Mother s Day is a holiday on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when children give their 1cards,presents and flowers.

    One of the best ways to celebrate Mother's Day is to give your mother the day off. Let her have a good rest while other members of the family do the 2 .

    Many families begin Mother's Day with 3 in bed. Usually dad and the children will let mom 4 late as they go into the kitchen (廚房) and get ready 5 her favorite meal. A Mother's Day breakfast can make anything your mom likes.

    After the food is cooked,keep everything nicely placed on a plate. Don’t forget to put the bottle 6 only one flower. It's spring. The children can pick the nicest 7 from the garden outside. When everything is ready,carefully carry the plate and mom's favorite books and newspapers up to her bedroom. Cards and small presents from the children can be put on the plate 8 it is given to mom in bed.

     Many families take mom out to her favorite restaurant for a meal. It is a good day to let your mom 9 and let her see what a wonderful 10 she has.

() 1. A. mothers   B. parents   C. teachers   D. friends

() 2. A. homework   B. washing   C. work   D. shopping

() 3. A. breakfast   B. lunch   C. supper   D. dinner

() 4. A. eat   B. sleep   C. wash   D. cook

() 5. A. to   B. for   C. with   D. by

() 6. A. have   B. has   C. with   D. of

() 7. A. plate   B. flower   C. bottle   D. food

() 8. A. after   B. when   C. if   D. before

() 9. A. sleep   B. eat   C. cook   D. rest

() 10. A. family   B. job   C. restaurant   D. flower

    The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981. At that time,they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an Eng-lish-speaking country.

    Now the Vieira children are adults,and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and

friends. But they cannot communicate with them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries,they often leave their own customs and mother language behind. This is a mistake because there are many benefits to know more than one language.

    One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate directly with more people around the world. You do not have to depend on others to talk for you,so you re more independent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.

    Furthermore,speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and cus-toms more effectively. Local expressions,vocabulary,and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person's understanding of another culture. So,knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.

     Finally,having more multi-language speakers improves relationships between countries. If people from different countries can communicate well? the world can become closer. Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each other's problems.

    The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact,there are no disadvantages. It is very sad that many people don't try to learn another language. It is even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silenced.

() 1. What is the passage mainly about?

   A. The benefits of learning other languages. B. The reasons why people come to America.

   C. The importance of learning English. D. How to learn another language.

() 2. The passage begins with the experience of the Vieira family in order to.

   A. discuss the need for teaching a new language

   B. introduce the passage's main characters to the readers

   C. describe the advantages of moving to another country

   D. show the problems of speaking only one language

() 3. The underlined phrase “multi-language speakers”(Paragraph 5) means “people who know

”

   A. their mother language   B. a new language

   C. more than one language   D. body language

() 4. According to the passage,if you can speak more than one language,you can.

   A. find a better job   B. make more friends

   C. better understand history   D. communicate more independently

() 5. Based on the last paragraph,which of the following is the worst?

   A. Not knowing another language. B. Forgetting one's mother language.

   C. Refusing to learn another language. D. Failing to communicate with others.

() 1. You can have dinner in Karma at.

   A. 10：30   B. 13：00   C. 16：00   D. 20:30

() 2. will tell you more information about the basketball match.

   A. John Smith   B. Tommy Brown   C. Paul Burton   D. Tonny Wang

() 3. can't be allowed to go dancing in Layla's Disco.

   A. A 30-year-old worker   B. A 40-year-old doctor

   C. A 22-year-old manager   D. A 15-year-old student

() 4. If you want to go to the Layla's Disco,you can't go there on .

   A. Sunday   B. Saturday   C. Monday   D. Friday

() 5. Which of the following food can you have at Karma?

   A. Chicken.    B. Tomato.   C. Fish.   D. Beef.

   China is the home of tea,1 has more than 4 ,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily. 2 the three major drinks-tea,coffee and cocoa,tea is drunk by 3— people in the world.

    Tea from Tchma,along 4 silk and porcelain (瓷器) ，began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export 5 .

    Tea leaves 6 mainly in the area,south of the Yangtze River,in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian,because of the mild 7 and rich soil there. Longjing,Wulong,Pu er and Tiegua-nyin are all 8 kinds of tea.

   Over the past centuries,Chinese people 9 their unique tea culture,which includes tea planting,tea-leaf picking,tea making,tea drinking and so on. Tea is l0— a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances,songs,poems and novels.

() 1. A. who   B. which   C. where   D. when

() 2. A. In   B. For   C. Of   D. By

() 3. A. the number of   B. a number of

   C. a large number of   D. the largest number of

() 4. A. between   B. with   C. except   D. besides

() 5. A. at that time   B. from now on   C. since then   D. since now

() 6. A. produce   B. are produced   C. make   D. are made

() 7. A. climate   B. weather   C. condition   D. environment

() 8. A. interesting   B. important   C. famous   D. normal

() 9. A. had developed   B. have developed   C. developed   D. are developing

() 10. A. too   B. as well   C. either   D. also

Maria家樓上搬來了新鄰居，他們的某些行為經(jīng)常影響Maria和她家人的休息。因此她給鄰居寫了一封信。請根據(jù)這封信，完成下面表格。

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Green,

      Welcome to our neighborhood. Tm very glad that you and your family become our neighbor. How- ever,I am sorry to say that you have brought some troubles to us. Mr. Green,would you please not play the drum late into the night? We can^ fall asleep until you stop it. Mrs. Green,you are always like the early bird. So would you please not sing so loud in the early morning? And your son Paul is playing balls at home all day. Would you please ask him not to play there? There is a big playground in front of our building. What⁵s more,your daughter Emma plays music too loud. She makes so much noise. My little baby starts to cry as soon as she plays the crazy music. Thank you for your under- standing!

                                                          Yours,

                                                          Maria

          have,    knock,   happen,   call,   work

     Last weekend? Jim went to see a film. It was about a boy 1 Bob. Bob lived with his parents in

a small town. They were very poor. Bob's father 2 in a market for a long time. Bob wanted 3 a bike very much.

     One day,an old man 4 down by some boys,and they ran away. Bob went to help the old man. The old man gave him a magic book and told Bob to make a wish before opening it.

       Can you guess what 5 in the end? Please watch the film and find out!

請將答案填在下面相應(yīng)橫線上：

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

  “Never give up!” It is my law (法則) of life. It has brought me 1_. I learned the law irom my

father's 2 story.My father was 3 in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu,in China. When he was a young boy,he went to school in the morning,then 4 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework5 midnight. Life was hard,because they had no 6 !

   At the age of 14 ,my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold,the land

where 7 people can become rich.

    “ 8 don't I go to America?” he thought to himself’full of hope.

So,my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 9 money in America,he told

me ,“But when I arrived there,I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire (雇傭) me because I

spoke 10 English. Later,I worked in a small restaurant,cleaning up tables, 11 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was 12 for the first a few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English,but it was impossible. I couldn t 13 the schooling (子費(fèi)).

My father 14 working hard,and reached his goal.

   “Alan”he often says to me. "If you want something,you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come 15 in life. v That is what I learned from my father.

() 1. A. disaster   B. loss   C. success   D. pity

() 2. A. life   B. fashion   C. danger   D. history

() 3. A. famous   B. lucky   C. rich   D. born

() 4. A. taught   B. worked   C. studied   D. slept

() 5. A. until   B. towards   C. for   D. during

() 6. A. experience   B. energy   C. time   D. money

() 7. A. kind   B. poor   C. strong   D. lazy

() 8. A. What   B. How   C. Why   D. When

() 9. A. discover   B. make   C. collect   D. spend

() l〇. A. little   B. good   C. much   D. excellent

() 11. A. giving   B. running   C. washing   D. receiving

() 12. A. comfortable   B. cheerful   C. nice   D. hard

() 13. A. borrow   B. need   C. afford   D. pay

() 14. A. kept   B. finished   C. minded   D. stopped

() 15. A. really   B. easily   C. quietly   D. slowly

    Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up,my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together,my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me ,“You should have goals like climbing the mountain. Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed,we couldnJt have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.

     Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first several few hours of climbing,I enjoyed the flowers and trees,and the birds,singing. But as time passed,I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing,but my father said to me,aYou can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain,but you can5t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things,which is just like your life.

     At that time,I was too young to understand his words. But later after that,I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain,and the sky was as clear as crystal.

() 1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was for the father and the son.

   A. hard   B. enjoyable   C. painful   D. comfortable

() 2. The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means “ ”.

A.巖石 B.火焰   C. 水晶 D.寒冰

) 3. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father's words in the second paragraph (段) ？

   A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.

   B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.

   C. You can find life is full of nice things.

   D. Never give up half-way. s

() 4. We can infer (推斷) from the last paragraph that .

   A. the writer was very successful in his life

   B. the writer reached the top of the mountain

   C. though the writer was young,he could understand his father

   D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

() 5. The best title for the passage is .

   A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain   B. Standing at the Top of the Mountain

   C. Conversations between Father and Son   D. Seeing all of the nice things

() 1. There are airports in New York.

   A. one   B. two   C. three   D. four

() 2. How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?

   A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

() 3. How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $ 10 in New York?

   A. 10. 8.  B. $ 10. 08.   C. $ 18.   D. $ 10.

() 4. Which of the following isn’t mentioned?

   A. The Statue of Liberty. B. Times Square.

   C. New York Station. D. The Empire Stale Building.

() 5. From the passage,we can learn that.

   A. people can visit many places of interest in New York on foot

   B. New York is not a good place for shopping

   C. people must travel by public transport in New York

   D. people have to eat only one kind of food in New York

   More than three thousand languages are spoken in the world today. Many ot these languages are spoken 1 small groups of people. On the 2 hand,over two hundred languages are spoken by one million or more people. Chinese is the language spoken by the 3 number of people in the world. But English is most 4 spoken in the world.

    English is spoken by more than four hundred million people 5 their first language. It is 6  by most people in the U. S. A. , Great Britain,Canada,Australia and New Zealand. And it is 7used very widely in many other countries of the world. Look at the back of your watch. You may see the English words “Made 8 China”，or “Japan”，even “Germany”.

   English is the first language in 9 of these. Why are English words 10 on it? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business among different countries.

() 1. A. as   B. by   C. for   D. with

() 2. A. other   B. others   C. another   D. the second

() 3. A. biggest   B. bigger   C. largest   D. larger

() 4. A. wide   B. wider   C. widest   D. widely

() 5. A. of   B. in   C. by   D. as

() 6. A. spoke   B. spoken   C. speak   D. speaking

() 7. A. either   B. as well   C. also   D. too

() 8. A. at   B. of   C. with   D. in

() 9. A. no one   B. none   C. nothing   D. no

() 10. A. written   B. wrote   C. write   D. writing