寒假到了, 学校志愿服务组正在招募志愿者, 活动地点有：an old people’s home, a city park, the Children’s Hospital, an after-school care center, an animal hospital。假如你是李明, 请 你写一封自荐信。内容包括：
1．选择两个活动地点并说明你能做什么。
2．你能参加此次活动所具备的条件（如：你的爱好, 特长, 性格特点和可能参加的时间等……）
3．对参加此次活动的看法。
（注意：字数不少于 60 字 参考词汇：be interested in, . sing, outgoing, spend, think）
Dear Sir,
I am Li Ming. a student from Class Five, Grade Nine.
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阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in the year．【3】You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam．If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar．
Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can．A few days before the exam, you should start going to bed early．Don’t stay up late at night studying and learning things．Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper．【4】Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write．When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers．Correct the mistakes if there are any and make sure that you have not missed anything out．
A）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1.Learning rules of grammar is enough to pass the English exam, isn’t it?
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2.What should you do a few days before the exam?
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B）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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C）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
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阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Think about two people you know. How would you describe their personalities? Are they the 1.s ______ ?Of course not! Everyone is different .Even twins have 2.d _______ personalities.
Some people are very outgoing and 3.f_______ .They like to be 4.w_____ other people all the time. And some people are quiet, maybe even shy. They like to be alone or play with a 5.f ______ friends.
Some people worry a lot. They may6. w _____about many things. 7.H_____,some people don't worry about anything! They 8.n_______ mind what is going on next. These people are very relaxed.
Some people are9.h _______.They always do their best. They aren't lazy. They always get more chances to have success.
And don't 10.f _______ this: Everyone is different.
That means you are special.
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。
One afternoon, when lessons were over, Peter and Paul did not go home. They stayed in school 1.____(help) their teacher to start a new library in the school. They carried books for him. They worked for one hour and then their teacher said, "Thank you, boys. We 2.____(finish )the work tomorrow. Now you must go home."
When the boys reached home, it was seven o ' clock. It was dark outside, but there was a 1ight inside their house and the door was open. They were surprised 3.____( see) a man inside. They could see the man 4.____(look) for something.
"He 5._____(be )a thief, "Paul said." I 6.______( report) to the police and you try to talk to him. Then Peter went inside while Paul quickly7.______(hurry)off to telephone the police. When the man saw Peter, he looked frightened. Then he smiled and said, " You don ' t know me, but I’ m your father’s friend. He has asked me 8.____(find )some money for him.” In no time, two policemen arrived. As soon as the thief saw the policemen, he tried to run off. But he 9.______(catch) by the policemen.
Just then the boys ' parents returned."
“Is this man your friend? " one of the policemen asked Mr. Lee.
"No! " said Mr. Lee. "He is a thief . He wanted to steal my money. I am glad you10._____(catch) him."
In one way, it may be thought that failure（失败）is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The "spider-story" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡) , made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spir¬it then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, is the goal(目标) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: "If I am successful in this, where will it get me?" This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn't be doing anyway.
The third thing to remember about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to "live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, "You can't win them all. “
1.Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that .
A. people who fail are not lonely
B. animals can help people sometimes
C. nature will help us if we are hard-working
D. confidence is important for one to be successful
2.Edison's example shows us that .
A. he liked to do other kinds of work
B. he invented many kinds of light bulbs
C. failure may be a way towards success
D. he was a man of many important inventions
3.If you are not sure about what success will get you, you'd better .
A. change your goalB. go on with your goal
C. not care for thatD. work even harder on your goal
4.It can be learned from the passage that .
A. one should try not to fail
B.one's failure is another's success
C. one should take failures seriously
D. one should learn lessons from failures
5.This passage is mainly about .
A. two great men
B.two sides of failure
C. ways to keep away from failure
D.the right attitude(态度) towards failure
It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(调查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(欧洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工资)for one more vacation day.
1.____________ U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.
A. All B. Most C. Some D. Few
2.How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?
A.9 B.12 C.15 D.23
3.Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?
A. America. B. France. C. Sweden. D. Great Britain.
4.What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?
A. Use up. B. Put up. C. Take up. D. Give up.
5.Which of the following is true?
A. Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.
B. French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.
C. Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.
D. British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.
