in the front of;   rather than;   turn off;   neither;   enough;   turn down

Sometimes we make mistakes since we are not careful ________.

Mr. Wang is standing ________ the meeting room and giving a talk.

--I have never been to Disneyland before.

   -- Me ________.

I am gonging to be an artist ________ a bank clerk. 

Grandpa is sleeping. Could you please ________ the TV a bit.

Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6^th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

(1)Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

        A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

        B. Because he did something wrong.

        C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

        D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

（2）If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

        A. he gets top scores               B. he gets medium scores

        C. he gets extremely bad scores      D. he gets the worst scores

（3） American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

        A. excited        B. sad          C. angry         D. happy

（4） The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

        A. 很高的待遇    B. 很多的自由    C. 很高的期望    D. 很多的關(guān)愛(ài)

（5）The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

        A. the differences between Chinese education and American education

        B. Chinese students are better than American students

        C. American parents are not strict enough with their children

        D. what’s the best way to educate child

Films in Grand Movie Theater this week

Harry Potter Ⅲ

American film

Director (導(dǎo)演): Alfonso Caron

Stars: Daniel Redcliffe, Rupert Grint, Amma Waston.

Time: From Monday to Wednesday, at 6:00 pm.

Ticket price: $4.5

Kungfu Hustle

Chinese Hong Kong film

Director: Zhou Xingchi

Stars: Zhou Xingchi, Yuan Hua,

      Liang Xiaolong.

Time: From Wednesday to Friday, at 9:00 pm.

Ticket price: $5

A World Without Thieves

Chinese film

Director: Feng Xiaogang

Stars: Liu Dehua, Liu Ruoying, Ge You, Li Bingbing

Time: From Friday to Sunday, at 6:30 pm

Ticket price: $6 (Half on Sunday for children)

Troy

American film

Director: Wolfgang Peterson

Stars: Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan Jane

Time: From Tuesday to Saturday, at 9:30 am

Ticket price: $5.5

（1）There will be ________ in Grand Movie Theater this week.

       A. one Chinese film             B. two Chinese films

       C. three American films          D. a lot of foreign films

（2） If a man with his child goes to Grand Movie Theater on Sunday, they

         will pay ________ for the film.

         A．$12            B. $9           C. $6           D. $5

（3） If you are free on Friday morning, you can see the film ________.

        A. Kungfu Hustle             B. A World Without Thieves

        C. Troy                      D. Harry Potter Ⅲ

（4） You can see three films either on ________ or on ________.

        A. Wednesday, Friday          B. Tuesday, Wednesday

        C. Thursday, Friday            D. Saturday, Sunday

（5） From the poster, we know ________ is a director and actor in the film.

        A. Alfonso Caron              B. Feng Xiaogang

        C. Wolfgang Peterson          D. Zhou Xingchi

A man was selling medicine at a fair(集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(藥劑) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.

Many people wanted to buy it and the man’s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure.

Then, when he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said, “And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you ten dollars, and you can live forever.

Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “ If you can make you live forever, why don’t you drink it?” Then the other man cried, “ Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years.”

“ Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered, “ I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.” The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as he passed by, “ Is that true?” he asked. “ Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?

“ Don’t ask me, ” the assistant said, “ I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”

（1）What did the man sell at first? He sold ________.

        A. a cure for colds               B. bottles

        C. a cure for old age              D. a medicine that made people live forever

（2） The people didn’t believe that the man’s medicine could cure old age because _______.

A.      the medicine was too cheap

B.      the medicine was too expensive

C.      he looked quite old himself

D.     he didn’t look honest

（3） What does the word “charge” mean in this passage?

        A. 變化        B. 付錢(qián)        C. 給……錢(qián)         D. 向……要價(jià)

（4） How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?

        A. one dollar a bottle             B. twenty-five dollars a bottle

        C. ten dollars a bottle             D. fifty dollars a bottle

（5） What does this passage really mean?

A.      The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive.

B.      The man is not honest, and neither is his assistant.

C.      The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.

D.     The two men are very honest, and they’d like to help people live forever.

Dear Connie，
　　Thanks for your last letter. Everything is OK here now. I am __1__ to know that everything is going well with you. __2__also for the photos. Linda looks healthier and __3_ than before.
　　It is very hot here now, but it sometimes _4__. We love the rains very much. We are _5__ our stay here. I am now studying in a __6__ school. There are more _7_ and students in this school than in my school in England. My teachers and classmates are all very _8_ to me.
　　Time goes so quickly. I am having new experience all the time. It is difficult to __9_ Chinese. But I am making progress __10__ the help of my teachers and classmates.
　　The summer holiday is _11__. Here in Jinan the summer holiday usually _12_ about two months. So I'II be free for over sixty days. I hope you and Linda could _13__ to Jinan for a _14_. Then I can show you 15_ the famous “Spring City” in China.
　　Love to you and Linda.

Yours,
Mike

（1）A. glad　　     B. angry　　     C. surprised　　       D. sad

（2）A. Thanks　　   B. Ask　　      C. Hope　　          D. Wish

（3）A. slower　　   B. taller　　     C. shorter　　         D. smaller

（4）A. floods　　    B. winds　　    C. snows　　          D. rains

（5） A. fond　　     B. disliking　    C. enjoying　　        D. hating

（6） A. shorter　　   B. taller　　     C. smaller　　         D. bigger

（7） A. libraries　    B. teachers　　   C. buildings　         D. classrooms

（8） A. rough　　    B. friendly　　   C. unfriendly　        D. rude

（9） A. know　　    B. find　　       C. learn　　           D. see

（10）A. as　　       B. under　　     C. by　　             D. with

（11）. A. finished　    B. coming　      C. going　            D. over

（12）A. takes　　    B. spends　       C. lasts　　           D. costs

（13）A. run　　      B. walk　        C. go　　            D. come

（14） A. sight　       B. visit　        C. job　　            D. work

（15） A. around　     B. to 　         C. for　　            D. visit

 This film isn’t _______ so that nobody is ________ in it.

        A. interesting; interested            B. interested; interesting

        C. interesting; interesting           D. interested; interested

 We have been skating ________ two yeas ago.

        A. since         B.for         C. in           D. before

 --Would you mind passing me the book?

         --________. Here you are.

A. Yes, I would.     B. Sure.          C. Not at all.          D. No, that’s a problem.

 Tom will stay here ________.

        A. two days and a half           B.two and a half days

        C. two and a half day            D. A and B

--Where is your father?

 --He ________ Shanghai. He’ll be back next week.

A. has gone to        B. has been to       C. have gone to    D. have been to