Dear editors,

I’m a slow student in my class. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I get very stressed out. It’s difficult to keep on （持續(xù)）working hard and it’s really not fun. And I think although I spend much time studying for the tests. I can’t get good grades. My father sometimes gives me some help. He tells me not to worry about it. But what do you think I should do?

Xia Ming

Two readers read the letter from the magazine and here are their answers:

閱讀短文，選擇正確答案。

1. Xia Ming worried about ______.

A. his classmates B. his life

C. his study D. his father

2.Thumbelina gave ______ examples in the letter.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

3.Thumbelina wrote about those famous people _______.

A. to make Xia Ming feel better

B. to make Xia Ming laugh

C. to show how much she knows

D. to show that she likes them

4.Which is NOT true?

A. Xia Ming doesn’t have fun studying at school.

B. Xia Ming’s father always helps him with his study.

C. Smiling can make people relaxing.

D. Edison is famous in the world.

5.“Tomorrow is another day.” tells us ______.

A. it’s the weekend tomorrow

B. Xia Ming can get good grades tomorrow

C. tomorrow is different from today

D. there are hopes in our lives

詞語運用

閱讀短文，選擇適當?shù)脑~并用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。方框中有兩個詞是多余的

Young People in Britain

Life used to be fun for “teenagers”. They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away(消磨). They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. 1. are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are 2. , and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less 3. in politics, and more interested in 4. exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.

Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try 5. less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.

For some, the answer to unemployment(失業(yè)) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big 6. . Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay. 7. don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed(失業(yè)者) in London.

When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it’s 8. to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get 9. in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don’t, they 10. be British, will they

補全對話

從方框中選擇適當?shù)倪x項補全對話，其中有兩項多余。

A：Welcome to Bluesky Restaurant. Can I help you?

B:Yes. I’d like something to drink.

A: 1.

B: A glass of orange juice, please.

A: 2.

B: Two bowls of rice with fish.

A: 3.（Twenty minutes later.）

B：Mm, how delicious! 4.

A: Let me see. It’s twenty-eight dollars.

B: Here you are.

A: 5. Thanks for coming.

書面表達

假如你被選中作美食節(jié)的主持人，What would you say on the food festival in the beginning?

—Will you get there by _____bike? —I will take _____bus.

A. the; a B. /; a C. a; the D./; /

—What a beautiful bike! Whose is it? —It’s mine. I ______ it for two days.

A. bought B. have had C. have bought D. had

Dale used to _____to office in his car, but he is used to_____ the bus now.

A. going; taking B. going; take

C. go; taking D. go; take

Though he is ____at home, he doesn’t feel _____for he has many things to do.

A. alone; lonely B. lonely; alone

C. alone; alone D. lonely; lonely

—How long have you ________ your hometown?

—I left my hometown three years ago. I ______ Zhenjiang since then.

A. left; been to B. been away from; gone to

C. been away from; been in D. left; arrived in

It only _____me half an hour_____ to school every day last term.

A. takes; riding B. spent; to ride

C. cost; walk D. took; to walk