Almost everyone likes to travel. People can travel by car, bus, train or airplane. When they go to other
countries, people usually travel by plane.
    People travel for different reasons. But no matter why they travel, people must plan their trips. First
they decide when and where they want to go. Next they make reservations. If they plan to fly, they make
plane reservations. Some people make reservations by themselves using the Internet. Others let a travel
agent make reservations for them. A carefully planned trip is usually a good trip.
1. People travel for different ________.
2. If they want to travel, they must _________.
3. First they must decide ________ to go.
4. If they ________, they make plane reservations
5. Some people make reservations by themselves using ________.

       Lin Da is a tour guide for a group of American tourists.  Lin is going to invite them to spend the
weekend in a farmer's house 20 kilometers north of Beijing.
Lin: Is there anywhere you'd like to go this weekend?
Tourist: Nowhere in particular. What's your plan?
Lin: Well, I'd like to suggest you spend the weekend in the countryside. How would you like the idea?
We can stay in a farmer's house.
Tourist: Is there enough room for the whole group?
Lin: Sure. There's plenty of room.
Tourist: In that case, we'd love to go. Thank you very much for the invitation, Lin.
Lin: Have any of you ever been to the countryside in China before?
Tourist: No, but it sounds fine.
Lin: Today's Friday.  We'll leave tomorrow.  How's that?
Tourist: I'm starting to feel excited about going. What should we wear?
Lin: Bring warm clothes. It gets a little chilly in the fall's evening.
Tourist: Anything else?
Lin: Maybe a camera if you're interested in taking some photos.
Tourist: Chris is the photographer in our group.  We've made him responsible for bringing back
photographs of the tour.

1. The farmer's house where the group of tourists will stay is in the ____of Beijing.             

A. northeast    
B. north    
C. south    
D. southeast

2. They will leave for the countryside on____.

A. Friday afternoon  
B. Friday evening  
C. Saturday morning  
D. Sunday evening

3. Lin Da advises them to bring____ with them.

A. warm clothes    
B. umbrellas    
C. light shoes    
D. raincoats

4. They are probably touring in____.

A. spring    
B. summer    
C. autumn    
D. winter

5. There is____ for the whole group in the farmer's house.

A. small rooms    
B. little room    
C. big rooms    
D. enough room

     Some students often talk about their dream jobs. Betty wants to be a doctor because she thinks it's
difficult but fun. Susan thinks (A) a nurse is an angel in white. So she wants to be a  nurse. Alan wants
a job for her. She likes making movies. She wants to be an actress like  Gong Li. Tony likes talking to
the people.  (B) He hopes he can be a reporter.  Oh, what does Anna want to be? She wants to be a
teacher like Miss Cheng.

1. 把(A)處劃線句子翻譯成漢語。
    ___________________________________________   
2. 把(B)處劃線句子改為同義句。     
    He hopes _____ ______ a reporter.   
3. Why does Betty want to be a doctor?  
    ___________________________________________ 
4. What does Gong Li do?  
    ___________________________________________ 
5. 從文中找出本文的主題句。 
   ___________________________________________

Joe: What do you do on weekends?
David: Well, I usually have to study on Saturdays.
Joe: And how about Sundays?
David: Well, we have lunch together. You know, all of the members of my family.
          Then after lunch, I go to the park and meet my friends.
Joe: Oh? What do you do there?
David: We play football. After that I usually go to see a film outside the city.
Joe: Do you often go out of the city?
David: About once a month. My uncle has a small farm.
Joe: It's nice. Do you go alone?
David: No, my mum, my two sisters and some of my friends go there, too.
Joe: But why do you go there?
David: Many things: green trees, clean air, and there are few people.

1. What does David do on Saturdays? 

A. Study.
B. Go to the park.
C. Play football.
D. Go out.

2. Who has lunch with David on Sundays?

A. No one.
B. The whole family.
C. His friends.
D. His uncle.

3. Where do they play football?

A. At school.
B. In the park.
C. Out of the city.
D. In a farm.

4. Who does not go to David's Uncle's farm?

A. David's mother.
B. David's father.
C. David's sisters.
D. David's friends.

5. Why do they go to the farm?

A. Green trees.
B. Clean air.
C. Few people.
D. A, B and C.

     Every day some people are killed (遇車禍) while they are crossing the roads. Most of these people are
old people and children. Old people are often killed because they can't see or hear very well. Children are
killed because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the roads.
     A car or a bus can't stop quickly. If a car is going very fast, it will travel many meters before it stops.
Some people don't always understand this. They think a car can stop in a few meters. It is difficult to know
how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look both ways, right and left. Then
if the roads are empty, you can cross them.

1. Why are old people often killed while they are crossing the roads?
    _________ they can't see _________ hear very well.
2. Do people think a car can stop in a few metres? 
    _________, they _________.
3. Children are often careless while crossing the roads, aren't they?
    _________, they _________.
4. What should we do before crossing the roads?
    To look _________ _________.
5. When can you cross the roads?
   The _________ are _________.

     I'm a girl. My name is Alison. I'm from the United States, but I'm in Beijing now. My family (家庭) is in
Beijing, too. I am twelve years old. I'm in Class Ten, Grade One. Miss Wang is my Chinese teacher. Her
Chinese is very (非常) good. I'm fine and my teacher is fine, too.

(     )1. Alison is a student.           
(     )2. Alison is from the U.S.A.      
(     )3. Alison is ten years old.       
(     )4. Miss Wang is fine              
(     )5. Miss Wang is an English teacher.