Ma Yan is not really a writer, but this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. Ma Yan’s diary tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. However, she is brave and wants to go to school very much.

Her mother gave her diary to a reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjiashu in 2001. Now, Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and China.

Ma Yan is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to drop out of school twice. She had to stop going to school the first time, because her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school while her two brothers could stay.

“I want to study,” Ma Yan wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”

Ma Yan loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.

“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge(知識). Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma Yan said.

After her story became known, many students sent money to her. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then, I can find poor kids like me, and help them,” she said.

1.Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and       .

2.Why did Ma Yan leave school for the first time?

3.Ma Yan wants to study because she wants to          .

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes.

Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and

at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly when they drive

streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the News about sports, the weather, politics（政治）, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.  

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state(州). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Whenever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies（協(xié)奏曲） of Beethoven.

1.Almost every American student likes_________.                   .  

2.What do adult drivers do while they are driving?.

3.What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?

4._______ was started by cowboys.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

One of the fastest passenger trains in the world is the Euro Star. It travels the distance between London and Paris in just over two and a half hours. The same journey which used to take five or six hours and always involved（包含） a slow boat crossing. If you take the Euro Star, you can leave London Waterlooat 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon and be in the centre of Paris at 6:35, in time for dinner.

One of the most exciting things about Euro Star is that it goes through a tunnel under the sea. This is called the Channel Tunnel, and goes between Folkestone in England and Sangate in France. The tunnel is 31 miles long, and cost $21 billion to build. This part of the journey takes about 20 minutes and there are two other tunnels that people can get out of quickly if there is a fire or an accident（事故）.

The trains have a top speed of 180 mph (300 km p hr), and run on special tracks（軌道）. It can go much faster on these tracks. The trains are very comfortable, just like all the other trains, and you can also buy a lot of food and drink in the restaurant car. But the trains travel so fast, people can’t really see anything out of the window, especially on the French side where it speeds up quite a lot.

1.Does the Euro Star travel between London and Paris?

2.How long did it take from London to Paris if you take the Euro Star?

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3.How long is the Channel Tunnel?

4.How many tunnels are there to help people get out of if there is a fire?

5.What makes the Euro Star go faster through the tunnel?

Everyone enjoys music. But do you know it can improve the lives of sick kids? __57___ In fact, music has changed the world a lot. In Australia , a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program.  ___58___ “Music can make you happy, music can make you sad, music can make you relaxed and take away any stress (壓力) ，”said Catherine.

For thousands of years people has believed that music has a great effect on both the mind and the body, but it was only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical（醫(yī)學(xué)） benefits（益處）. ___59____ Since then, people has began to use music to help patients. People even used it to help kids in schools get better marks.

Now music is being used in a special programme called Music Therapy (療法). It helps people improve their quality of life in many different ways by using music. Sophia is 11. She got cancer (癌癥) five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing have become a part of life. She said, “It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. ___60____”

It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away!

根據(jù)中文意思完成英文句子。

1.讓我們從圖書館借些書來吧。

____________ borrow some books from the library.

2.你為什么每天不多做些運動呢？

________________do some more sports every day?

3. 她每天花一個小時打掃屋子.

________________to clean the rooms every day.

4.那個女孩不但會彈鋼琴而且會拉小提琴。

The girl can play __________________ the violin.

5.希望工程已經(jīng)幫助很多貧困的孩子重返校園。

Project Hope has ________________________to school.

在 “感恩月”中，學(xué)校英語社團舉行征文活動，主題為“我?guī)透改缸黾覄?wù)”

中文提示：每到周末，你都會看到媽媽忙碌的身影，媽媽忙著洗衣服，打掃屋子，買菜……還設(shè)法給你做你喜歡吃的菜。你知道媽媽平時上班很忙，為了讓媽媽周末能好好休息，于是上周末你決定幫媽媽做家務(wù)，請用英文敘述你幫媽媽做家務(wù)的經(jīng)過及感受。（不少于60字）

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Lily

-Does your brother play soccer very well?

     -Yes. And he is _______ the school soccer team.

    A. at               B. with         C. for              D. on

We get _______ sometimes when we study in a group. But we can learn from each other in this way.

    A. patient      B. silly        C. noisy       D. unfair

John studied very hard last year.  ______________.

    A. So was his deskmate.             B. So his deskmate was.

    C. So did his deskmate.             D. So his deskmate did.

If I         you, I           the army.

    A. am, would join   B. were, would join   C. am, will join   D. were, will join