My name is Lucy. I’m a   (16) . I’m American. I’m at school now. My teacher is a   (17) . Her name is Wang Pei. She is an   (18)  teacher. David is my friend. He is English. He is fourteen. David and I   (19)  in Class 3, Grade1. I am in Number I in Row 2. He is in the same row. His English is   (20) . He has(有) a parrot. Its name is Polly.

It’s interesting that the arrival of snow has a different effect on people in different countries. For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others it is a catastrophe (灾难) or even a wonder.

There are countries between these two extremes (极端) that normally expect snow some time over the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities(数量) every year. Britain is one such country, for which the arrival of snow quite simply creates problems. Within hours of the first snowfall, however light, roads are blocked, trains and buses stop in the middle of traffic. Normal communications are affected as well, telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual. Almost within hours, there are also shortages(不足) -- bread, vegetables and other things -- not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops, but mainly because people are frightened, and go out to store up these commodities (日用品), “just for fear that something bad should happen.”

Why then does snow have this effect? After all, the Swiss, Austrians and Canadians don’t have such problems. It is simply because there is not enough planning and preparation. We need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice. To keep the roads clear, for example, requires snow ploughs and machines to spread salt. The reason why a country like Britain does not buy some ploughs is that they are only used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospitals, education or helping the old.

1.According to the writer, Britain is a country____.

A．which has regular snow                   B．which is not well prepared for snow

C．for which snow is not a problem            D．for which snow is a wonder

2.The arrival of snow in Britain affects all of the following except____

A．traffic            B．communication     C．food supplies       D．service quality

3.After a few hours’ snowing there are often shortages of food because______

A．shops have closed down                  B．people buy as much as they can

C．farmers can’t produce any more          D．people eat more vegetables in winter

4.The first reason that the British don’t buy snow ploughs is that______

A．spreading salt is good enough              B．old people need more money

C．snow ploughs are not used often            D．the hospital is more important

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. She can make nice skirts and dresses. Mary’s father likes doing housework(家务).

根据短文内容，完成下表。

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根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

2.Where does Mary come from?

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3.What does Linda’s father do?

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4.Where does Mary’s father work?

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5.What can Linda speak?

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love:12+15+22+5=54, and luck : 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t , either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried． You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度).Yes, attitude is the word． See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.

When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive (积极地) attitude towards failure(失败),you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

1.In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important things in a person’s life?

      A. Hard-work.     B. Knowledge.     C. Money.     D. Attitude.

2.According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to _______.

      A. ask for help from others      

B. say your prayers to God

      C. change your attitude         

D. try maths-solving methods (方法)

3.From the passage we can learn that ______.

      A. different attitudes come from different courses of life

      B. mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

      C. failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

  D. none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

This is a photo  1  my family. This is my father.  2 is 38 years  3 . This is  4 mother. She is not old. She is5  English teacher . This is my brother. 6 name is Li Ming. He is fourteen. He is in  7  One, Grade Three. He is  8 good student. He  9  a friend at school. They __10_ in  the same(同样的) class.

1.A. of     B. in      C. at

2.A. He      B. It      C. His

3.A. young  B. new     C. old

4.A. her     B. his      C. my

5.A. the    B. an      C. a

6.A. He     B. His     C. She

7.A. class   B. Class   C. school

8.A. a       B. an      C. the

9.A. is     B. has     C. have

10.A. have   B. is      C. are