It is played on a court 18m long and 9m wide. The net is 2.44m for men and 2.24m high for women. There
are two teams and there are usually twelve players in the teams. The players try to make the ball hit the ground
on the other side of the net. They may use their hands, fists and arms, but they must not catch or hold it while
playing.

1. What kind of ball is it?

A. Football.
B. Basketball.
C. Soccer.
D. Volleyball.

2. — How many players are there in each team?
    — They are ______ players.

A. six
B. twelve
C. two
D. eighteen

3. The players can use ______ while playing.

A. feet and hands
B. heads and arms
C. fists, hands and arms
D. any other parts of the body

4. Which of the following is true?

A. The net is about 18m long and 9m wide.
B. The players can hold a ball for only two minuets while playing.
C. The net is either 2.44m high or 2.24m high.
D. The players try their best to kick the ball to hit the other's ground.

    When you are in trouble, whom will you tell the problems to and ask for help? Someone has made a survey
in a middle school. 500 students were asked to choose one answer among friends or classmates, parents, head
teacher and teachers. Here is the result. Please read the chart and try to get some information.

1. Most of the students would like to talk about their problems with _____.

A. friends or classmates
B. parents
C. head teacher
D. teachers

2. Less than a quarter of the students chose parents, the most possible reason is _____.

A. parents don't love their children
B. children don't trust their parents
C. parents aren't able to give good advice
D. sometimes parents and children can't understand each other

3. According to the fact that only 13％of the students wanted to communicate with their head teacher or
    teachers, what is the best suggestion?

A. The students should work harder.
B. The students should listen to the teachers more carefully.
C. The teachers should be more strict with the students.
D. The teachers should pay more attention to the students' feelings.

    Australia has a lot of lovely animals. You cannot find them anywhere else in the world.
The most famous ones are kangaroos (袋鼠) and koalas (樹袋熊).
    The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don't
walk, they jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at 74 kilometres per hour.
They can go over nine metres in one jump. Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their
babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm.
    Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV, in books and in the shops. But
do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year? There are too many of them.
There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That's more than the number of
people in the country. Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat.
They break into farms for food. Farmers are very angry with them.
    The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears, and have small
eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees (桉樹). Koalas have a special smell.
They use it to mark their home-"This is my place, you can't come in!" Like kangaroos, a
koala baby lives in its mother's pouch, too.

1. If we want to see kangaroos and koalas in natural forests, we can go to ______.

A. China
B. France
C. Australia

2. What does a kangaroo look like?

A. It looks like a bear.
B. It has big eyes and ears.
C. It has small eyes and big noses.

3. The word "pouch" means ______.

A. 育兒袋
B. 肌肉
C. 尾巴

4. Which is NOT TRUE?

A. The kangaroos can go over nine metres in one jump.
B. Koalas like eating leaves from gum trees.
C. Koalas use their voices to mark their homes.

5. What's the best title of this passage?

A. Kangaroos and koalas
B. Beautiful Australia
C. How to protect kangaroos and koalas

    Do you know anything about the way of shopping in western countries? People there
usually make shopping list first and then they go shopping. Most people like to go to
the supermarkets because they can get almost everything in one supermarket. For example,
many styles of clothes,food,sports things…And the things in supermarkets are cheaper.
When they get into the supermarket,they carry a basket. Then they buy things and put them
in the basket. After getting everything they want, they pay the money. Most people go to
the supermarket once a week.

1. Things in the supermarkets are _____.

A. cheaper
B. more expensive
C. better
D. more

2. People can buy _____ from supermarkets.

A. food
B. milk
C. clothes
D. A, B and C

3. After people put the things in the basket,they go _____.

A. home
B. to the checkout (收銀臺(tái))
C. out
D. to another shop

    Mr. and Mrs. Green have three daughters (女兒). They are Sue, Rose and Kitty. Sue is
sixteen, Rose is twelve and Kitty is fourteen. Their father, Mr. Green, is a teacher.
Their mother, Mrs. Green, is a nurse. They love their three daughters very much.
    Sue, Rose and Kitty all like fruit, but they don't like the same fruit. Sue likes
apples. Rose likes bananas. Kitty likes oranges.
    Now Mr. and Mrs. Green don't call their real (真正的) names at home. They call Sue
"Apple", Rose "Banana" and Kitty "Orange". The children like their own nicknames (綽號(hào))
very much. Often they call each other's nicknames, too.

1. There are _____ people in the family.

A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six

2. Mr Green work in a _____.

A. school
B. shop
C. bookshop
D. hospital (醫(yī)院)

3. "Apple" is _____ years old.

A. 11
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16

4. "Orange" is _____ nickname.

A. Sue's
B. Kitty's
C. Rose's
D. Mr Green's

5. Sue doesn't like _____.

A. apples or bananas
B. oranges or apples
C. pears or apples
D. bananas or oranges