Hi, I’m Sam from New York. I have a brother called Tim. We are twins. We are both eleven this year. I am ten minutes older than him. In some ways, we look the same and in some ways, we look different. However, he is taller than me. I am shy, but he is outgoing. We both like playing sports and we often play football together after class. We are in the same school but we are not in the same class. I am in Class One and he is in Class Three.

   Last Monday, Tim was ill and couldn’t go to school. The next day, when I was in the hallway, his English teacher, Miss White saw me and asked, “Tim, are you feeling better now?” Haha…she made a mistake and she couldn’t tell Tim from me.

1.Same and Tim are ________ years old this year.

A. ten               B. eleven            C. twelve            D. Thirteen

2.Sam and Tim both like________.

A.playing games  B.going to the parties  C.playing sports  D.watching TV

3.Who is Miss White?

A. She is PE teacher.           B.She is Sam’s English teacher. 

C. She is Tim’s English teacher.  D. She is a Chinese teacher.

4.The underlined words (划线的)“made a mistake”mean“      ”in Chinese.

A.犯错      B.列举      C. 挑衅     D.领悟

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Tim is ten minutes older than Sam.   B. Tim is more outgoing than Sam.

C. Sam and Tim are in the same class.    D. Sam is taller than Tim.

 

John and Tim are very popular in Jason Middle School. They are not only good at studying, but also good at playing sports. Kay and Sue are talking about them.
Kay: Hello. Sue!
Sue: Hi. Kay!
Kay: 【小题1】____________
Sue: No. No one has told me about the match.  【小题2】_____________  
Kay: Although the opposing(对抗的) team was strong, our school won at last.
Sue: 【小题3】 _____________ They are really good basketball players.
Kay: Yes. They can play basketball better than others because they practice much more. I always see them practicing on the playground in the gym and sometimes running around the school track(跑道).
Sue: 【小题4】_____________  
Kay: Yes. And either John or Tim will be chosen as the Best School Athlete of the Year.
Sue: Wow!  【小题5】_____________  
Kay: I think so.

A．Who won? B．How hard they practice! C．Where was the match held? D．They are cool, aren’t they? E. How exciting the match was? F. Did you go to see the basketball game yesterday? G. I know that both John and Tim are on the team.

American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English   BrE——British English
【小题1】The Americans hardly say “_____”

A．Good-bye. Have a good day!

B．Glad to know you!

C．Hi!

D．Have you got a car?

【小题2】What does the 3^rd paragraph talk about?

A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings.

C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE.

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two languages will become separate languages.

B．American English will be used more and more.

C．The two languages will be closer and closer.

D．British English will be used more and more.

【小题4】The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.

A．解释

B．预言

C．考虑

D．证明

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列表格中所缺信息，每空一词。

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Sunshine Town	Li Lei’s      1.
It’s a new town in Beijing	It’s a modern and    2.    town .it has a long  3.   .
There are    4.  shopping malls. You can find wonderful   5.  there.	There are many good places to visit. There is a park and a    6.     shopping mall.
You can eat both Chinese and    7.     food in Star Shopping Mall.	8.    of visitors come here to enjoy the mutton. It tastes very delicious.
If you like Beijing opera , you can go to the local    9. .	You can see    10.    in Renmin Theatre.