假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写封回信。
参加中文学习班；
看中文书刊、电视；
学唱中文歌曲；
交中国朋友。
注意：1：词数100左右；
2：可适当增加细节；
3：开头语已为你写好。
June 8,2008
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.
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Best wishes.
Li Hua
阅读下列对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from Canada.
A: Really? I t____76___ you were from the States. 1.________
B: That’s not s____77_____. A lot of people can’t tell 2. ________
the d___78_____ between an American accent and a 3.______
Canadian accent. For example, most Canadians say news [nju:z],
but Americans say [nu:z]. We m___79____ use American words, 4._______
but we use quite a lot of British words too. We fill our cars
with “gas”, which is American, but we turn on the “tap” which is
British English.
A: Oh! And do you use American o_80 British spelling? 5._______
B: Both! American spellings are used more and more in Canada now.
G__81____ speaking, newspapers f___82__ the American way , but 6.______
conference reports and schoolbooks use British spelling. 7.______
A: That s___83___ strange. 8.________
B: You mean it looks strange! I’ll tell you something that does sound strange.
Many people think that C___84__ all over the country speak the same 9.______
way. But if you go to the eastern provinces, or go to some country areas,
you’ll notice that the people there speak quite differently f___85__ the 10.______
rest of Canada.
Adults（成年人）usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went:
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg（乞讨）. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His house was dirty, and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire (百万富翁). They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant (有意义的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than（除了）staying focused on（专心于）the things we enjoy doing.
1.The underlined part in the first paragraph may mean ______.
A. I get tired of learning my subjects
B. I fail to listen to lessons attentively
C. I go in the wrong direction of life
D. I wouldn’t like to go to school
2.The neighbor called the police because ______.
A. the old man kept begging money from them every day
B. there was something dangerous in the old man’s house
C. the old man wouldn’t buy tickets for the train
D. they couldn’t bear the smell from the old man’s house
3.When the old man knew he was a millionaire, he ______.
A. remained calm B. became excited
C. felt worried D. became nervous
4.What lesson do we learn from the story?
A. Make great plans for your life.
B. Keep on doing what you like.
C. Do something that is good to society.
D. Depend on yourself rather than others.
People need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered（聚集） to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．
Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill．
The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek god Zeus（Zus）．For five days，athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box，run，jump and so on．There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．People were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．
1.What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？
A．People stopped work and enjoyed themselves．
B．The cities there were often against one another．
C．People watched baseball games．
D．People didn’t go to any games at all．
2.What were those countries in Africa？
A．Friends． B．Enemies．
C．Colonies． D．Other cities．
3.What did people do at the games？
A．They fought． B．They just talked to friends．
C．They cheered for good athletes． D．They tried to find friends．
4.The best title for the story is“_____”．
A．Greece at War B．Together for the Games
C．Stop Fighting D．Sport
Dear Mom and Dad ,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you . I have been very naughty（淘气的） and the school master is very angry with me . She is going to write to you . You must come and take me away from here . She does not want me in the school any longer . The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette（香烟）in bed . As I was smoking , I heard footsteps（脚步）coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking , so I threw the cigarette away . Unfortunately（不幸地） , the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket . It caught fire .
There was a curtain near the waste --paper basket . It caught fire too . Soon the whole room was burning . The master phoned the fire brigade（消防队）. The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived , the whole school was on fire . The master said that the fire was all my fault（过错） and I must pay for the damage（损坏）. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars .
I'm very sorry for this .
Much love
Sarah
1.Why did Sarah write to his parents ?
A．He missed them very much for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
B．He told his parents what he had done in school.
C．He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school.
D．He thought he was old enough to help them do something.
2.Where did Sarah smoke?
A．in the classroom. B．in the Dinning hall .
C．in the street. D．in the dormitory（宿舍）.
3.Why was the school master angry with him?
A．because he was too naughty. B．because he was too lazy.
C．because he caused a big fire. D．because he stole something from the school.
4.According to the passage, what should the students not do?
A．they should not smoke, because smoking is dangerous to them.
B．they should not dance, because dancing would waste a lot of money.
C．they should not make friends, because making friends would make them absent.
D．they should not wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money.
2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points (得分)in another game.
Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said.
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge（挑战）, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.
1.Yao Ming got 13 points on October _____, 2002.
A. 22 B.23 C.24 D.26
2.Yao Ming said that _____.
A. playing in the NBA was difficult
B. it was hard to watch NBA games on TV
C. he was an NBA star
D. it was boring to play basketball
3.From the passage we can know that Yao Ming ________.
A. will work hard for his team
B. made the highest score in his first NBA game
C. can't understand his teammates
D. teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself
4.The passage is probably ______.
A. an advertisement B. a notice C. a news report D. an instruction
