The Greens could not speak any English when they first visited New York． They wanted to walk around to see the   1   , so they thought up a great idea．   2   they left the hotel, they walked to the first street corner and wrote a note in their notebook．   3   they went on．They   4   the notebook would help them find their   5   back if they got lost．

After they walked for hours, they   6   that they had lost their way． They asked a policeman for   7   , but the policeman didn’t speak their language．

Later, they found a man who understand their   8   ．They told him that they couldn’t find their hotel, but they remembered   9   corner the hotel was on． They showed the man the words in the notebook．The man began to   10   ．

The words were “STOP” and “ONE WAY STREET”．

1．A．school                   B．country                   C．city                   D．factory

2．A．Before                    B．After                       C．But                   D．Because

3．A．Then                      B．So                          C．Although           D．As well

4．A．read                       B．thought                   C．liked                 D．looked

5．A．street                      B．road                        C．way                  D．hotel

6．A．remembered                                        B．thought of

C．looked                                                D．found

7．A．help                        B．money                    C．bus                   D．food

8．A．news                      B．situation（處境）  C．word                 D．language

9．A．what                      B．why                        C．which               D．where

10．A．talk                       B．cry                         C．speak                D．laugh

Thomas Edison was a great American inventor He was in school  1  only three months．His teacher didn’t understand   2  this new pupil had so many strange questions．Most of the questions had nothing  3  with his lessons．The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom  4  ．He asked Tom’s mother  5  the boy home．Tom’s mother taught him to read and write and she found him to be a very good pupil．He learnt very fast and became very  6  in science．When he was only ten，he built a chemistry lab for  7 ．

   At the age of 12，he started  8  his own newspaper．He printed it and sold copies on the trains．It was the first newspaper  9  on trains in America．

   One day in August，1862，Edison saw a little boy， 10  on the railway at a station．A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened  11 ．Edison rushed out and carried the boy to  12 ．The boy’s father was so thankful  13  he taught Edison how to send messages by telegraph．Edison soon became good at it and later left home to work in different  14 ．This gave him a new start in life． 15  ，he was only 16．

1．A．in                      B．since                      C．for                        D on

2．A．what                        B．why                       C．how                             D．when

3．A．to do                        B．do                          C．doing                     D．does

4．A．more                        B．no more                  C．a(chǎn)ny more                      D．a(chǎn)ny

5．A．to take                   B．take                        C．takes                     D．took

6．A．interesting                 B．interested                C．interest                  D．interests

7．A．himself                     B．him                        C．his                         D．itself

8．A．writes                   B．wrote                    C．writing                   D．written

9．A．sold                         B．selling                     C．sells                       D．sell

10．A．played                    B．plays                      C．playing                   D．to play

11．A．to move                  B．moved                    C．moves                   D．moving

12．A．safe                        B safety                        C．safer                      D．safely

13．A．what                      B．which                     C．that                       D．when

14．A．city                        B．country                   C．village                     D．cities

15．A．At this time             B．When                     C．At that time             D．Now

Li Lei is a Chinese student．He gets an e-mail  1  Jackson Wilson．Jack is a student in Canada．He wants to  2  Chinese．

    Dear friend，

    My name is Jack Wilson．I am from Toronto．  3  ．I am 13 years old．I’m a schoolboy．I know China is a great  4  ．I want to make friends（交朋友）  5  China and I want to learn Chinese．

    There are nineteen students in  6  class．My classmates are from six countries．They are learning English．My parents are from France．They  7  French．I speak English and French． There are many Chinese  8  in Toronto．I want to learn Chinese．  9  I don’t have any Chinese textbooks．Could you  10  me?

    Please write back soon．Thank you．

    Jack Wilson

1．A．for                  B．to                C．from              D．of

2．A．teach               B．learn               C．speak            D．know

3．A．Canada               B．Japan              C．Australia            D．France

4．A．city                  B．country            C．people              D．school

5．A．on                   B．a(chǎn)t                 C．in                D．to

6．A．his                  B．your               C．my                 D．their

7．A．speak                B．tell                 C．say                D．talk

8．A．there                 B．here               C．peoples              D．students

9．A．so                  B．a(chǎn)nd               C．for               D．but

10．A．give                B．help                C．write            D．leave

    China is very busy now. The  1  Olympic Games will be held in Beijing on August 8^th ,2008.   2    many people will visit our country, the government has built new   3  , a large stadium called bird’s nest, and a fine new swimming pool. New roads and a railway have also been built. The fine modern buildings were all designed   4   the best designers. We are very   5   to see the new buildings go up.

The people, old and young, in the capital are   6   for the Olympic Games by learning English. The most important and exciting moment is getting closer and closer. We are all very   7 because for our country, it is the   8   to hold the Games.

The opening ceremony will take place at the bird’s nest. I think our athletes(運動員) will  9 win more gold medals. They will be   10   of our country and the Beijing Olympic Games will be a true “Green Olympics, People's Olympics and Hi-tech Olympics”.

1. A. 28^th                      B. 29^th                       C. 30^th                 D. 31^st

2. A. As                   B. So                       C. When                 D. Because of

3. A. schools              B. shops                     C. hotels                D. factories

4. A. by                  B. for                        C. with                D. on

5. A. angry                B. careful                     C. sad                  D. glad

6. A. waiting               B. preparing                 C. looking               D. leaving

7. A. surprised             B. excited                    C. interested             D. bored

8. A. first city              B. first country             C. first time              D. first year

9. A. like to                 B. decide to                C. try to                 D. have to

10. A. the winner          B. the son                    C. the member                  D. the pride