The market isn’t far from here. It’s only ______ bicycle ride.

A．half an hours’

B．half an hour’s

C．half an hour

D．a(chǎn)n hour and a half

—Can I tell Peter about the news?
—No, I don’t want anyone else to know it. You _______keep it to yourself.

A．must

B．need

C．can

D．may

—Jack, your hair is too long!
—Really? I’ll have it _____ right now. 

A．cuts

B．cutting

C．to cut

D．cut

--What bad weather yesterday!
---Yes. It _______ a few traffic accidents.

A．caused

B．took

C．brought

D．got

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was  31     cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she    32     but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,    33      happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the   34        .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is  35    I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you    36    .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the     37   , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by    38       . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry    39     those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    40      to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    41  as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     42  ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘ 43         I can’t help them all .I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man    44      to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   45     person.

【小題1】

A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing

【小題2】

A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off

【小題3】

A．what B．when C．where D．why

【小題4】

A．a(chǎn)ir B．land C．water D．environment

【小題5】

A．something B．a(chǎn)nything C．everything D．nothing

【小題6】

A．a(chǎn) lie B．a(chǎn) joke C．a(chǎn) story D．a(chǎn) truth

【小題7】

A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands

【小題8】

A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves

【小題9】A of               B. for                C. from            D. forward

【小題10】

A．a(chǎn)fraid B．surprised C．sad D．a(chǎn)ngry

【小題11】

A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high

【小題12】

A．father B．mother C．son D．daughter

【小題13】

A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though

【小題14】

A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited

【小題15】A shortest          B. tallest               C. smallest         D. biggest

Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA  The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés.Beautiful mountains are around the city. Lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.
HONG KONG, CHINA    This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (廟宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.
【小題1】Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?

A．The weather.

B．The mountains.

C．The air.

D．The traffic.

【小題2】What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?

A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes.

B．The large population and the traffic.

C．The expensive housing.

D．The beautiful temples.

【小題3】 The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because ________.

A．it is a small fishing village	B．it is a mix of East and West
C．it is a beautiful city	D．there are too many people in the city

【小題4】What do the two cities have in common?

A．They both have beautiful mountains.	B．They both have a large population.
C．Air pollution is a problem in both.	D．They are both crowded.

【小題5】From the passage, we can know that       .

A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best

B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does

C．the weather in both cities is fine

D．San Jose used to be small fishing village

Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9^th graders.
In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.
A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.
Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!
If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(圖案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.
For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.
【小題1】There is ____ special on this wall.

A．something

B．a(chǎn)nything

C．nothing

D．everything

【小題2】What was the “VICTORY” written in?

A．Chalk

B．Pencil

C．Pen

D．Brush

【小題3】When has the poem been written?

A．At the beginning of the last semester.	B．At the end of the year.
C．At the end of the last semester.	D．At the beginning of the last month.

【小題4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word?

A．部分

B．分離

C．和好

D．聚集

【小題5】What’s the title of the passage?

A．The Pictures of the Wall	B．The Feelings of the Students
C．The Patterns of the Classroom	D．The Hope of the Writer

讀選文，回答下面問題（3分）：在李公樸同志被害之后，警報(bào)迭起，形勢(shì)緊張，明知兇多吉少，而聞先生大無畏地在群眾大會(huì)上，大罵特務(wù)，慷慨淋漓，并指著這群敗類說：你們站出來！你們站出來！
　　他“說”了。說得真痛快，動(dòng)人心，鼓壯志，氣沖斗牛，聲震天地！
　　他“說”了：“我們要準(zhǔn)備像李先生一樣，前腳跨出大門，后腳就不準(zhǔn)備再跨進(jìn)大門。”
　　他“做”了，在情況緊急的生死關(guān)頭，他走到游行示威隊(duì)伍的前頭，昂首挺胸，長(zhǎng)須飄飄。他終于以寶貴的生命，實(shí)證了他的“言”和“行”。
　　聞一多先生，是卓越的學(xué)者，熱情澎湃的優(yōu)秀詩人，大勇的革命烈士。
　　他，是口的巨人。他，是行的高標(biāo)。
【小題1】．“你們站出來！你們站出來！”和“我們要準(zhǔn)備像李先生一樣，前腳跨出大門，后腳就不準(zhǔn)備再跨進(jìn)大門”體現(xiàn)了聞一多什么特點(diǎn)？（1分）
　　__________________________________________________________________________
【小題2】．“他走到游行示威隊(duì)伍的前頭，昂首挺胸，長(zhǎng)須飄飄”體現(xiàn)了聞一多什么精神？（1分）
　　__________________________________________________________________________
【小題3】．“他，是口的巨人。他，是行的高標(biāo)�！闭�(qǐng)問聞一多先生“巨”在何處？“高”在哪里？（1分）
　　__________________________________________________________________________”

詞語填空 （共10小題，計(jì)10分）
用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文通順、正確、連貫（每個(gè)單詞限用一次）。
that  happy  healthy  fun  exercise  fly  hard  swim  listen  many
The summer vacation is over. It’s true that time always   【小題1】 fast. During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could not do much work, but I lived   【小題2】.
As the afternoon was hot. I did my work in the morning. I used to get up at 6:30 and take a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast, I began reading English and Chinese and did some   【小題3】 in math,  【小題4】 took me three hours or   【小題5】 . I worked quite   【小題6】 and made good progress.
I spent the afternoon outside. I went to swim and it was  【小題7】. I would not go home until it was about five or six o’clock. Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me and we would spend some hours  【小題8】to music.
In this way I spent my vacation slowly. And I not only studied well but also became a good  【小題9】 . now I am in good【小題10】and high spirits

單詞拼寫(共l0小題，計(jì)10分)
1. He has a_________ his dream of becoming the winner in this competition.
2. She took part in helping people in the Wenchuan Earthquake. She would never forget this unusual e        .
3. I like c______ with my friends online very much.
4. In Lily’s paper there are f_____ mistakes than  in Jack’s.
5.I read my essay a_________ in class and everyone can hear me clearly.
6. His speech was boring, but he did not r__________ it.
7. He is good at thinking. I think he can answer the question in a d__________ way.
8. Would you mind not w______ your time?
9. Don’t stay up late, or you will feel s___________ in class during the day.
10. He joined the army(軍隊(duì)) five years ago, so he has been a s___________ for five years.