John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill．He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five．He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five．He thought, "It's a little bit earlier．I'll wait for a moment． It's good to keep the time．"

Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's． He looked around and saw a noisy square（廣場）not far from here． He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet．He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily．

Suddenly he heard a girl crying．He came up to her and asked some questions．Then he knew she got lost．John tried to find out her address and took her home．The girl's parents were very thankful．

Then John hurried to the doctor's．The doctor said angrily when he saw him, "You're late．Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? " John said nothing but one word—"Sorry! "

1．John went to the square to ______．

A．spend the time                                    B．enjoy himself

C．see the children and the women           D．help the girl

2．The girl cried because ______．

A．someone hit her                                   B．she fell off her bike

C．her parents were angry with her              D．she didn't find the way home

3．At last John got to the doctor's at ______．

A．twenty to five                                     B．twenty past five

C．five o'clock                                        D．forty past five

Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but it is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast.

    As your eyes move along the line of a book, they make fixations（注視）. It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move onto another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span（視幅）. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

The way in which you read always has something to do with what you are reading and why you are reading. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can use the fight and necessary way. Here are four ways of reading, but not all, they may help you read faster.

1. Skimming （瀏覽）is an important kind of reading. It can be used when you wish to go over something that you have forgotten. You may skim to find a lost place of a sentence that you have read and can't remember. You may skim to get an idea of a story.

2. Fast first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this kind of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

3. You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This kind of reading is necessary for making a careful study of the main school subjects, working out math problems, studying rules for playing a game, or reading directions.

4. Fast reading is used when you read stories for pleasure. You may also do fast reading when going over the lessons you have already known well.

1．Which is a better way of reading, seeing a group of words or a word at a fixation?

2．If you forget an important date in your history lesson and want to find it in the book, what way of reading should you use?

3．What's the good point of reading fast?

4．Why does the writer talk about different ways of reading?

5．What's the main idea of the passage?

Have you ever seen an animal without a head ? There is such an animal ! It has no tail or legs. Its body is full of holes. It eats and breathes but never moves. It lives under water. The water brings the ani8mal air. The water brings the animal little plants and animals to feed on. What animal is it ? It is the sponge（海綿）.

The sponge is a water animal. Some sponges are found where the water is not very deep. Other sponges live on the floor of the sea. Sponges grow in many sizes, shapes, and colors.

Men have been diving for this animal since ancient times. People in ancient times used dried sponges for cleaning and painting.

Men still dive for sponges, Animal sponges are needed for many things. But most sponges sold in the store are not animals. Men make them.

1．What's the name of the animal without a head?

2．Where does the animal live?

3．Why can this kind of animals live without moving?

4．What's the use of the animals for people in ancient times?

5．Are the sponges sold in the store?

Over thirty thousand years ago, people from northern Asia went to America. Today, we call these people Indians.

The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!

Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 500,000 people went there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They went to America so that they could find a better life.

1．Who went to America first？

2．Why did the Indians go to America?

3．How did the first Europeans go to America?

4．Did these Europeans speak the same language？

5．From 1815 to 1915, how many Europeans left their countries and went to the United States?

What do you think life on earth will（A）________in 100 years? More comfortable ?More high-tech? Maybe. But many scientists see a different future. （B） They say that by the year 2100 the earth will become a worse place for us to live.

   Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）are warming up the earth, melting（熔化）ice, and raising the level of the oceans. All these changes may bring more disasters（ 災(zāi)難）,including earthquakes and floods（ 洪澇）.

   Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Luckily, things may become so bad. Most countries in the world have agreed to slow down earth warming.

   In February, the Kyoto Protocol （京都議定書）began.（C） 這是全世界141個國家間的協(xié)議。 They want to produce less greenhouse gas and slow the rising temperature. （D） By 2010,35 developed countries will cut greenhouse gas by 5 percent of the amount they produced in 1990. （E） In order to produce less greenhouse gas, countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations. They also need to look for new types of energy（能源）.Countries that signed the agreement include China, Japan, Russia and the countries in the European Union（ 歐盟）.

1．在（A）的空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~語：________________

2．將劃線部分（B）譯成漢語：___________________________

3．將劃線部分（C）譯成英語：________________________

4．將劃線部分（D）譯成漢語：______________________________

5．將劃線部分（E）改寫為：Countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations _____________they can produce less greenhouse gas.

A cheap sweater

Mr. Ford saw a nice sweater in the shop window. It was very cheap. So he bought one.

When he went back home he put the sweater on, （B）it was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon he went out to work in his garden. It soon began to rain, and Mr. Ford had to   （D）   into his house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet.

Then his sweater started to （A）shrink. It got smaller and smaller. Mr. Ford tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

（C）In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs. Ford laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1．用英語解釋A處畫線詞的意思：

2．翻譯B處畫線的句子

3．寫出C處詞組的同義詞組

4．在D處填入一個適當?shù)脑~                      

5．寫出文章的中心詞或詞組                     

假如你是遼寧省實驗中學學生李東，最近參加了由遼寧電視臺舉辦的中學生英語演講比賽并獲獎，該臺準備組織獲獎?wù)呷デ鄭u參加一次英語夏令營活動�，F(xiàn)就有關(guān)事項征求你的意見。請根據(jù)下面所提供的信息用英語以書信形式給予答復(fù)。

請注意：

1．選擇適合你的時間，并說明理由；    

2．選擇兩項你喜歡的活動，并說明理由；

3．針對活動內(nèi)容提出至少一個建議；           

4．詞數(shù)：80～100；          

5．參考詞匯 英語夏令營：the English Summer Camp

6．信的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出。

  Dear Sir or Madam，

  I’m very glad _______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

   Thank you very much.

                                                       Yours truly,

                                                        Li Dong

Ail my exams were easy and I passed them __________.

A．two days ago                                    B．in two days   

C．for two days                                     D．between two days

The problem is hard to solve. __________.

A．Don't be late                                     B．Have a seat    

C．Use your brain                                    D．Give him the paper

Danny chose some _______ for lunch. It's ￥8.

A．salads                 B．soup          C．oil            D．chicken legs