My name is Grace. Today is Sunday. It is a nice day. It is also my grandfather's birthday. He is 80 years old. My parents and I go to his home. We don't get up early because the alarm clock (闹钟) doesn't work. We don't have much time for breakfast. We go to a supermarket to buy some fruit and a birthday cake at eight thirty. Then we go to my grandparents' home quickly. We get there at 11:15. My grandparents are very happy to see us. We have lunch at 12 o'clock. After lunch, we play chess with my grandfather. It is interesting. We go home at about four o'clock in the afternoon. It is a happy day.

    London is a very big city. More than 8,000,000 people live in London. London is a green city.

    ⑴．       The biggest parks are: Hyde Park, St. James's Park and Regent's Park.

    London's famous zoo is in Regent's Park. In the zoo there are many animals and birds from different cities and countries. There you can see monkeys, elephants, lions, giraffes and tigers and a lot of other animals⑵.        The English people love going to the zoo with their children.

    In English parks, you can do a lot of things and have a very good time: you can sit on the grass, you can play football and other games, ride horses, watch ducks, and you can walk and have a talk with your friends or read some books. ⑶．        

根据材料内容完成下列任务。

任务一：将A、B、C三个句子填入文中(1) (2) (3)空缺处。任务二：回答(4) (5)两个问题。

    My name is Tom Brown. I am an English boy. (1) I am twelve. I am a middle school student. From Monday to Friday I am very busy. We have six classes a day. At school, I like doing sports, (2) like playing basketball, tennis and soccer. So my favorite subject is P.E.. Mr. White is my P.E. teacher. He is very cool. After school, our P.E. teacher plays games with us. We students all like him. (3) I don't like math because it is too difficult for me. (4) But my math teacher Ms Smith says it is interesting and useful. So I must work hard on it.

    It's very common for students' marks to fall. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Sometimes it is only because the exams get harder.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} He or she will be able to help you with the subjects you find difficult. Stop comparing yourself with other people. It does not matter if other students get higher marks than you. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Before each exam, you should go through you notes from class. You should remember the most important things you have written in a shorten form.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} You will be surprised when you find you remember so much. It may take hard work and your marks may not improve straight. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Soon they should begin to climb again.

    Once upon a time, in the forest there lived a baby elephant, who had no friends.

    None of the animals wanted to be his friend because he was too large.

    One day, a wild fire happened in the forest. The animals ran to safer places. The dry trees caught fire and the fire was sure to go all around the forest. The baby elephant ran to the nearest river, collected much water in his trunk (象鼻) and rushed to the burning trees. He sprayed (喷) the water on the fire. Finally, he put out the fire.

    Later, while he was resting after the hard job, all the animals and birds came to him and expressed their thanks for his kind help in time. They were now ready to regard (把……看作) him as their good friend and their hero. They said, "A friend in need is a friend indeed."

    The baby elephant was happy to get so many friends and played games with them. He walked through the forest, carrying several small animals and birds on his back.

    Han Hong is a singing star. She is famous all over China. She is a little bit short and she is a little bit heavy, and she has short curly hair.

    Liu Xiang is a great Chinese runner. He is tall. He has short black hair. In 2004 Olympic Games, he made history. He is called fly man.

    Luo Jing is tall and thin. He is of medium build. His hair is short and black. He has big eyes. He is a host of CCTV News. He works very hard. But he died on 5th June, 2009 in Beijing.

    Lu Xun is a well-known writer. He has black straight hair and he has black beard. He was born(出生)in Zhejiang in 1881. He died in Shanghai on October 19th, 1936.

    Michael Jackson is a famous singer in the USA. He is of medium build. His hair is curly. He is of medium height. He is famous for his dance. It looks like walking in the space(太空).