Most American families are smaller than those in other countries. Usually there is one or two parents and one or two children in each American family.
Children in the USA will leave their parents when they grow up. They want to find better jobs, so they usually live far away from their parents. They often write to telephone their parents. And they go to visit their parents during在---期间 their holidays.
Parents will ask their children to do some work around their house. In many families children will get money for doing some housework so that they can learn to make money for their own. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think that for young people it is important to decide 决定on their lives by themselves.
1.The size of most American families is ______ that of other countries．
A．larger than B．smaller than
C．as big as D．as small as
2.When children grow up，they leave their parents’ home to______．
A．go to other countries
B．be free
C．find good jobs
D. find jobs for their parents
3.They visit their parents ______．
A．on weekdays B．on weekends
C．at any time D．on holidays
4.From the passage we can know that children in America_____.
A. leave their parents when they are still young
B. often spend holidays at their parents’ house
C. sometimes look for jobs for their own patents
D. often call or write to their parents for money
5.What is the passage NOT about?
A. American parents. B. American holidays
C. American families. D. American children.
Some students think it difficult to learn English well. That’s because they don’t find the right way. I think reading is very important for students. The more you read, the better you’ll understand. Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writing.
If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve(提高) your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free. You can get a lot of knowledge（知识） when you read. Sometimes you need to express(表达) your ideas. You can either speak or write. That means you are using what you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to remember something, you should read again and again. So from now on, you’d better do more reading. It’s a good way to learn English well.
1. Some students think it difficult to learn English well because ______.
A. they don’t work hard
B. they are afraid of English
C. they don’t find the right way
D. they aren’t clever
2.Reading is helpful to ______.
A. speaking B. listening C. writing D. all of the above
3.The writer thinks _____ is a good way to learn English well.
A. the better you write B. doing more reading
C. the more you remember D. the more you write
4.In Chinese studying, the more you read, ______.
A. the better you speak B. the better you write
C. the more you remember D. the more you write
5.The title of this passage may be _____.
A. English is important B. Reading is unhelpful
C. English is difficult D. Reading is important
Mrs. White_______in a school. It is Sunday. She has_______classes. At eight in the morning, she______to a shop and buys a nice dress. She puts it in her bag and then buys______cakes for her children. At eleven she_____home. She wants to put on her new dress, but she_______find her bag. She calls the shop assistant (售货员), “Hello, Mrs. Black. This is Mrs. White. Can you help______ find my bag? _____in your shop.”“Of course, Mrs. White,” says the assistant. “We found three bags here. But which one is_______?”“I’m______,” says Mrs. White, I can tell you which one is mine.”
1.A. work B. works C. working D. study
2.A. not B. any C. some D. no
3.A. walks B. go C. walking D. walk
4.A. a piece of B. a little C. some D. much
5.A. gets to B. gets C. get D. get to
6.A. can B. don’t C. can’t D. isn’t
7.A. I B. my C. mine D. me
8.A. It’s B. Its C. They’re D. He’s
9.A. you B. your C. mine D. yours
10.A. go B. come C. coming D. comes
短文填空
Yao Ming is a famous basketball p__1.___. He was born in Shanghai in 1980. He is as t__2.___ as 2.26 metres. His parents are b__3.___ tall. He plays basketball f___4.___ Houston Rockets in the USA. Now more and more Americans begin to like him. They think he plays very w_5.__.
He usually likes w___6.___sports clothes. When he has time, he e___7.___ playing computer games and l___8.___ to music. He loves animals. He likes dogs b__9.___. His f___10.____ food is sausage and tomatoes.
动词填空：
1.The good news makes us ____________ (laugh) happily.
2.He is looking forward to _____ (stay) with his family during the Spring Festival.
3.My mother tells me _____ (not play) football on the road.
4.The farmers __________________ (grow) rice these days.
5.Look at the clouds in the sky. I think it _______________ (rain).
6.There are lots of fun and interesting things _________(see) in the Palace Museum.
7.Look, there are two old men ________ (fish) by the river.
8.Jimmy ________________ (not go) to the cinema with us tonight because he has lots of homework.
9.My grandfather sometimes ________(enjoy) sitting on the balcony after breakfast.
10.It ________ (rain). We have to stay at home to do some reading.
My uncle usually drives me ____ there ____ the shopping in the town centre.
A. to; to do B. to; doing C. /; to do D. /; do
