In every school there is “top” crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. For example, if the crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters, then very soon everybody is wearing bright red sweaters.

There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that for some people bright red sweater is really unsuitable.

The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink and to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the slaughter(屠殺).

Now it’s possible that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life. In fact you probably did something you knew to be wrong one time or another. You may have excused yourself by saying, “ Gee, the crowd does it.” Well, let the crowd do it, but don’t do it yourself. Learn to say “No”.

Develop your own standards(標(biāo)準(zhǔn))and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree to, you’d better take the courage to bow out in a polite way. You’ll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet.

1.The main idea of the passage is that _____________ .

A. in every school there is a “top” crowd that sets the pace

B. it’s a mistake to follow the “top” crowd blindly

C. people who follow the “top” crowd are endangering their lives

D. you probably did something wrong more than once in your life

2.The author(作者)doesn’t think it good wearing red sweaters if _______.

A. the crowd is wearing them          

B. you can't afford them

C. you don't look good in red           

D. it is against school rules

3.The writer encourages the readers to ___________ .

A. respect his or her parents            

B. find excuses when he or she is wrong

C. learn to stand on their own two feet    

D. take the advice of his or her elders

4.What does the underlined phrase “bow out” in the passage probably mean?

A. 鞠躬                 B. 退出             C. 參與               D. 應(yīng)允

5.The best title for this passage is __________ .

A. Follow the Leader    B. The “Top” Crowd   

C. Being Yourself      D. Rules for Teens

"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked. When the baby was lying in her arms and she moved the cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped(吃力地喘著氣). The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Luckily, time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. Though the misfortune(不幸)happened to him, he grew into a handsome boy. Yet he felt ashamed when he communicated with others.

“You should get in touch with other young people,” his mother told him, with a kindness in her heart. The boy’s father talked with the family doctor about his ears. “Could nothing be done?” the father asked. “I believe I could give him a pair of outer ears, if they could be got,” the doctor replied.

Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, “You are going to the hospital, Son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need, but it’s a secret.” The operation is a big success. Later he married and entered the diplomatic(外交的)service. One day, he asked his father, “Who gave the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.”

“You could, my son,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet.”

The years kept their secret, but one of the darkest days did come. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材). Slowly, the father stretched forth(伸出) a hand

and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears.

"Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut," his father whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"

1.Why did Mother gasp when she saw her newborn baby?

A. Because her son had a tiny face.    

B. Because she saw her son crying.

C. Because her son was in her arms.    

D. Because her son was born imperfect.

2.Who gave the son the ears?

A. His mother.      B. His father.      C. A doctor.        D. A stranger.

3.The underlined word “reveal” in the last but one paragraph means “________”．

A. see              B. show             C. find             D. search

4.The best title for the passage would be ________.

A. Mother’s hair                     

B. An unforgettable memory

C. Who gave me the ears?              

D. Who is my best respectable person?

5.The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers that ________.

A. The secret was kept until the mother died. 

B. Real love lies in what is done but not known.

C. The operation on the boy was a great success.

D. The boy entered the diplomatic service when he grew up.

Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake places of the world – Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey – rats will soon be man’s new best friends.

What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue(救援) dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.

    How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.

    Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “ ‘Robot’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity.

    The “ rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “ It would be fantastic. A rat would get into spaces we couldn’t get to and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building ( but only after an earthquake, of course.)

1.In the earthquake places, rats will become man’s best friends because they can __________.

A. take the place of man in rescue jobs

B. find the positions of people alive who are trapped in buildings

C. serve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildings

D. send signals for the coming earthquake

2.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to(所指)  _________  

A. treating wounded people.               

B. helping rescuers.

C. smelling people among different smells.    

D. carry the wounded people to safety.

3.From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can judge a person is alive by ___________.

A. the nose made by the rat                   

B. the rat’s unusual behavior

C. the signal sent by the radio on the rat’s back   

D. the smell given off by the person

4.In doing rescue jobs, __________________________.

A. rats have better sense of smell than dogs. 

B. dogs don’t need to be trained to smell people.

C. robots’ sense of smell can be affected by other smells around.

D. rats can see in the dark and are smaller than robots.

5.After reading the passage we can know ______________________________.

A. rats have taken the place of dogs in search for people.

B. the “ rat project” has been completed

C. people are now happy to see a rat in a building

D. now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescue

1.Among the patients that poor girl was          ( terrible) ill.

2.The old scientist devoted all her time she had to         (develop) the western parts of China.

3.He has decided to have a party for his wife’s _______(forty) birthday.

4.All the students _____________ (divide) into four groups and then they went on hiking with four teachers.

5.An old man was found ___________ (die) in the street yesterday.

6.The police believe these footprints are one of the _____________ (thief).

7.You have no choice but _________(work) hard if you want to enter your ideal school.

8.While my mother     (cook)dinner ,I got home.

9.These comic books _______ are more or less worth reading. (it)

10.The more he thought of it, ________________(excite) he felt.

Nowadays(如今) everyone has a practical goal for life. Do you have one? What’s it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?

 A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car” , “to improve one’s life quality, “finding a good job”.

 Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn’t have to work for extra hours. However he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. ① So he          ______   _______his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.

 Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one’s life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn’t have a diploma(文憑), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look for it. ②But if one has no life goal, he will idle away(虛度) his lifetime.”

1.回答下列問(wèn)題：Why did Wang You go to Beijing though he had a good job in Nanjing?

 ____________________________________________________      

2.在①的空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~使句意完整、上下文通順：__________          

3.將②處翻譯成漢語(yǔ)_________________________________________________________

4.找出文中與下列句子意思相近的句子：

He needn’t work in his spare time because of his good job.

________________________________________________________________________.

5.找出或?qū)懗鑫闹凶钅鼙磉_(dá)短文主題的句子

    ___________________________________________________________________________

缺詞填空（根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填入所缺單詞）（共10空，每空1分，滿分10分）

Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. But what about the art of r  1  ? Sometimes, receiving a gift can be difficult, especially when someone buys you a gift you don’t want!

“I remember when I was about twelve years old, my parents b  2  me a purple purse,” laughs Guo Xiaojing. “It really made me feel embarrassed(尷尬), because I thought the purse was really ugly！Still, I pretended (假裝)that I liked it b  3  I knew it would make my parents happy!”

Han Ling agrees. “That sounds like my grandparents！A few years ago, my grandparents gave me an orange sweater f  4  my birthday. I used to wear it every time I visited them, but when I left their house, I took it off! Of course, this made me feel g  5  . It was a very nice thought, but my grandparents have different taste from me! I think it’s hard to buy clothes or other personal things for people.”

To make things easier, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, h  6   , receiving money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it j   7    makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that counts. When s   8   gives me money, I feel they don’t think at all. I prefer to receive a gift that has some thought behind it. I don’t mind if it’s something I don’t need. If someone has thought about a g   9   for me, it always makes me happy.”

Different people have very different thoughts on this subject! So maybe the art of receiving is e 10   more difficult than the art of giving! What do you think?

Frank 去年來(lái)到泰中學(xué)習(xí)。在校學(xué)習(xí)期間，他對(duì)學(xué)校提倡的“創(chuàng)建和諧校園”活動(dòng)感觸頗深。請(qǐng)你以他的名義，給遠(yuǎn)在美國(guó)的父母寫(xiě)一封信，介紹學(xué)習(xí)的現(xiàn)狀并談?wù)劯惺堋?/p>

要求：1、表達(dá)清楚、語(yǔ)法正確、上下文連貫。

      2、要點(diǎn)必須包括所有相關(guān)信息，并作適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，但不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)班級(jí)、姓名等。

      3、詞數(shù)：100詞左右（信的開(kāi)頭與結(jié)尾已給出，不記入總詞數(shù)）。

      4、參考詞數(shù)：respect尊敬；build up建立，創(chuàng)建；a harmonious campus和諧校園;

impress 給……留下印象

Dear Mum and Dad,

    Time flies! I’ve been here for nearly a year. I’m very pleased to find that our school is really a good one. The students in our school                                                     

1.  --Have you seen ____Audi car I parked here?

---Is it _____ black one? A young man has driven it away.

A. an, a       B. the, the        C. the, a        D. an, the

--- Are you interested in basketball? 

--- _________．I__________ watch it than play it．

A．Not really；would rather             B．Not really；prefer

C．Of course；would like               D．Of course not；had better

I wanted to buy a comic book like yours but there were ______ left at the bookshop.

A. no one　　　       B. nothing　　　        C. anyone　　　     D. none