There are twelve months in a year. My favorite month is October. October 1st is National Day. We have a seven-day holiday. During the holiday, my parents often take me to see my grandparents.

There are also some interesting school activities（活动）in October. On 12th, we have a basketball game. I don’t like basketball because it’s difficult for me. But I love soccer. And I always play soccer in my free time. We have a book sale on October 20th.I have three old books and I want to sell them. The art festival is fun. We have it on October 29th. My birthday is on this day, too. October is a really great month for me.

1.The writer often＿during the 7-day holiday.

A.plays soccer B.plays basketball

C.has a birthday party D.sees the grandparents

2.The writer thinks basketball is_________

A.relaxing B.interesting C.difficult D.boring

3.The underlined word it refers to（指）the_____________.

A.soccer game B.book sale C.school trip D.art festival

4.How many school activities are there in October?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.

5.The writer's birthday is on___________.

A.October 1st B.October 12th C.October 20th D.October 29th

Scientists（科学家）think that many animals（动物）can not see colors. The world（世界）is black and white to them. Can dogs see colors? Scientists want to know. So the American（美国的）scientists give（给）the dogs food. They put（放）the food in the box in the same color every time. The dogs see this color and go to eat. The scientists then give the dogs food in a box with another（又一）color. But the dogs go to eat the food, too. The colors are all the same to them.

But colors are not all the same to monkeys. The scientists put food in a red box, and do this every day. A monkey always goes to the red box to get food. Then the scientists put food in a blue box, but the monkey doesn’t go to eat it.

1.How many kinds of（种类）animals are mentioned（提到）in this passage?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.

2.The scientists put the food in the boxes in different colors because they want to know

A.what food they like B.if（是否）they can see things

C.what color they like D.if they can see colors

3.The monkey doesn’t go to eat the food because_____________.

A.the food is the dogs’ B.the box is red

C.the food isn’t healthy D.the box is in a different color

4.This passage（短文）is about___________ for animals.

A.fruits B.colors C.boxes D.scientists

5.In what column（专栏）can we probably see this passage?

A.Science. B.History. C.Music. D.Food.

交际配对

I

36.Why does Gina like history? A. It’s nineteen dollars.

37.Who’s he? B. Yes, they are.

38.How much is the sweater? C. Because it’s interesting.

39.Does she like tomatoes? D. He’s my brother.

40.Are those her pens? E. No, she doesn’t.

II

41.Is she Helen? A. It’s on October 2nd .

42.What's that in English? B. They are on the table.

43.When is your mother's birthday? C. Yes, they do.

44.Where are their keys? D. It’s an orange.

45. Do they have a basketball? E. No, her name’s Grace.

1._____

2.____

3.____

4.____

5.____

6.____

7.____

8.____

9.____

10.____

十、情景交际：从方框中选择合适的选项补全对话。

A：Morning，Jack.1.

B：It's a history book.

A：2.

B：No，it isn't.It's my sister Mary's.

A：3. _

B：She's eleven.

A：4.

B：Yes，it's her favorite subject.

A：5.

B：Because she thinks it's interesting.

A：Oh，I see.

A．Does she like history?

B．What's that on your desk?

C．Why does she like history?

D．How old is your sister?

E．Is it yours?

任务型阅读

同学们都有自己的姓氏（family name)。那么你知道英国人的姓氏源自哪里吗? 请阅读下面的短文后完成表格（每空限填一词）。

Everyone has a family name. But what is the meaning（意思）of their family names? And from what do English people get their family names?

First, some family names come from the place（地方）of their homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people’s names may be Wood, Lake, because they live near the wood or lake.

Second, some family names come from a person's job（工作）. If a person is a cook(厨师）, his family name may be Cook.

Third, many people get their family names from their father’s first name. If you hear the name "Jackson", you know that he is the son of Jack.

单词拼写

根据汉语或音标提示, 在空白处写出正确的单词, 每空限填一词。

1.I have an art__________［'lesn] on Saturday afternoon.

2.We have a big festival in ____________（八月）

3.-Alice, here is a nice ____________[sk??t] for you.

-Thank you, Mom.

4.Look! It' s a map of _______________（中国）.

5.In the ____________（下一个）picture are my parents.

6.Jim has a good eating_______________［'h?bit〕.

7.The book on the desk is______________［main].

8.I ____________（只, 仅）watch TV on Saturdays and Sundays.

9.Kate’s clothes are__________________（处处）-on her bed, on the sofa and under the chair.

10.-___________________（拼写）“pen", please.

- -P-E-N.

阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Alex is an English boy. Now he is in America（美国）1.his grandparents. He doesn't know anyone（任何人）in America and he wants 2.（make) friends with his classmates.

It’s a fine day to play sports. He 3.（ask) some of his classmates to play football（足球）after school. They meet at the school library. Alex is the first there 4. then his classmates come. Some of them come with their friends. Alex thinks they’11 play 5. （good).

“I have 6. ball.” Alex tells Leo, one of his classmates. Leo loves football and he always watches football 7.（game) on TV. Leo says he has a ball, too. Leo’s ball is oblong （椭圆形的）, but 8.（Alex) ball is round（圆形的）·How can they play with 9. （this) two balls? But they have two balls now and all of them can play and they 10.（be） very happy.

书面表达

假如你是Li Hua, 要给在美国的笔友Eric写信, 介绍你进入中学以后的生活。 要求：1. 文中应包含提示中的2一3项信息, 还可适当发挥。

2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和校名。语言流畅, 书写美观。

3. 词数：80词左右（信的格式和开头已给出, 不计入总词数）。

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It is said sending messages on QQ is sometimes not safe. You’d better use _________ USB drive to store the important materials.

A.a B.an C.the D./

— Why do you put a big mirror(镜子) in the front of the school?

— Everyone can look for a while at __________ in the mirror before entering the school.

A.he B.him C.his D.himself