"No, sweetie. That's my old diary, from when I was about your age," said Grandma.

"Yours? You're the girl in the diary? But she was a fantastic dancer," asked Alicia.

"Yes. It seems I still remember a few things," said Grandma.

"I wish I knew how to dance," said Alicia.

"How about helping me clean the house, and then I teach you to dance?" asked Grandma.

"That would be great!" said Alicia and they began to open the boxes.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

( )1. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. The town Alicia's grandparents lived in before was quiet.

B. Alicia's grandparents have a pool intheir new house.

C. Alicia's grandparents don't like the small house.

D. There is a beautiful garden in the new house.

( )2. Alicia saw a on the floor.

A. storybook B. dictionary C. diary D. map

( )3. What does the underlined word "embarrass"mean in Chinese?

A.使厌倦 B.使受伤 C. 使忙碌 D. 使尴尬

( )4. Alicia' s grandma was good at when she was young.

A. singing B. dancing

C. telling stories D. growing flowers

( )5. What would Alicia do next?

A. She would help her grandma clean the house.

B. She would go to dance classes in her school.

C. She would walk around the new house.

D. She would read with her grandma,

If you go to a different country, you may get to know a different way of life. Here are stories of three young people when they first went to the US.

I still remember when I first went to the US hree years ago, everything was new to me. When met my host mon at the airport (机场), she asked, "Do you want to go to the bathroom?" I was not sure what she was asking. I thought "bathroom" meant "shower room", so I replied, "No, I forgot to take the soap!" Later I knew "bathroom" meant "toilet".

John

Before I went to the US for school, I thought that everything in the US was large: tall people, big meals and large clothes. When I first got to my school, I was surprised by the size of the school: there was only one building with three floors (楼层). And there were fewer than 500 students in the school. Then I went into the

dormitory (学生宿舍) and met my little 13-year-old roommate Jason. The room was also very small.

However, in the small dormitory, in the small school, I made good friends with my roommate and my classmates.