Let me tell you my penfriend Ivan. He is 12 years old. He likes playing football. He usually plays football with his friends at weekends.

    Ivan lives with his father and mother in a city in France. They have a home with five rooms, a swimming pool and a garden. They often have a party in the garden at weekends. They like to help their neighbours. His home is not near his school, so Ivan takes a bus for an hour and then walks for 10 minutes to school. There is a Basketball Club near his school. He likes playing basketball in the club.

    Ivan’s father is a worker. He is busy. Ivan’s mother is a doctor. She is nice to the patients. Ivan wants to be a teacher when he grows up.1 want to be a teacher, too. Every month Ivan writes two letters to me. He’ll come to China next year. We’ll meet then.

1.How old is Ivan now?

   A. He is 11.       B. He is 12.         C. He is 13.          D. He is 14.

2.What are Ivan’s hobbies?

   A. Basketball and swimming.             B. Football and basketball.

   C. Football and swimming.               D. Reading and swimming.

3.How often does Ivan write to me?

   A. Twice a month.   B. Twice a week.     C. Every day.     D. Every week.

4.Ivan studies in ________ now.

   A. America        B. China            C. France         D. Japan

5.Which is the best title(標題)for the passage?

   A. How To Make Penfriends              B. Something About Ivan

C. What Is Ivan’s Home Like              D. Ivan’s School Life

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Millie’s Day

Hello! I’m Millie. I often get up at 6:30 a.m. Half an hour later (半小時后) I have my breakfast. At 7:30 a.m., I take a bus to school. We have Math, Chinese and English classes from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. We have lunch and talk (聊天) with each other (互相) at school. We have three classes from 1:40 to 4:10 in the afternoon. After school, I often play with my classmates. We often play basketball, football and ping-pong. I go home at about 5:00 p.m. I usually have dinner at 6:00 p.m. Then I do my homework and watch TV. At about 9:30, I go to bed.

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About a week ago, when I was playing basketball at our local park, I noticed a small group of boys picking on a smaller, skinnier boy. They were _1___his names and even pushed him to the ground and kicked dirt in his face. ___2___I saw that, I walked over to the group.
I stepped ___3__them and the smaller boy, and asked them politely what this boy had done worthy of __4__they were doing to him. One of the boys replied, “He’s weird.” At that, I asked one of the boys if he thought his friend was weird, and the __5__was “No.” So, I asked another boy what the word “weird” __6_, and he said, “Different.” That was my cue(暗示). I told them that everyone is __7__, and that they all looked just as different to the other boy as he did to them. They all stood __8___for a moment, and then the most amazing thing happened. One of the boys helped the small boy off the ground and then said sorry to him. He ___9___to let him play with them.
I thanked the boy for being so __10___. As I looked around, I realized that there were dozens of other people at the park ___11___no one else had stopped to help this boy. I felt happy that the boy was strong enough to stand up against his friends to ___12___someone in need, but I felt sad that ___13___else had even taken a second look.
I hope that my action helped them __14___ that they could have made a difference with a little ___15___, and maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help.