I grew up in one of the poorest areas in Bradford. I live in a three-bedroom house with six brothers and sisters. I studied very hard . I got the best results in the history of the school. Other students would be happy with receiving such results. Their parents would give them an MP5 player as a prize or take them for a trip. What about me? In fact it made me sad. It was because my application(申请)to Imperial College London didn’t pass. It is my dream to study medicine there.
I know that nothing in life is easy. I won’t give up. I will apply again the following year. While some students are traveling during the holiday, I am working hard. I help the doctors look after sick people in a hospital . I believe I must become a doctor one day.How many brothers and sisters does the writer have?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
What does the writer want to study? .
| A．History. | B．Medicine. | C．English. | D．Chemistry. |
Why did the writer feel upset?
| A．He didn’t get good grades. |
| B．His parents didn’t give him an MP5 player. |
| C．He couldn’t go traveling |
| D．His application to a college failed. |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．The writer is working as a doctor. |
| B．The writer is good at school |
| C．The writer’s family is poor. |
| D．The writer doesn’t think that life is easy. |
From the passage we can learn that the writer is a person who
| A．has hope | B．is lucky | C．hates life | D．is shy |
Jim is my good friend. We are in the same school. He is an American. We are good friends. This is Jim’s bedroom. It’s not big, but new. A black desk is in the room. Some English books are on the desk. Jim’s backpack is on it. The backpack is yellow, but old. What’s under the red chair? It’s a white cat. It’s a Chinese cat. Its name is Mimi. Jim’s father is in the living room. He is about fifty years old. Where is his mother? She is in the bedroom. She is a teacher.Jim and I are ________.
| A．American | B．in the same school | C．girls | D．boys |
Jim’s father is ________.
| A．in the bedroom | B．on the desk |
| C．under the chair | D．in the living room |
Jim’s backpack is ________.
| A．old | B．new | C．in the desk | D．under the desk |
The desk in the room is ________.
| A．black | B．white | C．blue | D．yellow |
A(n) ________ is in Jim’s bedroom.
| A．math book | B．alarm clock |
| C．old backpack | D．white chair |
Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few: 
When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see _____ outside the window.
| A．flowers | B．presents | C．a flag | D．a chair |
In _________ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.
| A．Japan | B．Denmark | C．India | D．Holland |
In _______, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school.
| A．India | B．Holland | C．Denmark | D．Japan |
In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are ________.
| A．15 | B．7 | C．5 | D．3 |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries |
| B．different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries |
| C．how to celebrate the birthdays. |
| D．Birthdays are celebrated all over the world in the same way. |
| Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo |
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| Time Types |
Pre-sale（预售）Ⅰ Mar. 27，2009 ～Jun. 30，2009 |
Pre-sale Ⅱ Jul. 1，2009 ～Dec. 31，2009 |
Pre-sale Ⅲ Jan. 1，2010 ～Apr. 30，2010 |
Expo Session（期间）May. 1，2010 ～Oct. 31，2010 |
| Peak Day Ticket （指定日门票） |
￥170 |
￥180 |
￥190 |
￥200 |
| Standard Day Ticket （平日门票） |
￥130 |
￥140 |
￥150 |
￥160 |
| 3-Day Ticket |
（无） |
￥400 |
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| 7-Day Ticket |
￥900 |
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| Evening Ticket |
N/A |
￥90 |
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If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day，he could book（预定）one during．
| A．Pre - sale Ⅰ | B．Pre – sale Ⅱ |
| C．Pre – sale Ⅲ | D．Expo Session |
On March 1，2010，Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents. She paidfor
them.
| A．￥380 | B．￥300 | C．￥260 | D．￥180 |
It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on．
| A．April 23，2009 | B．August l，2009 |
| C．February 2，2010 | D．May 20，2010 |
Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo．Her visit can lastdays．
| A．one | B．three | C．seven | D．ten |
Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buytickets only after May 1，2010．
| A．morning | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．Midnight |
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
| A．a motor car | B．a motor home |
| C．a motorbike | D．a big truck |
Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
| A．sold their old house |
| B．moved to their grandparents’house |
| C．built a new place for a van |
| D．sold their second car |
A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
| A．a baby | B．much money |
| C．more than two children | D．interest in vans |
Americans usually use motor homer____________.
| A．to travel with all the family members of holiday |
| B．to do some shopping with all the family members |
| C．to visit their grandparents at weekends |
| D．to drive their children to school every day |
Motor homes have become popular because___________.
| A．they can take people to another city when people are free |
| B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays |
| C．some people think motor homes are cheap |
| D．big families can put more things in motor homes |
| TV PROGRAMMES |
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| Channel 1 |
Channel 2 |
| 18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s programme 19:00 News 19:30 Weather report 19:40 Around the world 20:10 TV play: Sisters 21:00 English for today 21:15 Popular music 21:55 Talk show |
17:45 Computers today 18:10 Foreign arts 18:30 English classroom 19:00 Animal world 19:25 China’99 20:20 Sports 21:00 TV play: Guo Lanying 21:45 English news 22:06 On TV next week |
If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _____.
| A．TV play | B．Sports |
| C．Around the world | D．Talk show |
The programme of ______ will let you know much about western countries.
| A．Sisters | B．Around China |
| C．Around the world | D．On TV next week |
If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is __________.
| A．Around China | B．Animal world |
| C．TV play | D．Foreign arts |
English classroom is a programme that _________.
| A．lets you know something about classrooms |
| B．tells you something about students |
| C．lets you know something about school life |
| D．teaches you English |
The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week.
| A．news | B．programme | C．people | D．Places |