The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Other people don’t. They like   1  music.
Many people like sports, but they do not   2  the same sports. In some countries, cricket (板球運(yùn)動) is a very popular sport. In others it is not popular   3  all. No one plays it or watches it on TV.   4 , most people like soccer. The World Cup is very popular.   5  of people watch the games on TV.
Different people like different   6 . Some people do not like meat. They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time. Some people do not like   7  or bread. They prefer rice.
Not everyone likes the same color. Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like   8  colors. Others prefer dark colors.
Many people like  9 . Different people like different places. Some people like to go to the country. They like fresh air. Some people like to go to cities because they like   10 . Some other people enjoy beautiful places like mountains or beaches.
What do you like? Have you got an idea?

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying，but in the evenings and on weekends they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies，others take part in sports. This is   1  by their own interests .
There are many different ways to spend our  2  time. Almost everyone has some kind of   3 . It may be something from 4 stamps to making model planes.Some hobbies are very  5 ，but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth  6 of money, others are valuable only to their owners. I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a fifty-cent piece which   7  him 250 dollars. He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was all right. I know another man who likes collecting match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However, to him they are quite valuable.8  makes him happier than finding a new match box for his collection.
That’s  9  a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important,  10   the pleasure it gives us is.

Christmas was coming and my ten-year-old Alice told her father and me that she wanted a new bike.  Her bike was too   1  , and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas   2 ,  her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busy  3  some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than   4 .
Now we didn't know   5  to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing  6  presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there was   7  time to take to buy the "right hike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and   8 .
Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (黏土) and writing a note that she could trade in (交換) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully __9__ with clay to make a small bike.
  10  Christmas morning, we were so excited for Alice to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the   11  loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real  12 _?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Alice had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would  13  trade in this beautiful bike Daddy made me. I __14 _ keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present   15  I have ever got in my life!"

Brian is my good friend. He has a five-year-old daughter, Lydia. Lydia likes animals very much and always   1  to have a dog. This Sunday is Lydia's birthday. Brian wants to buy  2  a dog. So he goes to the   3  near his home. He says hello to Paul, the owner（主人）of the store. Paul says hello to him, too. Brian says, "This is a clean and   4   pet store." Then he walks around the store.   5  he doesn't see any pets. "Excuse me.   6  are the pets?" he asks. "The pets are right here," says Paul. Then Paul   7  him a catalog（目錄簿）. Brian sees   8  pictures of pets in it, like dogs, cats and birds. "You only need to   9  me the pet you like," says Paul. "We can mail（郵寄）it to you." "What if I don't like it?" asks Brian. "  10  mail it back," says Paul. "Oh, sounds interesting," says Brian.

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You asked about places to go and things to do in our town. The Downtown Mall is always 1 .
It’s a　2  　place in the oldest part of town. There are some good stores and restaurants there. 3　, Trendy Clothing Store is in Downtown Mall. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has the　4　quality clothes. The shop assistants(售貨員) are friendly 5　people. My favorite 6　in town is Nick’s Restaurant. It is close to my house. It’s cheap and the hamburgers there are great. I like Dragon City Restaurant, 　7　. You can eat wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings there, too. But it’s more expensive than Nick’s. The Big Cinema is the best cinema in town. It has the biggest screen and the most 8 seats. The Del Ray Complex is also a good place to see movies. It doesn’t have the 9  movies, but the tickets are the cheapest.
Anyway, there are lots of things to do and to see here. Come for a　10　soon!

It is a good idea to  1 a small present when you go to a  2 party in England or the USA. Flowers are always nice or you may bring a bottle of wine  3 you know what the family  4  . You should arrive on time or  5 minutes late. Don't get there early. If you are going to be there  6 fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell the host and hostess. Try to relax at the dinner table. If you don't know  7 to use the fork(叉子), the knife, or the spoon, just watch  8 and follow them. You can also ask someone next to you. If you like the food, say so. Of course, you will thank the host and the hostess  9 the meal and for their kindness. It's good to send a card or a “thank you” note the   10 day.
【小題1】A. bring               B. take                 C. carry
【小題2】A. breakfast           B. lunch                C. birthday
【小題3】A. when                B. if                   C. so
【小題4】A. eat                 B. drinks               C. drink
【小題5】A. five                B. ten                  C. five to ten
【小題6】A. less than           B. more than            C. about
【小題7】A. why                 B. how                  C. what
【小題8】A. other               B. the others           C. others
【小題9】A. for                 B. of                   C. at
【小題10】A. later              B. tomorrow             C. next

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Dear friend,
I am __1__ American school girl. My name is Alice Green. I am twelve. I __2__ two brothers. My brothers and I __3__ all at school. We go to school __4__ Monday __5__ Friday. We __6__ have classes on __7__and Sunday. We don’t go to school on weekends. My father and my mother are teachers. They say China is great. I like __8__, and I can sing a lot of songs. My brother and I like baseball and basketball. __9__ do you like? Let’s __10__ friends. Please write soon.
Yours,
Alice Green

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My friend Tony is an American   1  . He is ten years old. He lives  2  his family in China now. There are   3   people in his family; his mother Mrs. Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat.   4  name is Betty. Look！Amy is playing   5  Betty. His father, Mr. Green, is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing   6  Chinese homework. He can't  7 Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much. Tony's         8  works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an   9  teacher. Tony and his sister 10  to the same school.

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   1  at the answer. Thinking he had not made   2   understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3   to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   4   a compliment (恭維)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She     5      understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6  when they are praised(贊揚(yáng)). So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not   7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8   being modest.
  9    you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down on by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try ”, he or she will  10  get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

When I was in my ninth grade, I was on a stage-design team for a play and Mrs. Reagan was my director. Almost immediately I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, __1__ she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Reagan would ask me for my __2__. She wanted to know how I thought we should deal with things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew __3__ about stage design! But I slowly tried to answer her __4__. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to make them and I completed them perfectly. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Reagan 's motto that year was, "Try it. We can achieve it __5__!" I began to take the chances. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing. I learned to create something __6__.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was __7__ in the program as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I __8__ I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Reagan changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more experienced than I had thought, but I also __9_ a strong interest and a world I hadn't known. She taught me not to __10__ what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be __11_. Mrs. Reagan was the person who gave me confidence when I was upset. Her trust in me has encouraged me to do things that I never imagined __12__.