My name is Jack. My best friend John lives in my neighborhood. We often play together after school. My grandparents live near my house, too. So it's  1   for us to get together on some important festivals.

     In my neighborhood, there is a small playground. John and I often go there to  2  . John 3   it and he is on the school football team. Sometimes a few friends come to  4   us. Sometimes, just we two practice passing the ball. There is a  5  called '' Good Neighbor" in my neighborhood. It sells all kinds of foods, drinks, school things and the things that we need in our everyday life. The things in the supermarket are  6   .So people living here like to  7  there. Sometimes I go with my mother. Sometimes I ask  8  to buy my favorite food for me.

     I usually  9  with the housework at home. I wash the dishes after meals and clean the rooms. I always wash my own clothes. All my  10  say that I am a good boy at home.

What about your neighbors and neighborhood? Can you tell me?

1．A．hard                 B．easy           C．surprising            D．wrong

2．A．go skating            B．play hockey    C．go shopping        D．play football

3．A．is good at             B．hates          C．is away from        D．loses

4．A．meet                B．watch         C．join               D．help

5．A．restaurant             B．coffee shop    C．supermarket         D．bookstore

      6．A．expensive             B．cheap         C．old                 D．dirty

7．A．shop                B．stay         C．travel             D．exercise

8．A．you                 B．them           C．him               D．her

9．A． help                B．play            C．learn              D．walk

10．A．teachers            B．neighbors      C．students            D．pen-pals

Old Brown lived in a city. He had no job but he was rich. He was good __1___stealing. But his neighbors didn’t know that he was a thief.

    One day a friend went to see him, but he was __2___ . His son, young Brown, came out to ___3__ the man and asked him to have a cup of tea. About half __4___ hour later old Brown came back.“ Mr. White asked me to return five hundred dollars to you, Mr. Brown,” said his friend. “Thank you, my friend,” said old Brown. But ___5__ his surprise, the man couldn’t find his wallet. He looked very worried.“___6__ has happened to you, my friend?” asked old Brown. “I can’t find my wallet,” said the man. “But it__7___ in my pocket just now.” “Who was here?” “Only your ____8___.” “I see,” said Old Brown. “Don’t worry. I will get it back for you.” Old Brown went out. Soon he came back with the wallet. His friend was __9____and asked, “Did you blame your son?” “Please don’t speak loudly,” said old Brown. “My son doesn’t know I have taken out the wallet ___10___ his pocket.”

（   ）1. A．on                 B．of                    C． at                   D．in

（   ）2. A．in                 B．out                  C． on                  D．back

（   ）3. A．meet              B．visit                 C．look                D．watch

（   ）4. A．a(chǎn)                   B．a(chǎn)n                   C．the                  D．/

（   ）5. A．of                  B．a(chǎn)t                 C．in                 D．to

（   ）6. A．When            B．How                C．What               D．Which

（   ）7. A．is                  B．a(chǎn)re                  C．was                 D．were

（   ）8. A．wife                     B．neighbor          C．daughter          D．son

（   ）9. A．happy            B．sorry               C．sad                  D．tired

（   ）10. A．for               B．from                C．to                 D．off

Dear Bill，

    I'm a middle school student now．I’m very  1  to come to this new school．I have new teachers  2  many more friends．They are all very friendly and   3  ．

   I often get up at 6：30 in the morning．  4  I have breakfast at 7：00．I usually go to school at 7：15．Our classes  5  at 8：00．We have Math，Chinese，Science and English lessons 6 8：00 to 11：40．In the afternoon，we have other lessons  7  Music，Art，P．E．a(chǎn)nd Computer．I often  8  with my classmates after 5：00．I like playing basketball，football，tennis and volleyball．I go  9  and do my homework．I have dinner at 7：00 p．m． 10  dinner, I often watch TV. I go to bed at about l 0：00．I enjoy my day very much．

                                                              With love from

                                                                 Nancy

1．A．beautiful         B．early             C．happy             D．1ate

2．A．a(chǎn)lso              B．a(chǎn)nd               C．else                D．too

3．A．pretty             B．scary            C．helpful            D．glad

4．A．Then              B．After            C．Before             D Again

5．A．begins           B．begin            C．have             D．has

6．A．a(chǎn)t                   B．from             C．a(chǎn)bout              D．in

7．A．like                B．a(chǎn)re like          C．likes               D．look like

8．A．meet              B．come            C．get                 D．play

9．A．on                  B．a(chǎn)way            C．home               D．down

10．A．After            B．In                 C．As                  D．For

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Last year my English class was ____1___for me. First of all, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she ___2___to the class. To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t ___3___every word. Later on, I realized it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word, ___4___ I was afraid to speak in class because I thought my classmates might laugh ___5__me. I couldn’t always make complete sentences, either. Then I started to ___6___ English-language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of ___7___a good language learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was English ___8___. So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class.

—Your paintings are so great, David! When did you learn ______?

—Three years ago.

　 A. to meet　　 B. to swim　　　　 C. to paint　　　 D. to sing