—John is good at writing short stories.
—So he is. But he writes ______ than us. So he can’t get good grades in writing.
A. most carefully B. more careful
C. less carefully D. least careful
The documentary Under the Dome by Chai Jing tells us to do ______ to stop ______ our environment.
A. something, polluting B. anything, to pollute
C. everything, to pollute D. nothing, polluting
The little baby has a ______ eating nuts because he has no teeth.
A. question B. problem
C. difficult D. trouble
Nowadays, people like to discuss if young couples need ______ second child.
A. / B. an C. the D. a
书面表达（20分）
假如你是Tom, 初中生活即将结束，你的英国朋友Jack也是一名中学生，他希望了解你将如何度过即将到来的暑假。为此，你把你的想法写成email发给他。
内容要点如下：
1. 你的爱好很多，比如……，你特别对旅游感兴趣。
2. 过去暑假很忙，大部分时间用于学习，偶尔在周末去打篮球、下象棋。
3. 近几年来(Over the years/ in recent years)，你和父母仅仅去过中国的几个名胜古迹。
4. 初中生活结束后你想去旅行。西藏（Tibet）以美丽的风景而闻名，你打算去那里。
注意：
1.词数90左右。短文的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数；
2.短文须包括所有要点，第四要点的内容必须用三四句话作适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺；
3.短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
Dear Jack,
How time flies! I will finish my middle school. The summer holidays are coming soon.
Yours
Tom
阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。
When Charlie got up last Sunday morning, he looked out of the window, and saw that the ground was covered with snow. On the side of the house, the snow was higher than Charlie. "We must have a path through this snow, "said his father. "I would make one if I had time. But I must be at the office early this morning. Do you think you could make the path, my son?" he asked little Charlie. "I? Why? The snow is higher than me! How could I ever cut a path through that snow?" "How? You can do it little by little. I hope you will try," said the father. Then his father left for his office.
Later, Charlie set to work. He threw up first one shovelful(一铲), and then another; but it was slow work. "I don’t think I can do it, mother, "he said. "A shovelful is so little, and there is so much snow." "Little by little, Charlie," said his mother. "That snow fell flake(雪花) by flake, but you see how much it has made." "Yes, mother, I see," said Charlie. "If I throw it away little by little, it will soon be gone." So he worked on.When his father came home for dinner, he was pleased to see the fine path. The next day was Charlie’s birthday, the father gave little Charlie a pen, with yellow letters "Little by Little" on it.
1.What did Charlie find when he got up last Sunday morning? (no more than 10 words)
2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced (替换) by the following one?
I don’t think it’s possible for me to make a path through the snow.
3.Did Charlie make the path through the snow at last?
4.把文中画线处翻译成中文。
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
