cheese for
C. bread with
D. jam for

3. They drink strong black tea _______.

A. to India
B. from India
C. for China
D. in China

4. After the main meal they always _______.

A. eat sweet something
B. eat sweet bread
C. have sweet something
D. have something sweet

5. People don't eat Jiaozi _______. 

A. in China
B. in England 
C. from India
D. from Sri Lanka 

                                 New Year's Resolution Survey Results
    We got over 1,000 letters, 1._____ (fax), and e-mails from our readers about their New Year's
resolutions. Thank you! Many readers are 2._____ (go) to work harder in school this year. Lots of
readers are going to play 3._____ (sports). Some readers said they are going to eat 4._____ (many)
vegetables. A few readers said they are going to learn a new language. Some girls 5._____ (say) they
are going to exercise more to keep fit. Some parents are going to study the subjects their 6._____ (child)
learn at school. They want to communicate 7._____ (good)with their kids. An old lady said she found a
job as a foreign language teacher. She is going to look for a 8._____ (teach) job in China next year.

     In Canada and the U.S.A, people enjoy entertaining (请客) at home. They often invite friends over
for a meal, a party, or just for coffee and a conversation.
      Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their home:
     "Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?"
     "Hey, we’re having a party on Friday. Can you come?"
     To reply to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say you‘re sorry and give an excuse:
     "Thanks, I‘d love to. What time would you like me to come?" or "Oh, sorry, I have tickets for a
movie."
     Sometimes, however (但是), people use expressions that sound like invitations but which are not real
invitations. For example:
     "Please come over for a drink sometime (某个时候)."
     "Why not get together for a party sometime?"
     "Why don’t you come over and see us sometime soon?" 
     They are really just polite ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because
they don‘t mention (提到) a specific (确定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying
to be friendly. To reply the expressions like these, people just say"Sure, that would be great!" or
"OK. Yes, thanks."
     So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or
the person is just being friendly?

1. Why do Canadians and Americans often invite friends for meals at home?

A. Because they can save time.
B. Because they can spend less money.
C. Because they enjoy entertaining at home.
D. Because they have modern and beautiful houses.

2. Which of the following is a real invitation?

A. If you‘re free, let‘s go for a drink sometime.
B. Please go to the cinema with me some day.
C. Would you like to have a cup of tea with us sometime?
D. I’ve two tickets here.Can you go to the concert with me?

3. If people say "Let's get together for lunch some day.", you just say "____".

A. That would be nice.
B. How about this weekend?
C. Oh, sorry, I'm very busy.
D. That's great. I'll be there on time.

4. People use "an unreal invitation" in order to (为了) show that ____.

A. they're trying to be friendly
B. they're trying to be helpful
C. they're trying to make friends with others
D. They haven't got ready (准备) for a party yet

5. The passage is mainly about ____.

A. entertainment at home
B. real invitations or not
C. expressions of starting of a conversation
D. ways of ending a conversation

Hi, my name is Jodie. Let me tell you something about my neighborhood. On the street there are apartment buildings（公寓大楼）and some stores. There is a newsstand（书报亭）on the comer. There's also a pet shop. Next to the pet shop, there is a computer store. There's a big supermarket in the neighborhood,
too. And across from it is a basketball club. I often play basketball there. But there isn't a movie theater
(电影院)in the neighborhood. My school is very near. It's just behind our apartment building. So I walk to school every day.

1. Where is the newsstand?
    _______________________________.

2. Is there a computer store in the neighborhood?
   _______________________________.

3. Is the supermarket next to the basketball club?
  _______________________________.

4. Is there a movie theater in the neighborhood?
  _______________________________.

5. Where is Jodie's school?
  _______________________________.