Do you think it difficult to learn English?
      If you have a problem speaking English, you can do several things. Listen to English as much as possible.
Learn a poem or a song by heart. And practice speaking with your friends as much as you can.
     Many people find it difficult to understand the listening materials in English. The answer is to listen as much
as you can. However, don't do too much at one time. It is better to practice listening for five minutes every day. Don't sit down and listen for an hour at a time, That's too much. Do choose listening materials that are
interesting and not too difficult. Choose tapes on which people speak clearly and not too fast. Take it easy at
first. Start with simple materials and later on you can practice listening to some difficult materials.
     As for writing, how can you learn to write well? How do you use words like in, on, of and for? There are
two answers to this. First, study new vocabularies. Make a list of new words and phrases, such as look for,
look after and so on. Second, read as much English as possible, and go over the materials many times. Then
you'll be able to use words correctly yourself. So, in order to write well, you must first learn to read much!

1. The meaning of the underlined phrases go over is probably "_______" here in Chinese.

A. 詳細注釋
B. 認真背誦
C. 仔細檢查
D. 仔細琢磨

2. Which is the right way to practice listening according to the passage?

A. Listening for an hour every day.
B. Listening for five minutes every day.
C. Choose tapes on which people speak fast.
D. Listening to difficult materials in the very beginning.

3. According to the last paragraph, if we study a new word "get", what should we do?

A. Practice it many times.
B. Read it five minutes every day.
C. Study it with other new words.
D. Write it as many times as you can.

4. In order to write well, what should you do first?

A. Learn to use.
B. Learn to read
C. Learn to spell
D. Learn to listen.

5. This passage mainly tells us how to improve your ____ skills.

A. listening and reading
B. reading and speaking
C. listening and writing
D. reading and writing

     Not long ago, Richard Denniston found himself suffering the same pain that millions of other pet owners
have faced. His little dog had a brain tumor (腫塊) and would soon die. Like others who faced the problem
before him, Denniston just wanted to end his pet's suffering.
    However, he took one step further.
    Denniston, an expert who studies animals collected a tiny skin sample (小塊皮膚樣本) from the dog and
took it to his laboratory at Louisiana State University. Denniston started a new technology. Denniston's
company will save pet's DNA for US ＄500, plus a monthly storage fee (保存費) of US ＄10, until cloning
becomes a reality (現(xiàn)實).
     "It could happen soon if everything went on well," says Mark Westhusin, a professor leading a dog
cloning team. Most experts put successful dog cloning a year to five years down the road. The cost may
be expensive at first, but it would drop at last.
     Since Dolly the Sheep was first cloned in 1996, cattle, goats, mice and monkeys have been cloned in labs.
Pets are likely to be next.

1. After his pet died, Richard Denniston ______.

A. did something more than the ordinary pet owners
B. did as other pet owners
C. did nothing but feel very sad
D. could not help feeling lonely without his dear pet

2. Richard Denniston's company will ______.

A. work on DNA
B. clone dogs
C. clone sheep
D. clone human

3. If you put your pet's DNA in Richard Denniston's company for six months, you'll have to pay ______.

A. ＄500
B. ＄600
C. ＄560
D. ＄440

4. Most experts believe people will be able to clone a dog ______.

A. in a year
B. in two years
C. in six years
D. between one to five years

5. Cloning will cost people ______.

A. a lot of money in five years
B. not much money
C. much and then nothing
D. much in the beginning and then be reduced

     The class in America is almost the same as that in China. But something is different.
     (1) In America, if the teacher asks you a question but you don't understand, you should put up your hand
and ask the teacher to repeat（重復）it. If you don't know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher you
don't know. Then he or she knows what you need to learn.
     (2) You mustn't be absent on a test day. If you are seriously ill, call and let the teacher know you will not
be there for the test. If your teacher allows a make-up test （補考）, you should take the test in one or two
days after you go back to school.
     (3) Be on time! It is impolite to be late. If you come in late, be sure to do it quietly. Take your books out
of your bag after you enter the room. Then go to your seat and sit down quietly. In the US, you needn't
knock before you come into the classroom.
     (4) If you have to leave during the class, do it quietly, too. There is no need to ask the teacher's agreement
（同意）.
閱讀短文，判斷正（T）誤（F）。
(     ) 1. When a teacher asks you a question, you should repeat the question.
(     ) 2. Though a student is too sick to take the test, he is not allowed to take a make-up test.
(     ) 3. It's impolite for a student when he/she gets to school late.
(     ) 4. In the US, you need knock before you come into the classroom.
(     ) 5. One can leave the classroom without the teacher's agreement.

     A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy
for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English,
you have to read stories in English, and to speak English as much as possible. A few days before the exam you
should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night studying. Before you start answering in the exam, read
carefully over the question papers, and try to understand the meaning of each question. When you have finished
your exam, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you don't miss
anything out.

1. If people want to do well in an exam, they have to work hard ______.

[     ]

A. every day in a year
B. for most of the month
C. for only a few days
D. late at night

2. If people want to learn English well, they ______.

[     ]

A. only need to learn grammar
B. must often practice English
C. have to go to England
D. should go to bed early

3. It is important to ______ a few days before the exam.

[     ]

A. play too much
B. have a good sleep
C. read the question papers
D. have a good drink

4. When people have finished the exam, they should ______.

[     ]

A. stand up and leave at once
B. answer a few more questions
C. make sure that they don't miss anything out
D. leave some mistakes on the question paper

5. The best title for the passage is ______.

[     ]

A. An Important Exam
B. An Easy Exam
C. Get Ready For Exams
D. How to Pass an Exam

     Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don't need much sleep. But we all need to dream,
scientists say.
     Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are
like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again.
That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an
answer.
     Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been thinking about their work
all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
     Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams
can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we
dream. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up
tired.

1. It may be less important to sleep than to _______.

[     ]

A. think
B. dream
C. work
D. study

2. Dreams and films are usually ______.

[     ]

A. very long
B. in color
C. about work
D. very sad

3. The people often dream about their work because _______.

[     ]

A. they are tired in the daytime
B. they are not interested in their work
C. they may be thinking about their work at all
D. they have too much work to do

4. The main idea of the story is that _______.

[     ]

A. people need to dream
B. people like to sleep
C. dreams are like films
D. we always remember dreams

5. The title for the story could be ______.

[     ]

A. Terrible dreams
B. The longest sleep
C. Memory
D. Dreams

                                               English Students' Education
     English schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year.
The first term is from September to January, and the second term is from February to June. Most English
children begin to go to school when they are five years old. When they finish high school, they are seventeen
or eighteen years old.?
     High school students take only five or six subjects each term. They usually go the the same class every
day, and they have homework for every class. After class, they do a lot of interesting things. After high school, many students go to college①. They usually have to pay② a lot of money. So they have to work after class
to get money for their studies.?
Notes: 1. go to college 上大學?
          2. pay v. 付款?

1. In England, summer holidays begin in _______.

A. September
B. January
C. June
D. July

2. Most English children go to school at the age of _______.?

A. five
B. seven
C. seventeen
D. eighteen

3. High school students _______ after class.

A. do housework
B. go to work?
C. play sports
D. do interesting things

4. Many English college students work after class for _______.

A. helping their parents
B. getting money for their studies?
C. helping others
D. learning some useful things

5. After high school, many students go to _______.?

A. cities
B. work
C. college
D. towns

     There are many kinds of ants (螞蟻) in America. One is very strong. People are afraid (害怕) of it and
animals are afraid of it, too.
     These ants are often in big groups (群). They eat all the animals on their way. They can kill (殺死) and
eat elephants. And they can eat house. Sometimes they can kill people and eat them. When the ants come
near, people leave their homes. But people are sometimes happy after the ants pass by (經(jīng)過), because they
can see no insects (昆蟲) or snakes (蛇).

1. People get away from the ants because the ants ______.

A. can not eat and kill elephants
B. can kill people
C. are not often in groups
D. can not eat houses

2. Where are the insects or the snakes after the ants pass by?

A. They are in the sky.
B. They go to the other places before the ants come.
C. Ants kill and eat them.
D. People kill and eat them.

3. Which is the best title(標題) for the story?

A. Ants
B. America Ants
C. A Srong Ant
D. Big Ant

     There are 47 different kinds of Kangaroos (袋鼠). The smallest are about a quarter of a meter long. The
1. _____  are taller than a man. Kangaroos have very long strong back 2. _____. These are used for 3._____ .
They also have 4. _____ strong tails for resting on.?
     Kangaroos' front legs are 5 ._____shorter, and are almost like arms. Kangaroos'

    Rice is a big part of Chinese life. In the past, people greeted each other by 1.            "Have you had your
rice?" And some people 2.            say it today.
    China is the world's largest rice-growing 3.           . In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice. But it
is not 4.            to feed the world's largest population. In the 1960s, thousands of Chinese 5.            because
they had no food to eat.
    In the 1970s, a Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, grew a new 6.            of rice called hybrid rice (雜交稻).
It makes 20 percent more rice than 7.            types of rice. Hybrid rice is much stronger than common rice.
It can grow in lots of water or in not much water. It also doesn't easily get diseases or worms.
    Yuan is known 8.            the "father of hybrid rice." At the end of last month, he 9.            the World
Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people.
    Today, half of China's rice plants are Yuan's special hybrid. China uses Yuan's hybrid to grow much 
10.            rice than before.