Dear Bill,

How are you? It’s very nice   36   you to write to me. Let me   37   something about my life in China. I think you   38  to know it. I live in Li Lei’s home. He is my   39. His father and mother are both teachers. Their house isn’t big.   40  of them are very friendly   41  me.  They teach me Chinese   42   I teach them English. Now I   43  with them in Chinese. But I can’t   44  very well. Chinese is very   45  to learn, I think. Mrs Li often teaches me how to   46  Chinese food. Hmm! How much I like Chinese food!

My school is not far. I go to school by bike. I   47  six classes every day.   48  I play games with my classmates. I have a good   49   here. Don’t you want to come? Please write  50  soon.

Love from Jim.

1. A. to                B. for              C. of                   D. about

2. A. speak         B. talk         C. say you              D. tell you

3.A. want           B. have         C. forget           D. like

4.A. student        B. teacher          C. classmate        D. boy

5.A. some           B. all              C. both                 D. any

6.A. for            B. with         C. to               D. at

7. A. but           B. so               C. or                   D. and

8.A. am speaking        B. am talking       C. am saying        D. can talk

9. A. say           B. speak        C. talk             D. tell

10.A. easy              B. nice         C. hard             D. good

11.A. make          B. do               C. cook             D. study

12.A. do            B. have         C. study            D. make

13.A. In class          B. After school C. In the room          D. School over

14. A. day              B. book         C. time                 D. week

15.A. back              B. to back          C. for me           D. letter

 

Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy___36___and shoes. But, the story is not so easy.

"Mum, I want this pair of shoes!"

"Dear! Those are 900 yuan! That is too ___37___ !"

"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"

So the real story is: Kids___38____to catch up with school fashion.

Chinese students __39___ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but _40___ know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good __41___ and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to __42___ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that __43___1,000 yuan! It not only holds pencils, but also has a thermometer (溫度計), a compass (指南針), a music box and even games in it! But think about it. Do you really need ____44___ a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass ___45____a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意) you.

As for these "rich" kids, they are not rich at all. __46___ parents buy them all their cool things. They may have an advantage（優(yōu)勢）now, ____47___ it won't last forever. If you want to show off ___48___ money you have, you have to make it yourself first. So, study hard. You will get a great job in the future.

Parents should also learn __49____to refuse (拒絕) their kids' demands (要求). They should __50___their kids: as students, what is really important is not school fashion but good school grades.

36. A. pictures      B. school things      C. computer games    D. food and drinks

37. A. expensive     B. cheap           C. ugly              D. nice

38. A. hate         B. give up          C. want              D. get

39.A. put on        B. take off          C. buy              D. wear

40. A. kids         B. fathers           C. mothers           D. people

41. A. cars           B. bicycles            C. MP3             D. CDs

42. A. another        B. the others           C. others             D. other

43. A. pays          B. costs               C. spends            D. buys

44. A. so            B. such               C. as                D. like

45. A. and           B. but                C. or                D. though

46. A. His           B. Her                C. Their             D. Your

47. A. but           B. because             C. if                D. for

48. A. how many     B. how much           C. how long          D. how often

49. A. how          B. what               C. why              D. where           

50. A. say           B. talk                C. speak             D. tell

  About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat ___36__ food and they hardly(幾乎不) have any fats or sweets. Others do running ,exercise with machines, take medicines, or even have operations(手術(shù)). ___37___ you can see losing weight is __38___ work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But ___39__ do many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States are worried about their look of the body. For many people， looking nice also means to be____40____ . Other people worry about their health as many doctors ___41____ overweight is not good.

Most people want to find an____42___ way to take off  fat，and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are ___43___. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be ___44___ . Some overweight people go to health centres， like La Costa in California. Men and women ____45____several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two，____46____ exercise， eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. ____47___ 4 days on the programme， one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds （2.27kg）. At $ 400 a day， she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still ____48____ to do so.

Health centres， books， medicines， operations， running and exercise machines all ___49__ a lot of money. So in the United States， losing weight may mean losing ___50__ too.

  36. A. less            B. more         C. nice           D. fast

  37. A. For            B. So           C. Or             D. And

  38. A. good           B. useful        C. hard           D. easy

  39. A. why            B. what         C. how           D. when

  40. A. high           B. short         C. thin            D. fat

  41. A. talk            B. say          C. speak          D. tell        

  42. A. dearer          B. harder        C. shorter         D. easier

  43. A. taken          B. given         C. written          D. copied

  44. A. cheap          B. expensive      C. easy           D. safe

  45. A. pay           B. cost          C. take            D. have

  46. A. making        B. taking        C. playing         D. using

  47. A. Before        B. In            C. After           D. At

  48. A. sorry          B. angry         C. sad            D. glad

  49. A. need          B. have          C. use            D. get

  50. A. health        B. time           C. food           D. money