动词填空   用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.–Three years _____________( pass) since Mike came to China.

2.We hope the problem _____________( deal ) with as soon as possible.

3.Do you find it exciting ___________( ski ) alone in the mountain?

4.—Will you ever leave her alone?

— Only if she ________ (ask) me to.

5.If the giant pandas  ____________( not protect), there will be none left in the world.

6.He ___________( read ) a book about nature when I went into the classroom.

7.David was so weak at English that he had difficulty ____________( get ) into a good university.

8.— I have already decided not to study abroad.

— Really? I thought you ________ ( not give) up the chance forever.

词汇。根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.________(care) may cause disasters, both to others and to yourself.

2.When Tom heard the news of getting a scholarship, he _____________(simple) couldn’t believe his ears.

3.Don’t be  ________ (worry) about tomorrow’s test. You will pass it.

4.Our Chinese teacher has some good poems in his ___________ (person) computer.

(B)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

5.The news which kept ________(影响) him a lot

6.This writer received high ________________ (赞扬) from the readers.

7.Though the problem was difficult, the boy didn’t give up and _____________ (成功) at last.

8.The noise he made broke the ____________ (寂静) while everyone in the library was reading.

The other day I came across a few local musicians and happened to hear them talking:

"I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can't even understand a bit of music."

"I'm never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us."

But one younger musician said, "There are a few clubs that book my band (乐队) a few nights a month, and I'm trying to find other places to play. I'm also looking forward to booking a few summer festivals this year."

It's said that you are the average (平均) of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.

Attitudes（态度） are important. Whether they're positive(积极的)or negative (消极的), they're rubbing off on you. If you're always around people who complain about short of work and about other musicians or say bad words about others, and you play the role of a victim, it's possible that you will start to as well. So it's time to take a look at the people you call "friends", as what kind of friends you have decides what kind of life you are going to live.

This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you often go out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don't become friends with people who fall below that standard.

Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it and learn from them. Ask if they will help you get the work you're looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.

1.The musicians' words at the beginning are written mainly to show_______.

A. the musicians live a poor life

B. people have poor taste in music

C. people have different attitudes towards the same thing

D. young people have greater chances of succeeding

2.The underlined sentence "they'll rubbing off on you" in Paragraph 6. means_______.

A. they'll push you ahead

B. they'll have an influence on you

C. they'll cover your feelings

D. they'll help you succeed

3.By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7, you can_______.

A. improve a lot in making more friends

B. plan the time with your friends properly

C. develop a better relationship with your friends

D. come to the right way of making friends

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. You are who your friends are.

B. How to make friendship long.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D. Friends are the most important in one's success.

Unlike Chinese people, the ones in the West believe in star signs. Western world has a complete system(系统) of star signs, and they explain them and use them to tell a person’s characteristics and the things they like or dislike. There are a cycle of 12 of them in all. All of them are decided by the date instead of the year of your birth and each of them has its own characteristics.

Sagittarius (射手座) is one of them. Now, let’s take it as an example:

Sagittarius (November 23—December 21)

Sagittarius in short

Sagittarius are fun, loving, generous and very friendly. They seldom tell lies; in fact they’re so open about everything, They have surprising intuitions(直觉) that they should pay attention to. They are pretty clever because they are so interested in everything. They can be a bit rude, that’s only because they’re very honest and will say exactly what they think. They love travelling, fast cars and horse riding. They also love spending money.

More about Sagittarius

Sagittarius are great friends because they are interested in everything and everyone. They are attracted by even the strangest people. With their humour, they are often in a good mood. They can be hurtful to others because they cannot stop speaking what they see as the truth, but they don’t mean to. Money is not their God. Their values are spiritual(精神的) rather than material.

They are hard-working. They are very open-minded about new ideas and love to try ideas out. Usually it does end up working because they have an excellent intuition and can usually tell straight away if an idea is a good one or a bad one. One of their weaknesses is not asking enough money for all the hard work they do, because they love doing it.

1.Whose star sign is Sagittarius?

A. Miss Yao who was born on Mar 18, 1978.

B. Peter, a boy who was born on Nov 22, 1998.

C. Mr. Zhou who was born on Dec 23, 1976.

D. Lucy, a girl who was born on Nov 30, 1991.

2.Which is WRONG about Sagittarians?

A. Sagittarians often tell lies.

B. Sagittarians can be rude.

C. Sagittarians show great interest in strange things and people.

D. Sagittarians can end up working by using their good intuition.

3.What can we know from the underlined sentence “Money is not their God”?

A. Sagittarians care too much about money.

B. Sagittarians believe that money is from the God.

C. Sagittarians hate God.

D. Sagittarians pay no attention to money.

Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food? Is it because the spices make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food，or is there some connection between spices and healthy food? Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌)which spoil food．

“Most common spices can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food，”explains one of the scientists．The bacteria grow more easily and spoil(变质)food more quickly at higher temperatures．For this reason，it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates,

Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from．If you like spicy food，it is possible that hundreds of years ago，when there were no fridges，people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling．The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer，healthier lives．Today，in a time of fridges，the spices just make the food taste good．

1.The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by_________．

A．making food taste better

B．making food hotter

C．preventing bacteria getting into food

D．killing bacteria in food

2.Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because_______．

A．cold temperature makes bacteria

B．bacteria get used to hot food

C．high temperature helps bacteria grow faster

D．bacteria spoil food only at high temperature

3.According to the passage，spices are useful in the following things except_____．

A．helping you to live longer

B．helping to keep you healthier

C．making your food taste better

D．taking the place of fridges

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia（栀子花）was sent to my house. No card came with it．Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be, Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked after when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.

One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn't want to go to the  coming graduation dance at all. And I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

1.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The author found the sender by calling the flower shops.

B. In fact, the flower was sent by a boy.

C. It was a pleasant moment for the girl to imagine the sender.

D. The author got a gardenia every year after she was married.

2.The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_______.

A. She hoped she would miss her father.

B. She thought education was most important.

C. She hoped she would find a friend.

D. She wanted her to be happy and strong.

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Childhood Dream.       B. A Mother's Love.

C. A Graduation Party.     D. A Special Birthday.

完形填空  先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of  ________   while we walked.

Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松）together，a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it ________ her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I ________ it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings, so I kept her  ________  .

I walked the first mile of the    ________    in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch.    ________     was simply Yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the    ________    she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that “     ________  ” was the next one on Tina’s cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.

The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. “I don’t know if I can   ________  the last mile,” I thought. In despair(绝望）I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina’s list，now sweaty in my hand: You just can make it!

I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down.  ______________, it carried me past the finishing line.

1.A. cheering  B. smiling    C. shouting     D. chatting

2.A. taught  B. saved    C. calmed      D. helped

3.A. hid      B. gave       C. moved       D. carried

4.A. promise  B. list       C. word         D. idea

5.A. round     B. circle     C.race        D. road

6.A. At the back  B. At the top  C. In the beginning     D. In the past

7.A. task     B. strength C. thought      D. way

8.A. Team      B. House     C. Family      D. Home

9.A. have      B. gain       C. finish       D. put

10.A. Besides  B. Instead    C. Later       D. Again

— It’s really kind of you to care for my pet dog while I was away for the whole year.

— _______. The dog is loyal. We’ve been close friends.

A. With pleasure                 B. Never mind

C. Don’t mention it            D. It doesn’t matter

Pronunciation should _______ when we read these new words.

A. be paid attention  B. be paid attention to

C. pay attention      D. pay attention to

We must ________ ourselves and _______ our work.

A. strict in ; with                 B. be strict in ; with

C. be strict with ; in              D. strict with ; in

Not only his parents but also his brother _______ to the Great Wall. They haven’t been back.

A. have been         B. have gone

C. has been           D. has gone

-- Have you got Rose's e-mail?

--Yes, but I don't think her e-mail is worth _______.

A. answering it      B. replying

C. replying to       D. answering to

The new jeans look nice _______ Grace because she looks nice _______ blue.

A. on; in        B. in; on        C. for; on        D. to; in

She devotes as much time as she could __________ the patients.

A. to saving   B. to save      C. saved    D. in saving

His words remind me _______ we did together during the past holiday.

A. that            B. of that           C. of what        D. what

-Could you tell me_______? -For more than a year.

A. how soon will the new airport be built

B. how long has the new airport been in service

C. how soon the new airport will be built

D. how long the new airport has been in service

Little Tom seems to know who _______ to get more pocket money.

A. can he talk to     B. he can talk

C. to talk to        D. to talk

—They speak perfect English. How long have they learnt it?

—_______ they were seven years old.

A. Since           B. When      C. After          D. Until

— Which of these two dresses _______, the pink one or the red one, Madam?

— Neither, thanks. I _______ take a look at a light green one.

A. would you rather; prefer

B. would you rather; would rather

C. do you prefer; would rather

D. do you prefer; prefer

— I guess that _______ you _______ Joanna was born in the year of rabbit because you have different animal signs.

— You are right. Joanna was.

A. neither; nor      B. either; or

C. not only; but     D. both; and

— It is reported that both of ____________ two kids were saved out of the river by____ university student.

— True. He was really brave, wasn’t he?

A. the; a          B. the ; an

C. the; the      D. a; the

写作

我们学校九年级的学生最近开了一个班会，讨论如何选择电视节目，现在电视节目种类很多，各有利弊，同学们时间有限，只能有选择地看。根据以下表格，谈论各类电视节目的优点，并发表自己的看法。字数100词左右。

句子翻译

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题纸上标有题号的横线上。

1.我们的英语老师鼓励我们要尽可能经常地讲英语。

2.她在那部电影里扮演的是一位天使。

3.如果我今晚到家太迟，就会错过我最喜欢的电影。

4.她被许多人认为是超级明星。

5.他因为生病了，所以没有在电视上观看足球比赛。

缺词填空,根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题纸标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.

Some like reading newspapers and o___1.___enjoy novels or comic books. My f __2.____ books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o __3.____life better.

Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w___4.__their lives were difficult. They tried to use e __5.___ chance to change their lives and make the world better.

One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has m __6.____ the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the r  __7._ why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient (方便的) machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes f_8.____ the sky.

Whenever I read s____9.___ about great people, I always learn a lot from them and they encourage me to march on.

This is w__10.____ I enjoy reading about great people's lives.

任务型阅读,阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词)

The Slender West Lake Scenic Spot lies in the northwestern part of Yangzhou, with its south gate facing Great Rainbow Bridge Road. It covers an area of about 123.6 hectares. The Slender West Lake was named a National Key Scenic Spot in 1988 and National AAAAA Tourist Area in 2010.

The Slender West Lake used to be a long river named the Baozhang Lake, which is 4 kilometers in length and less than 100 meters in width. A famous poet Wang Hang in the Qing Dynasty once composed a poem (诗歌), from which the Slender West Lake gets its present name and to which it owes its great fame (名声) both at home and abroad.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many gardens were built along the Slender West Lake. Following the lines of the natural landscape, a large number of buildings along the moats(护城河) were constructed(建造) in different locations during different periods. Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty both visited the Slender West Lake.

The Slender West Lake Scenic Spot is an outstanding representative (代表) of the lake gardens in China. In a word, the Slender West Lake not only represents the beauty of natural landscape（风景）, but also embodies (体现) the richness of its history and culture.

The Slender West Lake

词汇运用

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

1.You need hard work and a little luck if you want to achieve ______(successful).

2.She said goodbye to us ___________(peace).

3.Yangzhou , a green city, is a ___________(please) place for people to live in.

4.____________, his parents both lost their lives in the accent. (luck)

5.I found him _________in the art when he was three years old. (interest)

6.There are five people in the hall, ____________my son.(包括)

7.Playing computer games at school for a student is ______(反对） school rules.

8.Don’t stay up     (超过) midnight. It’s bad for your health.

9.The book is of great __________(价值) to our country.

10.The film ________(导演)by Zhang Yimou is loved by most young people.

One day when some workers were rebuilding a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force(迫使) the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later, they saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had ran away. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing（挤）out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away at once. Instead, one ran after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite(咬) the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.

After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American man said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.” The others thought for a while and said: “That was why!”

A smart French said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.

A Japanese said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable(合理的). So they expressed agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked: “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained(保持) speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty(忠诚) or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1. Neither of the two mice ran away at once because ______.

A. one was biting the other

B. the mouth of the hole was too small

C. they were not afraid of smoke

D. one was trying to help the blind one

2.It is clear that ______.

A. all the mice came out of the hole easily

B. each of the people understood the relationship differently

C. the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke

D. the people knew one of the mice was blind at first sight

3.“it made sense” probably means ______.

A. it was correct      B. it was strange

C. it was funny       D. it was sweet

4.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. TWO LOVELY MICE    B. HELP PRODUCES LOVE

C. FRIENDS IN NEED    D. LOVE IS ALL

There are some stories behind English words.

You've spent a lot of time studying how to use English in a proper way. But have you ever wondered why English speakers say some of the things they say? For example, why do they say "an easy task" is "a piece of cake"? Why do the two letters "OK" means "all right"?

Many English words and phrases have stories behind them. Sometimes these stories can help us look back into old western history. Let's take a look at a few of the original * common English words and phrases:     OK

"OK" was an American who lived in the 19th century. His name was "Old Kinderhook". In one year he was trying to take the place of the leader of his town. His supporters went around the town shouting " OK \ OK \" The supporters thought their future leader was " all right". The expression caught on, and now if something is "all right" , people like to say "OK|"

Boss*

Is your boss nice to you? If not, just be glad you weren't living in the old times. Back to that time, bosses could do anything bad to their men and could even beat* them! That explains why the word "boss" comes from an old German word meaning "to beat".

A piece of cake

A famous American writer named Ogden Nash lived in the 1930s. Many readers enjoyed his poems and wrote them down in their notebooks. In one of his poems, Nash wrote, " Her picture's in the papers now, and life's a piece of cake. " His readers found these words interesting and quickly wrote them down. They thought that if one picture in a newspaper could make you famous, wouldn't life be easy?

For nearly 70 years, "a piece of cake" has meant any task or activity that is easy.

1. Some of English words can tell us stories about_________.

A. how people learned English

B. how English speakers create the words

C. how people spoke English

D. how people taught others to speak English

2.The word "boss" in old German means "_________".

A. to work          B. to help

C. to beat          D. to kill

3."OK" comes from "_________".

A. Old King        B. Old Kindman

C. Old Kinderhook  D. Old Mcdonald

4. In this passage "a piece of cake" means "_________".

A. an easy task or activity

B. a difficult task or activity

C. a simple newspaper to read

D. a famous picture in a newspaper

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions (比赛). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (银杯) for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boy that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.

A. build glass-houses in his free time

B. grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

C. win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

D. grow a rose with the longest name

2. Boys were often tempted to ________.

A. throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house

B. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

C. be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

D. play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

3. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

A. at times when school-boys were walking near them

B. all the school day when there were no boys about

C. where he could not be seen by the boys passing

D. in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ______  to  protect his glass.

A. be on watch in his free time

B. ask the headmaster for help

C. pick up all the stones around his garden

D. do all the above

King’s College Summer School

King’s College Summer School is an annual(每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.

More information is as follows:

1.Which of the following is true about King’s College Summer School?

A. Only top students can take part in the program.

B. King’s College Summer School is run every other year.

C. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.

D. Only the teachers of King’ s College give courses.

2.If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school _____.

A. $200       B. $400       C. $500            D. $900

3. What information can you get from the text?

A. The program will last two months.

B. You can write to Thompson only in English.

C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2012.

D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.