The New Year is coming and as usual there are great hopes, dreams and resolutions to make.
However, I will stop hoping and dreaming this time and make the resolutions only.
     First of all, I'm going to spend less time talking and more time doing. In the past (過去的) year, my
friends and I spent too much time talking nonsense (胡說八道). There is much work to do in the new
year, so I'm going to give the year to it.
     Secondly, I'm going to spend less time in front of the TV and the computer. These are fun things but
they are also very time-wasting (浪費(fèi)時(shí)間的). It's better to spend the time reading books.
     Lastly, I'm going to join in fewer sports activities. It is better to do well in the lessons than on the
playground. The legs will get old and cannot play soccer for very long, but the mind will be much more
durable (持久的).
     I made lots of resolutions but didn't keep them before. I'm not going to do that again in the new year.
I'll try my best to keep my resolutions.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，簡(jiǎn)答問題。
1. How many resolutions does the writer make for the new year?
    ______________________________________
2. What does the underlined word "it" refer to?
    ______________________________________
3. What is the writer going to do with the TV and the computer?
    ______________________________________
4. Why is the writer going to join in fewer sports activities?
    ______________________________________
5. What did the writer do with his resolutions before?
    ______________________________________

     My name is Jane Brown. I live in Manchester, 77 Victoria Drive. I haven't got a telephone, but you
can phone my next-door neighbor, Mrs. Johnson. Her number is 246-8021.
     I left school five years ago. I was good at maths at school. That was my best subject. I wasn't very
good at English. Art was my worst subject.
     I like swimming and dancing. I play tennis every weekend if I can. I'm very fond of music. My favorite
composer is Beethoven (貝多芬). I like pop, too. Foreign languages? Well, I learned French at school.
I was quite good at it. I can understand quite well and speak a little.
     After I left school, I worked on a farm for a year. Then, I worked in factory for six months. I didn't
like it. I'm working as a waitress at the moment. I want to get a job in a big company.

1. Does Jane Brown have a telephone?
    ____________________________
2. Which subject did she do better, English or maths?
    ____________________________
3. Can she speak French very well?
    ____________________________
4. How often does she play tennis?
    ____________________________
5. Where is she working now?
    ____________________________

     I am Bruce. My parents divorced (離婚) in 1993, when I was only four. After that, my mother took
care of me. I grew up to be an outgoing person. I could find friends anywhere I went. When I met some-
one in a new place, we became friends quickly.
     But some of my friends had bad habits, like smoking (吸煙) or drinking. I didn't do things like that.
They laughed at me. This made me angry with them and myself. As a teenager I thought I did not have a
true friend. I tried to do only good things, though sometimes I didn't do them very well.
     Then my life began to change when I went to university in 2007. Now I have some really good friends.
I can feel their love and care. They are the kind of friends most people can only dream about. They are
very polite (禮貌的) people. When I have problems, they always help me out. For me, there are no better
friends in the world than them. 

1. What does the underlined word "change" mean in Chinese?

A. 下降
B. 改變
C. 嘗試
D. 自由

2. Why was Bruce angry with his friends?

A. Because they laughed at him.
B. Because they drank.
C. Because they smoked.
D. Because they didn't do good things.

3. Bruce went to university at the age of _____.

A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19

4. Bruce's friends in his university _____.

A. love and care for him
B. are very polite
C. help him when he is in trouble
D. all of the above

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. When Bruce grew up he was an outgoing person.
B. Bruce is good at making friends.
C. Bruce's life changed after he became a university student.
D. When Bruce was a teenager, he had many really good friends.

Here is a recipe:
Ingredients: 2 potatoes 1 egg 2 teaspoons of flour (面粉) 3 teaspoons of vegetable oil (植物油) 1 teaspoon of saltInstructions:
◆Peel the potatoes and cut them up. Cook them for 20 -25 minutes and then put them into a
bowl.
◆Break (打碎) the egg into the bowl. Also add the salt and flour to it.
◆Mix them all up.
◆Put the pan on the gas cooker (煤氣灶) and turn on the gas cooker.
◆When the pan is warm, pour the vegetable oil into it.
◆Then pour the mixture in the bowl into the pan when the oil is hot.
◆Turn it over from time to time. Bake it for about five minutes.
◆Finally, you can enjoy it.

1.In this recipe, we need _____ flour.
A. one teaspoon of
B. two teaspoons of
C. three teaspoons of
D. four teaspoons of
2.We can cook the potatoes for about _____ minutes.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 22 
D. 35
3.The underlined word "bake" means "_____"in Chinese.
A. 煮
B. 燜
C. 烘
D. 蒸
4.The right order (正確的順序) of making the food is _____.
①cook the potatoes ②bake the mixture ③heat the vegetable oil ④add the egg, salt and flour
A. ①④③②
B. ①②③④
C. ②①③④
D. ③①④②
5.The passage tells us how to make a _____.
A. sandwich
B. milk shake
C. hamburger
D. potato pancake