In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important thing of the year except graduation or commencement(頒授學位典禮) day. Students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks before the day.

Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the schoool. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the students. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after they leave school.

During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.

Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

1.The most important thing of the year in high schools and colleges is in America

A. Homecoming B. the foot ball game

C. graduation D. to go to a party

2.When do students begin to prepare everything for Homecoming?

A. The day before Homecoming

B. Many weeks before the day

C. At the beginning of each term

D. Several days before Homecoming

3.Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming Day?

A. To see old friends

B. To call on teachers they remember

C. To watch the football game

D. To see their parents in the school

4.The underlined word “vote” in the passage means.

A. call B. make or choose

C. give D. show

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.B 【解析】這篇短文重點介紹了在美國的高中和大學中最重要的一個節(jié)日——返校日，詳細介紹了在這個節(jié)日期間的活動內(nèi)容。 1.題意：在美國的高中和大學里，一年中最重要的事情是_____。A. Homecoming返校日；B. the football game足球賽；C. graduation畢業(yè)典禮；D. to go to a party去參加...

Mahalya Daye, 13, is an eighth-grader at Lamberton Middle School in Pennsylvania, USA. Every afternoon at nearly 2 o'clock, she runs to a store at her school. But she is not running to buy snacks. Instead, she works as the storekeeper.

“I didn't know that it took so much work. I've never really done something like this,” Mahalya said.

In fact, she is one of 12 volunteer staff members at Bison Bargains. It is the school's first store run (經(jīng)營) by students. It started on Feb. 22, and it opens each school day during break time from 2 to 2:30 p.m. It mainly sells stationery (文具) and snacks.

The school wants to provide the students with a real-life business experience through this. Christian Ilg, 14, an eighth-grader, was really surprised by how hard it was not to make mistakes and do the transactions (交易). “It's kind of a challenge to learn all the information on the lists and remember all the prices of the products,” Christian said.

To learn about business, the students took a special class. They learnt how to use money and some simple business rules.

The school did a survey on what products students would buy from a school store. In the future, they plan to sell things made by the students themselves. For example, students can sell their homemade pencil boxes.

1.When does Mahalya go to work at the school store?

A. In the morning. B. During lunch.

C. In the afternoon. D. After school.

2.How long is the store open on a school day?

A. 30 minutes. B. 2 hours.

C. 2 hours and 30 minutes. D. 4 hours and 30 minutes.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Mahalya is the oldest staff member at the store.

B. Products are sold at very low prices at the store.

C. The store sells things made by students themselves.

D. Christian finds it hard to remember all the prices of the products.

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. A special class for students B. How to use money wisely

C. How to be a storekeeper D. A student-run store

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.D 【解析】本文主要講述一個學生自己經(jīng)營的商店。Mahalya Daye是在賓夕法尼亞蘭伯頓中學的第八年級學生，美國每天下午將近二點，她跑到她學校商店。但她不打算去買零食。相反，她是店主。她是野牛交易會的12名志愿工作人員之一。這是學校的第一家學生經(jīng)營的商店。它在2月22日開始營業(yè)，每個上學日休息時間營業(yè)，時間是從下午2點到下午2:30。主要賣文...

Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job that pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions: What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.

In the United States, high school graduates make about $18,600 a year. If you don’t finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school!

If you stay in school, then you can make more money. A person with a high school degree makes about $18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and get a bachelor’s degree (學士學位),he can make $42,000.With a master’s degree (碩士學位),he can make about $53,000.If the person gets a PhD (博士學位),he can make almost $79,000 or more a year.

We can learn a very important thing from the information.If you want to work and make more money,get a good education.

1.The passage mainly tells us _______.

A. how education and pay are connected B. high-paid jobs

C. jobs for high school students D. good schools

2.According to the passage,“earning power” means the ability to _______ money.

A. save B. spend C. pay D. make

3.The writer thinks that a high school graduate usually makes more money than _______.

A. a university graduate B. a person who gets a PhD

C. a person who only finishes primary school D. a person with a master’s degree

4.Each year a person with a PhD can make _______ more than a person who does not finish high school.

A. $37,000 B. $68,200 C. $60,400 D. $26,000

5.From the last paragraph we know that _______.

A. a high school degree is not important

B. university is too expensive

C. a person can make more money with a good education

D. people with a degree don’t need to worry about finding jobs

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.C 【解析】短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了受教育水平和收入之間的關(guān)系，通過列舉一些事實告訴我們，受教育水平越高，則收入就越高。 1.主旨大意題。根據(jù)For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.及上下文描述，可知這篇短文主要講述了教...

Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got off bed, put on his dressing gown(浴袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.

A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: "It is now after midnight(午夜), so it is April Fool's Day (愚人節(jié)). April Fool!"

"Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed(驚叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下列小題。

1.When did Mr. Lee go to bed?

___________________________________

2.Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?

___________________________________

3.What can we learn from this passage?

_____________________________________

1.He went to bed before twelve o'clock. 2.He wanted to find out who the visitor was. 3.We can play jokes on each other on April Fool's Day 【解析】本文主要講述了愚人節(jié)那天，住在李先生隔壁的一個英國男孩和李先生開玩笑的一個故事。從中我們可以了解...

書面表達。

三年快樂而充實的初中生活結(jié)束了，你將進入高中學習。展望未來，你對高中生活充滿期待。請以“I expect my school life”為題，寫一篇80詞左右的短文。文章的開頭已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

要求：

1．內(nèi)容要點：(1)生活、學習環(huán)境(餐廳、圖書館、運動場……)；(2)師生、同學關(guān)系；(3)生活多彩，學業(yè)進步；(4)補充一點自己的想法。

2．文章不得出現(xiàn)真實的姓名和校名；要點齊全，語言通順，意思連貫，書寫規(guī)范，可以適當發(fā)揮。

提示詞語：get along with；colorful；knowledge；habit

I Expect My School Life I will study in a high school soon. Everything is new to me. I hope my school is big and clean with a large dinning room. And the library is full of different kinds of books....

When did John take Betty to the school?

A. B. C.

B 【解析】John took Betty to the school at ten past ten.

What ‘s the cheapest way to travel from Huizhou to Heyuan?

A. B. C.

A 【解析】The cheapest way to travel from Huizhou to Heyuan is by train.

What does Jane do from Monday to Friday?

A. B. C.

C 【解析】Jane goes swimming with her brother from Monday to Friday. 略

How many words is Mike reading the book with?

A. B. C.

B 【解析】Mike is reading the book with 260,000 words.

（題文）Who is the boy talking about?

A. B. C.

C 【解析】Celine Dion is a very famous popular singer all over the world.