The girl(G)has talked with some foreign teachers at the English Corner．Now she is telling her English teacher(T)about it．

     G：I’ve just been to the English Corner．    、

(    )T：Oh?  1 Did you talk with Ben and Andy?

(    )G：  2   And I’m not sure if they understood me．

     T：No problem．You have had a good start．

     G：But I’m afraid of making mistakes when I speak．

(    )T：  3  Be confident of yourself．

     G：But do you think they like to talk with US beginners?

(    )T：  4 

     G：Well，I’m still not so confident．You know my pronunciation is poor．

(    )T：  5  Try to talk with them as much as possible．

     G：All fight．Thank you，sir．

BEIJING--Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the “l(fā)eft-behind”（留守）children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day．

During a visit to northwest China's Shaanxi Province，Wen visited the home of Yang Saike，a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City．

Yang，whose parents were working in Fujian，thousands of kilometers away，was cared for by his grandparents．His parents fail to go home even once a year．

The premier held Yang in his antis and looked through his exercise book and praised him for his hard work．

Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life．

“You are so pretty，” Wen said to Liu Mengqi，a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother．Liu's parents were also working in the city．

“Have you been to school yet?” Wen asked two other girls．

“We are going to the pre-school class，”said one．

“Mom and dad at home?” Wen asked．The children shook their heads．

“Children cannot see their parents very often，which is a new problem in the countryside．We should give them more care and love，”said the premier．

With fast economic（經(jīng)濟(jì)的）development，more people in the country chose to work in cities and left their children with grandparents or relatives back home，said Wen．

The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and freeing their parents in cities from worries about their children．

1．Wen says a new problem in the country is that “l(fā)eft-behind” children           ．

A．seldom get care from the government

B．seldom get together with their parents

C．cannot do well in school like others

D．cannot get any love from their parents

2．Children whose parents have moved to work in cities are probably looked after by             ．

A．their teachers       B．their neighbours       C．their grandparents   D．their friends

3．According to（根據(jù)）Wen，more country people go to work in cities because of             ．

A．great losses of farmland                           B．their hope for city life

C．economic development                               D．their poor country life

4．Wen Jiabao requires local governments           ．

A．to do more for “l(fā)eft-behind” children and their parents

B．to let the parents see their children only once a year

C．to stop the local people from going to work in cities

D．to build more schools for the “l(fā)eft-behind” children

5．The proper title（標(biāo)題）for this passage is “Wen：Give               more love”．

A．poor children                                           B．disabled children

C．country children                                        D．‘left-behind’ children

The Guinness（吉尼斯）World Records Museum

Address：329 Alamo Plaza，San Antonio, TX 78205

Open Hours：From September to May 10 am to 7 pm Sunday through Thursday

10 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

From June to August   10 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday

10 am to Midnight Friday and Saturday

Adult Single（成人單票）：$14.95 for 2 attractions（吸引人的展覽），$18.95 for any 4 attractions，$22.95 for all attractions

Child（4-12）Single：$8.95 for 2 attractions，$11.95 for any 4 attractions，$14.95 for all attractions

In the museum you can enter the different exhibition halls you see below．In each of these hails you can see the world records of different kinds．Sometimes you may get a chance to do something so that you can know better how a record was set（創(chuàng)造）．

1．On a Sunday in October，you may stay in the museum until              ．

A．7．00 pm            B．8．00 pm            C．9．00 pm              D．10．00 pm

2．From the advertisement we can learn that there are              visitors to the museum on Fridays and Saturdays in summer．

A．no                       B．some                   C．fewer                    D．more

3．A 10-year-old girl and her mother will visit two attractions．How much will they pay?

A．$14.95．             B．$17.90．             C．$23.90．                D．$29.90．

4．If you want to see the smallest picture in the world，which exhibition hall will you visit?

A．Society & Money．                                 B．Arts ＆ Entertainment．

C．World Matters．                                        D．Material World．

5．According to（根據(jù)）the advertisement，sometimes visitors to the museum                  ．

A．will surely meet one who set a record        B．may set a world record of their own

C．can experience how a record was set           D．may see someone setting a record

Bill是美國的一名交換留學(xué)生，昨天他給Tom發(fā)了一封郵件。請你根據(jù)下圖，簡要介紹一下他在徐州的感受，并展開想象，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

要求：1．字?jǐn)?shù)70左右。郵件的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

2．文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和校名。

Olympic torch relay（奧運(yùn)火炬接力）planned route

Beijing，April 27—The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will cover the greatest area and include the largest number of people．The plans were announced on Thursday night．The planned route would last 130 days and travel l37,000 km．

First Nobel Prize winner to donate to Hope School

Chinanews, Beijing，May 10--Professor Daniel Chee Tsui，in the USA．signed the agreement to donate 350,000 yuan to his home town to build a Hope Primary School in China．

Bill Gates receives Tsinghua honorary doctorate

Beijing，April 20--Bill Gates，chairmen of global IT giant Microsoft，received an honorary doctorate（榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位）when he visited China's famous Tsinghua university on Thursday．

Big Shaolin kung fu center to be built in Russia

Chinanews，Beijing，April 27--China and Russia have signed a letter of intent（意向書）on the building of a Shaolin kung fu center in Russia．It will be the first of its kind in Russia, and also the biggest overseas kung fu center when it is completed．

1．How long will the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay last?

A．One month．                                          B．Two months．

C．Three months．                                         D．More than four months．

2．Who signed an agreement to donate money to build a Hope Primary School on May 10?

A．Bill Gates．                                             B．Professor Daniel Chee Tsui．

C．Beijing government．                                  D．Tsinghua University．

3．What will he built in Russia according to the news?

A．A university．                                         B．A spots centre．

C．A Shaolin kung fu center．                          D．A Hope Primary School．

Hi, my name is Erik．I live in a small town in the southeast of England．In my house there are three rooms downstairs and three rooms upstairs．Now I'll show you some of the rooms．

The living room is also downstairs．It is where the television is．We eat our food and watch TV there．The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms．

1．Where will Erik’s father go if he wants to surf the Internet?

A．To the kitchen．                                     B．To the living room．

C．To the bathroom．                                     D．To go upstairs．

2．Where does Erik put his dirty clothes?

A．In his bedroom．                                    B．In the living room．

C．In a room upstairs．                                          D．In the bathroom．

3．If Erik wants to watch TV，he may go to            ．

A．his bedroom or the living room                  B．the kitchen or the living room

C．the living room only                                   D．the bathroom or his bedroom

4．The best title for this passage is             ．

A．I love my bedroom                                  B．My family and my house

C．Inside an English house                              D．Houses in England

Every scientist has a childhood dream．A scientist in China once had a dream．He wished to grow a new type of rice．This new type of rice would be as big as peanuts．This person is Yuan Longping--“Father” of Hybrid rice（雜交水稻）．

Yuan Longping was born in 1930．He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural（農(nóng)業(yè)）University in 1953．He came up with an idea for a Hybrid rice in the 1960s．Since then，he has devoted himself to research and to the development of new varieties．

In 1973，together with other people，he succeeded in the development of Hybrid rice．This made China a worldwide leader in rice production（生產(chǎn)）．In 1980，the technology（技術(shù)）for hybrid rice was introduced to the United States．Now his “super rice” has been introduced to more than 20 other countries．

Because of Professor Yuan's hard work，China now produces enough rice to feed her people every year．Last November an online survey showed that most Chinese believed that Yuan deserved（應(yīng)得）a Nobel Peace Prize．

In his spare time．Yuan Longping loves playing the violin and listening to music．Every night，he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep．He likes swimming，too．It is said that Professor Yuan is one of tile richest people in China．But he cares about nothing but his research．

1．What was Yuan Longping's childhood dream?

2．What are Yuan Longping's hobbies?

3．The underlined word “her” in 4th paragraph means                     ．

4．Seven years, after tile successful development of Hybrid rice，it was introduced to       ．On the map No．                  is where tile country is．

5．According to the following explanations of the word “variety” in a dictionary，the word “varieties” in 2nd paragraph probably means                      ．

Around the world, people have beliefs(信念) about certain food and drink. Some people think that chicken soup is good for a cold. Others believe that it is unhealthy not to eat meat. If you want to know whether these beliefs are true or not, read this text to find out.

1. Drinking chicken soup is good for a cold ________ .

   A. because it is delicious

   B. because it produces many calories

   C. because of a special substance it contains

   D. because of a special heat it contains

2. Which of these causes skin trouble?

   A. Juice or chocolate.              B. Cheese or chocolate.

   C. Stress or lack(不足) of exercise.   D. Stress or lack of sleep.

3. If you want to lose weight, you need to ________ .

   A. eat less and exercise more        B. eat more and exercise less

   C. eat and exercise less             D. eat and exercise more

4. Eating bread isn’t fattening, but _______ .

   A. eating potatoes is               B. eating similar food is

   C. adding potatoes to it is           D. adding butter to it is

5. What fact does this text lead you to believe?

   A. Vegetables don’t contain protein at all.

   B. A person who never eats meat can also be healthy.

   C. Coffee is better for you than tea.

            D. If you eat food with a lot of calories, you’ll never get heavier.

根據(jù)下面的對話情景，在橫線上填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)木渥�，使對話的意思連貫、完整。

Neil is from the USA．He's new here．He lives next to Sunnyside Shopping Mall．Tomorrow is Sunday．His classmate Li Lei wants to invite him to have a picnic．Now Li Lei is calling him．

（N=Neil：L=Li Lei）

N：Hello?

L：Hello，1．    ?

N：Yes，this is Neil speaking．

L：Neil，this is Li Lei．We're going to have a picnic tomorrow．2．    ?

N：Yes，I'd like to．3．    ?

L：We'll meet at Sunshine Town Railway Station．

N：4．   ?

L：Ok．First，you should walk along North Road and walk across Sunshine Park．Then you'll see a small bridge．5．    ，and you'll come to South Road．Turn left and walk straight on．You'll see it on your right．We'll wait for you at 8：30 in the hall of the station．

N：Well，I see．Thanks，Li Lei．See you there．

L：See you．