1. —What is your problem, Judy?       
—The noise upstairs _________.

A．drives me madly

B．drives madly me

C．drives me mad

D．drives mad me

2. Mrs Smart gave us ________ on how to learn English well.

A．some advices

B．some suggestion

C．a piece of advice

D．a piece of suggestion

3. — Listen! The TV is___________. Who is in the living room?
— Little Jim. He is watching his favourite cartoon.

A．off

B．out

C．away

D．on

4. — I have written to them twice to tell them the problem, but there is no ______ at all.
— Maybe they didn’t get your letters.

A．reply

B．call

C．information

D．news

5. I can hardly know _________ so complex a matter in such a case.

A．how to do with

B．what to do with

C．what to deal with

D．how dealing with

6. In order to improve my English, I bought lots of English test papers ________ my brother’s advice.

A．listening to

B．asking for

C．according to

D．looking forward to

7. — I can’t work out this Maths problem. I wonder who I should_________ help.
— Why not ask Li Ping? He is good at Maths.

A．look for

B．ask for

C．go with

D．go to for

8. We must ____________ ourselves ____________ our work.

A．strict in; with	B．be strict in; with
C．be strict with; in	D．strict with; in

9. — I think it’s necessary for us to________one or two hobbies. Do you have any hobbies, Kitty?

— My hobby is just hanging out with my friends, so I often_______late at weekends.

A．develop; stay out

B．have; go out

C．get; go home

D．develop; stay awake

10. This morning I got up a bit late, so I had to take a taxi. Luckily, I got to school________.

A．from time to time

B．at times

C．on time

D．at the same time

11. Could you tell me _________ the radio without any help?

A．how did he mend

B．what did he mend

C．how he mended

D．what he mended

12. — David, the weekend is coming. What shall we do?
—___________ go hiking in the countryside?

A．What about

B．Why not

C．Why don’t

D．Let’s

13. — Could you tell me__________?
— Call me Jack, please.

A．what your name is	B．what your name was
C．what is your name	D．what was your name

14. —I tried my best to prepare for the English exam in your way, but I still got low marks.
—Don’t worry. ________. Continue to work hard and I’m sure you’ll get higher marks next time.

A．It’s still early

B．It takes time

C．It depends

D．It doesn’t work

15. — Thank you for sharing your ruler with me.
—_________ That’s what friends are for.

A．Don’t mention it.

B．It doesn’t matter.

C．Never mind.

D．All right.

When we think of Christmas, we probably think of ____, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.
A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by British writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It is about an old man ____ Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He only thinks about himself and is ____ to share things with others. He doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can ____ and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was ____ after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect ____ ghosts to visit him.
That ____, the ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds him ____ his happy days as a child. Then the second ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see ____ others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the ____ Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so ____ that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning — Christmas Day!
Scrooge decides to change his life and ____ to be a kind person. He ____ celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats ____ with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true ____ of Christmas!16.

A．prizes

B．gifts

C．fireworks

D．tricks

17.

A．names

B．naming

C．named

D．to name

18.

A．unwilling

B．glad

C．ready

D．impatient

19.

A．make trouble

B．make mistakes

C．make more friends

D．make more money

20.

A．praised

B．punished

C．saved

D．recommended

21.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

22.

A．morning

B．noon

C．afternoon

D．night

23.

A．with

B．to

C．of

D．for

24.

A．how

B．what

C．when

D．why

25.

A．past

B．present

C．future

D．front

26.

A．calm

B．scared

C．angry

D．relaxed

27.

A．promises

B．fails

C．continues

D．forgets

28.

A．quietly

B．hardly

C．sadly

D．happily

29.

A．someone

B．anyone

C．everyone

D．nobody

30.

A．friendship

B．story

C．form

D．spirit

What problems do the teenagers probably have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.

Problems	Causes	Advice
Feeling stressed	Too much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies.	Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax as possible as you can.
Getting short-sighted	Too much homework. Bad reading and writing habits.	Do homework or reading in a correct way.
Fights	Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.	Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them.
Feeling tired of study	Computer games’ bad influence.	Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you are tired.
Getting fat	Having more pocket money to buy snacks. Dislike doing exercise.	Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day.

31. How many main problems are there in the survey?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

32. What problems are caused by too much homework?

A．Feeling stressed and fight.

B．Feeling tired of study and getting fat.

C．Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted.

D．Getting short-sighted and feeling tired of study.

33. If Simon is feeling stressed, he should ______.

A．do much more homework	B．make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies
C．donate his pocket money to Project Hope	D．buy some snacks

34. Peter is tired of study, maybe because he ______.

A．has no close friends	B．has no pocket money
C．plays too many computer games	D．gets fatter and fatter

On February 9th, 2013, Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris. She reached into her change purse, emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man. Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives.

Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning. She and her husband, Bill Krejci, rushed to see if they could find Billy. The homeless man was not only in the same place, he also immediately returned the ring. The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had.

Bill Krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. So on February 18th, he set up a special page to raise money for him. In just four days, Billy received over $85,000 and there seems to be no end yet.

That is not enough. Billy is living with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets. And that’s not all—Thanks to the news report, he got together again with his older brother, Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years.

All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him.

35. When did Sarah realize that she had also given Billy her diamond ring?

A．On February 9th, 2013	B．On February 10th, 2013
C．On February 18th, 2013	D．On February 22nd 2013

36. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Billy is living with a generous person.

B．Billy has found his brother.

C．Billy bought a diamond ring.

D．Billy appeared in the news report

37. The underlined word “That” in Paragraph 4 refers to(指代) “________”.

A．returning the ring	B．setting up a page
C．living in the streets	D．receiving money

38. What’s the best title of the passage ?

A．Generous Woman Changed Her Own Life

B．Kind Man Set Up Special Page

C．Homeless Man Returned Diamond Ring

D．Many People Donated Much Money

39. I am happy to see how great _________ (进步) you have made in English.

40. All of my classmates think that your advice is ________（宝贵的）to us.

41. Most parents can ________(几乎不) spare any time for their children.

42. The place has lots of amazing things. It’s ________ (值得) a visit.

43. The tourists had no ________ (选择) but to wait for the next train.

44. Thanks a lot for _________（借） me so much money.

45. I hear that your grandson is in his ___________ (十几岁).

46. After ______（复习）all his lessons carefully, he got high marks.

47. My mother is ___________ (严格) with me than my teacher.

48. The problem of stress gets _________ (严重) when people don’t share their problems.

49. 我们没有太多时间复习考试。
We don’t have_______ time _______ _______ ________ _________.

50. 火车准时发车。
The train _______ ____________ __________ ____________.

51. 这次交通事故的主要原因是驾驶员的粗心。
The _________ ________ of the traffic accident is the _________ ________.

52. Mike不能取得玩和学之间的平衡。
Mike can’t _________ ______ ________ between ________ and ________.

53. 我们的英语老师对我们很严格，她叫我们每天准时交作业。   
Our English teacher _________ ________ __________ us. She _______ us ________ ________ ________ our homework ________ ________ every day.

54. 他们不能决定向谁寻求帮助。
They can’t ________ ________ ________ _______ _______ help.

55. 我们希望他能成功地组织好班级活动。     
We hope that he will ________   _________ ________ class ______.

57. 张燕是九年级学生。她父亲在一家公司工作，家里几乎天天来客人。他们在客厅高声谈笑，有时还一起打牌，弄出许多噪音。这种吵闹的环境使张燕无法集中精力学习。她不知道如何解决这个问题。请你帮她给青少年辅导员王老师写一封信，谈谈她的烦恼并请王老师提出宝贵意见。
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