---Mark speaks English well, but you ______________ him.

---Thank you.

Peter drives __________ Amy, so it will take Peter _______time to get to the hotel.

This morning Jack came to school _________ than _________ student in his class.

---Would you mind my opening the window?

---________________.

I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of seeing litter nearby and ___1___ that no one else was going to pick it up.

I live near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there ___2___ three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was ___3___ much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to feel happy ___4___ there again.

I __5___ my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes after starting to pick up litter, my bag was ___6__! It had cans, bottles, broken glasses and newspapers in it. From then on, I went to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel ___7___ to do something for the environment.

After each trip, I look at all the litter that I’ve found. If ___8___ of it is recyclable(可回收的) , I keep it. I can’t understand ___9___ people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up until they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit to ___10___ the earth, but I still think it is important.

We are all busy taking about and using the Internet. But how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way, computer network system would keep on working all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government (政府). But in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among students.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.

1.The Internet has a history of more than _________ years.

2.A new network system was set up to_______.

3. At first the Internet was only used by __________.

4. ________ made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.

5. Which of the following sentences is true?

Mrs. Baker’s sister was ill. She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday, but not at the weekend, so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spend the weekend with her at her home in a neighbouring town. But as Mr. Baker could not cook, she had arranged (安排) for his sister to come over and spend the weekend looking after him at their home. This meant that Mr. Baker had busy time when he came home from work on Friday evenings. First he had to drive home from the railway station. Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train. And then he had to wait until his sister’s train arrived, so as to take her to his house.

Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station to catch her train back home, and then wait for his wife’s train, so as to bring her home.

One Sunday evening, he had seen his sister off on her train and was waiting for his wife’s arrival when a porter ( 搬運工 ), who had often seen him at the station, came over and spoke to him, “You are having a lot of fun,” he said, “ But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other, and then you will be in real trouble!”

1. Who was ill?  ___________

2. Who looked after the sick person on weekdays?

3. Why did Mr. Baker go to the railway station on Friday and Sunday evening? __________

4. Where did Mr. Baker spend the weekend?  ___________

5. Why did the porter say Mr. Baker would be in trouble?   Because __________.

Someone is singing next door, but you feel unhappy because her singing is terrible. So you think she is just making noise. We know that too much noise makes people feel terrible.

Scientists are still trying to find out more about noise, but already it is known that a noise of over 85 decibels(分貝) can make some people tried and anxious(焦慮的).

In the past we thought only workers in very noisy places became deaf easily. Today, scientists believe that 10% of all workers in Britain become deaf in their work.

There are also new dangers from noise. Pop music, for example, can reach 120 decibels when it is played loudly five feet away! Only a plane can make such loud noise when it takes off.

There was an experiment in the United States. Some people would be given a lot of money if they stood below a jet when it was taking off over their heads. No one got the money after the jet flew past because all of them died in the noise.

People can’t pay their attention on what they are doing when there is much noise. Workers in noisy offices, for example, do their work more slowly than workers in quiet offices. Another study shows that workers in factories can do dull(枯燥的) jobs better when lively music is played for them. 

1.She is an excellent ____________ (act) respected by people forever.

2.Lots of Western people are interested in ____________ (Asia) culture.

3. They are different in _____________ (appear).

4. The event marked the _____________ (begin) of her successful career.

5.Our sports meeting will be held in the ________­­____ (come) week.

6. Steven Spielbergwas _______ (honour) with an Oscar for Best Director in 1998 again.

7. Audrey Hepburn’s _______________ (achieve) went beyond the film industry.

根據(jù)所給中文和句意，用所給單詞的正確形式填空。

1.I like to watch the ______________(每周)round-up on CCTV NEWS.

2. As a Grade 9 student, we must put all of our ________(努力) into studies.

3. Do you think action films have a bad ______________(影響) on people, especially teenagers?

4.Jane loves travelling. She has travelled _______________(遍及)Asia.

5. After playing the role of Cinderella successfully, she became famous ______________(立即).

6. We will watch a ____________(三小時) film. Can you buy some popcorn?

7. I like romantic films with happy ____________(結(jié)局).