Li Lei is thirteen now. He began to study in a middle school two years ago. His home is in a small village， and it’s nearly five kilometers from his school. He has to get up early in the morning and run to school. He is never late for school. His father thinks Li Lei is too tired. He wants to borrow some money to buy a bike for him. Li Lei doesn’t agree because he knows his mother is always ill and the family spends a lot of money on medicine. He keeps running every day. He becomes stronger and stronger. He runs fastest in his class. Last week there was a sports meeting in his school. Li Lei ran faster than any other boy and got the first place in the boys’ 1，500 meters. Now he’s famous in the whole school. His classmates and teachers were very proud of him. He was happy， too. He ran home fast to tell his parents about the good news.
1.Li Lei is thirteen years old.
2.Li Lei runs to school in the morning.
3.Li Lei’s father bought him a bike.
4.Li Lei is often late for school.
5.Li Lei got the first place in the boys’ 1，500 meters last week.
Many Chinese students find it difficult English， but not Chinese， because Chinese is own language. Actually， Chinese is to learn than English.
Still some foreign students can speak Chinese so that if you didn’t see them， you would take them for Chinese. What makes them ?
“ For me， conversation is the most helpful. I use every chance to speak Chinese. If you only listen to what others ， you’ll improve your listening ability， but if you talk as much as ， you’ll find you can express yourself much better，” says Ulrike Nootz， a German girl now studying Chinese at Shanghai International Studies University.
Though the Chinese language is difficult， she can learn it well. She thinks that to learn a language one must try to know something about the history of the country. Though Chinese is different from English， the experience of success can be . Conversation， in English learning， very important.
1.A. to learn B. learning C. learn
2.A. we B. their C. us
3.A. very more difficult B. much difficultC. much more difficult
4.A. well B. good C. better
5.A. success B. succeed C. successfully
6.A. in B. by C. with
7.A. say B. talk C. speak
8.A. can B. possible C. may
9.A. the same B. same C. the different
10.A. may be B. maybe C. may
A pair of shoes ________ to him as a present by his grandma last week.
A. were given
B. was given
C. gave
Shenzhen will become ___________ Hong Kong.
A. as busier than
B. as busy as
C. as busier as
— Must I come before 6：30 tomorrow? — _________.
A. No， you needn’t
B. Yes， you need
C. No， you have to
Can you tell me ___________________to school yesterday?
A. why he did come
B. why he didn’t come
C. why he comes
