Lu Yao is a famous_______. The Ordinary World is one of his great books.
A. painter B. writer
C. artist D. policeman
读音选词 根据所给句意和音标,从每题A.B.C.D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。（5分）
1.I have a / pet / cat. Her name is Mimi.
A. pig B. pet C. pen D. put
2.We should /ki:p/ quiet in the library.
A. sleep B. help C. keep D. cheap
3.It’s /Im'pɔ:tənt/ for us to be on time.
A. impossible B. important
C. impressed D. interested
4. I usually /'præktIs/ the piano after school.
A. practice B. popular C. problem D. person
5. Molly doesn’t like to eat in the /'restəra:nt/.
A. remember B. restaurant
C. reporter D. regular
书面表达（共1题；满分20分）
中考在即，请你根据以下内容写一篇发言稿，谈谈你对中考过程中要注意的事项以及建议理由：
1．保持良好情绪。不焦虑，不紧张，否则会没有面对困难的勇气。
2．明确目标，学会规划。太低的目标使人懒散，太高的目标使人失去信心。
3．多与父母、老师、同学交流沟通，以便帮忙走出困境。
4．劳逸结合，以保持旺盛精力。
5．自拟一个观点。
6. 词数90左右
将下列句子译成英语。（共5个小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
1.你的外衣需要洗了。
2.他去上海出差三天了。
3.我不确定他能否适应当地的环境。
4.那个小男孩耐心十足地等了我们两个小时
5.在消防员的帮助下，火终于被扑灭了。
单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1.English is _____ （广泛）used in the world.
2.We should make a __________ （决定）as soon as possible.
3.He has _________（意识到）the importance of learning English.
4.Please think carefully before you make ________________(选择)
5.I think these cameras are those ___________ （导演）.Please look after them.
6.Do you know the ________（高度）of Mount Huang?
7.Has the boy ___________(后悔) not working hard?
8.-- What do you think is the __________ of the accident?
--The driver’s carelessness.
9.--What did your grandfather do for a ______________?
--He worked as a cook to support his family.
10.--Will Tom win the game?
--Of course. There is no _____________ that he will be come first.
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because the stories finished with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.
1. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because _______.
A. they had surprising endings.
B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor.
D. they were about New York City.
2.O. Henry went to prison because _______.
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B. he broke the law by not using his own name.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his.
3.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was very good at learning.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was not serious about his work..
4. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.
B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and poor people in New York.
D. His exciting early life as a boy.
