1 . 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。每个短语限用一次。

in common   thanks to   make a mistake   a sense of   as...as

1. He ________ and the machine could not work.
2. ________ the high speed trains, our journey becomes much shorter now.
3. Mary and her parents have a lot ________
4. The climate here isn’t ________ warm ________ you think.
5. Simon doesn’t have ________ direction so he often gets lost in a new place.

2 . 这是我爷爷的院子。
_________________________________

3 . —What are ________ (this)?
—They are carrots.

4 . The boys are playing with a ball in the _______ (院子).

5 . How about making a ________ (week) plan?

6 . ——你通常什么时候去上学？
——我通常七点半去上学。
—________ ________ you usually go to school?
—I usually go to school at ________ ________ ________.

7 . After c________ the two pictures, you can find the differences between them.

8 . Mum, can you open the door for me? I can’t find the k_______ to the door.

9 .

4 . It is 12th February. It’s my friend Linda’s thirteenth birthday. She has three good friends. They are Lily, Jack and me. She asks us to come to her party. And we want to buy some gifts for her.

Lily knows Linda likes playing tennis very much, so she buys a tennis ball for her. Jack thinks Linda’s favourite fruits are strawberries and pears, so he buys some strawberries and pears for her. For me, I buy her a red skirt. She likes the skirt and her favourite colour is red.

At seven, we go to her home. When she sees us, she is really happy. She thanks us for the gifts and for coming to her party. We have dinner at her home. And we say “Happy birthday” to her. We are very happy at the party.

1. How old is Linda?

A．11.

B．12.

C．13.

2. What does Lily buy for Linda?

A．A tennis ball.

B．Some pears.

C．A skirt.

3. Where do they have dinner?

A．In a restaurant.

B．At Linda’s home.

C．At school.

4. We can know that ________.

A．Jack thinks Linda likes pears

B．Linda’s favourite colour is blue

C．Linda has two friends

5. What is the best title (最好的题目) for this passage?

A．Linda’s Friends

B．Linda’s Dinner

C．Linda’s Birthday

10 . 我妈妈总是在晚上读故事给我听。
My mom always reads me a story ________ ________.