My Sister and I             
      My name is Lily. I have a sister. Her name is Lucy. We are eleven. We are in the same school. We are in 
the same class, too. We are good twin sisters.                  
      We go to school at 7: 30. I like apples. She likes pears. I like playing basketball. She likes playing tennis.
(     ) 1. Lucy and Lily are twins.
(     ) 2. Lucy and Lily are in the same class. 
(     ) 3. Lily likes bananas.
(     ) 4. Lucy likes playing football.
(     ) 5. They are in different schools.

       It's a sunny day, the birds are singing in the garden. My grandmother is sleeping in her arm-chair. A book 
is in her hand. And she is wearing glasses. Her cat is sleeping beside her feet. The butterflies (蝴蝶) are flying 
around it, beautiful picture!       
1. Where is my grandmother?                                                            
2. What is she doing?                                                                   
3. Is she wearing glasses?                                                               
4. Where is her cat?                                                           

        My name is Bai Ling. I have a big family. My father is a worker. He is thirty-two years old. He likes playing
ping-pong. My mother is thirty-two, too. She likes watching TV. My grandfather and grandmother are very old.
They all like listening to the radio (听收音机).     
(     ) 1. Bai Ling's father is a teacher.     
(     ) 2. Her mother is thirty-two years old.     
(     ) 3. Her mother likes playing ping-pong.     
(     ) 4. Her grandmother is very old.         
(     ) 5. Bai Ling likes listening to the radio.

      Last winter, Li Ming and Danny made a snowman in the school yard (院子). First they made a big ball of
snow. Then they made another snowball. This one is smaller than the first. Then they put this snowball on that
snowball. Finally they made another snowball and put it on top. Then they made a face on the snowman. Then
they used a carrot to make a nose. They used some little rocks to make the snowman's mouth and eyes. Look!
What a wonderful snowman!
1. When did Li Ming and Jenny make a snowman?
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2. Where did they make the snowman?
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3. How many snowballs can make a snowman?
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4. Is the snowman wonderful?
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      It's winter. It's cold. There is ice and snow. Danny and Li Ming like winter. They want to go outside to
skate on the ice. They put on their hats, scarfs, mitts, jackets and boots. Why? Because it's cold outside.
Danny can skate. But Li Ming can't skate. Danny is going to teach him.
(     ) 1. It's winter. It's cold outside.
(     ) 2. Li Ming and Danny want to go inside.
(     ) 3. They take off their scarfs and jackets.
(     ) 4. Danny and Li Ming can skate.
(     ) 5. Danny is going to teach Li Ming to skate.
(     ) 6. Danny likes winter, but Li Ming doesn't.

      Christmas is a ____________ (west) holiday. On that day, people ____________ (not) work.
Children ____________ (not) go to school. We ____________ (have) Christmas ____________ (tree),
____________ (light) and Santa. He is a merry man in red clothes. People bring ____________ (gift) to
each other. They sing ____________ (special) songs. They have ____________ (fun) together.

      December 25th is Christmas Day. It's a western holiday. In many countries, it is the most important
(重要的) day in the year. All the people come back to their homes. On Christmas Day, bells ring everywhere.
People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time. Most family buy a Christmas tree for their
children. And they put the gifts in the tree here and there. People also put the gifts in children's stockings
(长筒袜). In many places, Santa brings gifts to children. He is a kind, old man in red clothes. There is a big
bag on his back. There are a lot of gifts in it.

1. _______________ is the most important day in many countries.

A. New Year
B. Christmas Day

2. What do most family buy for their children for Christmas?  _______________.

A. A Christmas tree
B. Some stockings

3. In Santa's bag there are a lot of _______________.

A. fool
B. gifts

4. People put their gifts _______________.

A. in the tree
B. in the tree and in the stockings

      It _____________ (is, was) Sunday yesterday. I _____________ (go, went) to a department store.
I _____________ (buy, bought) a dress and a pair of shoes. I _____________ (eat, ate) supper in a restaurant.
And I _____________ (bring, brought) some gifts for my family. I _____________ (give, gave) them a surprise.

      Tom is an English student. He is eleven. Jim is his brother. He is twelve. They are in China now. They are
in the same grade (年级). But they are in different classes. Tom is in Class Three, Grade One. Jim is in Class
Two, Grade One. They usually go to school in their father's car. Tom likes a circle. Jim likes a triangle. Their
father and mother are English teachers. Their mother is an American woman. She speaks good English. She
likes wearing a dress. Their father is an English man. He speaks English well. He likes blue. He often wears
blue clothes.
1. Where is Tom now?
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2. Are Tom and Jim in the same class?
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3. How does Jim go to school?
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4. Is Tom's mother an English woman?
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5. What does Tom's mother like to wear?
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