Modem life is impossible without travel. The fastest way of travel is by plane. With a modern you can travel in one day to places, which it took a month or more to get to a hundred year ago. Travel by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are traveling through .Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even a longest journey enjoyable. Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travels by sea are a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel there by car. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when travel on business.

1. According to this passage which is the fastest way of traveling?

A. By train.                  B. By sea.               C. By plane                D. By car.

2. If we travel by car, we can        .

A. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

B. make our own timetable

C. travel to a very far place in several minutes

D. make the longest journey enjoyable.

3. The underlined word "they" in the passage means        .

A. modern trains in the country

B. the travelers on the modern trains

C. the slower ways of traveling

D. comfortable seats and dining cars

4. When people travel on business, they usually take         .

A. a bike or foot            B. a boat or a ship         C. a train or a plane     D. a plane or a bus

5. How many ways of traveling are mentioned(提到) in passage?

 A. Five.                         B. Three.                 C. Two                    D. Four.

单词拼写与运用.

1. I feel frustrated because I have t         in learning English.

2. I'll go to the park u         it rains.

3. Please pay a         to your pronunciation

4. She has t         English for ten years.

5. There is p         of rain in summer every year.

6.If you work hard, you'll         (实现)your dream.

7. She is a        . (有见识的) woman, she knows a lot.

8. I hope to pass the f         exam at the end of the year.

9. Everyone should know the         (重要性)of studying hard.

10. Driving too fast may         (造成)car accident.

A: Hi, Bill! You're reading the novel again.

B: Yes, Tom. I'll never be tired of it.

A:    1  

B: There times. Every time I read it, l can always learn something new.

A: Really?    2    ?

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer. what about you?

A:    3  . He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.

B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel?

A:    4   . I haven't seen such a novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don't know where it is,     5   ?

B: No. Only 10 minutes walk from here, next to the People s Cinema.

A: Oh, I see. I'm going there to get one, too. Thank you!

B: You're welcome!

美国某学校开设汉语课程已经两年多了，但很多学生的成绩一直德想。于是，该校决定利用今年暑假组织一批学生来你校学习，主要想了解如何学好汉语，特别是在口语和听力方面。学校要求你结合自己的学习经验，用英语写一篇100词左右的发言稿。 要点包括：

      1、表示欢迎；

2、简要介绍学习汉语的体会；

3、提出一些建议或方法(不少于三条)；

4、表达你的愿望。

      可根据要点和提示适当发挥。

参考词汇：listening ability(能力), spoken Chinese, radio/TV programs, DVDs

      注意：

1．文中不得出现真实姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。

2．开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Boys and girls,

As students, we are supposed to spend as much time as we could _______．

A．study                B．studied               C．studying              D．to study

I'm not used _______ so much at lunchtime．

A．to eat               B．for eating            C．eating                 D．to eating

--Well, they have pretty relaxed rules．

-- _______?

-- Well, it's OK if you're not on time．

A．What like            B．What if               C．Like what            D．What about

-- Do you mind if I sit here?

-- _______．It's for Mr. Brown．

A．Not at all           B．Never mind          C．Better not            D．Of course not

What does she find _______?

A．surprised            B．surprising            C．surprise              D．surprises