假如你是王东，你每天都做体育运动，并且喜欢收藏体育用品。请你根据表格内容的提示，向你的美国笔友Tom介绍一下你收藏的体育用品，并说一说它们的位置。

What TV shows do you watch these days? Do you find any interesting one? How about Home with Kids?

    Home with kids is one of the hottest sitcoms now. It tells many interesting stories about a family with three children. The father, Xia Donghai, has two kids. They are Xia Xue and Xia Yu, The mother, Liu Mei, has one child - Liu Xing. Xia Donghai and Liu Mei make up a family - the Xias with five members.

    Home with Kids is the first great sitcoms on family education(教育) in China. It shows parents and kids how to get along well with each other and how to solve some problems in life. It is full of funny words and children's pleasure.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. What's the Chinese meaning of "Home with Kids"?

2. How many people are there in the family?

3. What does Home with Kids show?

4. Do you know why so many people like to watch Home with Kids?

5. Do you think the family is a happy one?

It seems today more and more girls like to dress like boys. Maybe they are following the example of Li Yuchun, the winner of the Super Girl contest in 2005.

    Kitty Deng is a 13 - year - old girl from Shanxi. She has boyish style. "I'm like a boy and I'm comfortable being this way," says Kitty."I think everybody should have a style according to his or her personality. "She also says that after the Super Girl contest, she becomes more popular.

    Liu Bing from Liaoning is also a tomboy. "I don't wear skirts because I don't look pretty in them," says the 13 -year -old. "I cut my hair short because long hair makes me feel very hot in summer. "In fact, Liu has another reason. The style makes it easier to play together with boys. Why not girls? "Because some girls are just mean(小气) ," she says.

    Wei Yan,14, lives in Shanghai. In her class, not many girls dress like boys. But many girls think that being a boy is easier. "Boys have more chances than we do," says Wei. "For example, in our school only boys can be flag escorts(护旗手). Why can't girls have a try?"

根据短文内容，回答下列问题：

1. What do Kitty Deng and Liu Bing have in common?

2. In Kitty's opinion, what style should one have?

3. What does "tomboy" probably mean in Chinese?

4. Why is it easier to be a boy than a girl inWei Yan's school?

5. Who have more chances to become flag escorts in Wei Yan's school?

     Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the north of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. It is named Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are wrong. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There are many people in your hometown than those in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is white. Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is higher than the world's all buildings. What about Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it isn't. Iceland has ice, but not so much as Greenland. Iceland has a lot of springs(温泉). They give out hot water and stearn(蒸汽). The climate is not as cold as Greenland. And there are a lot of people who live on Iceland.

    Which island do you want to visit?

根据短文内容．判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。

1. Greenland, the coldest island in the world, is in the north of Europe.

2. Greenland has more ice than Iceland.

3. Greenland is higher than the world's all buildings.

4. There're lots of springs on Greenland.

5. There are few people, who live on Greenland.

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示，补全所缺单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。

    "I'm a singer and a volunteer worker from Shenzhen. I f       (1) happy to be helpful to others and to offer what I have to society," Cong Fei said these words many t       (2) . The p

(3)   singer died of stomach cancer in April 2006 at the age of 37.

    Cong devoted himself to charity work．From the year1994 on，he used all the money he    made from commercial performances(商业演出)to help n    (4)200 children in poor areas p   (5)for their education．

Cong was found having stomach cancer in May 2005．His health condition became even w    (6)in Febmary 2006．A month later，he could not take food．One day before his death．he asked doctors to s    (7)treatment(治疗)．“Don’t waste m    (8)on me anymore. Please give the valuable medical resources to people in real n     (9)," he said. According to his last wish, doctors collected his corneas (角膜) less than one hour a     (10) he died. Cong hoped to help those who have eyesight problems by doing this.

Eating Chocolate Can Make You Smarter

     Chocolate lovers know that eating chocolate makes them happy．Now it turns out that eating chocolate may also make them smarter．

     Dr．Bryan Raudenbush recently made a study to see how eating chocolate affects people’s brains．The U．S．researcher knew that chocolate contained several stimulants(兴奋剂)．But he wasn’t sure how those stimulants actually affected chocolate eaters．

    To find out，Raudenbush had a group of volunteers eat 85grams of milk chocolate．He asked another group to eat no chocolate at all．After l 5 minutes，he tested their memory and their ability to solve problems．

    The group that ate milk chocolate had higher scores．They were able to remember more words and pictures than the group that did not eat chocolate．Raudenbush concluded(得出结论) that the stimulants in chocolate increased mental(精神的)alertness(灵敏度)．

    Of course，eating chocolate doesn’t guarantee(保证)you’ll pass every test．You’ll still need to study hard!

1．Many people like eating chocolate because it can make them      ．

A．annoyed           B．unhappy          C．pleased           D．funny

2．The American researcher knew that       ．

  A．chocolate was a kind of stimulant

  B．there were some stimulants in chocolate

  C．chocolate contained many objects in it but not stimulants

  D．many people loved to eat it because of its stimulants

3．Why did Raudenbush ask a group of volunteers to eat chocolate?

  A．Because he thought it was exciting．

  B．Because he wasn’t sure how many people eat chocolate．

   C．Because his American friend asked him to do so．

   D．Because he wanted to know how stimulants affected the eaters of chocolate．

4．The result of the test is that       ．

   A．the stimulants in chocolate increased mental alertness．

   B．the group that ate chocolate had higher scores than the group that didn't eat

   C．one group ate chocolate but another didn’t eat it．

   D．Nothing happened to the groups．

5．If you want to pass every exam，        ．

   A．you will just eat enough chocolate

   B．you will ask the expert to have a chocolate test

   C．you will still need to study hard

D．you needn’t go to school

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T—shirts and baggy(宽松的)jeans? Or have you heard someone rap(说唱)?Hip—Hop is very hot now．

Hip—Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York．The music，break—dance(霹雳舞)and graffiti(涂鸭)make up Western Hip—Hop culture．Most of the Hip—Hop songs are about love，jobs or even games．

Usually in rap，singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat．Most of the words are fun．Singers play off words to make fun of themselves or others．Hip—Hop music has few rules．Singers just do what they think and rap it out in a clever or creative way．The freedom makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music．Many of them like wearing large T—shirts and baggy jeans．Famous rap and Hip—Hop stars include Eminem in the US and Jay Chou from China．

Today Hip—-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world．

1．African Americans started Hip—Hip music in the middle of the 1970s in New York．

2．There are three main kinds of music in Western Hip—Hop culture

3．Hip—Hop music is very popular，but it is a lot of rules to follow．

4．From the passage we know Jay Chou is a famous rap and Hip—Hop．

5．Many teenagers don’t like wearing large T—shirts of baggy jeans．

毕业在即，回想四年的初中生活，有太多的不舍，又有很多值得回忆的画面。下面三幅图是中学生活丰富多彩课余活动的一瞥——书海拾贝、球场健身、走近自然。请根据这三幅图的内容(可适当扩展)，写一篇关于课余活动的短文，题目为“Our out—of—class activities”。字数80词左右。(文中不得出现真实姓名、校名)。

假如你所在的学校正在征集英语墙报稿件。下面5幅图描述的是你昨天乘坐公共汽车去电影院途中经历的一件事。请你就以下5幅图写一篇短文，向学校墙报投稿。

注意：1．短文内容要包括文字提示中的必要内容和所有图画中的主要内容。

2．词数：70左右。

3．生词提示：向某人告别wave goodbye to somebody；