English is spoken as a first language by about 375 million people and as a foreign language by around 750 million people. It is being learned by about a billion people. These numbers alone make English to learn. If you are not fluent (流利的) in English, it may be good for you to know the advantages of learning the language.
In many countries, English is used as a working language. In the United States, English speakers make more money than those who don’t speak English at all. Learning . English can increase the chance of getting a good job.
If you visit a country, you can easily find someone who can speak at least a little English. So if 'you know English, you have a chance to communicate almost anywhere you travel.
Its not easy for parents who don’t understand English to raise children in an English -speaking country. For example； if they send their children to school and the teacher does not speak their mother language, parents are likely to have difficulty communicating with the teacher. And if the children have homework they do not understand, parents cannot help them.
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根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。 According to the first paragraph, about million people speak English as a
first language. .
| A．375 | B．750 | C．1,125 | D．1,500 |
Which of the following can be put in ?
| A．hopeless | B．difficult | C．Boring | D．important |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the reading?
| A．English is helpful in finding a job. |
| B．English is helpful in traveling to other places. |
| C．Children who learn English well can receive more attention. |
| D．Parents who know English well have no trouble helping kids with homework |
Who is this passage written for?
A. People who learn English as a first language.
B. People who are not good at English.
D. People who love traveling.Where can you probably find the above reading?
| A．In a museum. | B．In a magazine. |
| C．In a newspaper. | D．On the Internet. |
Linda has four dollars.Can she buy a medium strawbrry and chicken hamburger?
A.Yes, she can.
B.No, she can’t.
C.I don’t know. If you want to have orange juice, you can
A.call 573-9603
B.go to Dessert House
C.go to House of Hamburgers Larry buys a large cabbage and mutton hamburgers and an apple and pear ice cream.He pays
A.＄10B.11＄C 12＄ If you have five dollars, you can buy
A.two small strawberries and chicken hamburgers
B.a glass of green teaDessert House’s ice creams may(可能)have the same(同样的)
A.kind B.priceC.size
阅读理解， 根据短文内容判断正（T）误(F)。
It's Sunday morning. The students of Class 3 are giving their classroom a good cleaning.
Miss Huang, their teacher, is working with them. The children are busy. Some are carrying water; some are cleaning the windows; others are sweeping the floor. Zhang Hua is putting up a map on the wall. It is a map of China. Wang Fei and Wei Qing are mending some broken chairs. The children are listening to the radio while they are working. The classroom looks nice and bright after the cleaning. The children are very happy. They go home for lunch at noon.The children are playing in their classroom on Sunday morning.
Miss Huang, their mother, is working with them.
There is a map of China on the wall.
Two of them are repairing the broken chairs.
They are singing while they are working.
阅读短文，回答问题，每题答案限9个词以内。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Look! What a nice picture! It’s a picture of a school. What’s the name of it? Let me see. Oh, it’s Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. In the school, you can see beautiful trees and flowers.
Of course, there are some teaching buildings, too. There are many students and teachers in them. All of them are very good. You can see a hill behind the school. There are many trees on it. Oh, there is a river near the school. It’s very clear, I think the school is very beautiful. I like it very much.What’s the name of the school?
Can you see beautiful trees and flowers in the schoo?
Who are in the teaching buildings?
What’s behind the school?
Is there a river near the school?
This is my schoolbag. It isn’t very big but it’s very nice .There is a big pencil box in my bag. There is a picture of a dog on my pencil box. There are two pens and three pencils in it.The ruler in my pencil box is very long（长）.There is a small ball in my schoolbag. It is for my cousin Jim.My schoolbag is ___________.
| A．big | B．nice | C．new | D．small |
What’s in the bag?
| A．A pencil box. | B．A book. |
| C．A picture. | D．A clock |
What’s on the pencil box ?
| A．A schoolbag. | B．A picture of a dog. |
| C．A ruler. | D．A rubber |
The ruler is ___________.
| A．long | B．short | C．big | D．small |
The ball is for my ________.
| A．uncle | B．aunt | C．cousin | D．friend |
My name is Mary. I’m a student. I’m twelve. My father is a policeman. My mother is a nurse. Nick is my brother. We are all at home today, because today is Sunday(星期日). My brother Nick is a student, too. We are in the same school. There are thirty-five classes in our school. My classroom is very big. _______are students and in the same school.
| A．My sister and I | B．My brother and I |
| C．My brother and my sister | D．Andy and I |
What’s Mary’s mother?
| A．She is a teacher. | B．She is a student. |
| C．She is a nurse. | D．She is a doctor. |
There are _______ classes in Mary’s school
| A．25 | B．35 | C．24 | D．34 |
How old is Mary? ________.
| A．12 | B．14 | C．13 | D．30 |
Mary’s classroom is _______
| A．not big | B．not small |
| C．not strong | D．not short |