As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36   in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37  .

Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38  plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39   he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.

Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40   a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41   jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.

The boy seems to take no interest   42   learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43  , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44   as he is.

In the evening, when his parents   45   him to speak with me in English, he gets   46  . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47  , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48  . He speaks in his own language.

He   49   not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50   can speak in gibberish(胡言亂語) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

1. A. both             B. all              C. either           D. none

2.A. drawing           B. Chinese          C. English          D. playing

3. A. a hundred of     B. hundreds of      C. hundred of       D. hundreds

4. A. when             B. what             C. where            D. that

5.A. hardly            B. never            C. usually          D. almost

6. A. more             B. fewer            C. better           D. worse

7. A. with             B. in               C. for              D. on

8. A. after all        B. at all           C. first of all     D. all the time

9.A. busily            B. busiest          C. busier           D. busy

10.A. make             B. push             C. have             D. let

11. A. frustrated      B. relaxed          C. pleased          D. injured

12.A. move             B. to move          C. moving           D. moved

13.A. too              B. also             C. as well          D. either

14.A. can              B. may              C. must             D. need

15.A. who   B. whom C. whose    D. which

 Many Chinese students don’t pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice   36   English in class, but not   37   class. Here is a story to show you   38   important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life.

A foreigner once   39   hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he   40   his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again in order to   41   that he wanted something   42   because he could not speak English. The waiter soon   43   him a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took   44   the tea and gave him a cup of coffee. Still the man didn’t   45   what he wanted. He tried again and again, but he wasn’t able to make the waiter   46   him. Finally   47   man came in. He spoke English   48   and fluently. After a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of   49   .

So you see a man can go hungry if he   50   master（掌握）a foreign language.

1.A. speak                      B. speaking                 C. to speak

2. A. outsider                  B. out                      C. out of

3. A. how                       B. how an                   C. what an

4. A. get                       B. gets                     C. got

5.A. open                       B. opened                   C. opens

6. A. express                       B. expressed                    C. expressing

7.A. eats                       B. eating                       C. to eat

8.A. took                       B. brought                  C. bought

9.A. away                       B. out of                       C. down

10.A. make                      B. give                     C. get

11. A. understand                   B. understood                   C. be understood

12.A. other                     B. the other                    C. another

13.A. clean                     B. clear                        C. clearly

14.A. he                            B. him                      C. his

15.A. doesn’t                       B. won’t                    C. isn’t

DearFeifei,

Please take __36__  things__37__ your sister: __38__ hat, watch, notebook, keys and ID card. The hat is on the dresser. The watch __39__under the bed. The notebook is on __40__ bed. The keys __41__  in the drawer. The ID card is on the table.

                                                                       Thanks,

Grandma

1.A. this         B. that        C. these            D. /

2.A. to           B. for             C. from             D. of

3. A. his         B. your        C. her          D. my

4.A. am           B. is          C. are          D.be

5.A. a            B. an          C. /                D. the

6. A. are             B. am              C. be           D. is

Mr. Smith lived in a village. He had ___36__ farms and about twenty people working for him. He often told them _37_ hard and be honest. (誠實的).
One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon it was time __38___ lunch. He put ___39___ nice bread on the table and ___40___. A few minutes later he came back again but he ___41____ find the bread.
‘Who ate ___42__ on the table?’ he shouted.
Some of the workers answered, ‘We ___43___.’
The others said, ‘We saw nothing.’
‘Well,’ said Mr. Smith, ‘__44___ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I ___45___ some poison in the bread. ___46___ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.’
As soon as he finished, four workers began to cry. ‘Oh, dear!’
‘___47___?’ asked Mr. Smith.
‘We ate the bread when you were out. We are going to die.’ One of them cried.
‘___48___,’ Mr. Smith said _49___ a smile, ‘I only ____50_____ you. Use your head.’