Starting a stamp collection is easy and not very expensive. Before you start, you need to decide what kind of stamps you want to collect. Most people collect stamps that they are interested in: a certain country or an animal, a famous person or even a sport. Whatever you choose, you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps: you will learn about people, geography, building, history and culture.
You can collect stamps from letters, ask your friends to let you have their old stamps, or you can buy used stamps. Cut out the stamp carefully when you get a letter with a stamp on it. Leave lots of space around the stamp so that you will not damage it. Put the stamp in water and wait until you can safely remove the stamp. Carefully remove the stamp off the letter. Place the wet stamp between two clean pieces of paper. A stamp can get winkled(褶皱) when it dries, so put some books on top.
1.Starting a stamp collection isn’t_________ and it does not __________you too much money.
2.We can learn about people, geography, building, ________________from___________.
3.We can get stamps from letters or old stamps from_____________, we can also get them by___________________________.
4.When you get a stamp from a letter, you should_________ carefully and_______________around the stamp to stop it from damaging before you put it in water.
5.If you want to prevent a stamp ____________when it dries you should ___________on top.
Do you know what school life is like in Singapore? In Singapore, a class only lasts half an hour, but there are no breaks between classes. The students only have a 30-minute tea break after 3 or 4 classes. They do not do eye exercises. Yao Suyu said our eye exercises were unfamiliar(不熟悉)to her. “I’d like to introduce them to our school,” she said. “They’re very useful!”
In Singapore, school ends at 1:50 p.m. But students joined other classes after school such as dance clubs and choir(合唱团). Yao says she joins dance club twice a week and it lasts from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Singapore’s population (人口)includes Chinese, Indians(印度人), Malays(马来人 )and Westerners. But there is no special school for any one of the groups. The students in Yao’s school are mainly Chinese, Indians and Malays. “The Indian students take Indian language classes when we study Chinese,” said Yao. “But if an Indian student is interested in Chinese, he or she can study it, too.”
In Singaporean schools, teachers teach in English. It’s the official(官方的)language in Singapore. Singaporean students have to take different courses after school. Like most Singaporean students, Yao takes other courses in Chinese, math and English.
根据上面短文的内容回答问题。
1.How long does a class last in Singapore?_______________________________________
2.Do the students do eye exercises in Singapore?__________________________________
3.When does school end in Singapore?__________________________________________
4.What does Singapore’s population include?_____________________________________
5.In which language do teachers teach in Singaporean schools?_______________________
完成句子（共7小题；每小题2分，满分14分）
1.当你今年夏天去国外学习的时候，你可以通过电子邮件和我们保持联系。
You can ________________us when you ______________for further study this summer.
2.你已经借这本书3周了，你最好明天把它还给图书馆 。
You _________________for 3 weeks, you______________________ the library tomorrow.
3.请保持安静，不要打断别人。
Please __________________and don’t ___________________________.
4.我昨天对Kris进行了一次采访，而且都停不下来和他合照。
I had ________________with Kris yesterday, and I couldn’t ________________with him.
5.百老汇从二十世纪早期就以它的剧院而出名 。
Broadway______________________ its theatres since___________________________.
6.我尽量挣脱一只手，最终设法弄断了绳子。
I ____________one hand free and finally _________________________the ropes.
7.英国有悠久的历史，它由英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰组成。
The UK ____________and it _________England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.What do you think of those famous_____________(France) writers in history?
2.She doesn’t know how much money____________(spend) on the present.
3.The bags are these men’s_____________(wife).
4.Do you know why he refused ____________(bring) his homework here?
5.Jay Chou and Quinlivan got ______________(marry) a few months ago
6.If you work hard, your show will be a big_______________(success).
7.It’s helpful for us to have good________(read) habits.
8.You should speak to the old people much_______________(polite).
根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的词或短语填空。
such as, the opposite of, at a time, felt lonely, except, has left, has been away from, a couple of, was tired out |
1.Australian seasons are ____________________________ours.
2.Tom ______________ after the whole day’s hard work.
3.We celebrate many festivals,_________ Spring Festival, Mid-autumn Festival and so on .
4.Everyone in our class went to the zoo___________ Eric.
5.I saw _______________young men get out.
6.He is very fat and he can eat three bowls of noodles__________.
7.My uncle _____________his hometown for about 30 years.
8.The old man ______________after his wife died.
Americans think much about time. From childhood they learn to value（珍视）time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants（仆人）of the clock .
1.What do the Americans mean by ‘Time is money’?
A．It is not easy to make money.
B．It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C．Working hard can bring people health.
D．If someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.
2.Americans think it wrong__________.
A．to work late
B．to get up early
C．to be late for school
D．to be on time to do everything
3.This passage says that a dying person___________.
A．is having a good time
B．is living on a borrowed time
C．thinks time goes easily
D．is saving time
4.From this passage we can be sure that_____________.
A．Americans live a hard life
B．Americans always walk fast
C．Americans live in a quick rhythm（节奏）
D．Americans are good at saving time
5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A．Americans’ ideas about time
B．Never waste time
C．Time is money
D．Learn to be on time
