During the Warring States Period (475BC—221BC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road. He picked it up and ________ it home. But his wife was ________ and said, “I hear ________ a great man doesn’t drink a thief’s water or accept alms (施舍物). What do you think of the action of keeping others’ thing for ________?” Yue Yangzi felt sorry ________ what he had done, so he put the gold back to the place where he found it.

The next year, Yue Yangzi decided to go to a faraway school ________ himself. A year later, he came back home suddenly. “Why have you returned?” asked his wife in ________ surprise. “You’ve only spent one year studying with scholars (学者们).” “I come back because I missed you very much.”

Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom (织布机) at which she had worked. Pointing at the half done cloth, she said, “The cloth is woven (编织) from the best silk. Now ________ I cut it, all my previous (先前的) work will be wasted. It’s the same as your study. You ________ learn a lot only by working hard. Now, you’ve stopped halfway. Isn’t it the same as cutting the cloth on the loom?”

Yue Yangzi _________ by what she said. He again left home to visit scholars. Several years later he became a learned man.

1.

A．takes

B．took

C．would take

D．has taken

2.

A．happy

B．happily

C．happiness

D．unhappy

3.

A．whether

B．what

C．when

D．that

4.

A．you

B．your

C．yourself

D．yours

5.

A．for

B．at

C．as

D．with

6.

A．improve

B．to improve

C．improving

D．improved

7.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

8.

A．if

B．until

C．unless

D．because

9.

A．should

B．can

C．may

D．must

10.

A．moved

B．is moved

C．was moved

D．will be moved

John, 11 years old, was in bed in hospital. Two days ago, while he was ____ in a baseball game, he fell and hit his head. The doctor believed that he might ____ get well.

“He seems to have given up hope. So medicine alone won’t ____. Perhaps（也许）he needs something else,” said a doctor. “When I visit him, all he ever says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth.”

To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not ____ . In America, Babe Ruth was as   ____ a man as the president himself, and he was the most famous baseball player.

The next day John’s father managed（设法）to tell Babe Ruth about the story of his son on the phone. Twenty-four hours later, as the boy ____ in his hospital room, in walked ____ . Young John could hardly(几乎不) believe his own eyes!

The great baseball player sat down at John’s bedside, saying, “Now, listen, kid, you’ve got to get well. I’ve brought you a new American League baseball, ____ you must start throwing it.”

For John this was the beginning of a new life. ____ his doctor’s surprise, the boy walked out of the hospital on his own a few weeks later. He was able to live a healthy life—all because of the ____ of Babe Ruth.

11.

A．looking

B．playing

C．taking

D．sitting

12.

A．never

B．ever

C．always

D．certainly

13.

A．fit

B．make

C．go

D．work

14.

A．easy

B．lucky

C．difficult

D．successful

15.

A．strong

B．important

C．kind

D．clever

16.

A．walked

B．lied

C．prepared

D．lay

17.

A．his father

B．his doctor

C．Babe Ruth

D．the president

18.

A．though

B．although

C．or

D．so

19.

A．In

B．To

C．At

D．For

20.

A．story

B．basketball

C．present

D．life

Sports Events Bicycle tour and race A bike tour and race will held on June 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.) at 6:30 a.m. The riders will leave the People’s Park and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training part on Saturday. On Sunday morning, the next 55-kilometer part, from Yantian to Baojin, will be the competitive (比赛的) part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be then taken back. Cost: ￥80        Telephone: 8357-2686

British footballers The British Football Club will play with our national team at the Workers’ Stadium(体育场) on June 26. The club has four national team players agreed to play for at least 45 minutes. Ticket prices:￥60/90       Time: 7:30 June 26 Sat. Telephone: 2626-7733

Changjiang Daily, May 20th, 2011 Rock climbing(攀岩） The Fifth National Rock Climbing Training Base(基地) Ten teams from five cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Hangzhou, will take part in it. A Japanese team will give a climbing show at the beginning of the match. Free for you. Take a one-hour bus from the railway station to Dawei. Time: 7:30 pm June 27   Telephone: 3369-8211   3369-8212

21. _________ will be held on June 26 and 27 (Sat& Sun.) at 6:30 a.m.

A．British football	B．A bike tour and race
C．Rock climbing	D．A TV show

22. The British Football Club will play with our national team at ___________.

A．the People’s Park	B．the Football Club
C．the Training Base	D．the Worker’s Stadium

23. You should at least pay __________ to take part in all the three sports events on June 26-27.

A．￥60

B．￥80

C．￥90

D．￥140

24. If you want to see some famous football stars and watch the match on the evening of June 26, you will call ________ to book your tickets.

A．3369-8211

B．3369-8212

C．2626-7733

D．8357-2686

25. Which team will give a climbing show at the beginning of the match?

A．Chinese

B．British

C．Japanese

D．American

Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

26. Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

A．Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

B．Because he did something wrong.

C．Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

D．Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

27. If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A．he gets top scores	B．he gets medium scores
C．he gets extremely bad scores	D．he gets the worst scores

28. American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A．excited

B．sad

C．angry

D．happy

29. The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A．很高的待遇

B．很多的自由

C．很高的期望

D．很多的关爱

30. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A．the differences between Chinese education and American education

B．Chinese students are better than American students

C．American parents are not strict enough with their children

D．what’s the best way to educate child

左栏是对5个学生做演讲时存在问题的描述，请在右栏为每个学生选择一个合适的建议。

31     I have some expired batteries (过期的电池),but I don’t know how to deal with them. Maybe I should put them into a dustbin.     32     My bookcase is filled with too many old newspapers. Which dustbin should I throw them into?     33     I have just finished washing dishes and there are some leftovers (剩菜)to throw.     34     After I have eaten take-away food, I have some dirty plastic boxes and dirty tissue. I wonder which dustbin I should put them into.     35     To do shopping in the supermarket, just now I wore a mask so that I could prevent the COVID. 19 (新型冠状病毒肺炎)infection. But now where can I throw my mask (口罩)?

A. Hazardous Waste Dustbin. It contains waste involving risk or danger, especially dangerous to people’s health or safety but not including medical waste. B. Residual Waste Dustbin. It collects china, pottery, used and polluted things like dirty tissue, dirty diapers, one-off meal boxes and so on. C. Household Food Waste Dustbin. It is used to collect kitchen waste like skins of fruits, egg shells, leaves of plants etc. D. Recyclable Waste Dustbin. It is used for collecting all kinds of environmental-friendly and recyclable materials including paper, metal and so on. E. Medical Chemical Waste Dustbin. Used chemical reagents (化学试剂),used chemical disinfectant (化学消毒剂)are collected here. F. Medical Infection Waste Dustbin. It collects anything used for preventing virus infection like masks worn by people and one-off plastic medical devices in hospitals. G. Medical Contaminated Sharp Waste Dustbin. Used chemical needles, scissors, knives and so on are put in this dustbin.

阅读下面短文，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

What Brian loved most was to make people laugh. He studied in a middle     36    . All his friends loved his jokes. He thought making people laugh was     37     best thing in the world.

When he     38     of the school’s talent show, he decided to sign up(报名) so that he could make more people laugh. But when some of the students knew he would     39     in the show, they laughed at him.

“You are not funny,” the students told him. “You will do a terrible job. No one will like what you do!”

He didn’t understand why those students were so negative(否定的),     40     he decided to go on and prepare for the talent show. Brian decided to do a great job at the talent show to show those unkind students that they were     41    . He won the first     42    ! Even so, the students told Brian that he would never be a successful comedian(喜剧演员). Though he didn’t understand them, he realized that it had nothing to do     43     them. He happily continued working towards his goal. Finally, he became a successful comedian. And he got more and more     44     to perform. He was     45     invited to appear on television and act in movies.

Brian followed his heart to keep doing what he loved most. And he really thought he chose the best job in the world.

回答问题

In the past, many students practiced English with their pen friends — they sent letters to people all around the world.

However, we now send e-mails to others and chat with people who live quite far away on the Internet.

Here’s some advice on how to succeed in your online language exchanges:

How to start a conversation when speaking English online.

When you speak to somebody online, start by asking “Yes or No” questions. Use questions such as “Do you like ...?” or “Can you ...?” or “Have you ever ...?” Remember your goal. You are trying to learn about the other person. Think about things you enjoy and try to find some common ground between you. And share your own experiences to show that you have similar interests. If you only ask questions, you will sound like a policeman or a policewoman!

How to keep a conversation going.

“Listen” carefully. In that way, you can get to know somebody well. When you know him or her well, you will have more to talk about. Then ask follow-up questions. After you “listen”, use what you “hear” to learn more about that person. Use “open ended” questions, such as “What do you think of ...?” or “What was the most interesting experience ...?”

Remember some basic rules for online language exchanges.

Be patient. Do not try to find a good friend right away. Be careful. Don’t give any personal information on the Internet, especially your address, telephone number, and even your real name. It’s dangerous.

46. What’s the way that many students practice English with their pen friends in the past?
__________________________
47. What’s the way that you start a conversation when speaking English online?
__________________________
48. How many pieces of advice on how to succeed in online language exchanges?
__________________________
49. What’s the feeling that the writer think of giving personal informational online?
__________________________
50. What’s the topic that is mentioned in the passage?
__________________________

51. 亲爱的同学们，你的初中学习生活马上就要结束了！请你以“How to learn English well?”为题，谈一下三年来学习英语的心得体会。
要点包括：
（1）英语的重要性；
（2）随着社会发展，英语在我们日常生活中越来越重要；
（3）如果你学会英语，就可以随时和外国朋友交流；
（4）可以阅读英文报刊，了解国外文化等；
（5）给出至少3个学习英语的建议。
词数要求：不少于80词。

How to learn English well?

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