The best day of the week for shoppers is Saturday. In America, women do most of the shopping, while the young also enjoy shopping with their friends. Men don’t enjoy taking time in the store. There are many places to shop. A mall is a group of many shops where you can buy clothes, furniture, and everything of the house. Shopping malls provide parking of the cars which is very important to the shopper. Usually the mall is under one roof, so each people doesn’t get cold or wet from rain, wind, or snow. Mothers can buy clothes for family members. For the children, shoes, socks, dresses, coats, and sweaters are bought in August for the new school year. For the kitchen the mother might buy cooking pots, drinking glasses, and the television set. The bedroom furniture has beds, mirrors and so on. Finally, there are pictures in most rooms.
To buy all these things at the mall takes many trips but mothers enjoy this kind of shopping.
【小題1】Who often goes shopping for the family members from the passage, we know?

A．Mothers

B．Fathers

C．Young people

D．Children

【小題2】In America, women like shopping on.

A．Sunday

B．Saturday

C．Monday

D．Friday

【小題3】Men do not enjoy shopping in the store, because.

A．it will cost more money	B．takes shorter time
C．it takes a lot of time	D．they will get wet from rain

【小題4】The word “furniture” means.

A．電視柜

B．家具

C．電器

D．立柜

【小題5】What is a shopping mall?

A．It’s a group of many shops where you can buy everything you need.

B．A department store where you can buy everything you need.

C．A supermarket where you can buy vegetables, fruits and so on.

D．You can park your car there

Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?
Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you got a pen?” while Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like “bird “and “hurt”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, while “color” and “honor” are American.
These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.
【小題1】Are there many differences in grammar between British and American English?

A．There are few differences between them.

B．There are many differences between them.

C．There are some differences between them.

D．There are great differences between them.

【小題2】Americans don’t say “Have you got a pen.” do they?

A．Yes, they do.

B．Yes, they don’t.

C．No. they don’t.

D．Sorry, they do .

【小題3】Who says “ in hospital ”? Who says “ in the hospital ”?

A．Americans say “ in the hospital ” while Englishmen say “ in hospital ”.

B．Americans say “ in hospital ” while Englishmen say “in the hospital ”

C．Both Americans and Englishmen say “ in the hospital ”

D．They are the same .

【小題4】From the article we can know____.

A．American English is better than British English.

B．it’s not so difficult for a British English speaker to understand American English.

C．the spelling of “color” is wrong while the spelling of “colour” is right.

D．British English is better than American English.

【小題5】What’s the main idea of the article?

A．We should learn both American English and British English.

B．British and American English are two different languages.

C．Speakers of British and Americans speak the same language.

D．We should learn other languages .

Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was said that the island would go down, so all made boats and left except Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to offer her help until the last possible moment. When the island had almost gone down, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a great boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Sadness was close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you .” “Oh, Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love was so excited that she even forgot to ask who the elder was. So Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time understands how valuable Love is.”
【小題1】What would happen to the island?

A．It would grow bigger.

B．It would sink.

C．It drove feelings away.

D．All the feelings lived.

【小題2】Sadness didn’t see Love when he passed by Love, did he?

A．Yes, he did.

B．Yes, he didn’t.

C．No, he didn’t.

D．No, he did.

【小題3】Why didn’t Happiness help Love?

A．Because Happiness didn’t like Love.

B．Because Happiness didn’t hear Love calling her.

C．Because her boat was so small that she couldn’t take Love with her.

D．Because she needed to be by herself.

【小題4】Who helped Love out of danger?

A．Sadness.

B．Knowledge.

C．Happiness.

D．Time.

【小題5】What does the underlined word “valuable” mean in Chinese?

A．令人喜愛(ài)的

B．珍貴的

C．吸引人的

D．有愛(ài)心的

A new Long March（長(zhǎng)征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometers from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million Yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亞洲U-17錦標(biāo)賽）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鮮）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）。 He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。
【小題1】From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.

A．travel around China

B．visit some schools

C．teach poor children

D．get some money and help poor children go back to school

【小題2】The second piece of news tells us ______.

A．Korea held this contest

B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia

C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship

D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years

【小題3】Which of the paragraphs is about sports？ ______

A．The 1st	B．The 2nd
C．The 3rd	D．The 3th and the 1st

On a recent day, “Linsanity” is popular all over the world. It’s the combination of “Lin” & “insanity”, referring to the person who made surprising success.
“Lin” refers to Jeremy Lin, an American professional basketball player, with the Chinese name Shu How Lin. He is the first American player with Chinese descent（血統(tǒng)）.
Jeremy Lin was born on August 23, 1988. At the age of 5, He started playing basketball at the kindergarten. He went to Harvard University after playing at Palo Alto High School in California. He graduated in 2010 and joined the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team in California. In late 2011, Lin moved to another team - the New York Knicks at the very end of the year. The Knicks added him to their starting lineup（陣容）that month. He began averaging more than 20 points a game and leading the team to a series of wins.
Here is his career statistics（統(tǒng)計(jì)表）.
NBA Regular Season Accurate as of February 20, 2012

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010–2011	Golden State	29	0	9.8	0.389	0.200	0.760	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	2.6
2011–2012	New York	19	9	23.1	0.487	0.343	0.742	2.7	5.7	1.4	0.2	14.6

 
GP: Games played        GS: Games started               MPG: Minutes per game
FG%: Field-goal         3P%: 3-point field-goal         FT%: Free-throw
RPG: Rebounds per game  APG: Assists per game           SPG: Steals per game
BPG: Blocks per game    PPG: Points per game
【小題1】“Linsanity” is an expression referring to the person who ______.
A. made surprising success
B. played basketball young
C. was very popular
【小題2】Jeremy Lin is the first American player with _______ descent.
A. French                       B. Chinese                  C. English
【小題3】According to the passage, Jeremy Lin started playing basketball at ________.
A. kindergarten             B. high school                  C. university
【小題4】Jeremy Lin is playing for ________ team in NBA now.
A. the Golden State Warriors
B. the Los Angeles Lakers
C. the New York Knicks
【小題5】Jeremy Lin got 14.6 _________ in Regular Season 2011-2012.
A. PPG                      B. SPG                      C. MPG

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(電梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
　　There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
　　Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
【小題1】Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

A．interesting

B．terrible

C．happy

D．unhappy

【小題2】Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A．a(chǎn)bout twenty hours	B．nearly two days
C．one week	D．more than sixty hours

【小題3】When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.

A．was cold, weak, hungry and tired

B．wouldn't work there any more

C．said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

D．went home at once

【小題4】Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.

A．it was broken	B．it was the weekend
C．it was in an office	D．it was a holiday

【小題5】In the lift, there was_________.

A．water

B．beer

C．telephone

D．nothing

Tony and Anna are brother and sister. They are Americans. Tony likes sports very much. He can play soccer, basketball and volleyball. Anna likes music(音樂(lè)) very much. She can't play ball games. But they both(兩者都) like playing on computers.
They like eggs, bread and milk for breakfast. For lunch, Anna likes eating vegetables and fruit, but Tony likes chicken and fish(魚(yú)). They both like hamburgers. But they don' like ice cream or dessert.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。(10分)
【小題1】Anna is Tony’s _____ and they are _____.

A．sister; Chinese	B．sister; Americans
C．friend; Americans	D．Friends; Chinese

【小題2】Tony likes ______ and he can play ______.

A．sports; tennis	B．music; basketball
C．sports; volleyball	D．music; tennis

【小題3】Tony and Anna both like _____.

A．vegetables

B．soccer

C．playing on computers

D．music

【小題4】For breakfast, they like _____.

A．eggs, bread and milk	B．vegetables and fruit
C．chicken and fish	D．chicken and milk

【小題5】They don’t like _____ or _____.

A．ice cream; vegetables	B．ice cream; dessert
C．hamburgers; dessert	D．Fish ; ice cream

Miss Li is a teacher. She teaches in a middle school. She gets up at half past five in the morning. She has breakfast at 6:00.After that she goes to school by bike. She gets there very early. She cleans her desks and chairs for other teachers. Classes begin at 8:00.She and the other teachers work hard. She goes home at 4:00 in the afternoon. Then she does some housework .After dinner she reads books and goes over the students’ homework. She goes to bed at about ten.
【小題1】Miss Li works _______

A．in a shop

B．in a middle school

C．on farm

D．in a factory '

【小題2】She get up at _______ in the morning..

A．5:l0

B．5:20

C．5:30

D．5:45

【小題3】She goes to work_______.
A .late      B  at night     C. early    D. on foot
【小題4】She does some housework ______

A．a(chǎn)t 4:30

B．before 4:40

C．a(chǎn)fter 4:00

D．in the morning

【小題5】After supper  she ____.

A．reads books	B．goes over the students' homework
C．both A and B	D．watches TV

The Red Cross is an international organization. It cares for people who are in need of help. A man in Paris hospital needs blood, a woman in Mexico hurt in an earthquake and a family in India lost their home in a storm. All of them may be helped by the Red Cross. The Red Cross is in almost every country around the world. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent（新月）. All of these agencies（機(jī)構(gòu)）share a common goal of trying to help people in need. The idea of forming such an organization started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he saw how people were suffering during the war in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded （受傷害的） people regardless of（無(wú)論）which side they were fighting for. The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the people, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid and providing blood.
【小題1】A good title for this passage is _______________.

A．People in Need of Help	B．Forming an Organization to Help the Soldier
C．The International Red Cross	D．Join the Red Cross

【小題2】The underlined word “ suffering” means “___________”.

A．受苦的

B．生活的

C．歡慶的

D．喜悅的

【小題3】Who can be helped by the Red Cross?

A．The soldiers.

B．The American.

C．All the wounded people.

D．Anyone.

【小題4】Where can you find the Red Cross?
A. We can only find it in the USA.             B. We can find it all over the world.
C. We can find it only in India, Mexico and Paris.  D. In the places with natural disasters.

Do you know some world famous brands (品脾), such as Nike, adidas, Kappa...？ What do you think of them？ Do you use their products(產(chǎn)品)？ Here are some students' opinions:
Sam: I am a Nike fan. Many of Nike's advertisements are fun and its products are great! I have a pair of Nike basketball shoes.
Joe: In my eyes , top brand means high quality, So I love top brand products though they're very expensive. I was glad Mum bought me a Kappa T-shirt last month.
Sally：The logos(標(biāo)識(shí)) of famous brands are usually unique and nice. It's cool to own products with those logos. Sometimes I wear my adidas coat.
Jack：Many top brand products are advertised by spokesmen(代言人). I love the spokesmen of many top brand products. I've got many Nike socks.
Susan: I know it's popular for young people to have famous brand products these days. But my parents both lost their jobs. I have no interest in following the fashion. I only choose the products that are not expensive.
Adam: As a student, I don't earn money myself. It's not easy for my parents to support me. So I only use some ordinary products. I don't agree students use the famous brand products.
【小題1】Joe loves top brand products because he thinks ______.

A．top brand means high quality

B．top brands' advertisements are fun

C．it's cool to own top brand products

D．the spokesmen of top brand products are his favourite

【小題2】What does Sally think of the products of famous brands?

A．She thinks they are expensive.	B．She thinks it's cool to own them.
C．She thinks they are popular.	D．She thinks they don't suit her.

【小題3】Among the six students, who don't have top brand products?

A．Sam and Joe.

B．Sally and Jack.

C．Susan and Adam.

D．Jack and Sam.