Dear Shirley,

Thank you for showing me around Wurzburg last month. I will never forget the time with you in your city. Next week, my parents will take me to Thailand. I am very excited.

We will get to the airport early on August 1. I love taking the plane because I can see the clouds clearly from the window. It will take us four hours to get to Thailand.

We plan to stay at a hotel in Pattaya (芭堤雅) on the first day. We will go to a beach, play different water sports and see a show in the evening there. I think we will have a lot of fun.

On the second day, we will go to Bangkok (曼谷). We want to take some photos in front of the temples and have a walk in the garden. We will have dinner in a restaurant by a lake.

On the last day, we will go to a shopping mall. I want to buy a T-shirt. Mom wants to buy a beautiful bag. And my father wants to buy a hat and a pair of sunglasses. In the evening we will go back home.

I hope you can take the trip with us too.

Yours,

Susan

Dear Shirley,

Thank you for showing me around Wurzburg last month. I will never forget the time with you in your city. Next week, my parents will take me to Thailand. I am very excited.

We will get to the airport early on August 1. I love taking the plane because I can see the clouds clearly from the window. It will take us four hours to get to Thailand.

We plan to stay at a hotel in Pattaya (芭堤雅) on the first day. We will go to a beach, play different water sports and see a show in the evening there. I think we will have a lot of fun.

On the second day, we will go to Bangkok (曼谷). We want to take some photos in front of the temples and have a walk in the garden. We will have dinner in a restaurant by a lake.

On the last day, we will go to a shopping mall. I want to buy a T-shirt. Mom wants to buy a beautiful bag. And my father wants to buy a hat and a pair of sunglasses. In the evening we will go back home.

I hope you can take the trip with us too.

Yours,

Susan

1.When did Susan go to Wurzburg?

A. In March. B. In June.

C. In September. D. In August.

2.How will Susan and her parents go to Thailand?

A. By train. B. By car.

C. By plane. D. By ship.

3.Which of the following will Susan NOT do in Pattaya?

A. Go to the beach. B. Swim in the sea.

C. See a show. D. Have a walk in the temples.

4.What will Susan buy in the shopping mall?

A. A pair of sunglasses. B. A hat.

C. A bag. D. A T-shirt.

5.What’s the main idea of this email?

A. Susan’s trip to Thailand. B. The beaches in Thailand.

C. Susan’s family. D. Some cities in Thailand.

Jerry wants to find a job in the city. One day, he sees an advertisement (廣告) on a window. It says, “Wanted: the best salesman (推銷員) in the world.”

Jerry wants the job, so he goes into the building and says to a manager (經(jīng)理), “I think I’m the best salesman in the world. Give me the job, please.” “You must prove (證明) you’re the best, my boy,” the manager says. “I’ll pass every test you give me,” Jerry says. “Good,” the manager says and takes some candies out of his desk. “Last week I bought 1,000 boxes of candies. If you can sell them all before the end of this week, you can have the job.” “That’s a piece of cake,” Jerry says.

Every day he goes from door to door and tries to sell the candies, but nobody buys them because they taste bad. At the end of the week, he goes back to the manager.

“I’m sorry, sir,” he says. “I was wrong about myself. I’m not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.” “Oh? Who do you think is the best salesman?” the manager is surprised and asks. “The person who sold (賣) you 1, 000 boxes of candies.”

1.What does the manger want?

A. Some money. B. A good job.

C. 1, 000 boxes of candies. D. The best salesman in the world.

2.What is Jerry’s test?

A. To buy 1,000 boxes of candies.

B. To answer a question about candies.

C. To sell 1,000 boxes of candies.

D. To tell the manager how to sell candies.

3.What does Jerry think of the test at first?

A. Easy. B. Difficult.

C. Boring. D. Interesting.

4.Why can Jerry NOT finish this job?

A. Because he isn’t good at selling things.

B. Because nobody likes eating candies.

C. Because the candies aren’t delicious.

D. Because the candies are expensive.

5.What can we infer (推測) from the story?

A. The manager likes eating candies.

B. The manager is the best salesman.

C. The manager will be happy after hearing Jerry’s words.

D. Jerry doesn’t get the job at last.

Exercise is the best way to stay healthy. But few people get enough exercise. Only 20% of Americans get 150 minutes of physical activity every week. More than 80 million Americans over 6 years old are not active (活躍的).

Many US schools cut (削減) PE classes. Only 15% of schools have this class at least three days a week.

This year, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) starts an important study. It will show the things happening inside a body after exercise. The NIH hopes to tell people that exercise is a kind of good medicine.

The study will run for six years. It studies a group of about 3,000 people. They are from the 11-year-olds to the old. The study has shown many nice changes in the body during and after exercise so far.

And the study has also shown that housework can be physical exercise. “Cutting the grass, cleaning rooms, washing the car — all of these are exercise,” says a scientist. “Exercise isn’t just throwing a ball into a basket.”

1.What do the first and second paragraphs mainly tell us?

A. How to stay healthy in our daily life.

B. Children under 6 years old are not active in their life.

C. Many US schools don’t have enough PE classes.

D. Most Americans don’t get enough exercise.

2.Why does the US National Institutes of Health start the important study?

A. To tell people exercise is important.

B. To show people some useful exercise.

C. To call on students to do more exercise.

D. To ask people to start doing housework.

3.Which is TRUE about the study?

A. It will run for half a year.

B. It only studies the middle school students.

C. It has shown the body changes during and after exercise.

D. There are three hundred people taking part in the study.

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A. Cutting the grass.

B. Doing some cleaning in the house.

C. Planting some trees in the garden.

D. Washing the car.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. An important study on exercise.

B. Doing housework is helpful.

C. The school students and exercise.

D. A kind of medicine for the old and the young.

There are many stories and poems about the Moon in Chinese history. And nowadays scientists send spaceships to the Moon. Why? Because people are always interested in the Moon and want to know more about it. Here is some information (信息) about it. Let’s see it together.

The Moon looks beautiful and bright at night. It is far away from the Earth and if you want to get to the Moon, it will take you about 6 months to get there by car at 95km per hour.

There is no gravity on the Moon, so people can enjoy floating there. If you weigh (有……重) 68kg on Earth, you will weigh only 11kg on the Moon.

There are many interesting places such as craters (隕石坑), mountains, and lava plains (熔巖平原) on the Moon. There is no air on the Moon, so people can’t breathe on it.

On Earth, the day is usually warm and the night is cool. And there are four different seasons in a year. But on the Moon, the temperature is very high during the day and very low at night. And a foil day on the Moon, from the sunrise to the next, lasts about 29.5 Earth days on average (平均).

The Moon doesn’t have its own light. It looks bright because it can reflect (反射) light from the Sun. When the Moon moves around the Earth, it gets different light from the Sun. So we find its size often changes.

1.Why are there many stories and poems about the Moon according to the passage?

A. Because it is a symbol (象征) of beauty.

B. Because people in the past loved it.

C. Because people have an interest in it and want to know more-about it.

D. Because people want to live there.

2.If you are 45kg on Earth, how much will you weigh on the Moon?

A. Less than 5kg.

B. About 7kg.

C. 9kg.

D. Over 10kg.

3.What can we know about the Moon?

A. People can go to the Moon by car now.

B. People can live on it easily.

C. There are four seasons on it.

D. If you stay on the Moon for two days, you will spend about fifty-nine days on Earth.

4.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A. The Moon. B. The Earth.

C. The Sun. D. The light.

5.Why does the writer write the passage?

A. To tell us the way to the Moon.

B. To show us some facts about the Moon.

C. To tell us the differences between the Earth and the Moon.

D. To tell us some interesting stories about the Moon.

Hello! I’m Wang Xin. I’m 1. Chinese boy, but now I’m in America. And I am a student in my new middle school now. The subjects in America 2.(be) different from those in China. We have some new subjects, such 3. Geography and Computer Science. I don’t think they’re boring. I like them a lot. My favourite subject is Computer Science. I learn how to use the Internet. I can use the Internet to write 4.(email) to my parents and friends. It’s really great.

I also like doing sports. I play sports every weekday in America. If the weather is fine, I 5.(play) basketball with my friends in the playground. I’m also good at 6.(swim).

I also make lots of new friends here.7. I first come here, I don’t know anything. With the help of my friends, I know many things. One of my friends Tom 8.(have) a birthday party tomorrow. I want to make some dumplings for 9. (he). He never goes to China. And the dumpling is the 10.(tradition) food in China. I think he can be happy to get the present.

假如你是Tina，你的筆友Gary想要去月球旅行，向你詢問應(yīng)該如何準(zhǔn)備行囊，請你根據(jù)下列表格提示給他提幾點(diǎn)建議，并以信件的形式給他回復(fù)�？蛇m當(dāng)發(fā)揮，不少于60詞(開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù))。

提示：

Dear Gary,

I hear that you are going to travel to the Moon. I’m happy for you about that.

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Yours,

Tina

請先閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從各小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并將其填到答題卷的相應(yīng)位置。

As time goes by,I’m going to graduate,but I will never forget my teacher who taught me how to get on well with others.

One day,my teacher let us play a game in our class.The teacher____us to bring a bag with a few potatoes.____potato would be given a name of a person that each student hated. So the number of the potatoes that were put into his/her bag would____the number of people the student hated.

The students were so____to treat the people they hated like potatoes. As a result,some students had two potatoes; some had three and others even had up to____potatoes.The teacher then told us to____the bag wherever we went for a____As the days went by,we started to complain the____smell coming from the rotten(腐爛的)potatoes.And the students with five potatoes also had to carry their____bags.

After a week,the teacher asked,“____did you feel？”.We started complaining about the____We went through when we carried the heavy and smelly potatoes everywhere we went.

Then the teacher said,“This is the same situation you have when you carry your hate for somebody inside your____The smell of hate will____your heart and you will carry it with you____you go.If you can’t____the bad smell of the rotten potatoes for just one week,can you imagine what it would be like to have the smell of hate in your heart in your lifetime?”

1.A. liked B. told C. made D. introduced

2.A. Little B. Few C. Each D. Some

3.A. try on B. put on C. turn out D. depend on

4.A. happy B. sad C. relaxed D. nervous

5.A. four B. five C. fifty D. ten

6.A. bring B. carry C. fetch D. throw

7.A. month B. day C. week D. year

8.A. unpleasant B. pleasant C. relaxing D. wonderful

9.A. heavier B. colder C. smaller D. lighter

10.A. What B. Why C. How D. When

11.A. diseases B. troubles C. joys D. happiness

12.A. heart B. body C. hand D. foot

13.A. protect B. clean C. pollute D. warm

14.A. whatever B. however C. whoever D. wherever

15.A. mind B. enjoy C. help D. Stand

How we can show our

"THANKS!"

Pulaski Road School

Teacher Appreciation(感謝) Day May 5th!!

Posted By: Pulaski PTA

Spring will be over, which means the end of the school year is not too far behind. This is the perfect time to stop and share our thanks with the teachers at Pulaski.

We are so lucky to have such a talented team of teachers guiding our children each day. This is what makes our school what it is and our children who they are.

Now, more than ever, we would like to show them just how much we as parents appreciate all that they do for our children, and for us.

As usual, the Parent-Teacher Association of our school will offer an appreciation lunch for

teachers.

When: Tuesday, May 5th

Where: Pulaski Library

Can you help?

Donate (捐) a dish of either hot or cold food. (Please bring on the morning of 5/5 by10:30)

Donate some drinks.

Donate some money to help defer (延緩)the cost.

Volunteer to help set up (9:00), serve (11:15),or clean up (13:30).

Any questions please email Michele Dawson on atmicdaws@aol.com.

1.On May 5th, teachers will go to Pulaski Library ________.

A. to have lunch together B. to watch a movie

C. to have a school meeting D. to read some new books

2.To show thanks to the teachers at Pulaski, the parents can _______.

A. bring food or drinks at 11:15, May 5th B. give some flowers to the teachers

C. donate some money to buy some books D. do some cleaning after lunch at 13:30

3.From what point of view (角度) is the passage told?

A. A teacher at Pulaski. B. The students of Pulaski.

C. Pulaski PTA. D. Students’ Union.

Some English words have more than one meaning. These are called multi-meaning words.

Multi-meaning words have the same pronunciation with different meanings. For example, let’s look at the word “ball”. You could have a “ball” which means you would have a good time. You could toss a “ball” which means you throw an object. You could be on the “ball” which means you know what is happening. You could go to a “ball” which means a dance.

__________Take the word “can”. You “can” ride a bike which means you are able to ride a bike. You have a “can” of soup which means the soup is in a round-shaped holder. You can do the “can-can” which is a dance from the 1920s. And you might get “canned” if you do a poor job at work, which means you might lose your job.

How about “fly”? You can “fly” an airplane or you can hit a “fly” that is on your food in your house. Or, you can “fly by the seat of your pants” which means you don’t make a plan before taking an action. And, you know that “fly” of a zipper（拉鏈）is the top part of the zipper.

There are hundreds of words that are multi-meaning words. The word “set” has more meaning than any other word in the English language. When you have time. Why don’t you try to think of all the ways the word “set” is used?

If you look at the title of this book Can a Fly, Fly? …you know that the answer is “Yes” because you have seen an insect named a “fly” go up in the air and move around through the air … which is what “fly” means. Can a Fly? Of course, it can!

1.If Tom is often late for work and fails to finish his tasks, he will ________.

A. do the can-can B. get canned

C. be on the ball D. go to a ball

2.According to the passage, the word “_______” has the most meanings in the English language.

A. ball B. can C. set D. fly

3.Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 3?

A. Let’s try another word. B. Let’s make a word list.

C. Here’s a survey report. D. Here’s the guessing game.

4.The writer writes the passage in order to _________.

A. tell a story about learning English words

B. introduce a book on learning English words

C. share an experience in learning English words

D. present different pronunciations of the same word

“Hi! How are you?” The woman smiled as she took the seat next to me on the airplane, She had to lower herself slowly, trying hard to push her fat body into the seat, filling all available space.

I didn’t reply and moved a little towards the window. She repeated her greeting in a friendly voice.

“Hi!” I replied.

“My name is Laura. I'm from Britain. How about you?” she talked excitedly. “Malaysia.” I said coldly.

Laura started a conversation with me, taking no notice of my unfriendly reactions. Her voice was warm and caring. She was thoughtful. When we were served drinks and meals she made sure that I had room to move in my seat. “I don't want to make you uncomfortable with my elephant size!” she said with great sincerity(真誠).

To my surprise, the face that I had disliked hours before slowly showed a nice smile -- lively and calm at the same time. I couldn’t help but let down my guard.

Laura was interesting. During our conversation, Laura managed to make every person on the plane who served us walk away laughing at her jokes.

I asked Laura, “Have you ever thought about losing some weight? You aren't worried about the diseases that come with being overweight?” “Not at all, because I eat healthily and walk regularly,” she said. “This may not be scientific, but I believe in my heart that the people who get diseases are the ones who worry all the time. I’m this size because I was born to be big! There is more to life than worrying about weight all day long.”

She drank her wine. “Besides, God gives me so much happiness that I need a bigger body to hold all of it! If I lose weight, I'll lose my happiness.”

Surprised by her unusual reasoning, I smiled. 1 suddenly realized that Laura was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my life.

1.Why did the writer move towards the window at the very beginning?

A. The writer was not very happy that day.

B. The writer had hoped to enjoy the trip alone.

C. The writer didn't like Laura's size.

D. The writer was not good at making friends.

2.What made the writer feel comfortable later?

A. Laura's warm and caring voice.

B. Laura's kindness and sincerity.

C. Laura's lively and calm look.

D. Laura’s interesting conversation.

3.Laura thought that ___________.

A. being yourself is important to keep healthy

B. losing weight can help people feel relaxed

C. worrying all the time can help to lose weight

D. being overweight will lead to diseases at last

4.What can you learn from this story?

A. No news is good news.

B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Don't judge a book by its cover.

D. One tree can't make a forest.