October 21st,2011
Dear Vincent,
I’m a middle school student in Zhejiang , China. My English teacher , Ms.Li gave me your name and address. I want to be your pen friend.
English is my favourite subject.That’s why I want to practise English with an American student. I also like art. It’s so interesting and useful.I like history, too. Our history teacher always tells us a lot of interesting historical stories. We all have a good time in history classes.
In my free time, I enjoy playing computer games . It’s exciting and fun. Do you like it ? I also like to go to the movies. I saw Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows:Part 1 yesterday. It was a great film.But I don’t like sports, so I never enjoy P.E.classes.
How about you? What subjects do you like? What do you look like? What do you want to do when you get older? I hope I can get your letter soon!
Yours,
Zhao Gang
【小题1】Zhao Gang wants to have a pen friend , so he can              .

It is the duty of every man to work. The life of a lazy man isn’t useful to himself and to others. If one is too lazy to work ,he will probably beg (乞讨) or steal (偷).So every boy, when he is young, should learn some useful work.

But it is not enough that a boy should learn some kind of work. He should put all his heart into his work, and not waste his free time. “Work while you work and play while you play” is important for young people as for the old.

The habit of getting up early is helpful to diligence(勤奋), and this, just like all other good habits, is most easily formed(形成) when one is young. There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” This means that everybody must be diligent, and make use of (利用）his time. One must study hard when one is young so that one may make great progress, succeed(成功) in life and become useful to one’s country.  So we can say that diligence is the mother of success.

1.After reading the passage we know that those who are too lazy to work will become______.

A. beggars   B. thieves(小偷)  C. beggars or thieves   D. useful men

2.If a boy wants to be useful to himself and to the people , he should ______.

A. learn to play                

B. do something in his free time

C. put his heart into his work      

D. try hard to learn to do a certain kind of work

3.To learn to be diligent, it’s most important for the young people to______.

A. make good use of time          

B. learn some good subjects

C. work all the time without playing   

D. work while they work and play while they play

4.One can’t be successful in life unless(除非) he ______ when he is young.

A. is diligent in his study               

B. loves his school  

C. spends some time learning something   

D. makes up for his lost time

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A.A Lazy Boy Can Learn To Be Diligent

B. Young People Should Rise Early

C. Lost Time Never Returns

D. Diligence, the Mother Of Success

Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

1.The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.

A. China    B. France   C. America   D. Germany

2.If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.

A. does nothing all day        B. often listens to music

C. often watches TV in his free time D. must be very fat

3.Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato?  Because he or she ______.

A. is fat and cannot take exercise  

B. is fat and round

C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV

D. almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat

4.The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .

A. how to watch TV   

B. what couch-potato means

C. why couch-potatoes are very fat      

D. where you can find couch-potatoes

Nick is a 14-year-old school boy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekdays. He has little free time. He thinks playing computer games is the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just like that way, he neither eats nor drinks for several hours.
Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too excited and didn’t want to move. He didn’t have anything for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. He was taken to the hospital. The doctor told him he should do some more different kinds of activities. In other words, he needs more exercise and outdoor activities to make him have a healthy body.
After coming back from the hospital, Nick follows the doctor’s advice. He often plays soccer with his friends. Sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, but he never does it for long. Now, he lives a happy and healthy life.
【小题1】How old is Nick?

Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value（珍惜）time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with（充满）activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they feel they have become servants（仆人）of the clock.
【小题1】A working American has to work___ days a week in his working  
time.   
A. seven      B. six     C. five   
【小题2】An American always walks____.
A. sadly       B. slowly    C. fast  
【小题3】“He is living on borrowed time” means_____.
A. He has little money.
B. He has no time   
C. He is dying   
【小题4】In his free time, an American usually_____.
A. plays cards with their friends
B. stays at home all day and watched TV.
C. gets more money by work.
【小题5】 Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. The Americans usually value time.
B. The Americans are often on time.
C. All Americans love time and don’t hate time.