My sister and I are very different. When people meet us both, they are always surprised to learn that we are sisters. This is because we don’t look like each other we have different personalities, and our lifestyles are different.
Do you resemble your brother or sister? My sister and I don’t resemble each other at all. I am tall, but she is very short. I have short dark brown hair and green eyes. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes. I am strong, but she is not. I have big hands and feet, her hands and feet are very small. When we were kids, she was thin, but I was heavy. Now we are both heavy.
We also have opposite personalities. She is always stressed out. I am calmer and more outgoing. She is very worried about what other people think and say about her, but I really don’t care. When she has a problem, she just worries about it. But when I have a problem, I try to fix（解决）it. She easily gets angry, especially（尤其是）with our mother. But I am more patient（耐心的）.
Our lifestyles are very different. I love old things and hardly ever go shopping. But she goes shopping twice or more a week. I have cats. She has a dog. I read. She watches TV.
1.When people meet the writer and her sister, they are always surprised to learn
2.The writer and her sister are different in ways.
3.The writer’s sister has hair.
4.The writer’s sister is very worried about about her.
5.Do the write and her sister have the same personalities?
6.Find the topic sentence of the passage and copy it down. （找出文章的主题句并抄写下来）
7.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. （将划线的句子翻译成中文）
8.The underlined word “heavy” in the passage means in English.
I think it’s fun to have twin friends.
I have two friends. They are twin brothers. Their names are Jimmy and Simmy. They look the same and a lot of people can’t tell（分辨）them. They both have brown hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T – shirts.
They like wearing the same clothes, and they like doing the same things, too. For example, they both like pop music, playing basketball and computer games. They play basketball every Saturday. They hope to play computer games every night, but their mother says they can’t because they have a lot of homework to do.
They are twins, but they aren’t the same in every way. For example, Jimmy works hard at school, but Simmy doesn’t. Jimmy is much calmer than Simmy, but Simmy is more athletic than Jimmy.
1. What’re the names of the twins?
A. Jimmy and Simmy B. Jimmy and Tommy
C. Tommy and Jim D. Jim and Tom
2.The twin brothers like and .
A. listening to the same music, studying hard.
B. wearing the same clothes, doing the same things
C. wearing different clothes, doing the same things
D. wearing the same clothes, doing different things
3. Why does their mother say they can’t play computer games every night?
A. Because they don’t have a computer in their home
B. Because they don’t like playing computer games
C. Because they have to do their homework
D. Because they want to play basketball
4. Jimmy is much than Simmy, but Simmy is than Jimmy.
A. more athletic, calmer
B. calmer, more popular
C. calmer, athletic
D. calmer, more athletic
Three students are giving their opinions about what a good friend should be like.
Cindy | I think a good friend should be honest（诚实的）.That’s more important than any other thing. And it is where a real friendship starts. If a friend isn’t honest, he may lose his friends’ trust. |
Jerry | I think a good friend has to be generous（慷慨的）. Here being generous doesn’t mean he has to give his friends his lunch money or his clothes. It means he should share his ideas and feelings with his friends. In fact, his friends can know him better in this way. |
Mary | In my opinion, a good friend should understand his friends. When there’s something wrong between him and his friends, he must put himself in his friends’ place and think more for his friends. |
1.What does the underlined (划线的) sentences mean?
A. To be honest is the most important.
B. To be honest is as important as other things
C. To be honest is not very important.
D. Honest people get more things than others.
2.What does the underlined word “trust” mean?
A. 夸奖 B.批评 C.理解 D。信任
3.Jerry would like to make friends with people who _______
A. give him lunch money
B. know him very well
C. tell him their ideas and feelings
D. give him some clothes
4.Mary thinks friends should _________
A. often visit each other
B. often go to different places
C. understand each other
D. help each other
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The three people are talking about what they think a good friend should be like.
B. Cindy thinks to be honest is the base(基础) of a good friendship.
C. Mary would like to make friends with people who think more for others.
D. Being generous means being very clever.
请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框内所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）
more, reading, after, at, living, move, older, better, makes, vacation, much, boring |
Kate and Susan are sisters. They live in a big city. Kate is two years 1. than Susan. She likes 2. in the city. She thinks living in the city is 3. more interesting than living in the countryside. She thinks living in the countryside. She likes the lights 4. night in her city. She thinks the lights are more beautiful than the stars. She enjoys 5. and she reads 6. books than Susan. Susan dislikes living in the city. She likes the countryside 7. . She often visits her grandma in the countryside and takes a 8. there. Susan likes to take a walk 9. supper. She thinks it 10. her feel very relaxed.
阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案填入到题前的括号内。
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports are people’s health. Many people like to watch play sports games. They buy tickets turn on their TV sets to them.
Sports with the seasons. People play games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can sports here and there. Some sports are rather interesting, people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. Sometimes people different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very to each other.
1.A. good for B. good at C. good about D. good of
2.A. other B. others C. the other D. the others
3.A. and B. but C. or D. so
4.A. read B. look C. look for D. watch
5.A. change B. begin C. finish D. like
6.A. same B. different C. the same D. the different
7.A. saw B. look C. play D. did
8.A. so B. but C. or D. although
9.A. from B. to C. on D. for
10.A. friend B. friendly C. friends D. more friendly
－What makes you all the way, Peter?
A. Laughs B. Laugh
C. to laugh D. laughing
