Today Chinese people can enjoy longer holidays, such as the three “God Week Holidays”: May Day, the Spring Festival and National Day. They have more time  1  .Rising incomes (收入) also make   2  possible for ordinary Chinese people to travel abroad(国外).

Zhang Haitao. a middle school student in Shanghai will go to Japan with his parents  3  the Spring Festival . “Overseas touring has always been a dream of  4  ,” Zhang Haitao said.

“ 5 will you go to Japan ,by air or by ship ?” I asked him.

“by ship, Traveling by ship is more   6  than a rushed trip by air .

“but a plane is much   7  than a ship .”

“Yes ,but you can’t see much during the   8  , while a sea trip will make you happier ,because you can see waves ,island and even big fish.”

“Will you travel at your own expense (费用)?”

“Certainly,  9  my father ‘s job is to recycle rubbish ,I’m very proud of him .He has saved   10  money in the last three years, What’s more ,he has made a contribution by protecting our environment.”

1 A travel               B travels                  C to travel                   D traveled

2 A them            B it                     C this                      D that

3 A during          B from                  C at                       D to

4 A my            B I                      C me                      D mine

5 A How           B What                   C When                   D Where

6 A dangerous      B enjoyable               C difficult                  D frustrating

7 A fast           B. faster                  C fastest                    D slower

8 A night           B day                    C holidays                 D light

9 A Because         B Although               C But                     D So

10 A a little          B many                     C  lots of                 D a few

The idea of what shaking(摇动) the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian, he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the India did not like what they said. But, in fact, they would be completely（完全地）wrong.

Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No”. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.

One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired（雇用）a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office,  the Indian shook his head again. At last the officer got angry. “How dare you refuse（拒绝）my order?” he shouted: Drive me to my office at once!”

The driver answered in quite loud voice, too “Yes, sir!” But to the officer’s surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time. The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought  about it for a while, and he nodded（点头）with a smile, “No means Yes here.”

(     ) 1. An Indian would shake his head when _______

A.      he didn’t want to do anything

B.      he agreed with others

C.      he talked to others

D.     other people were wrong

(     ) 2. The foreign officer was surprised that _______

A.      the driver could not understand him

B.      the driver refused his order

C.      the driver drove him to another place

D.     the driver shook his head as he said “Yes”

(     ) 3. The sentence “No means Yes here” means “_______”

A.      In India the words Yes and No have the same meaning

B.      Indians don’t say No when they don’t agree with each other

C.      There is no difference between Yes and No

D.     We shake our heads to say No, not Yes as Indians do

(    ) 4. India is _______

A.      a developed （发达的）country

B.      in America

C.      next to Australia

D.     to the southwest of China

 (    ) 5. Which of the following sentences isn’t true?

A.      Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries.

B.      When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes.

C.      In India the word No means Yes.

D.    In India shaking the head means No.

Scientists are trying to make the deserts（沙漠）into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the wind blow the soil（土壤）away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

(     ) 1. Deserts________

A.      get very little rain

B.      never have any plants or animals in them

C.      can all be turned into good land before long

D.     both A and C

(    ) 2. Small green plants are very important to dry places because______

A.      they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier

B.      they don’t let the wind blow the earth away

C.      they hold water

D.     all of the above

(    ) 3. Land is becoming desert little by little because________

A.      plants can’t grow there

B.      there is not enough rain

C.      people haven’t done what scientists wish them to do

D.     scientists know little about the deserts

(    ) 4. Which is the main（主要的）idea of the first paragraph?

A.      Scientists know how to change desert into good land

B.      Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land

C.      If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there

D.     More and more places are becoming deserts all the time

(    ) 5. After reading this, we can learn that _______

A.      plants can keep dry land from becoming desert

B.      it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts

C.      all places without much rain will become deserts

D.     it is better to grow crops（谷物）dry land than to grow grass

New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.

But there are serious problems in big cities too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities because there are some chances to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people can’t find work or a good place to live in. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

Some people enjoy living in big cities. Others do not. Before people enjoy move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.

(    ) 1. Which is the best title（标题）for this passage.

A.      Big cities

B.      New York, London, and Paris

C.      Exciting Places to Live in

D.     Serious Problems in Big Cities

(    ) 2. In big cities people can_______

A.      go to different kinds of museums

B.      see all kinds of plays and films

C.      buy things from all over the world

D.     A, B and C

(   ) 3. Which of the following is true?

A.      Big cities are not safe and clean enough

B.      People can easily find a good place to live in big cities

C.      Big cities are safe, but not clean

D.     All people like to live in big cities

(    ) 4. In this passage the writer advised（建议）people______

A.      to move to a big city

B.      not to move to a big city

C.      not to move to a big city without thinking about the problems there

D.     not to think too much about the problems before they move to a big city

(    ) 5. Which is not talked about in the passage?

A.      New York and London are big cities, and also is Paris

B.      Big cities are better than small cities

C.      Big cities are exciting places to live in

D.     Big cities have a lot of serious problems

根据提示写一篇小短文（70--80字）

小明和Tom是笔友，小明给Tom写信询问学英语的方法，请你以Tom的身份给小明写一封回信， 内容包括：1、你对学习英语的态度（难、易、重要性）2、学习英语的方法和建议。字数70---80左右。开头已给出。

Dear Xiaoming,

I’m glad to see your letter.

—Why are you laughing?

—Oh, I've just read __       interesting story.

A. a             B. an           C. the           D.不填

—Is this your school ID card?

—No, it's not      . My ID card is in the bag.

A. your           B. yours        C. mine          D. my

Lucy, could you please help me        the map on the blackboard? We won't need it.

A. put away       B. put off        C. put on         D. put up

The harder we work,  the __     result we will get.

A. faster          B. fast          C. better         D. good

—How long does it take to walk from our school to the park?

—Half an hour, __     

A. here and there   B. now and then   C. up and down   D. more or less