George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a   1.  （贫穷的） family. He had to start work when he was only 2.    （八）. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time  3.  （学习）about engines. And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece 4.  （仔细地）. Soon he became a very good worker   5.  （虽然）he could not read or write. He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked along way to have 6.    （功课） from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth   7.  （生日）, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George   8.   （发明） many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among 9. （他们）. Today when we take trains from one place to 10. （另一个）,we’ll think of this great man —George Stephenson.

Dear Peter,
My name is Frank. I am from America. Here is a picture of my friends. We are in the same grade. Look at the picture, in the middle, you can see my friend Jimmy. He likes all the sports. He likes to eat apples and French fries. You can see Helen in the picture, too. Helen likes math. Her favorite food is meat. But Sandra doesn’t like math. Look, Sandra is here in the picture. She can speak French. She likes ping-pong. Behind her, there is a girl. She is Sally. She is a black girl. She likes to swim. And she likes to eat ice cream. Maria and Rick are behind Jimmy. Maria likes computer very much. She plays computer games very well. Rick is fun. He can play soccer ball. He likes strawberries best. I like math, too. I like to eat bananas. All of us think Beijing Opera is fun. So we go to see it. But we can’t understand the words. So we don’t want to see it again. But my father likes it very much. He often watches it. He can understand it. One interesting thing:two of my English friends can understand it, too. They are Maya and Kelsey. They are not in the picture. They often go to see Beijing Opera like my father.
Can you send me a picture of your friends. 
Yours,
Frank
【小题1】 Frank has__________ friends in the picture.

I’m Paul. I’m thirteen. My parents, my brother and I are in Beijing now. My brother and I are in Beijing No.1 Middle School. I like soccer very much. I am on the school soccer team (队). My brother David is fifteen. He likes basketball a lot. After school, he often plays it with his friends.

I’m Linda. I’m twelve. I am a student of Beijing No.5 Middle School. My mother is an English teacher. She works in Beijing No.1 Middle School. I like soccer, but I can’t play it well. I think soccer is difficult. After school, I often play volleyball with my classmates. I want to join (加入) the school volleyball team next term.

My name is Jim. I’m a 13-year-old boy. I look strong. I like ping-pong. When I’m free, I often play ping-pong with my friends. I like tennis, too. But I don’t do well in it. My father is a math teacher in a primary school(小学). He can play tennis very well.

1. David often plays _____ after school.

A. basketball B. soccer C. volleyball

2.Who is in Beijing No.1 Middle School?

A. Paul, David and Linda

B. Linda’s mother and Jim’s father

C. Paul, David and Linda’s mother

3. What does Linda want to do next term?

A. She wants to play tennis well.

B. She wants to play basketball well.

C. She wants to join the school volleyball team.

4. ______ is a teacher in a middle school.

A. Paul’s mother B. Linda’s mother C. David’s father

5. 下列的陈述哪一项是正确的？

A. Jim thinks soccer is difficult.

B. David and Paul are brothers.

C. Paul, David, Linda and Jim are all 13 years old.

Jim isn’t from a poor family, yet he often comes to school wearing the same clothes every day ________the week.

A. of               B. for            C. at            D. from

句型转换（本题10分）
【小题1】I’ d like a kilo of meat.(对划线部分提问)。
________   _________  meat would you like?
【小题2】He often takes the underground to school.(对划线部分提问)
_________  _______ he  often go to school?
【小题3】There will be a concert tomorrow.（改否定句）
There _____   _____  a concert tomorrow. .
【小题4】Mother’s Day is coming! I am going to buy her a dress.(改同义句)
Mother’s Day is coming! I am going to ______ a dress ______ her.
【小题5】This is my father’s wallet.(对划线部分提问)
_______ _______ is  this?