Dear Tom,
    How are you? I'm in a new school this term. And I'm writing to you in my school now.
My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one
hundred and forty teachers in my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me.
My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
    There are trees, flowers and green grass (青草) in my school. They are very beautiful.
Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in
it.
    We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or
basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go
to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.
    Please write to me soon!

1. ack is in a _____ school.

A. English
B. Chinese
C. small
D. Japanese

2. There are _____ students and _____ teachers in Jack's school.

A. 1,400; 104
B. 1,040; 104
C. 1,400; 140
D. 1,040; 140

3. Jack's teachers _____.

A. teach him English very well
B. only teach him Chinese and English
C. don't like him at all
D. are quite good to him

4. Jack _____ his new classmate.

A. don't get on well with
B. don't like
C. makes good friends with
D. is going to learn English from

5. Which is right?

A. Jack goes to school every day.
B. Jack doesn't have classes every day.
C. Jack has no classes only on Saturdays.
D. Jack has no classes only on Sundays.

    It is Saturday. It is raining heavily outside. It is cloudy and humid. Neil's have
to stay at home. Neil's doing my homework. His sister is watching TV. She loves Jack and
Jerry. She wants to be an actress when she grows up. He is cooking now. They are going
to have supper. His father is busy with the computer. It was broken when his brother was
playing games yesterday.

1. It is ______ heavily outside.
2. Neil is a ______.
3. Neil's sister wants to be ______.
4. There are ______ people in his family.
5. The ______ was broken when his brother was playing games yesterday.

    I go to the cinema a lot. I often go alone, 1_____ sometimes my friend Rose comes,
too. My husband 2_____ comes with me-he is always too busy! I buy chocolates to
3_____ during the film. I usually 4_____ these night films very much. I don't want to
see the 5_____ film twice, but sometimes I do if it's really good.

     In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year
driving license before you can start. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be
in the car with you because you aren't allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don't have to go to
a driving school-a friend can teach you. The person with you isn't allowed to take the money for the lesson
unless he's got a teacher's license. Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving
test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round
for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don't pass the test, you are allowed to take it
again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons.
When you've passed your test, you don't have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as
you like. Britain's oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100. Before 1904 everyone was
allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn't have to take
a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren't allowed to go faster than four
miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1. Which is NOT necessary for a young man who wants to drive a car alone?

A. He should reach the age of 17.
B. He should get a special two-year driving license.
C. He should learn to drive in a driving school.
D. He should pass a driving test to get a full license

2. A person can't take money for driving lessons unless he _____.

A. has learnt to drive in a driving school
B. has a full driving license
C. has a teacher's license
D. is given a special two-year driving license

3. In the driving test, one _____.

A. mustn't drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road
B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time
C. has to be examined only in car driving skills
D. must drive round for more than an hour

4. Which of the following is not true?

A. There is no limit to the age of a man who drives a car.
B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.
C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.
D. A car driver didn't have to get a license until 1935.

5. The best title for the passage is _____.

A. Driving licenses in Britain
B. Tests for Britain people
C. Driving cars
D. Young Men's driving licenses

     Pets are a part of people's lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at home
and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets get real VIP treatment
(待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets! When you want
to give your Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, your pets can go to their hotels.
There, they can exercise inside or outside, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with.
The guests get the best food during their stays at these hotels. There are other special services at these hotels.
Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your pet: the hotel can put a video camera in the pet's room. So
you can see them on TV. The hotels usually have good groomers (美容師): They often bath and take the best
hair care for the pets. But you need to make an appointment because they are usually very busy taking care of
pets.

1. What's the new meaning of "VIP" in this passage?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
2. According to this passage, where can you put your pet when you are away on business?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
3. What does "Fido or Kitty" stand for (代表) here?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
4. How can you see your pet during your traveling?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
5. Why need you make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet?
    ________________________________________________________________________________

     I think life will be very different in one hundred years' time. Some things will be better and some things
will be worse.
     Firstly, people won't live on the surface of the earth, 1_____ Special machines will provide oxygen and
light but the environment won't be the same. Trees and plants won't grow because there won't be any soil.
 2_____ Food will mainly be in the form of pills. If the sea isn't too polluted, people will also eat fish. What
is more, I think people's everyday life will be different. 3_____ No one will have to do housework either.
So, people will have more free time and they will be able to enjoy the things they like -sports, for example.
Finally, I believe that everyone will be able to travel to the moon, to other planets and perhaps even to other
galaxies for a holiday.
     In conclusion, 4_____ Whatever happens, though, I'm sure the future will be an interesting place to live in.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Life under the sea
B. The future world
C. Future life in my mind
D. An interesting place to live in

     Pets are a part of people's lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at home
and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets get real VIP treatment
(待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets!
     When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, you can exercise
inside or outside, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with. The guests get the best
food during their stays at these hotels.
     There are other special services at these hotels. Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your pet: the
hotel can put a video camera in the pet's room. So you can see your Fido or Kitty on TV.
     The hotels usually have good groomers (美容師): They often bath and take the best hair care for the pets.
But you need to make an appointment because people are usually very busy taking care of pets.

1. What's the new meaning of "VIP" in this passage?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
2. According to this passage, where can you put your pet when you are away on business?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
3. What does "Fido" stand for (代表) here?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
4. How can you see your pet during your traveling?
    ________________________________________________________________________________
5. Why need you make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet?
    ________________________________________________________________________________

Mike: Hello, may I speak to Mrs. White, Mike's teacher?
Mrs. White: Yes, this is Mrs. White speaking. Who's that?
Mike: This is Mike's father. Mike is not well today. He can't go to school.
Mrs. White: I am sorry. OK, he can have a day off (休假一天).
Mike: Oh, I'm so happy. I can stay at home and watch TV now.
Mrs. White: What?