Modem life is impossible without travel. The fastest way of travel is by plane. With a modern you can travel in one day to places, which it took a month or more to get to a hundred year ago. Travel by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are traveling through .Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even a longest journey enjoyable. Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travels by sea are a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel there by car. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when travel on business.

1. According to this passage which is the fastest way of traveling?

A. By train.                  B. By sea.               C. By plane                D. By car.

2. If we travel by car, we can        .

A. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

B. make our own timetable

C. travel to a very far place in several minutes

D. make the longest journey enjoyable.

3. The underlined word "they" in the passage means        .

A. modern trains in the country

B. the travelers on the modern trains

C. the slower ways of traveling

D. comfortable seats and dining cars

4. When people travel on business, they usually take         .

A. a bike or foot            B. a boat or a ship         C. a train or a plane     D. a plane or a bus

5. How many ways of traveling are mentioned(提到) in passage?

 A. Five.                         B. Three.                 C. Two                    D. Four.

單詞拼寫(xiě)與運(yùn)用.

1. I feel frustrated because I have t         in learning English.

2. I'll go to the park u         it rains.

3. Please pay a         to your pronunciation

4. She has t         English for ten years.

5. There is p         of rain in summer every year.

6.If you work hard, you'll         (實(shí)現(xiàn))your dream.

7. She is a        . (有見(jiàn)識(shí)的) woman, she knows a lot.

8. I hope to pass the f         exam at the end of the year.

9. Everyone should know the         (重要性)of studying hard.

10. Driving too fast may         (造成)car accident.

A: Hi, Bill! You're reading the novel again.

B: Yes, Tom. I'll never be tired of it.

A:    1  

B: There times. Every time I read it, l can always learn something new.

A: Really?    2    ?

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer. what about you?

A:    3  . He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.

B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel?

A:    4   . I haven't seen such a novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don't know where it is,     5   ?

B: No. Only 10 minutes walk from here, next to the People s Cinema.

A: Oh, I see. I'm going there to get one, too. Thank you!

B: You're welcome!

美國(guó)某學(xué)校開(kāi)設(shè)漢語(yǔ)課程已經(jīng)兩年多了，但很多學(xué)生的成績(jī)一直德想。于是，該校決定利用今年暑假組織一批學(xué)生來(lái)你校學(xué)習(xí)，主要想了解如何學(xué)好漢語(yǔ)，特別是在口語(yǔ)和聽(tīng)力方面。學(xué)校要求你結(jié)合自己的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇100詞左右的發(fā)言稿。 要點(diǎn)包括：

      1、表示歡迎；

2、簡(jiǎn)要介紹學(xué)習(xí)漢語(yǔ)的體會(huì)；

3、提出一些建議或方法(不少于三條)；

4、表達(dá)你的愿望。

      可根據(jù)要點(diǎn)和提示適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

參考詞匯：listening ability(能力), spoken Chinese, radio/TV programs, DVDs

      注意：

1．文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名、校名及其它相關(guān)信息，否則不予評(píng)分。

2．開(kāi)頭、結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Boys and girls,

As students, we are supposed to spend as much time as we could _______．

A．study                B．studied               C．studying              D．to study

I'm not used _______ so much at lunchtime．

A．to eat               B．for eating            C．eating                 D．to eating

--Well, they have pretty relaxed rules．

-- _______?

-- Well, it's OK if you're not on time．

A．What like            B．What if               C．Like what            D．What about

-- Do you mind if I sit here?

-- _______．It's for Mr. Brown．

A．Not at all           B．Never mind          C．Better not            D．Of course not

What does she find _______?

A．surprised            B．surprising            C．surprise              D．surprises