Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.
Children in the USA will  51 their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they often goo to different places to find good jobs. They often  52 to their parents or phone them, and they can choose their own  53.  Americans think it’s important for young people to make their own decisions.
Children are asked to do some house work at  54. In many families, children are paid for  55 the housework so that they can learn how to manage their own money.
【小題1】A. leave    B. go    C. love
【小題2】A. come    B. drive   C. write
【小題3】A. jobs     B. job    C. works
【小題4】A. playground   B. home   C. classroom
【小題5】A. to do   B. do   C. doing

The definition of pop music is always changing. Whatever, the most popular music at the time is called  1  music.   2 the early 1900s in America, the popular music was called Ragtime. People played it on piano and was very fast. Some of the songs had   3 and were easy  4 . Some of the songs were only music but were easy to dance, too. In the 1920s, a style called “crooning” was popular. Men sang it with a very gentle voice. In the 1930s and 1940s, “jazz” became popular. Jazz is often fast and people usually play it with a piano and horns.
It wasn’t stopping  5 the 1950s when people created “rock and roll”. Elvis Presley is called the “King of Rock and Roll”. He had many popular songs throughout the years. Rock music changed as the years went   6  . Some different kinds of pop music in the 1960s were called Motown and beach music. In the 1960s, there was also a movement in the United States called the British Invasion. That was when the group The Beatles  7 popular. They were one of the most important  8  in American music history.
Today, pop music can be Hip Hop, Rap, R & B, or Country. American young people  9 like listening to pop music. People   10 as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears are some of the most well-known singers.

I have a good friend.（1） Chinese name is Da Shan and his（2） name is Mark Roswell. He （3） from Canada. He can（4） English and French (法語). And he speaks Chinese very（5 ）. He likes China very much. Now he teaches English（ 6） Beijing. Da Shan（ 7 ）a big nose, big eyes（ 8） short brown hair. He has a happy family. His wife (妻子) is from Sichuan, China. They（9） two children. Da Shan’s father and mother are in Canada. But（10 ）like China, too. And they often come to China.
【小題1】A. He   B. Him   C. His
【小題2】A. English    B. French      C. Chinese
【小題3】A. come       B. does        C. comes
【小題4】A. speak      B. speaks      C. says
【小題5】A. good       B. nice        C. well
【小題6】A. at         B. to         C. in
【小題7】A. is         B. are         C. has
【小題8】A. and        B. or          C. so
【小題9】A. are        B. have        C. is
【小題10】A. they      B. them        C. their

I’m taking my family to Europe to have a trip. My wife (妻子) and our two children are   1 going along. My brother is   2  to go with us for vacation. Because he   3  went to other countries, he is even more   4  than the children. He can’t wait to go. My father would like to stay at home, but we’ll send him postcards   5  Europe.
We’re   6  next Friday. We’re going to New York by train,   7  taking a ship to Europe. When we   8  in Europe, we are going to   9  countries for sightseeing. We’re going to those places by train or by bus and we’re  10  a week there. Then we are flying home.

There is something about New Year’s Eve. In Scotland the last day of the year is the 26_ important holiday of the winter,27 important than Christmas. On New Year’s Eve friends and neighbors go about from house to house drinking to each other’s health and wishing good luck. 28 New Year’s Day. All shops and factories are closed and no 29 is done. Families meet together for a big meal and a family 30 , They often sing and dance all the night.
In England New Year’s Day is not 31 holiday and people go to work as 32 But on New Year’s Eve most people sit up till 33 "to see the new Year in" or they 34 to parties and dances. Most of the London hotels 35 a New Year’s Eve dance.

Dear Lucy,
Thank you for your letter and your invitation. I really hope I can  26   with you. But I have to say  27   to you. I’m too  28   next week!
On Monday, I’d like to see the doctor. There is   29  wrong（有問題的）with my  30 . I can’t see people or things a little far   31  me clearly（清楚地）. Maybe I should   32  a pair of glasses. On Tuesday, I have football training. You know, I’m in the football team of our school. We’ll have an English test on Friday morning,   33  on Wednesday and Thursday I have to stay at home and study hard. On Friday afternoon, I’m going to a  34. My favorite star Michael Jackson will come. I like his music very much.
Have a good time! And please call me after you come  35  from the camping.
Yours,
Linda

Dear Tony,
Time flies. It’s   1  now. We have warm days and bright sunshine again. Do you go out for your weekends?
Guess   2  I am now? I am not in Nanjing. I am in a town outside the city. This place is only 30   3  from my home by bus. It’s not a big town. Only fifty   4  people live here. So it’s less crowded(擁擠的) than Nanjing. There is   5  pollution here. And it’s usually   6  at night because there aren’t many cars. I had a good sleep last night! I didn’t   7  until 8.00 this morning!
It’s a beautiful town with lots of lakes and hills   8 . I want to   9  on the river after lunch. And I plan to go to climb the hills.
Come with me to this town next time. I am sure you don’t want to   10  when you come to the beautiful place.
1. A. winter   B. spring       C. summer        D. autumn
2. A. what      B. who        C. when          D. where
3. A. hours’     B. minutes’     C. hours         D. minutes
4. A. hundred   B. thousands    C. million        D. hundreds of
5. A. much     B. lots of       C. many          D. little
6. A. noisy     B. warm       C. quiet           D. interesting
7. A. wake up   B. sleep       C. have breakfast   D. go to school
8. A. inside     B. around      C. in the middle   D. go walking
9. A. stand     B. go walking   C. go boating     D. go shopping
10. A. leave    B. come       C. have fun       D. see me

Dear Mom and Dad,
I will go to Alice’s home with her after school, and I will have supper and sleep there. Don’t    1  about me. You know that Alice is one of my best friends. If you want to talk with me, you can call 68610598 after 6:00 pm.
Please forgive me for not telling you first. I don’t think you will     2 me to do so if I tell you first.   3  I think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends’ houses sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I’m not a little kid any more. I hope I can make decisions for     4  .
At home, there are too many   5  for me to obey(遵守): Don’t stay out so late; don’t have meals before    6  hands; don’t watch TV without finishing homework, etc. Parents should be    7  teenagers, but we need freedom, too.
I don’t like doing my homework    8  at home. I’d love to study with Alice. We can learn a lot from each other.    9   please allow me to stay at Alice’s house once a week. If you    10  , Alice can stay at our house with me, too.                                                  
Yours,Lillian
(   ) 1. A. care    B. hear           C. talk            D. worry  
(   ) 2. A. let B. take           C. allow       D. teach
(   ) 3. A. Unless  B. Or           C. But           D. Even though
(   ) 4. A. himself B. herself        C. yourself        D. myself
(   ) 5. A. idea    B. opinion        C. things       D. rules 
(   ) 6. A. giving  B. washing        C. putting        D. holding
(   ) 7. A. afraid of    B. interested in    C. strict with  D. angry with
(   ) 8. A. along   B. alone          C. lonely       D. own
(   ) 9. A.Or   B. Although       C. So           D. Because
(   ) 10. A. worry  B. think          C. agree       D. make

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 　1　 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 　2　 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　3　 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 　4　. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 　5　 mean that the loss of 　6　 made me enjoy more of 　7　 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 　8　 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 　9　 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 　10　. My parents and my teachers saw 　11　 in me－a potential(潛力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 　12　 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 　13　 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 　14　. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 　15　 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess
2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because
3. A. myself       B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness
4. A. that         B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply
5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always
6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light
7. A. that         B. what             C. which            D. where
8. A. moments      B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end
10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise
11. A. something    B. everything           C. nothing      D. anything
12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson
13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last
14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person
15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社會)   D. family

How are you, Lin? I’m writing   1  you at my school. It’s a big middle   2 . I’m in a big class. There’re fifty students in my class. There are about two hundred teachers in my school. My  English teacher   3  Miss Liu.   4  is a nice teacher.
We go to school   5  Monday to Friday. There are four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. We play games   6  four on Friday after class.
I have some friends at school. One is   7  America. She speaks English and   8  Chinese. I like to play   9  them. We   10  football. That’s my favourite game.
1. A. to          B. for        C. with         D. from
2. A. school      B. class       C. classroom    D. office
3. A. be          B. are        C. am          D. is
4. A. He          B. She       C. Her          D. Him
5. A. from         B. for       C. in           D. on
6. A. in           B. on        C. at           D. about
7. A. come from    B. from      C. comes from   D. out
8. A. many        B. a many    C. many a       D. /
9. A. for          B. and       C. at            D. with
10. A. play the     B. play       C. plays         D. are play