All over the world people swim for fun. Swimming is enjoyed by people of 1 ages, from the very young to the very old. There are many places for people to swim in swimming pools. Many schools, hotels and clubs have swimming pools. Some people have pools of 2 in their yards.

Swimming is one of 3 forms of exercise. It can 4 hearts and bodies strong. It can also help blood circulate(循環(huán)). Handicapped(殘疾的)people can keep their bodies in better condition by swimming 5 they can't enjoy sports.

 6  is a good idea for parents to see to it(務(wù)必做到) that their children learn to swim 7 an early age. So their children will 8 it for the rest of their lives.

There are many rules for water safety. These rules can help save not only your life 9 the life of a friend. First of all, know 10 . Many schools 11  swimming lessons to children. Adults(成人) can learn to swim at public pools.  12  rule to remember is never to swim  13 . Always swim with a friend and know  14  in the water at all times. It is best to swim  15  in safe places if you are beginners. If every one learned to swim and obeyed the rules for water safety, most drawing(溺水) could be avoided.  

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1. According to the passage, you can send your articles_________.

2. How many ways can you find in the passage to contact School Life?

3.. The underline word "FOLD" means __________.

4. Who do you think will write articles for School Life?

On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It’s a hand, a simple hand.

But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he grows beautiful flowers.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher went over Douglas’ desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” he said quietly and shyly.

She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone’s thanksgiving, not for the material things we get, but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.

1.Whose hand did Douglas draw?  

2. Why did Douglas draw the picture?

3. What do you learn about Douglas from the passage?

4. According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion, but not a fact?

On 26th January, the biggest earthquake (地震) in India took the lives of 25, 000 people. In the morning, when everybody was enjoying holiday, earthquake began. It was about 7. 5 on the Ritcher scale. "There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down, " said one of the villagers alive. "There is no water, no food and no one has come to help. "

Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School, where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were on the field, so most children didn't feel anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs Young was also on the second floor, she didn't feel anything. She didn't know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr Emond felt better. Mrs Davis and Mr Frost didn't feel anything either.

My mother didn't feel anything. She didn't even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many people going out.

1.People use "Ritcher scale" to tell     .

2.From the sentence " There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. "

We learn that      

3.The City of Lahore is     .

4.Which of the following is true?

I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten(幼兒園) party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes.

I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change(零錢). It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank(豬形儲蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money. “

It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that. “I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills(紙幣) and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and touching as all these strangers seemed to react(反應(yīng)) with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”

I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this. “ The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I was left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”

1.What is this passage mainly about?

2.Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

3.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy’s shirt.

b. The cashier counted the boy’s money.

c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.

d. The boy went to the line to pay.

Daming and Lingling are going to Los Angeles for summer holiday. There will be lots of

activities for them. Summer English_____1   (課程）will be    2  (提供). They will

start at the    3     (開始）of July and August. The teachers are well-trained and

very   4      (有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的）,they will check if all the students are    5   (出席的）

or      6       (缺席的）every day. Students will have    7   (每周的) test. They 

can stay with American families to take part in American life or choose hotel

       8       (住宿). If you are also       9    (感興趣的) in it, you can come

and fill in the      10    (申請）form.

1.This adds to the traffic and pollution, but it's not her _____________.

2.It's the _____________ season in China because of Spring Festival.[來源:學(xué),科,網(wǎng)Z,X,X,K]

3. Ask him if he wants to write something about staying ______________.

4. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real ___________to the environment.

5. You are not _______________to touch the exhibits.

Here are some tips on listening. We hope it can help you in one way or another.

●Relax yourself.

Before you start to listen to something, You need to relax.

1                                           This will help you with your listening.

●Listen carefully to the first sentence.

2                                          For example, if eyou hear“Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it’s not a good idea. Our reporter says…”,you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children’s story or a science report.

●Think when you’re listening.

3                                           For example, you can think of the following questions: What happened? When , where and how? What was the result and what does the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may undersrand the passage better.

●Listen for important facts.

4                                             For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings , and how the scientists got their results. 

●Don’t think about one or two words for too long.

You may hear some words that you don’t know. But don’t spend too much time on them.

5                                          But you can remember some words or sentences that you think are important, and you can use them when you’re answering the questions.

寒假在即Daming不知道該如何度過一個(gè)有意義的假期。假設(shè)你是Daming 的朋友，請你根據(jù)下面的提示以及自身的經(jīng)歷，用句子形式列出你曾經(jīng)在 假期里做過的五件事，供Daming參考。

請從上面的表格中任選一件事進(jìn)行描述。內(nèi)容包括:地點(diǎn) 人物 經(jīng)過以及感受等。

要求：1.詞數(shù)80左右

2.敘事清楚，語句通順，語意連貫。

3.文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名與校名。

                                                                            [來源:學(xué),科,                                                                            

—I’ve met him dozens of times, but I still don’t know his name.

—I hope this won’t happen again.