Kara likes getting e-mail from Fumi. Kara is a third-grader in Arizona(亚利桑那), and Fumi is in third grade in Japan.They are e-pals who send e-mails every week. Fumi sent Kars photos and descriptions of her home.
The first room in Fumi’s house is a small entryway. People who enter the home remove their shoes. They put on different shoes with soft soles. That seemed odd ot Kara. She wears her street shoes in the house.
Kara likes the photo of Fumi and her family eating. They gather around a table, just like Kara and her family, Kara’s family sits on chairs, but Fumi’s family sits on cushions on a strau mat on the floor. The table is low to the ground. What seems to be a wall behind Fumi’s family is actually a door without knobs. Fumi explained that the door slides open. It is made from strong paper glued to thin strips of wood. “I could never play ball in that house!” thought Kara.
| A．to explain how to have an e-pal |
| B．to tell the history of e-mail |
| C．to compare homes in Japan and in Ameria |
| D．to show that homes in Arizona are better than homes in Japan |
| A．Take off the shoes. |
| B．Put on her street shoes |
| C．Wear her different shoes with high heels. |
| D．Have slippers on. |
| A．Fumi lives in the United States. |
| B．Fumi’s family sits on the floor to eat. |
| C．Fumi’s family eats around a table. |
| D．Fumi is in the third grade. |
| A．Families sit around a table to eat. |
| B．People wear soft-soled shoes inside. |
| C．The floors are covered with straw mats. |
| D．They are in the same country. |
| A．take their shoes on when they get home. |
| B．live in houses with doors made from paper |
| C．learn about a new place from their e-pal |
| D．sit on chairs during dinner |
Everyone should get enough sleep. If a student doesn't sleep well at night， he won't study well and he can’t listen to the teacher carefully in class. For a driver， it is easier for him to have an accident (事故) if he is tired. Good sleep is also important for your health. Without good sleep， a person may become ill.
It is hard for some people to sleep well. A lot of things can help you get a good night's sleep. First， doing some exercise will help you sleep. Walking， running and bike riding are good ways. Other good ways are playing ball games， such as basketball， soccer or tennis. However， you must not do these just before bedtime.
Second， before you go to bed， you shouldn't drink coffee or any soft drinks. It is also not a good idea to eat sweets. But drinking a cup of warm milk may help you to sleep.
Third， you can take a warm bath or listen to quiet music before you go to bed. Many people find that they are helpful to sleep.
Follow the advice above and have a good sleep every day. Then you can wake up happily in the morning and maintain your health.The first paragraph(第一段) mainly tells us _______.
| A．students should sleep well |
| B．sleeping well is important |
| C．tired drivers mustn't drive |
| D．How we can stay healthy |
Just before bedtime， _______ will NOT help you to sleep well.
| A．listening to quiet music |
| B．having a warm bath |
| C．drinking some warm milk |
| D．playing football |
What does the word "maintain" mean in Chinese?
| A．保持 | B．预测 | C．损害 | D．担心 |
Two friends were eating at the table， there was a cup of chili oil(辣椒油). It looked nice. The two men hadn’t seen it before. One of them thought it was sweet and drank some of it. Tears(眼泪) ran down from his eyes. But he hoped that his friend felt the same as him. He said nothing. When the other man saw that his friend was crying， he asked， “Why are you crying， my dear friend?” “I was thinking of my father. Two years ago， when he drove out on a wet day， another car hit his car and he died. How poor he was!”
Soon after that the other man took some of the chili oil. When tears started down from his eyes， his friend asked the same question， “Why are you crying， then?”
“To think that you were not in the same car as your father was.”How did the chili oil taste?
| A．It was sweet. | B．It was nice. |
| C．It was delicious. | D．It was terrible. |
Why didn’t the first man tell the fact(事实)?
| A．He wanted his friend to drink some chili oil. |
| B．He wanted his friend to cry for his father. |
| C．He thought his friend would like the chili oil. |
| D．He thought the chili oil was good for his friend. |
What does this chart tell us about in Nanjing?
| A．The month. | B．The rain. |
| C．The temperature(气温). | D．The weather(天气). |
What’s the temperature in May?
| A．About 20. | B．About 25. |
| C．About 30. | D．About 15. |
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Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons. First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.
Next, you can read a book almost anywhere： in a car, in a waiting room, on the plane, in bed—even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then to start again.
Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you keep reading as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become better at understanding what you read. As your reading skill improves, you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend on good reading . And as you read, you will learn more and more.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can also learn on the Internet. And the more you read, the better your computer skills will be . Reading is hardly out of date!
Good readers are most likely to be good writers too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about.
Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. What other hobbies could be more useful, or more enjoyable?
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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first words? If you can, you are unusual. Try to think what the first months of your life were like. I’m sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people make some sounds to go with some things.
Then you began to cry to make sounds you heard. And step by step (逐渐地) you were able to make the right sound for one thing.
On that day you came to understand the secret of the language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things can they understand each other, so these people have a language.
After you found the secret of language, you learnt words. Some of the words mean things, like
books, chairs and shops. Some of the words mean actions, for example, go and swim. Soon you learnt to put words together to share your idea, like “I want to go out and play with my friends.”
This is language. By the way of language, people can communicate (交流). So we say languages mean sharing. can remember the day when we spoke our first words?
| A．Few of us | B．one |
| C．Most people | D．All of us |
When you were a little baby, you .
| A．tried your best to remember all the sounds you heard |
| B．spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying |
| C．could not hear any sounds around you |
| D．spent most of your time playing with your parents |
The secret of language is that .
| A．one sound might be as good as another |
| B．a certain sound is for a certain thing |
| C．people can understand each other |
| D．there is a special sound for each other |
The underlined word “actions” means in Chinese.
| A．表情 | B．表演 | C．动作 | D．感情 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Language is easy to learn. |
| B．You learn language by reading at first. |
| C．You couldn’t learn language without parents. |
| D．Language means sharing. |