(根据括号内所给词的适当形式填空)When you read an English article,　try _____ (not translate) every word.

Daniel found an interesting article on the Internet. It is about the giants in the world. He showed it to Simon. Here is the article.

General Sherman is the name of a redwood tree, the biggest tree in the world. It is in the United .States and is 83.3 metres tall. It is about 11 metres across and about 31.1 metres round. It is almost 4,000 years old and it is still growing.

Do you know the tallest tree in the world? It is also in the United States. It is Harry Cole. It is about 113 metres tall. That is the height (高度) of a 37-floor building.

Have you ever heard of Robert Pershing Wadlow? He's the tallest man in the world. He lived in the United States. He was 2.72 metres tall. He died in 1940 and was only 22 years old then.

Zeng Jinlian, a 2.48 metre-tall Chinese woman, was the tallest woman in the world. She died in 1982 at the age of 17.

What is the biggest animal in the world now? It is the blue whale. Some blue whales are 33 metres long.

The longest car in the world has 26 wheels. It is 30.5 metres long. It has a swimming pool with a diving board and a king-sized waterbed.

Norway is the name of the longest ship in the world. It is 315 metres 66 centimetres long. You can play football on its deck (甲板).

Daniel wants to know if Simon really understands the article. He asks Simon to finish the following exercises. Help Simon choose the correct answers.

(1)The tallest woman in the world is from________.

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A.the United States	B.Britain
C.Thailand	D.China

(2)General Sherman is________.

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A.the tallest man in the world

B.the tallest tree in the world

C.the strongest man in the world

D.the biggest tree in the world

(3)The tallest tree in the world is________.

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A. about 83.3 metres tall

B. as tall as a 37-floor building

C.4,000 years old

D.in Russia

(4)The longest car in the world has a________in it.

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A.football pitch	B.swimming pool
C.balcony	D.kitchen

　

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（必要时可加助动词或情态动词）。

　　You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It 1 (write) by an American girl. And now she 2 (become) a very rich woman.

　　When she was a child, she was poor. Once she 3 (invite) to her fiends' birthday party. She was very pleased but sad because she had not enough money to buy presents for them.

　　“The party 4 (come) soon. Now I have little money. ”Tears ran down her face.

　　Late that night she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and in came her grandma. “What 5 (happen)?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said,“ 6 (not worry), I think I 7 (help) you. How about singing, a song together? Happy birthday to...” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It 8 (be) a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.

　　When she sang the song at the party the next day, her little friends were very happy. “How wonderfully she 9 (sing)! We 10 (not hear) such a song before. Thank you for giving us the special present,” said one of them. And they learnt to sing it together, Later the girl became well known in America.

1. ______	2. ______	3. ______	4. ______	5. ______
6. ______	7. ______	8. ______	9. ______	10. ______

Write down an ad for our new dish and some ________ ones.

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书面表达：

　　阅读下面电子邮件，假设你是Sarah Wang，请回写电子邮件(第一句已经给出)。

　　Dear Sarah,

　　My name is Betty Green. I am an English teacher in England. I get your E-mail address from your school. I'm glad I get the chance(机会) and will come to your school to teach you English next year. Before I come to China, I would like to know something about you, your school, and also something about your English study. How about the weather in China? So would you please write me an E-mail to tell me something about you and your school?

Betty,

　　Dear Betty,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　Thank you very much for your E-mail. And I am glad that