What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying： "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles” Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading, like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.

In a word, books are helpful to us and we must love them. But before you read, remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books： I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.

What about you? Young friends, please love books and read them, They are very helpful to you.

1.Which of the following is TRUE?.

A．We have to choose a good book before we start to read.

B．Madame Curie doesn't like reading at all.

C．We shouldn't ask teachers about what books to read.

D．Reading books can’t give us any knowledge.

2.What does the underlined part "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles." mean in Chinese?

A．滚石不生苔                         B．读数千本书就能行数千里路

C．读万卷书，行万里路                 D．读书百遍，其义自见

3.Reading books can help people_________.

A．understand the world better             B．get more sleep

C．know little about themselves            D．get money from others

4.What kind of books does the writer like?

A．Comic books.     B．Biography.      C．Novels     D．Story-books.

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Books are helpful to us.

B．Only reading books can make people succeed(成功).

C．Young people should read more books.

D．Chairman Mao likes reading very much.

American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

High school students take only four or five subjects(学科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class.  After class they do many interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college(大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

1. How long is each term?

A. Two months.    B. Three months.

C. Four months.   D. Five months.

2. How old are the students when they graduate(毕业) from high school?

A. Five years old.

B. Seven or eight years old.

C. Seventeen or eighteen years old.

D. Twenty years old.

3.According to the passage(根据文章), Which of the following is right?

A. American high school students have three or four subjects every term.

B. American students don’t have any homework every day.

C. American students do many interesting things after class.

D. American students don’t go to the same class every day.

4.What do many of the high school students do after high school, according to this passage?

A. Many of them stay at home.

B. Many of them go to work.

C. Many of them go to college.

D. We don't know.

5.What do many college students do after class in America?

A. Many of them read books after class.

B. Many of them go to work to get money for their studies.

C. Many of them go to parties.

D. Many of them go out with their friends

Mrs.. Black was a famous musician. Several years ago she ______ music at a school and her students did well in their lessons. They liked her very much. Now the old woman stays at home with her husband. The old man looks after his wife well and she is _______ worried about anything. And she is very __________.

Just like some old people, Mrs. Black finds that her _________ is falling. Sometimes she forgets what she did or what she will have to do. It often gets her in trouble. Her ________ noticed this and asked her to see a famous doctor.

He bought two tickets__________ London and told her to put ________ into her handbag while she was playing the piano. The next morning, when they got to the _________ just in time to catch the plane, Mrs.. Black said, “ I wish we’d brought ________ with us.”

“Don’t be a fool（傻瓜）, dear!” said Mr. Black with a smile. “ We are not going to hold a concert（音乐会）, but to see a ________.”

“I know,” she said, “ but I’ve left the tickets on it!”

1.A. loved        B. taught        C. enjoyed         D. studied

2.A. always       B. often         C. never           D. sometimes

3.A. sorry        B. worried      C. sad            D. happy

4.A. sight         B. hearing       C. interest       D. memory

5.A. husband      B. daughter      C. son           D. student

6.A. for           B. in           C. from          D. to

7.A. it            B. them         C. this           D. that

8.A. airport        B. bus stop      C. station         D. hospital

9.A. money       B. music        C. the ticket        D. the piano

10.A. doctor        B. film         C. play            D. house

Jack with his friends,_______ going to_______ their English teacher tomorrow.

A. are; visit       B. is; visit

C. is; visiting        D. are; visiting

When he heard a cry for help, he ran out as _________ as he could.

A. quick       B. slowly      C. quickly    D. more quickly

_____ she afraid of _____ late for school?

A. Is; be     B. Does; be

C. Is; being       D. Does; being

—Excuse me. Look at the sign： NO SMOKING! —Sorry, I________ it.

A. didn’t see       B. don’t see

C. wasn’t see     D. won’t see

Our teacher looks _____today. Yes. She is laughing ______now.

A. happy; happy    B. happily, happily

C. happy; happily     D. happily, happy

Jim, _________his father, _________watching TV in the evening.

A. like, like      B. like, likes

C. likes, likes     D. likes, like

—It's summer now, but I feel a little cold today! —________ unusual weather!

A. How   B. What        C. How a    D. What a