AROUNDXICHANGisaspecialprogram-优题课

Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly（顺利地，流利地）, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practising them.
Tongue twisters are helpful in improving ______ skills.

A．listening	B．writing
C．pronunciation	D．communication

The first tongue twister is hard because ______.

A．it is very boring to read

B．it teaches us a lot of knowledge

C．we don’t know who “she” is

D．the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar

The passage is probably taken from ______ in a school newspaper.

A．Story Time	B．Study Garden
C．Latest News	D．Lost and Found

Lily is from New York , the U.S.A. She is twelve. She is in Shanghai NO.3 Junior High School. She is in Class Eight, Grade One. Her phone number is 66786019. Dongdong is from Kunming. His English name is Tom. He is eleven .He is in Class Seven,Grade One. His telephone number is 24524233. They are not in the same class. They are good friends
阅读短文,选择正确的答案.
Lily is from_____.
A． English B. China C. the U.S.A
Dongdong is in Class______.
A． Six B. Seven C. Eight
Lily and Dongdong are good___________ .
A． students B.friends C. teachers
Where is Tom from ? He is from______________
A． The U.S.A B. Japan C. China
How old is Lily ? She is ________________
A． ten B. eleven C. twelve

Hello, I’m Lucy. I am from the USA. But now I’m in China. My teacher is Miss Chen. She is from Tianjin. She is Chinese. I have a sister. Her name is Lily. She is in China , too.We are in the same school.
阅读短文,判断句子正(用 “T” )误(用 “F” )
Lily and Lucy are from Canada.
They are in China now.
Miss Liu is their teacher.
Miss Chen is from Dalian.
Lily and I are students.

My name is Maria. I want to have a pen pal.
I’m a middle school student. Every evening, I’m very busy with my study. I do my homework for about two hours every day. Sometimes I listen to music. I hardly ever watch TV. English is my favorite subject and I read English for about an hour every day. I have a lot of good habits. I exercise every day. I eat a lot of vegetables. I eat fruit and drink milk every day. I never drink coffee or eat junk food. I always sleep eight hours every night. I’m very healthy. My healthy lifestyle helps me to study well and get good grades. Do you want to be my pen pal? Please tell me something about you.
Information Card

1.	What Maria wants to have
2.	The thing Maria is busy with very evening
3.	How often Maria listens to music
4.	Maria’s favorite subject
5.	How many hours Maria sleeps every night

What do we do when we go camping? First, we make a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from（远离）insects（昆虫） and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods（森林）. We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, and we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain.
Before going camping we should first ______.

A．make a plan

B．take some food

C．take things to keep us warm

D．take something for cooking and eating

We go to camp ______.

A．by bus	B．by car
C．by bike	D．on foot

Campers can take part in（参加） ______ activities.

A．one or two	B．only a few
C．many	D．two or three

In the evening we build a fire because ______.

A．it is cold at night	B．it can keep us warm
C．it can keep the insects away	D．it is dark and quiet

Campers like to ______ at night.

A．hear music from the radio	B．go to sleep early
C．have rain	D．be busy

A．hotels and bookshops	B．restaurants and hospitals
C．schools and bookshops	D．hotels and offices

A．XICHANG WEEKLY	B．IN TOUCH
C．AROUND XICHANG	D．CITY EXPRESS

A．an advertisement	B．a story
C．a joke	D．an instruction