I am taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife, our son, Jack, and I are all going along.
My elder brother has decided to go with us. My father is so old that he has to stay at home and take care of
the house.
     We're going to take a train to New York, and then take a plane to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, we're
going to several countries for sightseeing. We'll go to places either by train or by bus. Then we're going to fly
home.
     It takes us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we have planned a very interesting trip. We will go
to England, France and Italy. My wife is very interested in going to France because she is a teacher of French. My brother, who speaks Italian very well, is looking forward to visiting Italy.
     We also talk about how to go to Europe. At last we decide to fly because it will be faster and will save more
time. But my brother likes to take a boat trip and Jack enjoys that, too.

1. _________ people will go abroad to travel according to the passage.

A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Three

2. They are going to America ________.

A. by plane
B. by boat
C. by train
D. by car

3. They will go to ________ in Europe.

A. America
B. England, France and Italy
C. America, England, France and Italy
D. America, Italy and France

4. ________would like to visit Italy.

A. The author's (作者的) wife
B. The author's brother
C. The author's son
D. The author's husband

5. The word "sightseeing" means_________ in the passage.

A. 視力
B. 觀光
C. 購(gòu)物
D. 眼光

     Do you know that man? He is my uncle.  His name is David Smith. He is a 1_____  (work). He
 works in a car factory. His factory is not near his home. So he gets up early in the morning and 
 2_____   (take) a bus to work. At about seven thirty, he 3_____   (get) to his factory. He makes the 
parts (零件) of the car. He 4_____  (work) very hard. Everyone  5_____  (like) him and says he is a 
good worker. He 6_____  (have) his lunch in the factory. He likes to listen to music and  7_____ (play)
 basketball after work. In the evening, he learns  8_____   (China) at home. He learns Chinese very  
9_____  (good), too. Sometimes he 10_____ (help) me with my Chinese. I like my uncle very much.

    Jim is an American. He is now living(居住) in China.He gets up at about half past six and has breakfast   at seven o'clock.After breakfast,he says goodbye to his parents and leaves home at half past seven.He
usually goes to school on foot.He gets there at five minutes(分鐘) to eight.He has his first class at eight.
    Morning classes are over at ten past twelve and he has lunch five minutes later,at about a quarter past
twelve.After lunch he plays with his friends.
    Afternoon classes begin at half past one.Usually there are two lessons in the afternoon.They finish at
half past three.Usually he plays games or other things at school,and he gets home at about a quarter past
five.He has supper at six and then does his homework and then watches TV.He goes to bed at about half   past ten.

1.Where was Jim born(出生)?

A. In America.
B. In England.
C. In China.
D. In Beijing.

2.He has breakfast _______

A. at half past six
B. at seven o'clock
C. at half past seven
D. at five minutes to eight

3.Jim is _______.

A. an English teacher
B. a doctor    
C. a cleaner
D. a student

4.How does he go to school?

A. By bus    
B. By bike.    
C. On foot.
D. By train.

5.He goes to bed at _______ in the evening.

A. 9:00
B. 10:00      
C. 10:30
D. 11:30

       Starting a new school term is always exciting. It is a chance to see your friends again. Wecan
take up(開(kāi)始從事) new hobbies besides common classes. It is common in Britain for students to
take up new hobbies after the Christmas holidays. Promising to start something new is a common
New Year resolution.     
       Most schools offer different kinds of hobby classes. Students take them in their free periods or
after school. Some classes you have to pay for and others are free. For example, I once took a free
Wednesday evening gymnastics class my school offered. But when I learnt how to play the drum my
parents had to pay for the lessons.  
       The most popular extra classes at my school were piano lessons.  We also like playing a role (角色)
in the drama club. Both classes offered exams that students could take. Students with many hobbies
sometimes felt more stressed than those without any. But the students with hobbies left school with
many extra skills.  
       I haven't continued any of the hobbies I began at school. But I have never regretted taking them.
My best friend today is someone I met in my gymnastic class.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下列任務(wù)

1. Put the underlined sentence into Chinese.  
__________________________________

2. Put the underlined phrase into Chinese.  
__________________________________

3. 把下列圖片與所給的詞匹配，只填寫(xiě)字母即可。

            A                             B                             C                           D
(1) common class___________    
(2) drama club ____________    
(3) extra class ___________    
(4)free class____________

4. What hobby class did the writer ever take at school? (回答問(wèn)題)
                                                                         

     Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and
 she is a good engineer (工程師) in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak
 Spanish very well.  
     Now Mr Smith is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and
  he goes to Chinese classes in an evening school. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. 
  He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn't have any
  trouble (困難) with his Chinese at all, but the Chinese have a lot.

1. Mr Smith works in _____.

    A. a hospital
    B. a police station
    C. a school  
    D. a restaurant

2. What's Mr Smith's daughter?    

    A. A teacher.  
    B. A doctor.    
    C. An engineer.  
    D. A student.

3. Mr Smith learns Chinese _____.

    A. very well              
    B. with his daughter  
    C. every morning          
    D. very hard

4. Where does Mr Smith learn Chinese?

    A. In an evening school.        
    B. At home.
    C. In his friend's home.        
    D. In a park.

5. We know that Mr Smith is good at _____.

    A. Chinese    
    B. Spanish  
    C. Japanese    
    D. French