Kate and Peter like sports. In summer they swim and in winter they ski (滑雪). They are planning (計劃)
a ski trip for this weekend, but they don't know what the weather will be like. It's 7:30 now, and they are
listening to the weather report (天氣預(yù)報) on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather report for the
weekend.
     "Friday is going to be cloud and cloudy. The temperature (溫度) is going to be -4℃. It's going to snow
(下雪) Friday night. Saturday and Sunday are going to be clear (晴朗), cold and sunny."
      Now Kate and Peter are excited (興奮). The weather is going to be perfect (完美的)for a ski trip. They
are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains (山).

(     )1. Kate and Peter like listening to the weather report.
(     )2. They're planning a ski trip for this weekend.
(     )3. They want to know about the price.
(     )4. It will be clear, cold and sunny.
(     )5. Kate and Peter are excited because the weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip.

     Everybody loves oranges. They are sweet and juicy. Some oranges do not have any seeds (種子). Some
have a thick skin (厚皮) and some have a thin skin.
    The orange tree is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny (有光澤的) green leaves. The small white flowers smell
very sweet. An orange tree has flowers and fruit at the same time.
     Farmers (農(nóng)民) in other parts of Asia and the Middle East (中東) learned to raise (種植) oranges from
the Chinese. Then they taught (教) Europeans (歐洲人). 
     Orange is both a fruit and a color. The color of oranges is so beautiful that in English we use the name
of the fruit for the color.

1. Oranges are ______.

A. shiny and green
B. old and wild
C. sweet and juicy
D. thin and white

2. Some oranges do not have ______.

3. Orange leaves are ______.

A. shiny
B. thick
C. sweet
D. wild

4. There are many ______ orange trees in China today.

A. shiny
B. thin
C. wild
D. thick

A. the Middle East and Asia
B. Florida
C. China
D. Spain

     Tom and Jim are brothers. They are from Australia. Tom is 14 years old and Jim is 13 years old.
     They speak English and French. Now they are in China. Their family is in China. There are five people
in their family. They are their parents, their sister and them. Their mother is a teacher. Their father is a
doctor. Their sister is very young. She doesn't go to school. She goes to a kindergarten (幼兒園). They
say China is a very interesting place. They like China.

1. Tom is from ______.

A. America
B. Canada
C. Australia

2. They speak ______.

3. How many people are there in Tom's family? ______.

A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.

4. What's Jim's father? He's a ______.

A. doctor
B. teacher
C. writer

A. Because they think Chinese food is nice.
B. Because they think China is an interesting place.
C. Because they like Chinese people.

     There are 12 (1)m            in a year. In different months, we have different (2)e           . Our school's
birthday is (3)S            1. It's the (4)n             month of the year. So we have School Day in that month.
There are (5)C            (圣誕節(jié)) and New Year's Day in December. So we have Art (6)F            in the
month. And we also have (7)M            Party. At the party we can listen to our (8)f            songs.
(9)W            is our school trip? It's in March or (10)A           . It's spring. It's warm.

     (1)O            Sundays, we like (2)g            to the movies. My (3)f            movies are (4)t            .
Some people think they're scary but I like (5)t             very much. I don't like (6)d             because they
are boring. But some people like them because they learn about (7)h             and other things. I (8)o          
go to movies (9)w            my classmates. But now I'm very busy I don't have (10)t            to see movies.

     I have four good (1)f           . They're Jennifer, Victor, Cindy and Leila. We are in the (2)s          
 (相同的) class. So we're (3)c            (同班同學(xué)), too. Jennifer swims very well, she wants to join
the (4)s            club. Then she can swim on (5)S            or Sundays. Victor wants to join the art club
because he is good at (6)p           . Cindy is a pop music fan. She can sing a lot of (7)s           . So she
wants to join the (8)s            club. Leila wants to join the music club because she (9)p            the violin
very well. And she wants to be a (10)m            when she grows up (長大). I like them.

     I have a dream (夢想). I hope I have an interesting (1)j            (工作) when I (2)g             up(長大). I
work very long and sometimes I work very (3)l            but I can make a lot of (4)m           . I have my own
house. It's beautiful. There is a park (5)a           . I can (6)t            a walk and get (7)r            there after
work. When I go out for a trip, I stay in a good (8)h             like a VIP(貴賓室). I can (9)l            to music
when I work. I don't (10)n            (需要) to do any homework. It's so boring. What a funny dream!

     Maria is a (1)r           star in our school. She runs very fast and she eats a lot of (2)h           food.
For (3)b          , she has bread and milk. She eats meat, (4)v           and rice for lunch. For supper, she
likes meat, rice and soup (湯). She often has some (5)f           after meals. She likes apples best. She is
very (6)b           (忙的)every day (7)b           she has many things to do. All (8)t           like her. They
think she is a good student. At home she is a good (9)d          . She often helps her (10)p           do the
housework.

     In China if you are seven, you have to go to school. At school you learn different (1)s          .
(2)S           is one of them. We have three science classes a (3)w          . They are on Tuesday,
(4)W           and Friday. We can learn a (5)l          in science classes. Mr. Jin is our science teacher.
He wasn't born here. He is from another big (6)c           named Haikou. He is a (7)b           (生物學(xué))
teacher before. He knows much about plants. For (8)e          , when is the best time to water flowers.
He is very (9)s           (嚴(yán)格的) with us. After science classes, we are so (10)t           (累的).

這是Maria要舉辦生日舞會的請?zhí)�，讀后請回答下列問題：

生詞: special adj. 特殊的 wish n. 愿望; 祝愿
1. Do you want to join the party?
    ____________________________________________.
2. What food can you have?
    ____________________________________________.
3. Can you take pictures with Maria?
    ____________________________________________.
4. What good wishes do you want to give Maria?
    ____________________________________________.
5. How do you give your wishes to Mafia? 
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