A．Happy Spring Festival!

B．Where are they from?

C．How are you?

D．How is the weather in Canberra?

E．I'd like to.

W: Oh, I see. Are you getting on well（進展順利）with your English learning?

M: Most（大多數(shù)）of them are from Australia. Some are from Canada, and some are from the U.K. and the U.S.

W: You can help each other（互相）.

M: 4　　 But I'm afraid not（恐怕不能）. The Spring Festival isn't a holiday in Australia.

W: Oh, I see. Then take good care of yourself（好好照料自己）.

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life. . . ”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
【小題1】The crow met the swan on a ___________

A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles（款式）, my neighbor took the manager aside. “ When she picks out a pair that she likes,” he said, “ just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I’ll pay the regular（正常的）price. I don’t care how much it is.”

The following week, my neighbor was walking by the shoe store and the manager recognized （認出）him and called him in.

“ What’s the problem?” asked my neighbor as he entered the store.

“ Wasn’t my check any good?”

“ That’s not it,” answered the manager, “ The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!”

（   ）1. My neighbor went to Boston ________.

A．to buy shoes for his mother

B．to see his mother

C．to pay for the shoes he had bought for his mother

D．to see the manager of the shoe store

（   ）2. The regular price my neighbor had paid must be _______.

A．12 dollars                     B．lower than 12 dollars

C．higher than 12 dollars           D．unknown to himself at all

（   ）3. It seems very probable that my neighbor wanted to _______.

A．please his mother               B．cheat his mother

C．cheat the manager                      D．please his mother’s friends

（   ）4. The manager called my neighbor in when he saw him because______.

A．he didn’t have enough shoes for his customers（顧客）

B．my neighbor’s mother had taken a wrong pair of shoes

C．there was something wrong with his check

D．he found it hard to satisfy his customers

（   ）5. What do we know about the character（個性） of my neighbor’s mother?

A．She would like to buy expensive things.

B．She would like to buy cheap things.

C．She would like to help others when they’re in trouble.

D．She would like to have her son pay for her shopping.

    In l620．a(chǎn)bout half of the USA was covered by forests．Today the forests have almost gone．A lot of good land has gone with them，leaving only sand．China doesn’t want to copy the USA’s example．We’re planting more and more trees．We’ve built the Great Green Wall of trees across northern part of our country．The Great Green Wall is 7，000 kilometers long，and between 400 and l，700 kilometers wide．It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away．It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south．More Great Green Walls are needed．Trees must be grown all over the world．Great Green Walls will make the world better．

1. In l620 about the USA was covered by forests．

    A．a(chǎn) third of      B．half of          C．two thirds of   D．a(chǎn) fourth of

2．A lot of good land has gone with _________．

    A．sand      B．water    C．wind               D．forests

3．The Great Green Wall in China is _________ long．

    A．7．000 kilometers              B．1，700 kilometers

    C．7．000 meters                      D．400 kilometers

4．Trees must be grown in________．

    A．China                                B．the USA

    C．some countries                     D．every part of the world

5．________will make the world better．

    A．The Great Wall                   B．Tall buildings

    C．Great Green Walls                 D．Flowers and grass