–Why didn’t you _____ the guests some tea at first?
-- But they said they didn’t like it.
A．provide B．share C．serve D．take
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假如你是一名九年级学生，叫Mike,快要中考了，感觉压力大，请给你的好友Lucy 写一封电子邮件，倾诉你的压力以及它带来的负面影响，向她咨询缓解压力的方法。
要求：（1）观点明确，语句通顺，调理清晰。
（2）词数不少于80.
Dear Lucy,
I’m writing to tell you that I’m not feeling well now.____________________________
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Yours,
Mike
As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, school and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It was out of what I expected.1.________It has only three rooms; One is for Grade1,2and 3;One is for Grade4,5,and 6;And the third one is for me.
2._______They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test to find out their levels. To my surprise, though the test was very easy, over half of the students failed, yet they all wanted to learn new things.3._______.
I was busy preparing lessons and reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hard-working children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help.4._______.I understand their lives more, and we are now good friends.
5._______.I’m very happy and the experience has been very useful to me. I love the small village and the children. In fact, I would like to go on working there.
A.I have also learnt a lot from them.
B.I wanted to leave as quickly as I can.
C.I knew they needed me.
D. The children seemed to know everything about me.
E. It didn’t look like a school at all.
F.I have worked in Longzhou for a year now.
G. The children welcomed me warmly on my first day.
You have heard of Webster Toys. Webster has made good, safe, interesting toys for more than 100 years. Now we sell them, and children play with them, in countries from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil. We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He will be between thirty and forty. He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him. He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far East.
The person we are looking for will live in Singapore, and work in our office there, but he will travel for up to six months in any one year. He will know the Far East quite well already. He will know how to sell in old markets and where to find new ones. He will understand money and make more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys.
Webster wants someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we are looking for, write to Mr J. Sloman at our head office in London.
1.The head office of the Webster company is in________.
A．Australia B．New Zealand C．Germany D．England
2.Children play with Webster toys_______.
A．in many countries of the world
B．in 8 counties around the world.
C．mostly in 4 countries of the world
D．only in some eastern countries
3.“He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him” means he has_______.
A．sold things for the Webster for some years
B．already sold toys to some markets in the world
C．already sold things in different parts of the world
D．sold a large number of Webster toys to the world
4.Which person could be the right one for the Webster?
A．He is 35,speaks good English and a Far Eastern language, can travel for up to six months in a year and knows how to make more money.
B．He is 28,speaks good English and some other foreign languages, enjoys traveling and making more money for the Webster Toys.
C．He is 40, speaks good English and any other Far Eastern languages, knows Far East well and how to make more money for himself.
D．He has lived in Singapore for years, speaks Chinese well and a little English, knows how to open new markets.
For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
1.What was Shakespeare?
A．A writer B．An actor
C．A theater producer D．A,B and C
2.Shakespeare made much money from_______.
A．writing B．acting
C．opening the Globe Theater D．selling his books
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “genius” in the passage?
A．房子 B．遗憾 C．悔恨 D．天赋
4.Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old.
B．Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son.
C．Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions.
D．No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21.
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then ,suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very surprised about this and asked,“You can’t see these flowers. “Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said ,“I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me.”said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody knows. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and pleased our hearts, which also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t hear his wonderful music, but his music has encouraged millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it a kind of happiness?
1.The young man was very surprised because _________.
A．The old man was deaf.
B．The old man could see nothing.
C．The old man took care of flowers every day.
D．The flowers was very beautiful.
2.Why was the old man busy taking care of the flowers every day?
A．Because he liked doing it.
B．Because it can make him happy.
C．Because everyone enjoyed the happiness these flowers had brought.
D．All the above.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the old man?
A．He was a musician. B．He was the writer’s friend.
C．He used to be a gardener. D．He was very happy.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A．The beautiful flowers. B．Beethoven’s life.
C．The blind and The deaf. D．One kind of Happiness.
