To make our city more beautiful, rubbish_________into the river.

A. needn’t be thrown B. can’t thrown

C. mustn’t be thrown D. may not thrown

---I’m wondering ______. The film will be on soon.

---But he promised, didn’t he?

A. if he would come to the movie theater B. that he comes to the movie theater

C. why he came to the movie theater D. whether he will come to the movie theater

Mama,

I wonder if you will ever really understand me. I ________your anger at my grades today, but Mama, I try, I really do. I think there must be something wrong with me. However much I try, I ________manage to get it right. I want to make you happy, Mama. I want you to be as________of me as John’s mom is when he tops in the class, or Sherry’s ma is when she wins the first prize in singing. I wish I were the kind of son you could be proud of. But sadly I am not.

But, Mama, when you say I will never be a “good” person, I don’t know what you ________. Is it only good ________that make a person good or bad? Miss White says that I have beauty of ________, but I wonder why you never notice it. I wonder how many times you noticed me helping an old neighbor cross the street, or slipping my week’s pocket money to the old beggar down the street. I thought I was doing ________to be proud of, but when I came running home to tell you about it, you just curtly nodded your head and told me to go to do my homework. I guess what I did wasn’t something very great.

Mama, I love you and wish you could be proud of me. Proud of what I am. Proud of the little things I achieve. I have no one other than you, and I want to make you happy. But I guess I am not________ enough for that. Watering grandpa’s garden every week and buying groceries for grandma isn’t as ________as doing math. But, Mama, I wish you could understand, they’re so old and frail, I couldn’t resist offering to help them a bit.

I just wish you would understand me and be proud of me when you noticed me ________my seat in the train to an elderly lady.

Your sad son

Mike

1.A. guess B. understand C. know D. think

2.A. always B. often C. never D. usually

3.A. afraid B. tired C. proud D. excited

4.A. say B. tell C. talk D. mean

5.A. actions B. words C. grades D. parents

6.A. head B. heart C. face D. eyes

7.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

8.A. well B. good C. patient D. friendly

9.A. bad B. interesting C. important D. beautiful

10.A. sending B. bringing C. taking D. offering

My granddaughter, 10, was very happy the day before yesterday because her mother and the mother of one of her classmates took them to a park and a Pizza Hut (比薩餅屋) to celebrate Children's Day. For a whole day, the two girls played heartily - no homework, no extra-curricular (課外) skills training. The happy life lasted only for one day. Yesterday, everything returned to normal: doing homework till late at night and going over lessons learned at last weekend's English and "Olympic mathematics" courses.

Every time I went to my daughter's house in the evening, I saw my granddaughter sitting by the small desk in her room doing math exercises or writing a composition given by her teacher. On the white wall behind the desk are some words she wrote. One sentence reads: "Why is the exercise endless?"

Poor girl!

Although teachers have stopped giving after-school homework to primary school children, parents have been forcing their kids to take part in different kinds of extra-curricular training courses-learning English, painting, music instrument, weiqi, "Olympic mathematics" and so on, every Saturday and Sunday.

Are these extra-curricular courses really necessary in children's education？ The answer is certainly "No". Take the so-called "Olympic mathematics" for example. These courses are very difficult for the children to understand. Often, they are difficult even for adults.

1.The writer's granddaughter celebrated her Children's Day by _______.

A. playing all day B. doing nothing C. having a party D. going over lessons

2.Usually at weekends the girl will _______.

A. stay at home B. play with their classmates

C. do whatever she likes D. go to different kinds of training courses

3.The writer thinks that her granddaughter _______.

A. lives a happy life B. goes to bed early at weekend

C. has too much homework D. likes to do more exercises

4.Which is true according to the passage？

A. The "Olympic Mathematics" is too difficult for kids.

B. The grandfather thinks playing is more important than learning.

C. Teachers often give students useless homework.

D. The parents don't want their kids to do lots of homework.

5.From the last paragraph we know that the writer thinks _______.

A. only school courses are useful to kids

B. some extra-curricular courses kids learn after school are not necessary

C. some extra-curricular courses are even more difficult for adults

D. kids shouldn't learn difficult courses

Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity (自動性)”.

A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, hestumblesless and less, reading by the phrase (短語). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.

According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (數(shù)量) of time a child spends reading , not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (適合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.

1.“Reading is the key to school success” means that reading .

A. helps school develop faster

B. is a key to a successful school

C. helps students go to a key school

D. can improve students’ learning results

2.Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they .

A. know how to read the words

B. do not have to think while reading

C. read by themselves without any help

D. pay attention to the meaning of the text

3.Rossman tells that any child who will possibly be an automatic reader.

A. turns off TV one night 4 weeks

B. reads books by the word quickly

C. spends an hour reading every day

D. gets the same grades as others in exams

4.The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地讀 B. 全神貫注地讀

C. 心不在焉地讀 D. 聲情并茂地讀

5.The best title for the passage is “ ”.

A. IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity

B. TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading

C. Automaticity Depends on Practice

D. Automatic Reads Will Be Successful

Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some certain purpose,teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, tcacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will influence your life in some serious way.

Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible. painful and unfair. But later you realize that without overcoming those diffiulties, you would have never realized your further ability and advantages. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.

The people you meet influence your life, and the sucess and failure you experience create who you are. Even the bad experience can be leared from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important oncs.

Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can，for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people whom you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your goals high，hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.

You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.

1.The people we meet ______.

A. all know where to find us

B. serve us on no purpose

C. won't become our neighbor

D. will change us in some way

2.From the passage. we know that bad things can make us ____.

A. realize our further ability

B. terribly meet bad luck

C. find no serious success

D. possibly enjoy every moment

3.The underlined word “poignant”in the passage means“_______ ” in Chincse.

A. 平淡的 B. 明顯的 C. 深刻的 D. 艱苦的

4.The writer's advice is that we should _______

A. never talk to strange people

B. learn as much as we can each day

C. overcome difficulties painfully

D. not believe in ourselves but others

5.Which is the best title for the passge?

A. Create your own life

B. Hold your head up

C. People you meet in life

D. Things happen to you

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes, and at the bags and clothes of your classmates. 1.

Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol called a logo is sometimes used.2. They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company.

It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio.3. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: "Just do it." Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it.

4. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, "Why don't you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern."

You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question:5.

A. Logos appear on many different products.

B.How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?

C.How was the product invented?

D.All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product.

E.Why am I buying this particular product?

F.Most advertisements are very short

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語句子提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成英語句子。

1.為了在歌唱比賽中獲獎，Jenny每天下午努力練習(xí)歌唱。

Jenny__________________________________ every afternoon in order to win a prize in the singing competition.(effort)

2.這個男孩經(jīng)常考慮如何讓他的父母為他而感到驕傲。

The little boy often________________________________________.(take)

3.Mike想知道是否應(yīng)該阻止孩子們在網(wǎng)上和陌生人聊天。

Mike wonders________________________________________________.(prevent)

4.他們不怕麻煩，想方設(shè)法來為所有的旅客服務(wù)。

They _____________________________________________ to serve all the passengers.(go)

5.好好地利用廢品的人應(yīng)該得到人們的敬佩。

The person______________________________________________________ by people.(put)

閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，在短文空白處填入一個恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使短文內(nèi)容完整、通順。

In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the s1. answer: The sexes (性別) are different, b2. their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in d3. ways.

Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking e4. than boys. And they generally see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning f5. languages.

What m6. men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神經(jīng)) tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and w7.. The right side is used for artistic creation and the e8. for emotions. In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain d9. differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are c10. by smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain are.

書面表達(dá)

感恩是一個永恒的教育主題，孝敬父母是中華傳統(tǒng)美德。父母是每個人在世上最親的人，作為九年級的學(xué)生，應(yīng)該感恩父母為你所做的一切，請結(jié)合自身情況，寫一篇90詞左右的作文。

1. 寫作要點(diǎn)提示：

1).你對父(母)的總體印象；

2).描述一件發(fā)生在你和父(母)之間的事情，你的感受或?qū)δ愕挠绊懀?/p>

3).表達(dá)對父(母)的愛和感激之情；

2．寫作要求：

短文的內(nèi)容應(yīng)包含所提示的要點(diǎn)，語言要流暢，可圍繞提示要點(diǎn)適當(dāng)增加情節(jié)，使短文的意思連貫；短文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的姓名、校名及地名；短文的詞數(shù)在90個左右。