My parents ____ at home on weekends.

A. are all B. are both C. all are

There is ____ food in the fridge, I should buy some this afternoon.

A. little B. a little C. few

I have only _____ friends here. They are all from China.

A. a few B. few C. many

Don’t laugh ____ others when they make mistakes.

A. of B. at C. for

Most of _____ have a first name, a middle name and a last name.

A. us B. we C. me

I think Chinese people are ____ than Japanese.

A. friendlier B. much friendly C. more friendlier

Lofton (洛夫頓) is a little village not far from Manchester (曼徹斯特). Like many _____villages near towns or cities，it is clean and quiet. Not many families ____ there, so the people all know_____ . Most of them are friendly and helpful. ___their homes are in Lofton，many people have jobs in Manchester. Some work in the big factories._____work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually takes them about ____to get from Lofton to Manchester.

In the evening a lot of people like_____TV. If they want to see a film or to listen to a concert (音樂(lè)會(huì)) , they ___ go to Manchester. There are no cinemas in Lofton.

Life in Lofton may not be so exciting as life in the ______cities, but it can be just as ____ as there. That is why people in Lofton love their little village.

1.A. any B. others C. other

2.A. lives B. have lived C. live

3.A. each another B. each other C. other one

4.A. Though B. But C. So

5.A. Little B. A few C. Few

6.A. a half hour B. half hour C. half an hour

7.A. to watching B. watching C. to be watched

8.A. have to B. had to C. need

9.A. more larger B. larger C. larger than other

10.A. interested B. more interesting C. interesting

The earth moves around the sun, and the moon moves around the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the moon, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth.

The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn’t give any light at all. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they’re much farther away from us.

1. ____moves around________.

A. The earth; the moon B. The moon; the earth C. The moon; the stars

2.Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because_________.

A. it is much bigger than the sun B. it comes out only at night

C. it is much nearer to the earth than the sun

3.The sun_______________.

A. is very bright, and it gives a very strong light

B. isn’t bright, but it gives a very strong light

C. is very big, but it doesn’t give any light at all

4.The stars______________.

A. look much bigger than the moon

B. are much farther away from us than the moon

C. are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. This is an old English saying. Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning. Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich (wealthy) and clever (wise). This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten hours’ sleep every night. Children who do not have enough sleep cannot do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy! The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong. Exercise also helps the blood(血液) to move around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. Exercise helps us to think better!

1.If we get up early and go to bed early, we’ll _________.

A. have enough exercise B. be healthy C. think better

2.If a child doesn’t have 10 hours’ sleep, maybe he _________.

A. becomes wise B. won’t do well in his work C. goes to school in time

3.A person needs exercise because _________.

A. it makes him healthy B. he has a lot of homework to do

C. he is strong enough

4.Exercise makes the _________ move quickly and smoothly(流暢).

A. body B. blood C. children

5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. If you have enough blood, you’ll be wise. B. A student should have 10 hours’ sleep.

C. It’s good for you to get up early and go to bed early.

Basketball stars are usually tall. The stars of other sports are sometimes short. Some of the best football players are not very tall. Short people often have better balance than tall people, so they do not fall over very often. In some sports the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis and running.

You do not need long legs to run fast! Some of the fastest runners in the world are not very tall. Some are tall and some people are short. There is no medicine to make people grow taller or to make people shorter. The tallest woman in the world is Sandy Allen. She is 2.317 meters tall and lives in the United States.The shortest person in the world is Gul Mohammed from India. He is only 57 centimeters tall.

Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents. This is because they eat better food today. Good food can help children grow.

1.How many different sports do we talk about in this passage? What are they?

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2.Is there any medicine to make people grow taller or to make people shorter?

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3.Who is the tallest woman in the world? How tall is she?

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4.How tall is Gul Mohammed?______________________________

5.Why are some young people taller than their parents today?

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