You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（楊振寧）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.“ABCs” in this passage means .

A.three English letters B.a kind of banana

C.Chinese born in America D.Americans born in China

2.Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because .

A.their bodies are white outside

B.they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C.they were born in China but go to study in America

D.they like to eat bananas

3.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .

A.洪水 B.祖先 C.血統(tǒng) D.身份

4.Which of the sentences is WRONG about ABCs?

A.ABCs may know little about China.

B.They are overseas Chinese.

C.They may speak little Chinese.

D.They are Chinese citizens.

5.This passage mainly talks about .

A.different kinds of bananas B.overseas Chinese

C.the Nobel Prize D.the story of C.N.Yang

People read books less often these days. With the invention of radio, television and most recently, the Internet and computer games, it seems that reading books is no longer a popular activity. However, I believe that books are still an important part of our lives.

Books offer the outstanding wealth of learning and at a much lower price than taking a course. Books can make people much cleverer, because heavy readers have greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people are.

Everything in today's society requires reading. Imagine trying to do something as simple as reading the directions on a medicine bottle without good reading skills. Someone may not understand them and become very sick or even die.Even something as simple as walking or driving through the city could as become very dangerous without enough reading. Sometimes, you must be able to understand what is written and explain the meaning of them.

Some people say that reading is a waste of time and we can do better things with our time. Even if we don't read books, we still read every day, and reading books can strengthen (加強(qiáng)) our reading abilities. Reading is one of the greatest things we can do in our spare time. With a book, you can travel anywhere you want, do anything you want, and talk to anyone you want. Reading is very important in our lives. So I think people should read books.

1.What activity is less popular these days than before?

A.Reading a hook. B.Listening to the radio:

C.Watching TV. D.Surfing the Internet.

2.We can learn from the second paragraph that_____

A.reading can make your memory better B.reading can make you interesting and attractive

C.reading can make you smarter D.reading can reduce stress

3.The underlined word "them" in the third paragraph means______.

A.the books they are reading B.the directions on a medicine bottle

C.the good reading skills D.the words a doctor tells a sick person.

4.Some people don't agree to read books because they think_______.

A.walking in the city also needs reading skills B.driving along the road is dangerous

C.reading books is very helpful for our abilities D.reading books just wastes their time

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A.People should enjoy themselves B.How we improve reading skills

C.Why people should read books D.What we love doing in spare time

Pattern shift.

1.Jack Ma sometimes goes to work by car.

= Jack Ma sometimes _____ _____ ______.

2.My mum prefers doing the shopping and doing washing-up on Sunday. (Change it into a negative sentence.)

__________________________________________________________________.

3.Jim's talking with his friend on the phone. (Ask a question to the underlined part)

____________________________________________________________________

4.It took us two days to prepare for the leaving party for our teacher. (Ask a question to the underlined part.)

__________________________________________________________________

5.Mark decides to practice the magic tricks three times a week, (Ask a question to the underlined part.)

__________________________________________________________________

Error correction.

1.Lennon, one of the best singer in the world, is famous for his talent for music.

A B C D

2.Huawei mobile phones are much more cheaper than those of other countries .

A B C D

3.Six of us worked as volunteer doctors because we hoped to help the ill people.

A B C D

4.When Emily was 7, she was a little afraid with cats but enjoyed giving food to them.

A B C D

5.The soldier saved Smith in the war and later get married to Smith's daughter.

A B C D

Fill in the blanks with the given letters according to what we've learned. The first letter is given in each blank.

People need to make clear what's important in their life and spend their time on it, especially teenagers.

Let's take Mike Coleman as an example. Before going to u1. ,Mike went to Namibia and worked as a v2.to help the doctors and nurses with their job, such as c3.people and talking to the p4.who weren't able to walk . During those two months, Mike did something that he had never done before, such as, t 5.up, cooking food and a lot of other housework. After that, t6.in and around Namibia to learn more about life in southern A7.was his second plan. Mike was happy that he took two months to e8.his life here. He said,“I can learn more about m 9. before I begin the next part of my life."

People are always afraid that they do different things from others. But it's not like that for Claire Williams. Her friends have many usual h10., like singing, dancing, playing ball games. But she has b11.as her interest. There are four b12.at her home now. Getting up at 7.30 and spending the whole morning with bees on Sunday is very t13. for her. She not only likes taking pictures of the bees and f14.them with sugar and water, but also s15. the honey to the local shops to earn a little.

From these two teenagers' life we can learn that young people can be brave to do whatever they want. Because of these experiences, they can learn more about the word and get the happiness .Most importantly, they can find out who they really want to be in the future

Choose 5 from the 6 sentences provided in the box to complete the passage.

My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He's had it for years. He is very careful with it, so it still looks as good as new.1. He shook his head. "Then how did you get it?" I asked. "Well," he answered, "there' S a strange true story about the umbrella. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening when it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat or umbrella.2. And the people started to go home using different means of transport. As I was on my way to a party,I was afraid to get wet. So I stood in a doorway and wanted to take a taxi.3.What was worse, there even wasn't a person in the street, and still it rained and rained. At last a young man came to the place where I was standing. 4. As I hoped he would allow me to walk to the next corner with him, where I could get a taxi, I stepped out of the dark doorway where I had been standing. 5.As I suddenly appeared (出現(xiàn)) in front of him, the young man was so shocked that he dropped the umbrella. He ran away and disappeared into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be hard in this big city to find the owner, so I’ve kept it ever since.

A. Gradually(逐漸地)，it grew quite dark.

B.He held a large umbrella over his head.

C. I asked him where he was going with that umbrella..

D. However, no buses ran through the street and there were no taxis.

E. I asked my uncle if he bought it himself or someone sent him as a gift.

F. I walked slowly out of the doorway to see who the man was.

Writing.

Life is not easy for everyone because of all kinds of difficulties. Sometimes the difficulties come late to us, but sometimes they come early. No matter what happens, we can always become better with our strong mind and others' help. There must be an important person in your life. He/ She taught you how to face the hard time in your life. Please write a passage within 80-100 words and the following points should be included:

1. Write a proper title.

2. Share one difficulty. you had before.

3. Whose help was important to you at that time? And why?

4. What can you learn from it(at least 2 point)

Thank you for lending me ______ book We Can Speak English. It is _____ useful book.

A.a; the B.a; an C.the; an D.the; a

— Does he want _________ to the party?

— Yes, he does

A.comes B.to come C.coming D.come

After school, I play soccer an hour.

A.at B.in C.on D.for