Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his partents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.
【小题1】 How many books has Dou Kou written?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five

D．Six

【小题2】Thanks to his ________, Dou Kou could write his books.

A．mother

B．father

C．school life

D．life in different cities

【小题3】Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________.

A．when he wrote fairy tales	B．before his father taught him how to learn something
C．after he went to school	D．after his mother taught him how to learn something

【小题4】The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _________.

A．is different from other children	B．doesn’t tell the truth.
C．is the same as other children	D．likes his books

【小题5】 Which is the best title?

A．Three Books by a child	B．How to Write a Fairy Tales
C．How Clever the Boy is	D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

Healthy Eating
Healthy eating is important to us. What and how should we eat to be healthy?
First, we must have enough food, never too much or too little. The food must be clean and we should cook it properly.
Second, it’s very important for us to keep a balanced diet. Different kinds of foods are necessary, such as rice, bread, meat, fish, eggs, milk and vegetables. Rice and bread give us energy. Meat, fish, eggs and milk help our bones grow. Fruit and vegetables make us healthy.
Third, we should eat regularly. It’s said that half of the students don’t have a regular breakfast or don’t eat anything at all in the morning. It is bad for their health. In fact, a good breakfast keeps us strong.
In short, we should not only eat enough food, healthy food but also eat regularly.
【小题1】We eat food freely.
【小题2】We should eat different kinds of healthy foods.
【小题3】Vegetables are the most important food for our health.               
【小题4】 The more regularly, the healthier we are.
【小题5】 All the students don’t have a regular breakfast.

Have you ever seen the film Titanic? “Titanic” was one of the largest and finest ships in 1912. It hit an iceberg(冰山)on its first sailing from England to America and sank very soon, leaving a love story to the people. Do you know what an iceberg is?
The earth is round, like a ball. The top of the earth is the north. The bottom of the earth is the south. At the top and the bottom of the earth, there is a lot of ice. It is very cold there. Sometimes there is no sunshine for many months. There is ice everywhere all the time. Large pieces of ice fall into the sea. They don’t go to the bottom of the sea. They float(漂浮)near the top of the water. We call these large pieces of ice “iceberg”. Some icebergs are bigger than a tall building. Icebergs are dangerous for ships. Sometimes a ship hits an iceberg.
Then the ship sinks.
You can make a small iceberg. Put a piece of ice in a glass of water. Look ar it. The ice does not sink.
【小题1】Titanic is the name of a film and it’s also the name of a _______.
【小题2】Titanic sank ________ it hit an iceberg.
【小题3】The __________ is very cold in North Pole(北极)and in South Pole.
【小题4】At times we can’t see the ___ in North Pole and in South Pole for a long time.
【小题5】 Icebergs are made of large _________.

【小题1】I like going to school on foot. I___(很少)take a bus to school.      
________
【小题2】He ______(花费)five hours in finishing drawing the picture.       
________
【小题3】More and more _______(外国人)come to visit China.                  ________
【小题4】 Would you mind ____(重说)your suggestions? I didn’t hear it clearly. ________
【小题5】They crossed the road in ______(安全).                        
________
【小题6】 It is the harvest time. The farmers are b______ getting in the crops.   _________
【小题7】My h____ is collecting stamps. I have collected thousands of stamps. _________
【小题8】 The Chinese people are p____ of the Great Wall.                 
_________
【小题9】Mark Twain was born in the USA and English was his mother t______.
________
【小题10】I’m t________. Could you please bring me a bottle of water.        
_______

How do North Americans dress? What do they wear in special      
【小题1】      
days? In fact, there is very few formal days, though there are some            【小题2】
festivals such as Easter, Christmas, Halloween, or Thanksgiving              【小题3】      
Day. What people wear depend on their likes and dislikes. On birthday,        【小题4】      
some child wear paper party hats. At Christmas, some people wear           
【小题5】      
Santa Claus hats. In winter, Canada people usually wear coats, gloves,       【小题6】     
boots and hats. It is near the same in northern China. Generally, people         【小题7】                     
in Canada and the United States wear suits for work in offices, as            【小题8】      
well as for most formal occasions, just as people do in China. People          【小题9】      
in cities around a world wear rather similar clothes.                        【小题10】      

学校决定本周星期六（2011年5月14日）晚上以班为单位召开家长座谈会，会议将于七点半开始，地点是本班教室。届时将通报孩子在校学习情况，并就如何促使孩子学好功课征求家长意见。请你代替八年级（4）班班主任杨老师用英语向林涛的家长写一份邀请书。
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This is _______ MP4. Yours is over there.  

A．my

B．me

C．I

D．mine

Look! The boys _______ football on the playground.  

A．plays

B．play

C．are playing

D．played

— Have you ever been to Nanning?   — Yes, _______ .

A．I was

B．I do

C．I am

D．I have

Li Hua’s shoes are as _______ as Zhang Hui’s.  

A．cheap

B．cheaper

C．the cheaper

D．the cheapest