Shanghai is bigger than     in Japan．

A．any city                 B．any other city

C．the other cities            D．another city

The weather here is much colder than      of my hometown．

A．it    B．that    C．the one    D．those

    One evening，Robert was on his way home from the railway station．When he turned round  a corner．he heard footsteps behind him and he thought someone was coming near．He began to walk faster．The footsteps became faster，too．He slowed down．The footsteps also slowed down．Now he was sure that someone must be going after him．He tried to hide．Still the steps followed him．He didn't know how to save himself, so he jumped over some tall grass and found himself in a cemetery(墓地)．He threw himself down on one of the tombs(坟墓)．

    The man behind came near．Robert could hear the man jump over the grass．Thoughts of thieves or murderers(凶手)filled his mind．Robert stood up and faced the man，“What do you want?”he asked．“Why are you coming after me?”

   “I say，”the stranger asked．”Do you always go home like this，or take some special exercise tonight? I want to go to Mr. Brown’s and don’t know the way．The station master told me to follow you as you live next door．Excuse me for asking，but is there much further to go before we get there?”

    1．One evening Robert went home from    ．

       A．the school               B．the hospital

       C．his factory               D．the railway station

    2．When he was walking，he found    ．

       A．a cemetery              B．some tall grass

       C．someone going after him   D．strange footsteps in front of him

    3．At last Robert hid himself    ．

       A．in some tall grass         B．in a cemetery

       C．in a comer              D．in an old house

    4．When the strange jumped over the grass，Robert       ．

       A．cried                            B．ran faster as soon as he can

       C．stood up and asked some questions    D．called his family

    5．Which of the following is TRUE? 

       A．Robert isn’t afraid of the strange．

       B．Robert planted some grass．

       C．Robert’s duty is to look after the cemetery．

       D．The station master knew Robert’s house．

    Robin liked telling lies．All his friends were fooled and they wanted to punish him for that，but they could not find any ways to do it，One day they told George about it．

    George thought for a while and said，” I have a good idea．I can do with him，I think．”

    That afternoon George went to see Robin with Robin’s friends．He said，”I hear you are good at telling lies．But I have invented a drink．If you drink a little bottle of the drink，you’ll  the truth．”

    Of course，Robin didn’t believe it．He said proudly，”The man who can fool me hasn’t been born yet．”

  “Dare you have a try?” said George．”You must tell the truth if you do as I say．”

  “Well．”said Robin．”I'm sure that I’ll win．”

   George brought out a little bottle and gave it to Robin．As soon as he drank a little, Robin stopped at once．He wanted to say something，but he remembered what he had just said, so he stood there quietly．

  “Go on!” George said with a smile．”Is it tasty?”

  At last Robin couldn't help shouring，”It's not a drink，but kerosene(煤油)!”All his friends began to laugh and his face turned red．

1．Robin wasn’t     ．

   A．a tall man         B．a short man

   C．an able man       D．an honest(诚实的) man

2．All Robin’s friends wanted to punish him because       ．

   A．he often fooled them

   B．he often made them laugh at himself

   C．he never kept his promises

   D．he was cleverer than his friends 

3．As George was     ，Robin’s friends asked him for help．

   A．honest     B．common      C．clever   D．fair

4．As     ，Robin was sure that he would win．

   A．he was good at his lessons

   B．nobody could fool him before

   C．he knew George very well

   D．he had drunk all kinds of drinks

5．Robin stopped drinking at once because the drink was      ．

   A．terrible    B．tasty    C．tasteless    D．too little

    A friend of mine likes drawing the horses．He draws the horse very well, but he always begins at the tail．Now it is the western rule to begin at the head of the horse．That is why I am surprised. It strikes(给某人以…印象)me that it cannot really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子)or the foot of the horse，if he really knows his business．And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rules．They make their own rules．Every one of them does his work in a special way．This means that he finds it easier to work in that way．

    Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学)．And the question” How shall I begin?” only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is you are not yet experienced enough to trust your own power．When you become more experienced you will never ask the question，and I think that you will often begin at the tail that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning．

1．A friend of the writer’s draws the horse      ．

A．badly

B．in the way of the western rule

C．in the way of his own rule

D．all of the above

2．The writer is surprised because        ．

A．the artist begins to draw at the head of the horse

B．the artist begins to draw at the tail of the horse

C．the artist follows other people’s rules

D．the artist doesn't follow other people’s rules

3．You are not yet experienced because

A．you don’t know where to begin

B．you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C．you always ask questions

D．you don’t trust your own power

4．When you become more experienced you will     

A．ask many questions

B．often beginning at tail

C．write the beginning of the story

D．ask others to help

5．Which is the best title for the passage?

A．How to draw a horse

B．How to write a story

C．How to make your own rules

D．Trust your own power．

The word “day”has two meanings．When we talk about the number of days in a year，we are using“day”to mean 24 hours．But when we talk about day and night，we are using“day”to mean the time between sunrise and sunset．Since the earth looks like a ball，the sun can shine on only half of it at a time．Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night．A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转)of the earth．At the equator(赤道)day and night are sometimes the same length(长度)．They are each twelve hours long．The sun rises at 6o'clock in the morning and sets at 6o'clock in the evening．

    For six months，the North pole is tilted(倾斜)toward the sun．In those months，the Northern Hemisphere(半球)gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere．Days are longer than nights．South of the equator nights are longer than days．For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun．Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight．Days are longer than nights．North of the equator nights are longer than days．Winter is the season of long nights．Summer is the season of long days．

1．When the Western Hemisphere is having day，the Eastern Hemisphere is having   

   A．both day and night          B．day    

   C．neither day nor night        D．night

2．A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by      of the earth．

   A．the pushing                B．the pulling

   C．the spinning                D．the passing

3．At the equator day is as long as night     ．

   A．sometimes                 B．never

C．winter                     D．summer

4．When the North Pole is titled toward the sun，the Northern Hemisphere gets       sunlight．

   A．1ess         B．more       C．all       D．no

5．When it is winter in China     

A．the USA is tilted toward the sun

B．the South Pole is tilted away from the sun

C．the North Pole is tilted toward the sun

D．the North Pole is tilted away from the sun．

根据汉语意思完成下列句子。

1．桂林因风景优美而著名。

   Guilin                   its beautiful sceneries．

2．你能告诉我这件外套多少钱吗?

   Could you tell me                    ?

3．他们已经周游了全世界。

   They have traveled                     ．

4．她将永远被人们所铭记。

   She                        forever．

5．我们应该尽力帮助我们周围的人。

   We should                people around us。

目前同学们的学习非常紧张，那么在课余时间你还有什么特别喜欢做的事情呢?也许你喜欢运动，钟情于各种球类活动；也许你能歌善舞，是某个明星的忠实“粉丝”；也许你酷爱文学，出口成章……

    请根据以上启发，假设你是一名叫李华的学生，以你的爱好和相关的故事写信给加拿大的朋友Jenny．

    要求：

    1．选择l—2个你的爱好；

    2．语句通顺，意思连贯，中心突出；

    3．80词左右(开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；

    4．文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校。

    Dear Jenny．

    Thank you for your last letter．You asked me to tell you something about my hobby．