The weather in Australia is different from ____.

A．in China            B．China              C．that               D．that in China

Cotton_______nice and soft.

A．is felt        B．is feeling               C．felt                       D．feels

Everyone needs friends

Everyone needs friends. We all like to ___1___ close to someone. ____2___ is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. ___3____, sometimes we need to be alone. We don't always want people __4___. But we would feel lonely if we ___5___ had a friend.

No two people are __6____. Friends __7____ don't. That doesn't mean __8____ they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up（和好） and become __9____ again. Sometimes friends move away（分离）. Then we feel very ___10___. We miss them very much, but we can __11___ them and write to them. It could be that we would even see them again. And we can __12___ new friends. It is surprising to find out ___13___ we like new people when we get to know them. There's more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don't. Why? It could be that they are __14___. Being happy helps you stay well or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take __15___ care of yourself.

1．A．look           B．watch             C．feel               D．see

2．A．It                     B．He                C．There             D．Someone

3．A．Hardly                 B．Nearly              C．Suddenly         D．Certainly

4．A．alone                  B．away    　        C．all over            D．around

5．A．ever                  B．never              C．just               D．really

6．A．friendly                B．kind               C．just the same       D．quite different

7．A．always                B．sometimes         C．often              D．usually

8．A．that                   B．whether          C．how              D．why

9．A．friendly                B．good              C．pleased            D．friends

10．A．angry                      B．sad               C．happy             D．alone

11．A．call                  B．ask              C．tell                D．talk with

12．A．look for              B．find             C．make              D．know

13．A．how often            B．how long         C．how many          D．how much

14．A．happier              B．stronger           C．kinder             D．richer

15．A．less                 B．better             C．little               D．no

What are good manners?

We say that a person has good manners if he or she is kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners. But what are good manners? Here are some examples.

He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. He tries to help them. He is always kind, either to people or animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he takes his turn. He does not push to the front of the queue. On the bus, he gives his seat to an older person or a lady who is standing. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. When eating, he doesn't speak with his mouth full of food.

However, different countries have different manners. Before going into a house in some Asian countries, it is good manners to take off you shoes. In European countries this is not done. A guest in a Chinese house never finishes a drink. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes a drink to show that he has enjoyed it.

People all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.

1．What does “manners” mean?

      A．礼貌           B．方式           C．方法            D．种类

2．There are ________ examples to show what good manners are.

      A．five            B．six             C．eight           D．nine

3．In _______ house, a guest never finishes a drink.

      A．an English      B．an American    C．a Chinese       D．a Japanese

4．It is polite for a man to ______.

      A．let women go first                     B．drink for a lady

      C．sit beside women                      D．stand beside a lady

5．According to the passage, which of the following statements is untrue（不正确的）?

      A．It's good manners to take off your shoes before going into a house.

      B．A guest in a Chinese house always leaves a little when drinking.

      C．A well-mannered man does not talk too much himself.

      D．No one likes a person with bad manners. 

A fox is looking for food. He is very hungry. Now he comes near a wall. The wall is very high. The fox is looking up. He sees a lot of fine grapes（葡萄）on the wall. He says, “How nice they are! I want to eat them.” The fox jumps and jumps, but he can’t get the grapes. The fox says, “I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not good to eat.”

1．The fox is looking for food because（因为）_________.

A．he is old         B．he is hungry         C．he wants grapes    D．he doesn’t like grapes

2．The fox can’t get the grapes because ___.

A．the wall is too high B．he is too short  C．the grapes are green  D．some people see him

3．In fact （实际上）, the grapes are ____.

A．green            B．not delicious         C．nice                     D．very sour

4．Which statement is true?

A．The fox is hungry, so he wants to get some meat

B．the grapes are very green

C．the fox gets the grapes easily.

D．the fox don’t eat the grapes at last.

5．The fox __________.

A．likes the grape   B．doesn't like the grape  C．eats a few grapes  D．eats some apples

1．If you work as a driver in the restaurant, you may _________.

A．never pay for meals                     B．pay a little for meals

C．work on weekdays                     D．work in the afternoon

2．If you buy the house, you _________.

A．may pay more than ¥150,000 for it     

B．must have breakfast in the kitchen

C．have to take a bath in the public bathroom

D．may live on south side of the city

3．Any customer with a Tianjin Daily of Jun1, 2004 will get a small present from_________.

A．every supermarket                           B．Huanghe Road

C．Tianjin Daily                                 D．Yingbin Dupermarket

4．When will the concert be?

A．July1, 2004     B．Jun 8, 2004          C．July 3, 2004      D．Jun 25, 2004

5．If two adults and two students want to go to the concert, the tickets will cost RMB _______.

A．Two hundred and twenty             B．Four hundred and forty

C．Two hundred seventy                D．Three hundred and seventy

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best ways of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you will get your words mixed up（混合） and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can׳t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor（幽默感）, you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes you make. Don׳t be unhappy if people seem to be laugh at your mistakes. It׳s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don׳t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: “Don׳t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes. ”

1．The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _________.

  A．writing in it            B．using it           C．listening it        D．learning its grammar

2．What should you do in learning English?

  A．We should be careful not to make any mistakes.

  B．We should write as quickly as we can..

  C．We should speak English as much as we can.

  D．We should laugh more often.

3．When people laugh at your mistakes, you should____.

  A．not care                       B．be happy        C．feel worried    D．be unhappy

4．When you make a mistake, you should _____.

  A．keep quiet              B．get angry        C．feel worried    D．be unhappy

5．The story tells us that _____.

  A．only foolish people make mistakes       B．few people make mistakes

  C．people never make mistakes               D．there is no one who doesn’t׳t make mistakes

In the West，there can be some abbreviations（缩略词）in some advertisements（广告）of the newspaper．Here's an advertisement for an apartment（公寓套房）．Most of the words in it are abbreviations，for example，Lrg．apt，i．e．（即）Large apartment；Lrg．lvrm，i．e．Large living-room．Now，please read the advertisement carefully，and then fill in each blank with ONE word．

Complete the following sentences according to the passage above．

1．The apartment is on the _________ floor of the building．

2．If you rent（租用）the apartment，do（千万）remember not to bring（带来）any _________ ，like dogs，cats，birds and so on．

3．There is a large living-room and two _________ in the apartment．

4．The location（位置）of the building is very _________ ．

5．If you rent the apartment，you must pay（付）_________ dollars（美元）every month．

Experts（专家） say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children study late. They will think their children work very hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.

A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much home-work is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.

Experts have said that students should develop good study habits. So some students never study late, they are able to work well in class.

1．How many hours do the students need to sleep at night?

2．Why do many students fall asleep in class?

3．What’s the meaning of “early birds” in the first paragraph?

4．What do the students seem to be if they have not a good night’s sleep?

5．Should the students get up early according to the experts?

O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, （a）出生于in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for （b）______________ he was born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything（c）他需要知道。

   When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, （d）he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

   He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with sudden change. （e）This made the readers surprised.

1．将划线部分（a）译成英语:_______________________________________

2．在（b）的空白处填入适当的词组:_________________________________

3．将划线部分（c）译成英语: ______________________________________

4．将划线部分（d）译成汉语: ______________________________________

5．将划线部分（e）译成汉语: ______________________________________